Jan. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 71

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

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Department of Defence,
Wellington, 24th December, 1925.

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 :—

3RD N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant C. H. R. Mellsop is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b) R.D. 2. Dated 9th December, 1925.

9TH N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (NORTH AUCKLAND).

James Stimpson to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 4th December, 1925.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Lieutenant L. F. N. Ward to be Captain, 16th Pack Battery. Dated 4th December, 1925.

Alister Murray Linton to be 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Field Battery. Dated 9th December, 1925.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own).

Captain S. J. King, from the Taranaki Regiment, to be Captain, 1st Battalion, with seniority as from the 3rd December, 1923.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 11th December, 1925.

E. N. McL. Hogben, 1st C. Battalion.

H. L. Calder, 2nd C. Battalion. •

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 8th December, 1925.

Henry Agmen-Smith, 4th C. Battalion.

Maurice Charles Casey, 3rd C. Battalion.

Joseph Coop to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), 1st C. Battalion. Dated 8th December, 1925.

The Hauraki Regiment.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 9th December, 1925.

E. L. Adams, 2nd C. Battalion.

W. L. N. Lawrence, 1st Battalion.

The North Auckland Regiment.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :—

D. D. A. Bird, 1st C. Battalion. Dated 29th November, 1925.

P. E. Coutts, 1st Battalion. Dated 30th November, 1925.

I. F. McKenzie, 1st C. Battalion. Dated 1st December, 1925.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants, 1st Battalion. Dated 8th December, 1925.

Eric Bryce Berry.

Michael Herbert Sheriff.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants, 1st Battalion, resign their commissions. Dated 7th December, 1925.

W. E. Garry.

T. A. Sargent.

The Waikato Regiment.

Lieutenant E. W. Geissler (2nd C. Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class 2 (b) R.D. 4. Dated 9th December, 1925.

William Clifton Selwyn Leys to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), 1st C. Battalion. Dated 21st October, 1925.

Sidney Augustus McNamara to be 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Battalion. Dated 7th December, 1925.

The Taranaki Regiment.

Captain S. J. King (1st C. Battalion) is transferred to the Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own). Dated 9th December, 1925.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Lieut.-Colonel R. H. Makgill, C.B.E., M.B., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 15th December, 1925.

Lieut.-Colonel J. P. Frengley, M.D., F.R.C.S.I. (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 15th December, 1925.

Captain G. G. Kenny, M.B. (Reserve of Officers), is retired under the provisions of paragraph 127, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 15th December, 1925.

The undermentioned are retired. Dated 14th December, 1925.

Captain C. M. Greenslade, M.B.

Captain W. D. Hart, M.B.

Captain T. Macallan, M.B.

Captain R. B. P. Monson, M.D.

Captain W. S. Watson, M.D.

Lieutenant H. K. Christie, M.B.

NEW ZEALAND CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Reverend Henry Eric Kyrle Fry to be Chaplain, 4th Class, R.D. 5. Dated 3rd December, 1925.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.

Lieutenant C. L. Lane is posted to the Retired List under the provisions of General Order No. 184/21, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 7th December, 1925.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

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Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

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Department of Defence,
Wellington, 24th December, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to Captain E. J. J. Welch, 1st Battalion, Hawke’s Bay Regiment.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, for Minister of Defence.

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Dismissal from the Forces.

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Department of Defence,
Wellington, 24th December, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the dismissal of the undermentioned from the New Zealand Defence Forces, under section 6 (b), Defence Act, 1909, he having been convicted by the Civil power :—

No. 4A/149 Private W. M. Cuthbert, 1st Battalion, Waikato Regiment.

Dated 16th December, 1925.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

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Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of the Boundaries of the City of Wanganui.

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Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 9th January, 1926.

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General, under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, praying that the area described in the Schedule hereto may be excluded from the City of Wanganui and included in the County of Waitotara. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed alteration of boundaries which they desire to lodge within one month from the first publication of this notice, such objections or petitions to be addressed to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington,

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SCHEDULE.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE CITY OF WANGANUI.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded on the north by Brougham Street, on the north-east by Fox Road, on the east generally by Totara Street, on the south by the southern boundaries of the land shown on plan 2139 and Deeds plan 250 deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Wellington, and on the west by Mosstown Road and Wilberforce Street.

G. JAS ANDERSON,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

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Result of Election of a Member of the Gisborne Fire Board by Fire-insurance Companies.

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Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1925.

THE following result of the election of a member of the Gisborne Fire Board by fire-insurance companies has been reported to the Minister of Internal Affairs, and is notified in accordance with the rules under the Fire Brigades Act, 1908.

Gisborne Fire Board . . . Brian S. Bree.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.