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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 85

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 16th December, 1924.

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

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) A. Ekstedt (7th Field Battery) is confirmed.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 2nd December, 1924.

Fergus Everard Reeves (5th Field Battery).
George Fenwick Townsend Hall (19th Medium Battery).

N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS.

Southern Depot.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 81, of 11th December, 1924, relating to the appointment of 2nd Lieutenant William Jaques Barrett Crop should read “2nd Lieutenant (on probation).”

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

The Auckland Regiment.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) H. H. McDonald (1st C. Battalion) is confirmed.

The Wellington West Coast Regiment.

Lieutenant J. H. Dooley (1st Battalion) is transferred to the 2nd C. Battalion with seniority as from the 19th November, 1923.

The Hawke’s Bay Regiment.

Major H. W. Slater, from the Otago Regiment (1st C. Battalion), to be Major (1st C. Battalion), with seniority as from the 12th May, 1924.

The Canterbury Regiment.

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants. Dated 1st December, 1924.

2nd Lieutenant P. Nicol (1st Battalion).
2nd Lieutenant W. G. Corbett (6th C. Battalion.).
2nd Lieutenant I. H. Owen (4th C. Battalion).
2nd Lieutenant G. Burns (4th C. Battalion).
2nd Lieutenant C. F. De Joux (2nd C. Battalion).
2nd Lieutenant F. N. Skinner (4th C. Battalion).
2nd Lieutenant T. H. Mitchell (4th C. Battalion).
2nd Lieutenant A. A. Cooper (1st Battalion).
2nd Lieutenant L. R. R. Denny (3rd C. Battalion).
2nd Lieutenant J. B. McBride (3rd C. Battalion).

The appointments of the undermentioned are confirmed:—
2nd Lieutenant (on probation) J. T. Burrows (3rd C. Battalion).
2nd Lieutenant (on probation) H. McD. Scott (6th C. Battalion).

The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment.

Lieutenant A. O. Hammond to be Captain (1st Battalion). Dated 21st February, 1924.

The Otago Regiment.

Major H. W. Slater (1st C. Battalion) is transferred to the Hawke’s Bay Regiment. Dated 1st December, 1924.
2nd Lieutenant N. McD. Matheson, from the Southland Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant (1st Battalion), with seniority as from the 7th July, 1921.

The Southland Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant N. McD. Matheson (1st Battalion) is transferred to the Otago Regiment. Dated 4th December, 1924.

THE N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The N.Z. Chaplains Department.

The undermentioned Chaplains 3rd Class, from the Reserve List Class I, to be Chaplains 3rd Class. Dated 1st December, 1924.

The Reverend A. H. Norris, M.A.
The Reverend E. C. W. Powell (D).

The Reverend P. Fay, Chaplain 4th Class, to be Chaplain 3rd Class. Dated 13th May, 1922.

The undermentioned to be Chaplains 4th Class. Dated 1st December, 1924.

The Reverend Thomas Hanrahan (Roman Catholic).
The Reverend Francis A. Tooley (Church of England).
The Reverend Peter O’Meeghan (Roman Catholic).

The undermentioned Chaplains 4th Class are transferred to the Reserve List. Dated 1st December, 1924.

Class I.

The Reverend T. Hanrahan, R.D. 10.
The Reverend F. A. Tooley, R.D. 10.
The Reverend P. O’Meeghan, R.D. 10.
The Reverend P. Ginisty, R.D. 10.
The Reverend R. De Lambert, R.D. 10.
The Reverend J. R. Young, R.D. 9.
The Reverend L. A. Knight, R.D. 10.
The Reverend J. A. Rogers, R.D. 9.

Class II.

The Reverend P. Fay, Chaplain 3rd Class, R.D. 10.
The Reverend J. M. Simpson, Chaplain 4th Class, Reserve List, Class II, is retired under the provisions of paragraph 127, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 4th December, 1924.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to Colonel J. Findlay, C.B., D.S.O., Commander 3rd New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Wellington, 10th December, 1924.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to accept the services of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club, under section 43, Defence Act 1909:—

Motu Defence Rifle Club,
with headquarters at Motu, Poverty Bay.

Date of acceptance, 30th October, 1924.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Officers for R.N.R. and R.N.V.R.

NOTICE is hereby given that applications from those who wish to become officers in the newly constituted Royal Naval Reserve and Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand Division) will now be received.

2. The numbers at present required for the R.N.R. are small, and it is desired to include some officers with war experience and some younger officers.

3. The only division of the R.N.V.R. at present to be formed is that at Auckland. All applicants should therefore reside in that district, and must have had war experience in the late war. In making their applications it should be stated by candidates whether they wish to be considered as company officers.

4. The regulations, which show the conditions of entry and service, are now available and will be sent to applicants who desire to consider the advisability of joining these services with a view to being able to serve the Empire in time of need.

5. Applications for regulations and applications to join, which should include copies of any Naval certificates they may possess, details of war services, mercantile marine qualification (R.N.R.), age, occupation, and any other relevant details, should be forwarded to “The Naval Secretary, Navy Office, Customs Buildings, Wellington.”

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 17th December, 1924.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Council of the County of Rodney, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

RODNEY COUNTY COUNCIL.

Result of Proposal to raise Loan for Purchase of Machinery and metalling Roads in the Arai Riding.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Arai Riding Special-rating District No. 3, of the County of Rodney, taken on the 28th day of November, 1924, on the