JAN. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 65

Appointments, Promotions, Retirements, and Transfers of Officers of the N.Z. Military Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 27th December, 1928.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, retirements, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the N.Z. Military Forces.

THE WAIKATO MOUNTED RIFLES.
2nd Lieutenant G. R. Yeoman to be Captain. Dated 18th December, 1928.

THE MANAWATU MOUNTED RIFLES.
Lieutenant G. G. C. Hornig to be Captain. Dated 18th December, 1928.

THE NORTH AUCKLAND MOUNTED RIFLES.
The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants:—
M. P. Studholme. Dated 18th January, 1929.
F. H. Poolman. Dated 21st January, 1929.
I. T. Robertson. Dated 21st January, 1929.
Herbert Cecil Hewlett to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 18th December, 1928.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.
Northern Depot.
Theodor Henry Busck to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 18th December, 1928.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.
Lieutenant E. T. Kensington is transferred from the 9th Field Battery to the 16th Pack Battery, with seniority as from the 9th November, 1925. Dated 10th December, 1928.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 15th September, 1928.
Francis Albert Aldridge, 9th Field Battery.
Lynton John Broughton, 10th Field Battery.
Victor Aubrey Smith, 10th Field Battery.
Albert Edgar Shaw, 11th Field Battery.
Frederick Henry Lambeth, 11th Field Battery.
Lyndsay John Fahey, 12th Field Battery.
Albert Mathieson Quennell, 12th Field Battery.
Gerald Arthur Perry, 14th Medium Battery.
Alister Munro, 14th Medium Battery.
Conrad Wilson Hamann, 16th Pack Battery.
Leslie Gordon Parke, 16th Pack Battery.
Geoffrey Lawrence Falck, 16th Pack Battery.
Ronald Wilson Sharp, 20th Pack Battery, Dated 18th December, 1928.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.
The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own).
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants, and are posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 18th December, 1928.
William James Birss Hunter.
Geoffrey Lees Mather.
Ivan Hall.
Leonard Edward Wallbridge.
Sidney Lewis Moses.
Carl Alexander Ferguson.
Howard Nelson Johnson.
Walter Ernest Brian Dunningham.
Alfred Douglass Wentworth Woolcott.
Edward Jonathan Palgrave Davy.
Geoffrey Colledge.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation), and are posted to the 3rd C Battalion. Dated 18th December, 1928.
James Goldie Brown.
Gerard Guy Llewellyn McLeod.

The Waikato Regiment.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation), and are posted to the 1st C Battalion. Dated 18th December, 1928.
Rhys Charles Griffiths.
Robert Willmott.

The North Auckland Regiment.
Lieutenant F. J. Gwilliam, 3rd C Battalion, to be Captain. Dated 9th May, 1928.
2nd Lieutenant E. B. Berry, 1st Battalion, to be Lieutenant. Dated 21st September, 1928.

The Wellington Regiment.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants, and are posted to battalions as stated. Dated 18th December, 1928.
Bryan Nelson Vickerman, 2nd C Battalion.
Albert Joseph Everett, 2nd C Battalion.
Norman Dickson, 4th C Battalion.

The Wellington West Coast Regiment.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants, and are posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 14th September, 1928.
Erl Travice Pleasants.
Ronald Dugard Campbell.
Clive Lochiel Pleasants.

The Hawke’s Bay Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant E. G. L. Beekman, 3rd C Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 7. Dated 18th December, 1928.

The Canterbury Regiment.
Reginald Henry Hobbs to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is posted to the 4th C Battalion. Dated 26th November, 1928.
Charles William Rayner Dart to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), and is posted to the 3rd C Battalion. Dated 26th November, 1928.

The Southland Regiment.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants, and are posted to battalions as stated:—
Kenneth Fortoum Sandford Cox, 1st C Battalion. Dated 12th September, 1928.
Henry James Hargest Harrell, 2nd C Battalion. Dated 13th September, 1928.
William Bourke, 1st C Battalion. Dated 14th September, 1928.
Walter Reginald Cresser, 1st C Battalion. Dated 15th September, 1928.
Albert Arthur Burrows, 2nd C Battalion. Dated 16th September, 1928.
Arthur Horace Robins to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), and is posted to the 1st C Battalion. Dated 14th October, 1928.

THE RESERVE OF OFFICERS.
The Regiment of N.Z. Artillery.
Lieutenant M. C. W. Mason is retired. Dated 18th December, 1928.

The North Auckland Regiment.
Lieutenant P. A. McDowell is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain, with permission to wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 18th December, 1928.

THOMAS M. WILFORD,
Minister of Defence.

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 18th December, 1928.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration to Lieutenant J. Ewan, Retired List.

THOMAS M. WILFORD,
Minister of Defence.

Promotion in the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy.

Navy Office,
Wellington, 8th January, 1929.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following promotion in the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy:—
Commissioned Writer Charles Edward Joy, New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy, to Paymaster-Lieutenant, New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy, to date 18th December, 1928.

THOMAS M. WILFORD, Minister of Defence.

New Zealand Inscribed Stock Act, 1917.—Closing of Registers.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 8th January, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Register of New Zealand 5½-per-cent. Inscribed Stock, maturing 1st February, 1936, will be closed from the 15th January to the 1st February, 1929 (inclusive), for the purpose of the issue of half-yearly interest.

JOSEPH WARD, Minister of Finance.