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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 35

Act, 1908, and Conservator of State Forests for the purposes of the State Forests Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of April, 1921.

JOHN COOK

to be Chief Surveyor and Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Marlborough Land District for the purposes of the Land Act, 1908, and Conservator of State Forests for the purposes of the State Forests Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of April, 1921.

GEORGE HENRY BULLARD

to be Chief Surveyor and Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Canterbury Land District for the purposes of the Land Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of April, 1921.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 12th April, 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, Army Ordnance Department, and Territorial Force.

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.

Lieutenant (late Captain, N.Z.E.F.) Vincent Gordon Jervis is posted to the Retired List, with the rank of Captain. Dated 15th March, 1921.

N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT.

Honorary Captain Livingstone Forsythe McNair is posted to the Retired List, with the rank of Captain. Dated 23rd April, 1921.

6TH (MANAWATU) MOUNTED RIFLES.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Stanley Gordon Perry relinquishes his commission. Dated 10th March, 1921.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.—N.Z. RAILWAY BATTALIONS.

North Island.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) George Archibald Keith Simmers, from the South Island Battalion, to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 31st March, 1921.

South Island.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) George Archibald Keith Simmers is transferred to the North Island Battalion. Dated 31st March, 1921.

N.Z. POST AND TELEGRAPH CORPS.

North Island.

Lieutenant William Henry Nankervis is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 31st March, 1921.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation):—
Thomas Michael Kenealy. Dated 31st January, 1921.
William Percival Hay. Dated 23rd March, 1921.

South Island.

2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] George Henry Blanshard, from the N.Z. Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool’s Own), to be Lieutenant. Dated 24th March, 1921.

Alfred Edgar Wilkinson to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 23rd March, 1921.

2ND (SOUTH CANTERBURY) REGIMENT.

Major William Henry Foden, (d), Retired List, ceases to be attached for duty. Dated 24th March, 1921.

2nd Lieutenant Arthur Aubury Perry, from the 4th (Otago) Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 19th March, 1921.

4TH (OTAGO) REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant Arthur Aubury Perry is transferred to the 2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment. Dated 19th March, 1921.

5TH (WELLINGTON) REGIMENT.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 72, of 12th August, 1920, relating to Captain Guy Campion Felton, for the words “Dated 30th September, 1920,” read “Dated 8th March, 1921.”

9TH (HAWKE’S BAY) REGIMENT.

Lieutenant (temp.) Archibald Drysdale Brown resigns his commission. Dated 21st March, 1921.

17TH (RUAHINE) REGIMENT.

The commission granted 2nd Lieutenant (temp.) James Archer is cancelled, under the provisions of section 5 (a) of the Defence Act, 1909. Dated 1st April, 1921.

N.Z. RIFLE BRIGADE (EARL OF LIVERPOOL’S OWN).

2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] George Henry Blanshard is transferred to the Corps of N.Z. Engineers, N.Z. Post and Telegraph Corps (South Island). Dated 24th March, 1921.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 59, of 17th June, 1920, relating to the retirement of 2nd Lieutenant Edgar James is cancelled, and the following substituted:—

2nd Lieutenant Edgar James is transferred to the Unattached List (b). Dated 24th September, 1919.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.

Sister Ruth Gilmer to be Charge Sister. Dated 1st April, 1921.

The undermentioned are posted to the Temporary Reserve List:—
Sister Elsie Helga Person. Dated 8th April, 1921.
Sister Bessie Maxfield. Dated 27th March, 1921.
Staff Nurse Claire Everett. Dated 2nd April, 1921.
Staff Nurse Dorothy Everett. Dated 31st March, 1921.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).

Northern Military District.

2nd Lieutenant Edgar James, from the N.Z. Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool’s Own), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 24th September, 1919.

Central Military District.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation):—
William Henry Aston. Dated 30th March, 1921.
Philip de la Mare Barcham. Dated 31st March, 1921.

Southern Military District.

Lieutenant Albert George Stanley is transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List). Dated 24th March, 1921.
Lieutenant Stephen Veitch is transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List). Dated 23rd March, 1921.

UNATTACHED LIST (GENERAL LIST).

2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Walter Allan Stead is transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List), with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 29th March, 1921.

R. H. RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Defence Department,
Wellington, 31st March, 1921.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the acceptance of the services of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club, under the provisions of section 43, Defence Act, 1909:—

Komako Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Komako, Central Military District.

Date of acceptance, 22nd March, 1921.

R. H. RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Special Order made by the Mosgiel Borough Council reducing the Number of Councillors.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 4th April, 1921.

THE following special order, made by the Mosgiel Borough Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920.

G. P. NEWTON,
Assistant Under-Secretary.

BOROUGH OF MOSGIEL.

Special Order.

PUBLIC notice is hereby given that the following resolution, intended to operate as a special order, was passed at a special meeting of the Mosgiel Borough Council held in the Council Chambers, Coronation Hall, Mosgiel, on Monday, 7th March, 1921, and was duly confirmed as a special order at the ordinary meeting of the Council held on the 4th day of April, 1921:—

That, pursuant to the provisions of section 125 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, the Mosgiel Borough Council hereby resolves by way of special resolution, to operate as a special order, that the total number of members of the said Council, exclusive of the Mayor, shall be six (6) instead of nine (9), as at present, and hereby further resolves that such reduction of members to six (6) shall take effect at and from the forthcoming biennial election of Councillors to be held on the last Wednesday in April, 1921.

Dated this 4th day of April, 1921.

W. E. McLEAN, Town Clerk.