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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 86

ceases to be seconded, dated 9th October, 1928, and is
appointed Area Officer, Area 6B, and Adjutant Manawatu
Mounted Rifles, Palmerston North. Dated 17th October,
1928.

Captain D. T. Maxwell, N.Z. Staff Corps, having returned
from a tour of exchange with the British Army in India,
ceases to be seconded, dated 9th October, 1928, and is
appointed Area Officer, Area 6A, and Adjutant 1st Battalion,
Wellington West Coast Regiment, Wanganui. Dated
31st October, 1928.

Captain L. G. Goss, N.Z. Staff Corps, relinquishes the appoint-
ment of Staff Officer-in-Charge No. 2 Regimental District,
Paeroa, dated 14th October, 1928, and is seconded whilst
absent from the Dominion attending the Staff College,
Camberley. Dated 9th November, 1928.

Lieutenant J. W. Barry, N.Z. Staff Corps, having returned
to New Zealand, ceases to be attached to the Samoa
Military Police. Dated 4th November, 1928.

THE NORTH AUCKLAND MOUNTED RIFLES.

Nigel Raey McKay to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation).
Dated 3rd November, 1928.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

2nd Lieutenant R. W. Yates, 13th Coast Battery, to be
Lieutenant. Dated 5th November, 1928.

Bandmaster and honorary Lieutenant E. Tregligas is trans-
ferred to the Wellington West Coast Regiment. Dated
10th November, 1928.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

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

2nd Lieutenant E. F. Thompson, 1st Battalion, resigns his
commission. Dated 3rd November, 1928.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) S. A. La Roche, 2nd C
Battalion, is transferred to the Hawke’s Bay Regiment.
Dated 7th November, 1928.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) A. W. H.
West, 2nd C Battalion, lapses. Dated 18th October, 1928.

The Wellington Regiment.

Captain R. R. T. Young, 5th C Battalion, is transferred to
the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 5. Dated 2nd
November, 1928.

Lieutenant M. Niccol, from the Wellington West Coast
Regiment, to be Lieutenant, with seniority as from the
3rd July, 1926, and is posted to the 2nd C Battalion.
Dated 7th November, 1928.

Lieutenant E. T. McKain (Retired List), to be Lieutenant,
and is posted to the 3rd C Battalion. Dated 10th
November, 1928.

2nd Lieutenant J. D. I. Seaton, 4th C Battalion, relinquishes
his commission on appointment to the N.Z. Permanent
Staff. Dated 24th August, 1928.

The Wellington West Coast Regiment.

Lieutenant M. Niccol, 4th C Battalion, is transferred to the
Wellington Regiment. Dated 7th November, 1928.

Bandmaster and honorary Lieutenant E. Tregligas, from
the Regiment of N.Z. Artillery, to be Bandmaster and
honorary Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, with seniority as from
the 23rd July, 1927. Dated 10th November, 1928.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) P. G. Stevens, from the Canter-
bury Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), with
seniority as from the 25th October, 1927, and is posted to
the 3rd C Battalion. Dated 10th October, 1928.

The Hawke’s Bay Regiment.

Lieutenant W. J. A. Morris, from the Reserve of Officers,
to be Lieutenant, and is posted to the 4th C Battalion.
Dated 7th November, 1928.

2nd Lieutenant E. B. Butcher, from the Otago Regiment, to
be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority as from the 15th October,
1925, and is posted to the 2nd C Battalion. Dated 5th
November, 1928.

2nd Lieutenant E. B. Butcher, 2nd C Battalion, to be
Lieutenant. Dated 15th October, 1927.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) S. A. La Roche, from the
Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own), to be
2nd Lieutenant (on probation), with seniority as from the
25th August, 1927, and is posted to the 3rd C Battalion.
Dated 7th November, 1928.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation),
and are posted to the 1st C Battalion. Dated 23rd October,
1928 :—

Bruce Ian Fulton.
Albert Harold Partridge.

The Canterbury Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) P. G. Stevens, 2nd C Battalion,
is transferred to the Wellington West Coast Regiment.
Dated 10th October, 1928.

The Otago Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant E. B. Butcher, 2nd C Battalion, is trans-
ferred to the Hawke’s Bay Regiment. Dated 5th Novem-
ber, 1928.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve of
Officers. Dated 7th November, 1928 :—

Captain G. H. Robertson, M.B.
Captain E. C. Barnett, M.R.C.S., Eng.

Lieutenant (Quartermaster) G. Peek to be Captain (Quarter-
master) Southern Depot, N.Z.M.C. Dated 24th October,
1928.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve List,
Class II, R.D. 7 :—

The Reverend D. J. A. Shaw, Chaplain, 3rd Class. Dated
7th November, 1928.

The Reverend J. Pigott, Chaplain, 4th Class. Dated
6th November, 1928.

The Reverend L. A. Day, Chaplain, 4th Class, is transferred
from R.D. 12 to R.D. 1. Dated 7th November, 1928.

The Reverend R. H. Catherwood, Chaplain, 2nd Class, is
posted to the Retired List with permission to retain his
rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 21st October,
1928.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.

The Wellington West Coast Regiment.

Captain L. H. Bailey is posted to the Retired List, with
permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed
uniform. Dated 6th November, 1928.

Lieutenant W. A. Izard resigns his commission. Dated
6th November, 1928.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Defence.

Awards of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 17th November, 1928.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces
Officers’ Decoration to the undermentioned :—

Lieutenant-Colonel N. S. Falla, C.M.G., D.S.O., A.D.C.,
Commanding Central Coast Artillery Group.

The Reverend R. H. Catherwood, Chaplain, 2nd Class,
N.Z. Chaplains Department.

F. H. D. BELL, for Minister of Defence.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries, Upper
Mangapiko Drainage District, County of Waipa.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 21st November, 1928.

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented
to His Excellency the Governor-General, under the
Land Drainage Act, 1908, praying that the area described
in the Schedule hereto may be included in the Upper Manga-
piko Drainage District. All persons affected are hereby called
upon to lodge any written objections to or petition against
the proposed alteration 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.

SCHEDULE.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE UPPER MANGAPIKO
DRAINAGE DISTRICT, COUNTY OF WAIPA.

All that area in the Auckland Land District being Lots 10
and 11, Reynolds Settlement, Block XIII, Cambridge Survey
District, and being the land comprised in certificates of title,
Vols. 276/111 and 266/64, in the office of the District Land
Registrar at Auckland.

M. POMARE,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 19/140/61.)