MAR. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 769

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 18th 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 N.Z. Staff Corps and Territorial Force.

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.

Captain Harold Lloyd de Forges Garland is transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List). Dated 5th March, 1921.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Michael McDonnell is posted to the Retired List, with the rank of Major. Dated 13th March, 1921.

4TH (WAIKATO) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant Fabian Eric Spain is transferred to the 5th (Otago) Mounted Rifles. Dated 5th March, 1921.

5TH (OTAGO) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant Fabian Eric Spain, from the 4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles, to be Lieutenant. Dated 5th March, 1921.

6TH (MANAWATU) MOUNTED RIFLES.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Charles William Liggins resigns his commission. Dated 8th March, 1921.

1ST (CANTERBURY) REGIMENT.

Lieutenant Stuart James Sampson to be Captain. Dated 4th March, 1921.

5TH (WELLINGTON) REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant James Hope Robertson is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 9th March, 1921.

9TH (HAWKE’S BAY) REGIMENT.

Lieutenant (temp.) Robert Campbell Magill to be Lieutenant. Dated 9th March, 1921.

17TH (RUAHINE) REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Frederick Charles Brockett to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 9th March, 1921.

N.Z. GARRISON ARTILLERY.

Auckland G.A. Division.

Lieutenant William Roberts is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 3rd March, 1921.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

No. 4 Field Company.

Lieutenant (temp.) Philip Chetwood Watt to be Lieutenant. Dated 9th March, 1921.

DIVISIONAL SIGNAL COMPANIES.

No. 1 Company, Wellington.

2nd Lieutenant Leonard Frederick Cooper to be Lieutenant. Dated 11th March, 1921.

No. 2 Company, Canterbury.

Lieutenant John Caskie McDonald is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 18th February, 1921.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Ivan Stuart Wilson to be Major, and to command No. 8 Mounted Field Ambulance. Dated 29th October, 1920.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.

The undermentioned are transferred to the Temporary Reserve List:—

Sister Jean Gray Haliburton. Dated 24th March, 1921.

Sister (Masseuse) Alice Mary Hinds Howell. Dated 15th February 1921.

Sister Ruth Gilmer is transferred from the Reserve to the Active List. Dated 1st March, 1921.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).

Northern Military District.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) William Boyd Kirkwood is posted to the Retired List, with the rank of Captain, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22/20. Dated 12th March, 1921.

The commissions granted the undermentioned are cancelled, under the provisions of section 5 (a) of the Defence Act, 1909. Dated 11th March, 1921:—

Lieutenant William John Logan.

2nd Lieutenant John Kenneth Stevenson Hall.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Ernest Leon Sturmfels.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) George Robert Hogan lapses. Dated 10th March, 1921.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Harold Douglas Tait is confirmed.

Central Military District.

Lieutenant (temp.) William Edinborough Chamberlain to be Lieutenant. Dated 9th March, 1921.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Arthur David Low to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 9th March, 1921.

The commission granted 2nd Lieutenant Vernon Warren Russell is cancelled, under the provisions of section 5 (a) of the Defence Act, 1909. Dated 10th March, 1921.

Southern Military District.

Lieutenant Hugh Godfrey Wake is transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List). Dated 10th March, 1921.

UNATTACHED LIST (GENERAL LIST).

Central Military District.

2nd Lieutenant [Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Edward Renata Muhunga Broughton is transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List), with the rank of Captain. Dated 11th March, 1921.

R. H. RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Alterations to the Scale of Fares, Rates, and Charges in Force upon the New Zealand Government Railways.

IN pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me under the Government Railways Act, 1908, and its amendments, I, William Ferguson Massey, Minister of Railways, do hereby make the following alterations in the scale of fares, rates, and charges in force on the New Zealand Government railways open for traffic, such alterations to come into force on and after the 1st day of April, 1921.

PART IV.—GOODS RATES.

WESTLAND SECTION.

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Goods of Class E consigned direct from ship at Greymouth to Kumara, or from Kumara to Greymouth for shipment, will be charged 6s. 6d. per ton, including wharfage and all charges at Greymouth.

Insert—

Goods of Class E consigned direct from ship at Greymouth to Kumara, or from Kumara to Greymouth for shipment, will be charged 4s. 6d. per ton, including all charges at Greymouth except wharfage.

Cancel—

Chaff consigned direct from ship at Greymouth to Kumara, or from Kumara to Greymouth for shipment, will be charged 7s. per ton, including wharfage and all charges at Greymouth.

Insert—

Chaff consigned direct from ship at Greymouth to Kumara, or from Kumara to Greymouth for shipment, will be charged 5s. per ton, including all charges at Greymouth except wharfage.

Cancel—

Wool, undumped, from Hokitika consigned direct to ship at Greymouth will be charged 2s. 6d. per bale, including wharfage and handling at ship’s side at Greymouth.

Insert—

Wool, undumped, from Hokitika consigned direct to ship at Greymouth will be charged 2s. per bale, including handling at ship’s side at Greymouth.

Cancel—

Timber, not otherwise specified, loaded at Greymouth will be charged 3d. per 100 superficial feet for haulage from sidings to ships, including wharfage.

Insert—

Timber loaded at Greymouth will be charged 2d. per 100 superficial feet for haulage from sidings to ships.

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Timber loaded at Greymouth, previously carried to Greymouth by rail, will be charged 2d. per 100 superficial feet for haulage from sidings to ships.

PART VI.—WHARVES.

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The whole of the rates and charges under “Greymouth Wharf,” with the exception of those for cranage and storage.

The above charges will be subject to the increases provided for in Gazette extract (2/20), of 24th August, 1920.

PART V.—CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS, LIVE-STOCK, PARCELS, AND LUGGAGE.

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Flax, Native dressed, screw-pressed. Otherwise rate and a half. (Loose-dressed flax will not be accepted for carriage.) Owner’s risk. Special goods. Class “D.” (This will not be subject to the increases provided in Gazette extract 2/20, of 24th August, 1920.)

As witness my hand this 22nd day of March, 1921.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Railways.