May 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1629

N.Z. Dental Corps.
Lieutenant J. H. R. Hefford, 5th Field Ambulance, N.Z. Medical Corps.
Lieutenant B. H. K. Young, N.Z. Base Depot.
Lieutenant W. G. Middlemass, 1st N.Z. Convalescent Depot.
Lieutenant N. M. Gleeson, 1st N.Z. General Hospital.
Lieutenant F. R. Brebner, N.Z. Base Depot.
Lieutenant N. de B. Noakes, N.Z. Base Depot.
Lieutenant R. C. Shaw-Thompson, N.Z. Base Depot.

N.Z. Army Pay Corps.
Major J. S. Martin, Assistant Paymaster, N.Z. Base Pay Office.
Lieutenant L. A. Greig, Assistant Paymaster, N.Z. Base Pay Office.

N.Z. Chaplains Department.
Chaplain to the Forces, 2nd Class, Right Rev. Bishop G. V. Gerand, M.C., Senior Chaplain.
Chaplain to the Forces, 3rd Class, Rev. J. Hiddlestone.
Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, Rev. L. D. C. Groves, attached Headquarters, Railway Construction and Maintenance Group.
Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, Rev. N. E. Winhall, attached No. 1 N.Z. General Hospital.
Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, Rev. H. I. Hopkins.
Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, Rev. W. E. W. Hurst.
Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, Rev. K. Harawira, attached 28th (Maori) Battalion.
Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, Rev. R. T. Dodds, attached No. 1 N.Z. General Hospital.
Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, Rev. W. Sheely.
Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, Rev. F. A. Forseman, attached No. 1 N.Z. General Hospital.
Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, Rev. R. J. Griffiths.*

• To be appointed to Units on arrival at Overseas Base.
  F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand).

Navy Office,
Wellington, 30th April, 1940.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointments in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand):—

Commander Ralph Newman, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, to date 25th April, 1940, for passage to United Kingdom and for disposal by the Admiralty.

Commander Frank Edward Taylor, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional to date 25th April, 1940, for passage to United Kingdom and for disposal by the Admiralty.

Lieutenant-Commander Phillip George Connolly, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, to date 25th April, 1940, for passage to United Kingdom and for disposal by the Admiralty.

Lieutenant-Commander Alexander Cochrane Swanson, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, to date 25th April, 1940, for passage to United Kingdom and for disposal by the Admiralty.

Lieutenant-Commander Frederick George Tidswell, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, to date 25th April, 1940, for passage to United Kingdom and for disposal by the Admiralty.

Lieutenant-Commander James Andrew Smyth, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, to date 25th April, 1940, for passage to United Kingdom and for disposal by the Admiralty.

Lieutenant Gordon Bridson, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, to date 25th April, 1940, for passage to United Kingdom and for disposal by the Admiralty.

Lieutenant John George Hilliard, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, to date 25th April, 1940, for passage to United Kingdom and for disposal by the Admiralty.

Lieutenant Ralph Eric Harding, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, to date 25th April, 1940, for passage to United Kingdom and for disposal by the Admiralty.

Lieutenant Peter Phipps, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, to date 25th April, 1940, for passage to United Kingdom and for disposal by the Admiralty.

Lieutenant John Everard Finch, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, to date 25th April, 1940, for passage to United Kingdom and for disposal by the Admiralty.

Lieutenant John Henry Seelye, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, to date 25th April, 1940, for passage to United Kingdom and for disposal by the Admiralty.

Lieutenant Charles George Palmer, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, to date 25th April, 1940, for passage to United Kingdom and for disposal by the Admiralty.

Lieutenant John David Allingham, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, to date 25th April, 1940, for passage to United Kingdom and for disposal by the Admiralty.

Lieutenant James Lennox King, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, to date 25th April, 1940, for passage to United Kingdom and for disposal by the Admiralty.

Lieutenant John David Keay, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, to date 25th April, 1940, for passage to United Kingdom and for disposal by the Admiralty.

Lieutenant Bernard Theodore Giles, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, to date 25th April, 1940, for passage to United Kingdom and for disposal by the Admiralty.

Lieutenant Lewis King, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, to date 25th April, 1940, for passage to United Kingdom and for disposal by the Admiralty.

Lieutenant Arthur George Newell, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, to date 25th April, 1940, for passage to United Kingdom and for disposal by the Admiralty.

Probationary Sub-Lieutenant Kenneth Howden Webb, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, for H.M.S. “Wakakura” additional, to date 13th April, 1940, and to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, to date 27th April, 1940, for passage to United Kingdom and for disposal by the Admiralty.

Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander Eric Robin Harty, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, to date 25th April, 1940, for passage to United Kingdom and for disposal by the Admiralty.

Surgeon-Lieutenant Cecil Arthur Pittar, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, to date 25th April, 1940, for passage to United Kingdom and for disposal by the Admiralty.

Paymaster-Lieutenant Robert Clyo Renner, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, to date 25th April, 1940, for passage to United Kingdom and for disposal by the Admiralty.

Paymaster-Lieutenant Bruce MacDonald Thomson, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, to date 25th April, 1940, for passage to United Kingdom and for disposal by the Admiralty.

Lieutenant Arthur Duncan Hoi Ralph-Smith, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, to date 22nd April, 1940, and to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, as Identification Officer, Auckland, vice Harding, to date 25th April, 1940.

Sub-Lieutenant Peter Petersen, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, to date 22nd April, 1940, and to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, for M.T. “Wirihana” in command, vice Palmer, to date 25th April, 1940.

Paymaster-Lieutenant Trevor James Horner, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, for duty at Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Headquarters, Auckland, to date 8th April, 1940, and to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, to date 25th April, 1940, for passage to the United Kingdom and for disposal by the Admiralty.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.