Huntly College Cadets

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) R. B. Borthwick is confirmed.

2nd Lieutenant R. B. Borthwick is attached to the 1st Armoured Regiment (Waikato), R.N.Z.A.C., and is appointed Bandmaster. Dated 1 July 1957.

King's College Cadets

John Vincent Bishop, B.E.(HONS.), B.SC., late N.Z. Cadet Corps, to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.), with seniority from 1 May 1956. Dated 31 March 1957.

Marist Brothers' High School Cadets (Greymouth)

Lieutenant L. J. Kyne to be temp. Captain. Dated 17 May 1957.

Nelson College Cadets

Lieutenant S. J. McKenzie, M.SC.(HONS.), to be Captain. Dated 17 May 1957.

New Plymouth Boys' High School Cadets

The notice published in the Gazette, 4 July 1957, No. 48, page 1252, relative to 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) H. P. Webster, is cancelled and the following substituted:

“The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) H. P. Webster is confirmed.

“2nd Lieutenant H. P. Webster resigns his commission. Dated 30 May 1957.”

Northcote College Cadets

Lieutenant R. N. Stevenson is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, N.Z. Cadet Corps, in the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 28 June 1957.

Papanui High School Cadets

Paul Rowland Hay, B.A., to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 6 March 1957.

Roxburgh District High School Cadets

Lieutenant J. S. MacPherson to be temp. Captain. Dated 20 May 1957.

St. Peter's College Cadets

Lieutenant E. E. Fraser resigns his commission. Dated 1 July 1957.

South Otago High School Cadets

2nd Lieutenant A. G. Anderson to be Lieutenant. Dated 1 March 1957.

Takapuna Grammar School Cadets

Major N. Pountney, E.D., is posted to the Retired List. Dated 1 June 1957.

Lieutenant R. A. Scott, M.SC., to be Captain. Dated 24 May 1957.

Tamaki College Cadets

The appointment of Lieutenant (on prob.) R. F. Judson, M.C., B.A., is confirmed.

Waiuku District High School Cadets

Lieutenant D. J. C. Noble to be Captain. Dated 2 March 1957.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS

Regimental List

The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own), R.N.Z. Inf.

Major A. G. McConchie, E.D., is posted to the Retired List. Dated 15 June 1957.

Captain N. F. Gardiner, D.S.O., is posted to the Retired List. Dated 15 June 1957.

Captain F. C. Preston is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, in the rank of Captain. Dated 18 June 1957.

2nd General Hospital R.N.Z.A.M.C.

Captain M. W. Cholerton, F.B.O.A.(HONS.), F.I.O.(N.Z.), D.ORTH., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps, in the rank of Captain. Dated 14 June 1957.

1st Mobile Dental Unit, R.N.Z.D.C.

Captain W. I. Scott, B.D.S., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Dental Corps, in the rank of Captain. Dated 16 June 1957.

Lieutenant A. N. Mitchell, B.D.S., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Dental Corps, in the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 10 June 1957.

General List

The Royal N.Z. Armoured Corps

Lieutenant G. M. J. Templeton resigns his commission. Dated 5 April 1957.

The Corps of Royal N.Z. Engineers

2nd Lieutenant W. R. Allen is posted to the Retired List. Dated 1 November 1956.

The Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps

Captain L. V. Bryant is posted to the Retired List. Dated 1 November 1956.

Captain T. Rangi relinquishes his commission on enlistment in the ranks of the Regular Force. Dated 6 August 1956.

Lieutenant G. B. Amyes is posted to the Retired List. Dated 1 November 1956.

Lieutenant C. McM. Cole, from the Retired List, to be Lieutenant. Dated 1 November 1956.

2nd Lieutenant G. G. Anderson is posted to the Retired List. Dated 1 November 1956.

The Royal N.Z. Nursing Corps

Sister G. E. Brown, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Sister. Dated 1 November 1956.

Supplementary List

The under-mentioned are posted to the Retired List:

Captain R. L. M. Christie, M.B., CH.B.

Temp. Lieutenant J. G. Brown, in the rank of Lieutenant.

2nd Lieutenant A. I. Batty.

Dated 1 November 1956.

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of July 1957.

T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

Order Made by the Army Board Under Section 6 (2) (b) of the Visiting Forces Act 1939 (New Zealand)

PURSUANT to section 6 (2) (b) of the Visiting Forces Act 1939, the Army Board hereby place at the disposal of the Service Authorities of the Commonwealth of Australia every member of the military forces of Her Majesty raised in the Dominion of New Zealand who is posted for duty with, serving on the strength of, or is on loan or attached to the military forces of Her Majesty raised in the Commonwealth of Australia, or is on shore in that country.

Provided that in the application of the Defence Act to members of the New Zealand Army to whom this order applies, the following modifications and adaptations shall apply:

(1) When any Court-Martial is convened for the trial of a member of the New Zealand Army, the maximum practicable number of officers of the New Zealand Army shall be appointed members of the Court-Martial and no member of the New Zealand Army will be tried by Court-Martial unless at least one officer of the New Zealand Army is appointed a member of the Court-Martial.

(2) No sentence of death passed by a Court-Martial shall be carried into effect unless the infliction of that punishment is approved by the Governor-General of New Zealand.

(3) A sentence of cashiering, dismissal, discharge with ignominy, or discharge imposed by a Court-Martial will be confirmed only to the extent approved by the Adjutant-General of the New Zealand Army.

(4) The punishment awarded to any member of the New Zealand Army shall not be more severe than that permitted by New Zealand military law for the same offence.

Signed for and on behalf of the Army Board this 11th day of December 1956.

L. W. THORNTON, Brigadier, Adjutant-General.

F. B. DWYER, Army Secretary.

Order Under Section 9 (1) (a) of the Defence (Visiting Forces) Act 1939–1950 Attaching Members of the New Zealand Military Forces to the Military Forces of the Commonwealth of Australia

WHEREAS it is provided by paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 9 of the Defence (Visiting Forces) Act 1939–1950, that the Naval Board, the Military Board, or the Air Board, as the case may be, may attach temporarily to any part of the Defence Force, any member of a Home Force or a Dominion Force who is placed at their disposal for that purpose by the Service Authorities of the United Kingdom or the Dominion:

And whereas, by an order dated the 11th day of December 1956, the Army Board of the Dominion of New Zealand placed at the disposal of the Service Authorities of the Commonwealth of Australia every member of the military forces of Her Majesty raised in the Dominion of New Zealand who is posted for duty with, serving on the strength of, or is on loan or attached to the military forces of Her Majesty raised in the Commonwealth of Australia, or is on shore in that country:

And whereas it is deemed expedient by the Military Board to attach those members of the military forces of Her Majesty raised in the Dominion of New Zealand to the military forces of the Commonwealth of Australia:

Now, therefore, the Military Board doth hereby attach temporarily to the military forces of the Commonwealth of Australia every member of the military forces of Her Majesty raised in the Dominion of New Zealand who is posted for duty with, serving on the strength of, or is on loan or attached to the military forces of Her Majesty raised in the Commonwealth of Australia, or is on shore in that country.

Dated at Melbourne this 4th day of February 1957.

By command of the Military Board—

A. D. McKnight, Secretary to the Board.