May 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1373

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the N.Z. Staff Corps, Regiment of Royal N.Z. Artillery, and N.Z. Military Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 8th May, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, and transfers of Officers of the N.Z. Staff Corps, Regiment of Royal N.Z. Artillery, and N.Z. Military Forces.

THE N.Z. STAFF CORPS.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains. Dated 11th April, 1926.
W. G. Gentry.
S. C. V. W. Sugden.
S. F. Allen.
J. I. Brooke, and remains seconded to the British Army in India.

THE REGIMENT OF ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Lieutenant A. de T. Nevill to be Captain. Dated 11th April, 1926.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Lieutenant J. E. Hannah (5th Field Battery) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b) R.D. 5. Dated 24th April, 1926.
Hon. Lieutenant and Bandmaster J. T. Lighton, from the Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own), to be Hon. Lieutenant and Bandmaster, Northern Command, with seniority as from the 12th April, 1915.
Charles Lockhart Walter to be 2nd Lieutenant, 10th Field Battery. Dated 30th April, 1926.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own).
Hon. Lieutenant and Bandmaster J. T. Lighton is transferred to the Regiment of N.Z. Artillery, Northern Command. Dated 3rd May, 1926.
Arthur Norton Rush to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), 1st Battalion. Dated 22nd April, 1926.

The Wellington Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant J. Bennett, from the Hawke’s Bay Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, with seniority as from the 7th July, 1924.
2nd Lieutenant J. T. V. Steele (2nd C. Battalion), resigns his commission. Dated 30th April, 1926.

The Hawke’s Bay Regiment.
Major E. S. Harston (1st Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b) R.D. 7. Dated 24th April, 1926.
2nd Lieutenant J. Bennett (1st Battalion) is transferred to the Wellington Regiment. Dated 24th April, 1926.

The Wellington West Coast Regiment.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains. Dated 19th August, 1925.
H. W. Kerr, 2nd C. Battalion.
S. E. Gilshnan, 1st Battalion.

2nd Lieutenant J. McK. Gordon, from the Reserve of Officers, to be 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Battalion. Dated 24th April, 1926.
2nd Lieutenant P. J. C. Burn (Retired List) to be 2nd Lieutenant, 2nd C. Battalion. Dated 24th April, 1926.
Rewi Alley to be 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Battalion. Dated 29th April, 1926.
2nd Lieutenant (on probation) S. G. Waite (1st Battalion) resigns his appointment. Dated 29th April, 1926.

The Canterbury Regiment.

Lieutenant J. M. Young (1st Battalion) is transferred to the Southland Regiment. Dated 30th April, 1926.

The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment.

Captain W. N. Masefield, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Captain, 1st Battalion. Dated 30th April, 1926.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :—
R. H. Methven, 1st C. Battalion. Dated 19th June, 1925.
E. R. P. Ferguson, 1st Battalion. Dated 15th November, 1925.
A. B. Hannah, 1st Battalion. Dated 15th November, 1925.
R. G. Stringer, 1st Battalion. Dated 15th November, 1925.

J. E. Barnard, 3rd C. Battalion. Dated 15th November, 1925.
J. de L. Lorimer, 1st C. Battalion. Dated 15th November, 1925.
C. W. Fitzgerald, 1st Battalion. Dated 15th November, 1925.
C. H. Bleach, 2nd C. Battalion. Dated 5th February, 1926.

The Otago Regiment.

Lieutenant H. K. Sumpter (3rd C. Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b) R.D. 11. Dated 30th April, 1926.

The Southland Regiment.

Lieutenant F. W. J. Cree (1st Battalion) resigns his commission. Dated 30th April, 1926.
Lieutenant J. M. Young, from the Canterbury Regiment, to be Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, with seniority as from the 19th December, 1925.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Captain (temp. Major) K. S. Macky, from the Reserve of Officers, temp. to be Captain, and is attached for duty to the 1st Field Battery Regiment of N.Z. Artillery. Dated 22nd April, 1926.
Joseph Wesley Buchanan to be Quartermaster with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 24th April, 1926.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.

Captain V. D. Griffen, L.R.C.S. Edin., is retired. Dated 4th May, 1926.

The undermentioned are posted to the Retired List under the provisions of G.O. 184/21, with permission to retain their rank and wear the prescribed uniform :—
Lieutenant J. Robertson. Dated 24th April, 1926.
2nd Lieutenant H. L. Marbrook. Dated 26th April, 1926.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Dismissals from the Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 18th May, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the dismissal of the undermentioned soldiers of the Territorial Force from the New Zealand Defence Forces under section 6 (b), Defence Act, 1909, they having been convicted by the Civil power :—
No. 4/B/397. Trooper F. Parris, 3rd N.Z. Mounted Rifles, (Auckland).
No. 14/804/20. Private A. Gutzewitz, 1st Battalion, Southland Regiment.
Dated 8th May, 1926.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Notice of Intention to take Land for Historic Purposes in Block VIII, Akaroa Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, and the Scenery Preservation Amendment Act, 1910, to take the land described in the Schedule hereto for historic purposes :
And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the Post-office at Akaroa, and is there open for inspection ; and that all persons affected by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land required to be taken : 12·8 perches.
Being portion of Section 547.

Situated in Block VIII, Akaroa Survey District (Canterbury R.D.). (S.O. 1955.)
In the Canterbury Land District ; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 65934, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 20th day of May, 1926.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works.
(P.W. 52/87.)