3 SEPT.] THE! NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
nevertheless that those powers shall in no way derogate from
or limit his general executive and administrative authority in
so preserving Her Majesty's rights and sovereignty and the
laws and regulations in force in the Dependency in the same
manner, and with the same powers and authorities, as the
various executive and administrative authorities have in New
Zealand for carrying out and enforcing the laws of New
Zealand: To hold that office and exercise the duties thereof
during pleasure.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, as the Governor of the Ross Dependency,
this 27th day of August 1953.
W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Marine.
*Gazette, 16 August 1929, page 2211.

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, and Retirements of
Officers of the New Zealand Army
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
approve of the following appointments, promotions,
transfers, and retirements of officers of the New Zealand
Army:
COLONELS' LIST
Regular Force
Colonel (temp. Brigadier) L. W. Thornton, O.B.E., to be
Brigadier. Dated 14 June 1953.
THE ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY
Regular Force
Major James Reginald Stone, E.D., from the Reserve of
Officers, Regimental List, 1st Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A., is
granted a short-service commission for a period of eighteen
months as from 13 July 1953 in the rank of Lieutenant-
Colonel, and is appointed United Nations Military Observer in
Kashmir. Dated 13 July 1953.
Lieutenant and Quartermaster (temp. Captain and
Quartermaster) J.G. Gilberd to be Captain and Quartermaster.
Dated 1 May 1953.
Territorial Force
2nd Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A.
Lieutenant (on prob.) N. G. Wimsett, M.B., Ch.B.,
R.N.Z.A.M.C., is appointed R.M.O., 2nd Field Regiment,
R.N.Z.A., with his present rank and seniority. Dated 5 June
1953.
THE ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY CORPS
Regular Force
N.Z. Regiment
Lieutenant A. N. King to be Captain. Dated 1 August
1953.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) J. R. Bengo to be Captain.
Dated 1 August 1953
Lieutenant W. G. Pike to be Captain. Dated 1 August,
1953.
Lieutenant J. L. Knowles to be temp. Captain. Dated
6 August 1953.
Lieutenant (on prob.) A. V. Bayliss to be Lieutenant, with
seniority from 25 October 1952. Dated 28 August 1953.
Territorial Force
The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own)
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) R. A. Wright, 1st Battalion,
to be Captain. Dated 23 January 1953.
The Wellington West Coast and Taranaki Regiment
Lieutenant I. K. Wilson, M.B., Ch.B., R.N.Z.A.M.C., is
appointed R.M.O., 1st Battalion, The Wellington West Coast
and Taranaki Regiment. Dated 1 July 1953.
The Canterbury Regiment
2nd Lieutenant J. C. Blackmore, 1st Battalion, is trans-
ferred to the Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment.
Dated 3 July 1953.
The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment
Captain F. J. Leckie, from the Retired List, to be Captain,
with seniority from 13 February 1952, and is posted to the
1st Battalion. Dated 15 July 1953.
2nd Lieutenant J. C. Blackmore, from the Canterbury
Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority from 6 Decem-
ber 1952, and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 3 July
1953.
THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS
Territorial Force
2nd Company, R.N.Z.A.S.C.
Captain M. W. Allerby, from the Reserve of Officers,
General List, The Royal N.Z. Army Service Corps, to be
Captain, with seniority from 29 January 1953. Dated
9 August 1953.

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THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
Territorial Force
Lieutenant I. K. Wilson, M.B., Ch.B., from the Reserve
of Officers, Regimental List, 2nd Field Ambulance,
R.N.Z.A.M.C., to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 1 May 1949,
and is appointed R.M.O., lst Battalion, The Wellington West
Coast and Taranaki Regiment. Dated 1 July 1953.
3rd General Hospital, R.N.Z.A.M.C.
Captain It. Smith, M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.S., D.L.O., is posted
to the Retired List Dated 4 July 1953.
Otago University Medical Company, R.N.Z.A.M.C.
Lieutenant (on prob.11 N. G. Wimsett, M.B., Ch.B., ceases
to be posted to the Otago University Medical Company and is
appointed R.M.O., 2nd Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A. Dated
5 June 1953.
THE ROYAL N.Z. ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
Territorial Force
Headquarters, C.R.E.M.E., N.Z. Division
Major E. W. I. Meyer, from the Reserve of Officers,
General List, The Royal N.Z. Electrical and Mechanical
Engineers, to be Major, with seniority from 4 May 1950.
Dated 1 August 1953.

THE ROYAL N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT
Territorial Force
The Rev. H. Whitfield, Chaplain, 4th Class (Methodist),
to be Chaplain, 3rd Class, with seniority from 9 August 1950.
Dated 2 July 1953.

N.Z. CADET CORPS
Hamilton Technical College Cadets
2nd Lieutenant G. B. Wright to be Lieutenant. Dated 19
May 1953.
Kaitaia College Cadets
Lieutenant D. G. Forsyth is transferred to the Mount
Roskill Grammar School Cadets. Dated 1 May 1953.
King's High School Cadets
Captain T. J. Arnold, M.A., is transferred to the Otago
Boys' High School Cadets. Dated 12 September 1951.
Mount Roskill Grammar School Cadets
Lieutenant D. G. Forsyth, from the Kaitaia College
Cadets, to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 1 April 1951.
Dated 1 May 1953.
Otago Boys' High School Cadets
Captain T. J. Arnold, M.A., from the King's High School
Cadets, to be Captain, with seniority from 1 February 1945.
Dated 12 September 1951.
Whangarei Boys' High School Cadets
2nd Lieutenant I. F. Payne to be Lieutenant. Dated 17
March 1953.
RESERVE OF OFFICERS
Regimental List
5th Light Regiment, R.N.Z.A.
Temp. Captain G. B. C. Bliss, from the Reserve of Officers,
Supplementary List, to be Captain, with seniority from 1
November 1951. Dated 1 August 1953.
1st Divisional Signals Regiment, R.N.Z. Sigs
Major O. R. Ambury is posted to the Retired List. Dated
18 May 1953.
Captain A. T. Fussell is posted to the Retired List.
Dated 18 May 1953.
The Royal N.Z. Army Service Corps
With reference to the notices published in the N.Z. Gazette
No. 46, dated 6 August 1953, relative to the transfer of
Officers to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal
N.Z. Army Service Corps, for 'Lieutenant T. J. Murray'
substitute 'Lieutenant T. J. Massey'.
2nd General Hospital, R.N.Z.A.M.C.
David Frank Eastcott, M.B., B.S., D.P.H. (Lond.), late
Lieutenant-Colonel, Indian Army Medical Service, to be Major,
with seniority from 22 March 1945. Dated 22 April 1953.
General List
Leslie Keith Lockhart, C.B., C.B.E., M.C., late Major-
General, British Army, to be Major-General. Dated 1
September 1953.
The Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps
Captain A. H. Mahan is posted to the Retired List. Dated
13 August 1953.
OFFICER STRUCK OFF THE STRENGTH OF THE EMERGENCY FORCE
Captain D. S. Smith, R.N.Z.A.S.C., and is reposted to the
N.Z. Regular Force. Dated 7 August 1953.

Dated at Wellington, this 31st day of August 1953
T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.