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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 12

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Resignations, and Retirements of Officers of the N.Z. Staff Corps, N.Z. Permanent Staff, and Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 8th February, 1921.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, transfers, resignations, and retirements of the undermentioned officers of the N.Z. Staff Corps, N.Z. Permanent Staff, and Territorial Force.

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.

Lieutenant (on probation) Eric Francis Joseph Reeves, M.C., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, 5th (Wellington) Regiment, with the rank of Captain, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920. Dated 6th January, 1921.

N.Z. PERMANENT STAFF.

Honorary Lieutenant David Cecil Wallace Cossgrove is posted to the Retired List, with the rank of Captain, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920. Dated 15th January, 1921.

4TH (WAIKATO) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Major Donald Roderick Frank Campbell is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 27th January, 1921.

N.Z. FIELD ARTILLERY.

“B” Battery.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) George Logan Robertson, from the “C” Battery, to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 18th January, 1921.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Ivan Seaward Cantrell resigns his commission. Dated 31st January, 1921.

“C” Battery.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) George Logan Robertson is transferred to the “B” Battery. Dated 18th January, 1921.

N.Z. GARRISON ARTILLERY.

No. 4 Company.

2nd Lieutenant Robert Desmond Iles to be Lieutenant. Dated 25th January, 1921.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

No. 3 Field Company.

Lieutenant Acland Withiel Thomas, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant. Dated 29th May, 1920.

DIVISIONAL SIGNAL COMPANIES.

No. 2 Company (Otago).

Major George Hepburn Ferguson relinquishes command of the company, and is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 25th January, 1921.

N.Z. POST AND TELEGRAPH CORPS.

South Island.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) William Herbert Farley resigns his appointment. Dated 22nd September, 1920.

1ST (CANTERBURY) REGIMENT.

Lieutenant John Sinclair Chisholm, from the Unattached List (b), to be Lieutenant. Dated 28th January, 1921.

2nd Lieutenant John Homer Rigby, from the Reserve of Officers (General List), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 29th January, 1921.

13TH (NORTH CANTERBURY AND WESTLAND) REGIMENT.

Reserve of Officers.

Major Albert Edward Loach is posted to the Retired List, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920. Dated 25th January, 1921.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.

The undermentioned Sisters are posted to the Temporary Reserve List :—

Isabel Gordon-Boyd. Dated 17th December, 1920.
Catherine I. Drummond. Dated 7th February, 1921.
Mary Grigor, A.R.R.C. Dated 17th January, 1921.
Staff Nurse Edith Ramsay Webster. Dated 28th January, 1921.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).

Auckland District.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Alexander John Macpherson resigns his commission. Dated 19th January, 1921.

Canterbury District.

Lieutenant [Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Charles Dickson Harkness is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, with the rank of Captain. Dated 25th January, 1921.

Lieutenant John Sinclair Chisholm is transferred to the 1st (Canterbury) Regiment. Dated 28th January, 1921.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Alfred George Thompson to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 1st June, 1919.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 18th January, 1921 :—

Leicester Frank Norman Ward.
Leonard le Fleming Ensor.

Bramwell Lidbetter Hoare to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 30th December, 1920.

Wellington District.

The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List) :—

Lieutenant Frank Edwin Dornwell. Dated 25th January, 1921.

Lieutenant James Edward Stokes. Dated 31st January, 1921.

CORRIGENDUM.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 55, of 4th June, 1920, relating to the transfer of the undermentioned officers to the Reserve of Officers (General List) should read “2nd Lieutenants [Captains, Reserve of Officers (temp.)], with the rank of Captain,” and not as therein stated :—

Justin McCarthy Power.
Edward Gordon Williams, M.C.
Frederick John Foord.
Frederick James Reid Earl, M.C.
Bruce Andrew Todd, M.C.

Dominic Joseph Walls.
Charles Woods.
Horace Wilson.
Henry Rae Vercoe, D.S.O.
David Ferguson, M.C.
Norman Eric Walker.

R. H. RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Officers to command Military Districts.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 8th February, 1921.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, to take effect from the 1st February, 1921.

COMMANDS.

Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Colonel) Harry Rowland Potter, C.M.G., N.Z. Staff Corps, is appointed temporarily to command the Northern Military District, with headquarters at Auckland.

Colonel Charles William Melvill, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., N.Z. Staff Corps, is appointed to command the Central Military District, with headquarters at Palmerston North.

Colonel Robert Young, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., N.Z. Staff Corps, is appointed to command the Southern Military District, with headquarters at Christchurch.

R. H. RHODES, Minister of Defence.

In the matter of the Mining Act, 1908, and its amendments ; and in the matter of deed of mortgage bearing date the 30th day of June, 1915, and made between William Buchanan, George William Teasdale, and George Williamson, of the one part, and His Majesty the King of the other part, and registered in the office of the Mining Registrar at Greymouth as No. 55/15.

NOTICE is hereby given that, default having been made in the payment, performance, and observance of the principal, interest, and other moneys and the covenants and conditions which by the above-mentioned deed of mortgage the above-named William Buchanan, George William Teasdale, and George Williamson covenanted to pay, perform, and/or observe, it is the intention of His Majesty the King, acting through the Minister of Mines of the Dominion, to enforce compliance with the provisions of the Mining Act, 1908, and its amendments.

Dated this 24th day of January, 1921.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Mines.

(Mines 11/12.)

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 2nd February, 1921.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Council of the County of Waimairi, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

WAIMAIRI COUNTY COUNCIL.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of ratepayers in the Harewood Special Lighting Area, in the County of Waimairi, taken on the 12th day of January, 1921, on the proposal to borrow the sum of £7,000 for installing electric mains, public lamps, and other works in connection therewith in the above-mentioned area, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 135, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 9.

I therefore declare the proposal carried.

Dated this 13th day of January, 1921.

W. P. SPENCER, Chairman.