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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 27

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 12th March, 1921.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the Territorial Force:-

12TH (OTAGO) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Renton Grigor relinquishes command of the regiment, and is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 4th March, 1921.

N.Z. FIELD ARTILLERY.

"E" Battery.

2nd Lieutenant Thomas George Benjamin Candy resigns his commission. Dated 24th February, 1921.

N.Z. GARRISON ARTILLERY.

Wellington G.A. Division.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Charles Edward Dunn resigns his appointment. Dated 28th February, 1921.

No. 4 Company.

2nd Lieutenant Colin Brereton Marshall to be Lieutenant. Dated 31st August, 1920.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

No. 1 Field Company.

John Stanley Longton Deem to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 2nd March, 1921.

N.Z. POST AND TELEGRAPH CORPS.

South Island.

Major Samuel James Bolton, O.B.E., is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, and absorbed into the Establishment with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 28th March, 1921.

5TH (WELLINGTON) REGIMENT.

Lieutenant Everard Maunsell Stace is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 22nd February, 1921.

Meredith Maurice Smith to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 25th February, 1921.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.

Staff Nurse Aileen Catherine Miller to be Sister. Dated 6th December, 1920.

Sister (Masseuse) Christine Maria Smith is posted to the Temporary Reserve List. Dated 23rd February, 1921.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 162, of 1st November, 1917, relating to Sister Hilda Hooker, is cancelled, and the following substituted :-

Sister Hilda Hooker is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force and posted to the Temporary Reserve List. Dated 28th September, 1917.

UNATTACHED LIST (a).

Lieutenant Frederick William Furkert, on being appointed to the Unattached List (General List), with the honorary rank of Colonel, relinquishes his commission. Dated 25th August, 1920.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).

Northern Military District.

Captain Albert Wilson is posted to the Retired List, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 21st February, 1921.

2nd Lieutenant John Logan resigns his commission. Dated 25th February, 1921.

Central Military District.

Lieutenant (late Captain, N.Z.E.F.) James Thompson, from the Reserve of Officers (General List), to be Captain. Dated 24th February, 1921.

Lieutenant Harry Arthur Woolf, from the Reserve of Officers (General List), to be Lieutenant. Dated 4th March, 1921.

Captain James Henry Lynsky resigns his commission. Dated 25th February, 1921.

Southern Military District.

Captain Maurice Anthony Hunter Fell is transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List). Dated 23rd February, 1921.

UNATTACHED LIST (GENERAL LIST).

2nd Lieutenant Robert Beveridge is transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List). Dated 23rd March, 1920.

2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Daniel Myers Eckhoff is transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List), with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 24th February, 1921.

2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] George Greig relinquishes his commission, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 115/20, of 15th July. Dated 22nd February, 1921.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS (Temp.).

Lieutenant George Selwyn Wilson is transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List). Dated 1st March, 1921.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) George Barker Menzies is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, and absorbed with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 28th March, 1921.

R. H. RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Services of Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 9th March, 1921.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the services of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club, under the provisions of section 43, Defence Act, 1909 :-

Arrowtown Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Arrowtown.

Date of acceptance 4th March, 1921.

R. H. RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Services of a Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 14th March, 1921.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the services of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club, under the provisions of section 43, Defence Act, 1909 :-

Waitara Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Waitara.

Date of acceptance, 3rd March, 1921.

R. H. RHODES, Minister of Defence.

New Zealand Expeditionary Force Canteen and Regimental Funds Trust Board.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 21 (1) of the Finance Act, 1920, I, hereby appoint the undermentioned to be members of the Board empowered to receive, administer, and distribute all moneys paid into the Public Account by or on behalf of any unit of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force as mess funds, regimental funds, or canteen profits, and unexpended on the passing of the said Act :-

Major-General Sir A. H. Russell, K.C.B., K.C.M.G.

Brigadier-General G. S. Richardson, C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E.

Colonel A. E. Stewart, C.M.G., D.S.O.

Lieutenant-Colonel R. St. J. Beere, D.S.O.

Mr. R. J. F. Aldrich (Returned Soldiers' Association).

Mr. C. W. Batten (Returned Soldiers' Association).

Captain L. C. Forgie (Secretary).

Dated 14th March, 1921.

R. H. RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 14th March, 1921.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Council of the Borough of Timaru, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

TIMARU BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Proposal to raise Special Loans..

PUBLIC notice is hereby given that on the 4th day of March, 1921, the following proposals to raise special loans under the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, were submitted by the Timaru Borough Council to a poll of ratepayers of the Borough of Timaru, and that the voting at such polls resulted as follows :-

1. Timaru Borough Waterworks Loan (No. 4) of £50,000 : For the proposal, 411; against proposal, 865; informal, 45.

2. Timaru Borough Native Reserve Purchase Loan of £12,000 : For the proposal, 210; against proposal, 1,050; informal, 58.

3. Timaru Borough Omnibus Loan (No. 2) of £10,000 : For the proposal, 329; against proposal, 931; informal, 58.

4. Timaru Borough Caroline Bay Improvements Loan (No. 2) of £6,000 : For the proposal, 264; against proposal, 990 ; informal, 65.

5. Timaru Borough Park Improvements Loan of £3,500 : For the proposal, 218; against proposal, 1,040; informal, 59.