MAY 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1191

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 16th May, 1921.

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

3RD (AUCKLAND) MOUNTED RIFLES.
Lieutenant Stanley Austin Carr is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 5th May, 1921.

6TH (MANAWATU) MOUNTED RIFLES.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) William George Murray to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 29th April, 1921.]

N.Z. FIELD ARTILLERY.
G Battery.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation). Dated 7th May, 1921:—
Eric Freeman Clayton-Greene.
John Tait.
Hilton, Roy Tyler.

C Battery.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation). Dated 3rd May, 1921:—
William Moir.
Walter Ainsley Sutton.
Edward Leslie Youman Cockroft.

N.Z. GARRISON ARTILLERY.
Wellington Garrison Artillery Division.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Ronald Wallace Fenton to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 29th April, 1921.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.
Mounted Signal Troops, Canterbury.
Captain Thomas Lomax Gibbs is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22 of 20th February, 1920. Dated 27th April, 1921.

1ST CANTERBURY REGIMENT.
Lieutenant Richard Strachan De Renzy Harman, from the Unattached List (General List) to be Lieutenant. Dated 31st October, 1919.

5TH (WELLINGTON) REGIMENT.
Captain Thomas Casserley, from the 9th (Hawke’s Bay) Regiment, to be Captain. Dated 4th May, 1921.

7TH (WELLINGTON WEST COAST) REGIMENT.
Lieutenant William Peachey Aldridge to be Captain. Dated 20th October, 1920.
Major Lancelot Craig (Reserve of Officers) is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of paragraph 126, General Regulations, 1913, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 3rd May, 1921.

9TH (HAWKE’S BAY) REGIMENT.
Captain Thomas Casserley is transferred to the 5th (Wellington) Regiment. Dated 4th May, 1921.
2nd Lieutenant (on probation) John Henry Thomas Munro resigns his appointment. Dated 4th May, 1921.

13TH (NORTH CANTERBURY AND WESTLAND) REGIMENT.
Major William Jeffries is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 5th May, 1921.

16TH (WAIKATO) REGIMENT.
The commission granted 2nd Lieutenant Philip John Williams is cancelled, under the provisions of Section 5A of the Defence Act, 1909. Dated 5th May, 1921.

N.Z. RIFLE BRIGADE (EARL OF LIVERPOOL’S OWN).
The undermentioned are posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22 of 20th February, 1920. Dated 27th April, 1921:—
2nd Lieutenant Hornish Allen Signal.
2nd Lieutenant Arthur Campbell Langlands.
2nd Lieutenant Albert Kemp Coley, D.C.M.
2nd Lieutenant Jack Reginald Bone.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS’ DEPARTMENT.
The Reverend Henry Lawrence Blamires, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, to be Chaplain to the Forces, 3rd Class. Dated 27th April, 1921.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).
Northern Command.
Lieutenant Frank Deacon Holt is transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List). Dated 5th May, 1921.
Cecil Henry Hoverd to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 5th May, 1921.

Central Command.
The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Francis John Eggleton is confirmed.
Lieutenant Ernest Edmund Somervell is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22 of 20th February, 1920. Dated 27th April, 1921.

UNATTACHED LIST (GENERAL LIST).
Central Command.
The undermentioned are posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22 of 20th February, 1920. Dated 27th April, 1921:—
2nd Lieutenant [Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Gilbert Hamilton McMeeking, with the rank of Captain.
2nd Lieutenant [Captain, Reserve of Officers, temp.)] Robert Joseph Grant, M.C., with the rank of Captain.
2nd Lieutenant [Captain, Reserve of Officers, temp.)] Ernest Richard Black, M.C., with the rank of Captain.
2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Tupa Roatoatara, with the rank of Lieutenant.
2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Francis Gordon Treweek, with the rank of Lieutenant.
2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Frederick William Huggins, with the rank of Lieutenant.
2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] John George Rickleton, M.C., with the rank of Lieutenant.
2nd Lieutenant John Gilray Grant, V.C.
2nd Lieutenant Frederick William Ensom.
2nd Lieutenant Waiheke Puha.
2nd Lieutenant William Watson.
2nd Lieutenant George James Glassford.
2nd Lieutenant Clarence Desmond Lawless.
2nd Lieutenant Eric Wyndham Merewether.
2nd Lieutenant Duncan Carr Macphail.
2nd Lieutenant Louis Melville Theakstone.
2nd Lieutenant Maurice Waldegrave.
2nd Lieutenant Thomas Ellis Valentine.
2nd Lieutenant Rae Fraser Scott.
2nd Lieutenant James Stellin.
2nd Lieutenant Charles James Ashton.
2nd Lieutenant Herbert Mortensen.
2nd Lieutenant Robert Tapper.
2nd Lieutenant Rob Roy McGregor.
2nd Lieutenant Kotuhu Horima Hakopa.

Southern Command.
2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Richard Strachan De Renzy Harman is transferred to the 1st (Canterbury) Regiment, with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 31st October, 1919.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS (TEMPORARY).
The undermentioned are posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22 of 20th February, 1920. Dated 27th April, 1921:—
Captain William Houkamau Stainton.
Lieutenant [late temp. Captain, N.Z.E.F.) Earl Stewart, with the rank of Captain.
Lieutenant Louis Casimir Fama.
Lieutenant David Ramsay Mansfield.
Honorary Lieutenant Patrick Edward Cole.

R. H. RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Rangitaiki Land Drainage District.—Penalty on Overdue Rates.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 17th May, 1921.

IN pursuance of section 28 of the Rating Amendment Act, 1910, and the regulations under the Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act, 1910, the ratepayers within the district constituted by the last-mentioned Act are hereby notified that 10 per cent. additional will be added to all rates for the year ended 31st March, 1921, unpaid on the 29th June, 1921. Rates may be paid at any money-order office or to the “Collector of Rates,” Box 1659, Auckland.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Hauraki Plains Rating District.—Penalty on Overdue Rates.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 17th May, 1921.

IN pursuance of section 28 of the Rating Amendment Act, 1910, and the Hauraki Plains Act, 1908, the ratepayers within the district constituted by the last-mentioned Act are hereby notified that 10 per cent. additional will be added to all rates for the year ended 31st March, 1921, unpaid on the 29th June, 1921. Rates may be paid at any money-order office or to the “Collector of Rates,” Box 1659, Auckland.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.