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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 78

SCHEDULE.
REGULATIONS FOR THE NEW ZEALAND MILITARY FORCES, 1927.

APPENDIX VIII.—DECORATIONS AND MEDALS.

1. PARAGRAPH 22 is hereby revoked, and the following substituted:—

“Meritorious Service Medal.

“20. (1) Under the authority of a Royal Warrant dated 31st May, 1895, a silver medal bearing on the obverse the Royal and Imperial Effigy, and on the reverse the words ‘For Meritorious Service’ and ‘New Zealand’ may be awarded to a warrant officer or non-commissioned officer above the rank of corporal, who is serving or has served in the New Zealand Permanent Forces and fulfilled the following conditions:—

“(a) He must have served in the New Zealand Permanent Forces (other than as a commissioned officer) for twenty-one years, or for eighteen years if invalided from the service.

“(b) During the qualifying service referred to in (a) he must have served in the rank of sergeant or in higher non-commissioned rank or warrant rank.

“(c) He must be in possession of the medal for long service and good conduct, and must have been awarded, or is otherwise eligible for, an exemplary character on discharge.

“(2) the maximum number of these medals that may be awarded and held at any one time by serving personnel of the New Zealand Permanent Forces shall not exceed twenty: provided that the fixing of this establishment shall not entail the cancellation of any awards made prior to the coming into force of this regulation.

“(3) Recommendations for the award will be in letter form, accompanied by certified copies of the conduct-sheets and records of service. They will be forwarded to General Headquarters by the Officer Commanding the Command in which the W.O. or N.C.O. is serving, and the O.C. Command will sign the recommendations. If the candidate is not serving in a command the recommendation will be signed by the Officer Commanding the unit or corps concerned.

“(4) The names of candidates for the Meritorious Service Medal who are recommended and accepted shall be entered in a register at General Headquarters in the order in which such acceptance is approved, but awards will not be considered until there is a vacancy in the establishment referred to in subparagraph (2) of this regulation, provided that it shall be competent for the General Officer Commanding to approve of the award to an accepted candidate on his discharge from the New Zealand Permanent Forces.”

2. The following additional regulation is hereby made:—

“Medal of the Order of the British Empire.

“21. (1) The medal of the Military Division of the Order of the British Empire may be awarded, in accordance with the statutes of the Order, to an officer or soldier, or a member of the military nursing service, who performs an act of gallantry whilst engaged in military duty during a campaign (but not in action), or in peace time.

“(2) The medal may also be awarded to an N.C.O. or soldier below the rank of warrant officer who is recommended, in peace or war, for the award for meritorious service having rendered—

“(i) Specially distinguished or meritorious service of a high standard; faithful or zealous performance of ordinary duty not being sufficient in itself. There must be either special services of a high degree of merit, such as discharge of special duties superior to the person’s ordinary work.

“(ii) Highly meritorious performance of ordinary duties when those have entailed work of a dangerous or specially trying character.

“(3) A recommendation for the award of the medal for gallantry of the nature specified above, with a full report, will be rendered in duplicate to General Headquarters through the usual channels at the time of the occurrence. In the case of acts of gallantry performed (not in action) whilst serving with a force engaged in military operations, recommendations will be forwarded at the same time as other recommendations for honours and rewards in respect of the operations and through the same channels.

“(4) Recommendations for the medal will be submitted by the General Officer Commanding through the Governor-General to the Army Council, and awards will be announced in the London Gazette on the occasion of the King’s Birthday.

“(5) The award of the medal, either for gallantry or for meritorious service, does not entitle the recipient to the grant of any gratuity or additional pension.

“(6) These awards are quite distinct from appointment to one of the five classes of the Order. A recipient of the medal who holds the insignia of one of the five classes would therefore be entitled to wear the medal as well as the insignia of that class of the Order to which he belonged.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 15th day of November, 1933.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Defence.

Member of Pewhairangi Maori Council appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 14th November, 1933.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Peni Henare

to be a member of the Maori Council for the Maori Council District of Pewhairangi, vice Taki Hoterene, deceased.

A. T. NGATA, Native Minister.

Member of the Special Board under the Mental Defectives Amendment Act, 1928, appointed.

Mental Hospitals Department,
Wellington, 9th November, 1933.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Mrs. Janet Fraser, J.P.,

to be a member of the Board established pursuant to section 11 of the Mental Defectives Amendment Act, 1928.

J. A. YOUNG,
Minister in Charge of Mental Hospitals.

Appointment of Honorary Child Welfare Officers under the Child Welfare Act, 1925.

Education Department,
Wellington, 10th November, 1933.

IN pursuance of section 2 of the Child Welfare Act, 1925, I, Robert Masters, Minister of Education, do hereby appoint the following persons as Honorary Child Welfare Officers for the purposes of the said Act for the period ending 31st December, 1934:—

Name. District.
Luker, Rev. Christopher Noel .. .. Riverton.
Wright, Rev. Edwin Rudland .. .. Huntly.

R. MASTERS, Minister of Education.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 22nd November, 1933.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Alfred William Buzan, Esquire,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Temuka, vice T. E. Gunnion, Esquire, deceased.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Justice.

Appointment in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand Division).

Navy Office,
Wellington, 21st November, 1933.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to confirm the appointment of the undermentioned officer of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand Division):—

Probationary Sub-Lieutenant Arthur Allan Bell as Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.V.R. (N.Z.D.), to date 28th June, 1932.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Defence.