Nov. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3453

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 137, dated 9th November, 1939, relative to the appointment of Major G. W. Massingham, M.C., Reserve of Officers, The Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington's Own), is hereby cancelled and the following substituted :-

“ Major G. W. Massingham, M.C., Reserve of Officers, The Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington's Own), to be Major, with pay and allowances of a Captain, and is appointed Assistant Area Officer, No. 5 Area, Wellington. Dated 1st September, 1939.”

Major (temp.) R. A. Bradshaw-Smith, B.Sc., Lond., A.M.I.C.E., 1st Field Company, Corps of N.Z. Engineers, is appointed Staff Officer, Engineers (Training), Army Headquarters, Wellington, and retains the temporary rank of Major while so employed. Dated 5th November, 1940.

Captain C. V. Bigg-Wither, Retired List, to be Captain, and is appointed Company Commander, 3rd Company (Whangaroa), National Military Reserve. Dated 29th June, 1940.

Captain C. Woods, Retired List, to be Captain, and is appointed Quartermaster, Artillery Training Regiment, Mobilization Camp, Papakura. Dated 1st July, 1940.

Captain J. R. Elsbury relinquishes the appointment of Company Commander, Training Battalion, Mobilization Camp, Papakura, and is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 28th October, 1940.

Captain P. E. Salmon, Retired List, to be Captain, and is appointed Assistant Supply and Transport Officer, Army Headquarters, Wellington. Dated 14th October, 1940.

Honorary Lieutenant H. Mulholland, from the N.Z. Army Pay Corps, to be Lieutenant, and is attached to Army Headquarters, Wellington, for mobilization duties. Dated 9th July, 1940.

Lieutenant H. K. Hatrick, Retired List, to be Lieutenant, and is appointed Company Commander, 2nd Company (Russell), National Military Reserve. Dated 26th July, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant W. F. Dudson, Retired List, to be Lieutenant, and is appointed Company Commander, No. 2 Training Battalion, Mobilization Camp, Trentham. Dated 16th September, 1940.

Rowland Dickinson (late Canadian and British Expeditionary Forces), to be Lieutenant, and is appointed Company Commander, No. 2 Training Battalion, Mobilization Camp, Trentham. Dated 16th September, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant R. L. Forrest, Reserve of Officers, The Wellington West Coast Regiment, to be Lieutenant, and is appointed Adjutant, No. 1 Training Battalion, Mobilization Camp, Trentham. Dated 23rd September, 1940.

Gavin George Wallace (late British Expeditionary Force), to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is appointed Company Commander, No. 2 Training Battalion, Mobilization Camp, Trentham. Dated 16th September, 1940.

Robert Cecil Guthrie Moore to be Lieutenant and is appointed Supply Officer, Waiouru Military Camp. Dated 1st October, 1940.

Captain E. G. Thompson, B.D.S., N.Z. Dental Corps, ceases to be attached to the Royal N.Z. Air Force Station, Wigram, and is attached to the Royal N.Z. Air Force Station, Rongotai. Dated 4th November, 1940.

Lieutenant W. R. Hamilton, B.D.S., N.Z. Dental Corps, relinquishes the appointment of Dental Officer, Mobilization Camp, Papakura, and is attached to the Royal N.Z. Air Force Station, Rongotai. Dated 4th November, 1940.

Lieutenant L. N. McIlroy, N.Z. Dental Corps, relinquishes the appointment of Dental Officer, Mobilization Camp, Trentham, and is attached to the Royal N.Z. Air Force Station, Ohakea. Dated 5th November, 1940.

Lieutenant A. C. Cooke to be Captain. Dated 13th November, 1940.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 18, dated 7th March, 1940, relative to the appointment of 2nd Lieutenant D. O. Williams, Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, is hereby cancelled and the following substituted :-

“2nd Lieutenant D. O. Williams, Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be 2nd Lieutenant, is attached to the Adjutant-General’s Branch, Army Headquarters, Wellington, and is granted the acting rank of Captain, Dated 12th February, 1940.”

THE CANTERBURY YEOMANRY CAVALRY.

Lieutenant A. Farrar, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant with seniority from 1st August, 1940. Dated 26th October, 1940.

THE AUCKLAND (EAST COAST) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant W. Greenall to be Captain. Dated 11th October, 1940.

Lieutenant N. S. Reid is granted the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 12th October, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant P. B. Mulhern is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant. Dated 11th October, 1940.

Lieutenant (temp.) H. N. Waddington is transferred to the Waikato Mounted Rifles. Dated 29th October, 1940.

THE WAIKATO MOUNTED RIFLES.

The undermentioned Captains are granted the temporary rank of Major. Dated 14th October, 1940 :-

E. J. McGregor, M.C., E.D.

S. J. Wright.

Lieutenant and Quartermaster E. A. McKay is granted the temporary rank of Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 14th October, 1940.

Lieutenant (temp.) H. N. Waddington, from the Auckland (East Coast) Mounted Rifles, to be Lieutenant (temp.) with seniority from 1st July, 1940. Dated 29th October, 1940.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (temp.) are granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant. Dated 14th October 1940 :-

D. C. Carr.

A. J. Coster.

S. H. Haycock.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) L. L. Orr is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant. Dated 4th November, 1940.

THE WELLINGTON EAST COAST MOUNTED RIFLES.

Captain J. Walsh to be Major. Dated 25th August, 1940.

THE NELSON-MARLBOROUGH MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant (temp.) W. McF. Robertson is granted the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 7th October, 1940.

Lieutenant (temp.) M. B. Hope, B.A., is granted the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 8th October, 1940.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temp.) Dated 8th October, 1940 :-

Peter Russell William Adams.

Alan Robert Monson.

Robert Basil Eric Story.

William Hedley Kelman.

Walter John Perkins.

James Geoffrey Furness.

Edgar Wilfred Rollason.

Brian Mills.

THE NORTH AUCKLAND MOUNTED RIFLES.

Captain (temp.) A. McLauchlan, M.C., is granted the temporary rank of Major. Dated 14th October, 1940.

Captain (temp.) P. S. Stanley, M.C., is granted the temporary rank of Major. Dated 14th October, 1940.

No. 3 (HAURAKI) SQUADRON MOUNTED RIFLES.

Ernest Cleathing Adams to be Lieutenant, with seniority next below Lieutenant P. R. Henry. Dated 1st October, 1940.

Cornelius Herbert Coakley to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Dated 23rd October, 1940.

No. 4 (EAST COAST) SQUADRON MOUNTED RIFLES.

Frederick William Shelton to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 2nd October, 1940.

Leslie Gavin Woodward to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 4th October, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant A. H. Miller, Retired List, to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is appointed Quartermaster. Dated 24th October, 1940.

No. 5 (TARARUA) SQUADRON MOUNTED RIFLES.

Captain R. F. R. Beetham, M.C., from the Reserve of Officers, to be Major, and is appointed to command the Squadron. Dated 1st October, 1940.

Daniel Henry Strother Riddiford, M.C. (late Grenadier Guards), to be Captain. Dated 1st October, 1940.

John Martin (late N.Z. Expeditionary Force), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 3rd October, 1940.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temp.) :-

John Hornsby Gibbons. Dated 5th October, 1940.

Percival Gilbert Ramsay, and is appointed Quartermaster. Dated 6th October, 1940.

Richard Seddon Pilmer. Dated 7th October, 1940.