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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 85

1ST N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (CANTERBURY YEOMANRY CAVALRY).
Lieutenant A. A. E. Pennefather to be Captain. Dated 20th November, 1923.

3RD N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (AUCKLAND).
David Hartley Cyril Wilson to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 15th November, 1923.

5TH N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (OTAGO HUSSARS).
Major G. R. Mitchell to be Lieut.-Colonel. Dated 10th November, 1923.
Captain J. O. Webber is transferred to the 6th N.Z. Mounted Rifles (Manawatu). Dated 21st November, 1923.

6TH N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (MANAWATU).
Captain J. O. Webber, from the 5th N.Z. Mounted Rifles (Otago Hussars), to be Captain, with seniority as from 11th October, 1916.

7TH N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (WELLINGTON EAST COAST).
Lieutenant C. M. Perry is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 7. Dated 20th November, 1923.

8TH N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (NELSON).
Vernon Alan Murphy to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 20th November, 1923.

9TH N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (NORTH AUCKLAND).
Captain A. H. Wright is transferred to the Otago Regiment (2nd C Battalion). Dated 15th November, 1923.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own).
2nd Lieutenant K. C. Reid, from the Southland Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant (1st Battalion), with seniority as from the 20th September, 1921.
Lieutenant W. H. Fortune (1st Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 1. Dated 13th November, 1923.

The North Auckland Regiment.
Major J. H. Bartlett to be Lieut.-Colonel (1st Battalion). Dated 1st September, 1923.
The undermentioned to be Lieutenants (1st Battalion). Dated 1st September, 1923.
2nd Lieutenant R. E. P. Hopkirk.
2nd Lieutenant C. V. Thomason.

The Waikato Regiment.
Douglas Edwin Trevarthen to be 2nd Lieutenant (2nd C Battalion). Dated 15th November, 1923.

The Wellington Regiment.
Lieutenant G. H. Blanshard, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant (2nd C Battalion). Dated 19th November, 1923.
Lieutenant H. F. Allan, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant (1st Battalion). Dated 21st November, 1923.
Edgar Oliver Faber to be 2nd Lieutenant (2nd C Battalion). Dated 19th November, 1923.

The Wellington West Coast Regiment.
John Harold Dooley to be Lieutenant (on probation), (1st Battalion). Dated 19th November, 1923.

The Canterbury Regiment.
Lieutenant P. P. Chamberlin, from the Southland Regiment (1st Battalion), to be Lieutenant (1st Battalion), with seniority as from the 1st March, 1922.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (1st Battalion). Dated 22nd November, 1923.
Peter Farquhar McDougall.
John Henry Torlesse.
Bernard Stratford Howard Ward.

Major D. G. Smith is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 10. Dated 21st November, 1923.
Major W. E. S. Furby is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 10. Dated 21st November, 1923.

The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment.
The undermentioned to be Lieutenants (1st Battalion). Dated 19th November, 1923.
2nd Lieutenant C. J. R. Price.
2nd Lieutenant S. I. Jones.
Eric Philp Wills to be 2nd Lieutenant (1st Battalion). Dated 19th November, 1923.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 82, of 22nd November, 1923, relating to the appointment of 2nd Lieutenants E. H. J. Knyvett and K. Rix-Trott, for the words "2nd Lieutenants (on probation), read "2nd Lieutenants."

The Otago Regiment.
Captain A. H. Wright, from the 9th N.Z. Mounted Rifles (North Auckland), to be Captain (2nd C Battalion). Dated 15th November, 1923.

The Southland Regiment.
Thomas Henry Merrick Ham to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), (1st C Battalion). Dated 21st November, 1923.
Lieutenant P. P. Chamberlin (1st Battalion) is transferred to the Canterbury Regiment (1st Battalion). Dated 21st November, 1923.
2nd Lieutenant K. C. Reid is transferred to the Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own). Dated 7th November, 1923.

N.Z. AIR FORCE.
The undermentioned to be Captains. Dated 19th November, 1923.
John Davis Canning.
John Hirschberg.
2nd Lieutenant M. D. Sinclair to be Lieutenant, with seniority next below Lieutenant F. S. Gordon, D.F.C. Dated 14th June, 1923.

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants. Dated 19th November, 1923.
Norman Harold Barlow.
Arthur Darvall Poulton to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 19th November, 1923.
Purcey Arlington Turner.
Sidney Alfred Gibbons.
Vincent Ferris Toulmin.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.
The Reverend G. King, Chaplain, 4th Class, to be Chaplain, 3rd Class. Dated 22nd August, 1921.
The Reverend J. M. McKenzie, Chaplain, 4th Class, retires, with permission to wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 29th October, 1923.
The Reverend Thomas Skuse to be Chaplain, 4th Class (Methodist). Dated 22nd November, 1923.

ADDENDUM.
With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 20, of 1st March, 1923, relating to Lieutenant C. H. T. Skelley, after the words "Retired List" add "with the rank of Captain."

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 29th November, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the services of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club, under section 43, Defence Act, 1909:--
Otago University Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Dunedin.
Date of acceptance, 2nd November, 1923.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, for Minister of Defence.

Date of Election by Fire-insurance Companies to fill One Extraordinary Vacancy on Kaiapoi Fire Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 3rd December, 1923.

Pursuant to the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, and the rules made thereunder, I, Richard Francis Bollard, being the Minister charged with the administration of the said Act, do hereby appoint Friday, the 21st December, 1923, to be the date for holding the election of one member of the Kaiapoi Fire Board by the fire-insurance companies concerned; such election being held to fill the extraordinary vacancy caused by the death of Mr. James Buchan.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 28th November, 1923.

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

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
For Minister of Finance.