MILITARY OFFICERS.
[Per Press Association.] WELLINGTON, Mat 1. The following regulations with reference to precedence of Imperial and Colonial military officers, received from the Secretary of State for War, are published in to-nighPs Gazette :— Officers of our army serving in any of our Colonies or dependencies (except as provided in Article 112) under commission signed by the Undersecretary, shall have precedence of Colonial officers of equal rank; but any such officers holding local rank conferred upon them by the Colonial authorities, shall take rank with Colonial officers according to the dates of their respective commissions. Local or temporary rank granted to an officer of our army on assuming command of Colonial forces, or when proceeding to a Colony for any special service, shall be conferred by us, and such officer shall have precedence of all Colonial officers of equal rank.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 9093, 2 May 1890, Page 5
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