OFFICERS RETIRING.
. Telegraph Press Association Copyright Wellington, This Day. j Lieut.-Colonel Messenger, for many £ years in charge of the Permanent Artillery force, and Capt. Falconer, in charge of the Torpedo Corps, have j retired from the service. It is under- ) stood that Colonel Messenger will be [. replaced by Major Moore, of the I Royal Engineers, who came out to the colony a year or two ago as Staff , Officer of Artillery. Capt. W. Coyle, ! inspector of submarine mining, Auck- [ land, will temporarily fill the position j occupied by Capt. Falconer. Lieut.-Col. Newall, in charge of '' the Wellington district, is also to . retire and other changes are pending.
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Feilding Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 159, 7 January 1903, Page 2
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107OFFICERS RETIRING. Feilding Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 159, 7 January 1903, Page 2
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