APRIL 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 925

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 15th April, 1924.

H IS 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.
Colonel C. G. Powles, C.M.G., D.S.O., A.D.C. to the King (S.C.), from Chief of the General Staff at General Headquarters, to Command the Central Command, with the temporary rank of Colonel-Commandant while so employed, and with headquarters at Palmerston North, with effect from 1st April, 1924, vice Colonel (temp. Colonel-Commandant) C. W. Melvill, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., p.s.c., appointed General Officer Commanding.
Lieut.-Colonel W. L. H. Burgess, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., from Director of Military Training and Intelligence at General Headquarters, to be Chief of the General Staff at General Headquarters, with the temporary rank of Colonel while so employed, with effect from 1st April, 1924, vice Colonel C. G. Powles, C.M.G., D.S.O., A.D.C. to the King (S.C.), and to carry out temporarily the duties of Director of Military Training and Intelligence in addition to the duties of Chief of the General Staff.

1st N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (CANTERBURY YEOMANRY CAVALRY).
2nd Lieutenant N. P. Manning to be Lieutenant. Dated 1st December, 1923.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.
Captain W. Earnshaw, M.C. (10th Battery), is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 10. Dated 24th March, 1924.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.
The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own). The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) (2nd C. Battalion) are confirmed :— F. J. Gwilliam. J. S. Matthews. G. A. Beswick.
Leslie Spurgeon Wood to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) (3rd C. Battalion). Dated 30th November, 1923.

The Hawke's Bay Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant A. R. Smith (1st C. Battalion) is transferred to the Canterbury Regiment (4th C. Battalion). Dated 2nd April, 1924.
2nd Lieutenant A. G. Thompson, from the Canterbury Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant (1st C. Battalion), with seniority as from 1st June, 1919.

The Canterbury Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant W. Smith to be Lieutenant (1st Battalion). Dated 5th July, 1923.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation):— John Struthers (1st C. Battalion). Dated 21st March, 1924. John Morison Tait (1st C. Battalion). Dated 21st March, 1924.
Howard Karl Kippenberger (1st Battalion). Dated 26th March, 1924.
2nd Lieutenant A. G. Thompson (1st C. Battalion) is transferred to the Hawke's Bay Regiment. Dated 24th March, 1924.
2nd Lieutenant A. R. Smith, from the Hawke's Bay Regiment (1st C. Battalion), to be 2nd Lieutenant (4th C. Battalion), with seniority as from 30th November, 1923.

The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment.
Lieutenant G. H. Gubbins, from the Otago Regiment (1st Battalion), to be Lieutenant (1st Battalion), with seniority as from 5th August, 1922.
The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) W. J. Hall (1st C. Battalion) is confirmed.

The Otago Regiment.
Lieutenant G. H. Gubbins (1st Battalion) is transferred to the Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment. Dated 14th March, 1924.
2nd Lieutenant (on probation) W. M. Satterthwaite (2nd C. Battalion) is transferred to the Southland Regiment (1st C. Battalion). Dated 21st March, 1924.
The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) D. J. Sumpter (2nd C. Battalion) is confirmed.
Robert Duncan Herme Swindley to be 2nd Lieutenant (2nd C. Battalion). Dated 28th March, 1924.
The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) H. O. Sinclair (2nd C. Battalion) lapses. Dated 2nd April, 1924.

The Southland Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant (on probation) W. M. Satterthwaite, from the Otago Regiment (2nd C. Battalion), to be 2nd Lieutenant
(on probation), (1st C. Battalion), with seniority as from the 20th July, 1923.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) (1st C. Battalion). Dated 21st March, 1924.
Thomas James Richard Cushan.
Kenneth Cornwell McDonald.
William Edward McIndoe.
Lee Charles Howells to be 2nd Lieutenant (1st C. Battalion). Dated 26th March, 1924.
Adam Alexander McCorkindale to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), (2nd C. Battalion). Dated 26th March, 1924.

THE N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.
Matron-in-Chief H. Maclean, R.R.C., is retired under the provisions of General Order No. 282/21, with permission to retain her rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 9th November, 1923.
Matron J. Bicknell, A.R.R.C., to be Matron-in-Chief. Dated 10th November, 1923.
Matron F. Wilson, R.R.C., from the Reserve List, to be Deputy Matron-in-Chief. Dated 10th November, 1923.

THE N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.
The undermentioned to be Chaplains, 4th Class :— The Reverend J. L. A. Kayll (Church of England). Dated 1st October, 1922.
The Reverend William Thomas Blight (Methodist). Dated 16th November, 1923.
The Reverend Harold Thomas Steele (Church of England). Dated 19th October, 1923.
The Reverend James Henry Allen (Methodist). Dated 7th December, 1923.
The Reverend John Ernest Parsons (Methodist). Dated 7th December, 1923.
The Reverend Percy Irvan Cooke (Methodist). Dated 7th December, 1923.
The Reverend Frank Ernest Leadley (Methodist). Dated 7th December, 1923.
The Reverend Harry Cottom (Methodist). Dated 7th December, 1923.
The Reverend Alfred Samuel Wilson (Baptist). Dated 11th January, 1924.
The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve List, Class I :— The Reverend J. H. Allen (R.D. 3). Dated 7th December, 1923.
The Reverend J. E. Parsons (R.D. 1). Dated 7th December, 1923.
The Reverend P. I. Cooke (R.D. 2). Dated 7th December, 1923.
The Reverend W. T. Blight (R.D. 1). Dated 16th November, 1923.
The Reverend O. M. Doyle (R.D. 1). Dated 7th February, 1924.
The Reverend M. J. Bleakley (R.D. 4). Dated 7th February, 1924.
The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve List, Class II :— The Reverend J. L. A. Kayll (R.D. 1). Dated 1st October, 1922.
The Reverend H. T. Steele (R.D. 3). Dated 19th October, 1923.
The Reverend F. E. Leadley (R.D. 4). Dated 7th December, 1923.
The Reverend H. Cottom (R.D. 2). Dated 7th December, 1923.
The Reverend A. S. Wilson (R.D. 1). Dated 11th January, 1924.
The Reverend M. J. Furlong (R.D. 1). Dated 7th February, 1924.
The Reverend A. B. Chappell (R.D. 1). Dated 7th February, 1924.
The Reverend W. J. Murphy (R.D. 1). Dated 7th February, 1924.
The Reverend P. N. Knight (R.D. 1). Dated 7th February, 1924.
The Reverend W. H. Spear (R.D. 3). Dated 7th February, 1924.
The Reverend P. C. Davis (R.D. 4). Dated 13th February, 1924.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.
Under sections 5 (a) and 6 (b) of the Defence Act, 1908, Captain T. H. Jones is dismissed from the Forces, and his commission is cancelled, he having been convicted by the Civil power of embezzlement. Dated 17th March, 1924.
Under sections 5 (a) and 6 (b) of the Defence Act, 1909, 2nd Lieutenant D. E. Sutherland is dismissed from the Forces, and his commission is cancelled, he having been convicted by the Civil power of embezzlement. Dated 17th March, 1924.

ERRATUM,
With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 14, of 6th March, 1924, relating to the appointment of 2nd Lieutenants H. A. Lowe and E. E. Zohrab to the Wellington Regiment, delete the words “(on probation).”
R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.