Dec. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4117
Registrars of Births, Deaths, and Marriages and Registrar of
Births and Deaths of Maoris appointed.
THE Public Service Commissioner has made the fol-
lowing appointments in the Public Service:-
CHARLES KIDSON
Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 15th December, 1915.
to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the
Tirau District, as from the 10th December, 1915; and
GEORGE HAYMES MORRISH
to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages and Regis-
trar of Births and Deaths of Maoris for the Otorohanga
District, as from the 9th December, 1915.
P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.
The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants.
Dated 17th August, 1915:-
Lennox Murray Petrie.
Percy Ellis.
George Walter Horn.
Charles Given.
Morris James Milliken.
Gerald Cawte.
Ensie Owen Austin.
5th Mounted Rifles (Otago Hussars).
The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains. Dated
31st July, 1915:-
Samuel Cunningham Greer.
Alexander John Sutherland Cowie.
Robert Francis Mitchell.
7th (Southland) Mounted Rifles.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation).
Dated 17th November, 1915:-
Sergeant Joseph William Preston.
Sergeant-major Alexander John Cameron (supernumerary
to establishment).
Sergeant-major Fraser McIntosh (supernumerary to
establishment).
9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles.
Major Alfred Henry Herbert to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated
22nd November, 1915.
10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles.
Major Henry O'Brien Deck is transferred to the New Zealand
Medical Corps. Dated 5th November, 1915.
New Zealand Field Artillery.
Lieutenant Irvine Watson Cowie to be Captain (temporary)
during the absence of Captain Norris Stephen Falla, em-
ployed with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated
16th February, 1915.
Corps of New Zealand Engineers.-No. 2 Field Company.
Sergeant Allan Charles Ford to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated
25th November, 1915.
New Zealand Railway Battalions.
Captain Thomas Spargoe Edwards resigns his commission.
Dated 23rd October, 1915.
Lieutenant-Colonel Hunter Macandrew is transferred to the
Reserve of Officers. Dated 14th October, 1915.
New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps.
The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains. Dated
17th August, 1915 :-
Edward White.
Valentine Dunne.
Quartermaster and Lieutenant Francis Evenson Beamish to
be Captain. Dated 17th August, 1915.
3rd (Auckland) Regiment ("Countess of Ranfurly's Own").
2nd Lieutenant Daniel Joseph Augustus Tole to be Lieutenant.
Dated 20th August, 1915.
4th (Otago) Regiment.
The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains. Dated
20th May, 1915 :-
Lindsay Mackie Scott.
Dudley Marcourt Sheppard Buddle.
John Bartholomew Callan.
The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants.
Dated 20th May, 1915:-
Albert Charles Crimp.
James Carr Rigby.
Andrew Colquhoun Boyes.
Michael Joseph McKee fry.
12th (Nelson) Regiment.
The undermentioned Captains to be Majors. Dated 22nd
May, 1915:-
Herbert John Robinson.
Cyprian Bridge Brereton.
Lieutenant Frank Woolmer Parker to be Captain. Dated
22nd May, 1915.
New Zealand Army Service Corps.
2nd Lieutenant Ivan Victor Sharp to be Lieutenant. Dated
20th October, 1915.
Registrars of Births and Deaths of Maoris appointed.
THE Public Service Commissioner has made the fol-
lowing appointments in the Public Service:-
DUNCAN CAMERON
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris for the
District of Mangamuka, as from the 23rd November, 1915.
ANSON HUTCHISON CATO
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris for the
District of Te Kaha, as from the 23rd November, 1915.
EMILY MATTHEWS
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris for the
District of Otangaroa, as from the 3rd January, 1916.
HILDA ELLEN ISABEL RICHARDS
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris for the
District of Paparore, as from the 1st March, 1915.
P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.
Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 21st December, 1915.
IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons
have been appointed to be the Deputies of the Regis-
trars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the
districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:-
Name.
District.
CHARLES BIRRELL CASSEY
Middlemarch.
EDGAR HENRY PAVITT
Gisborne.
F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General
Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of
Officers of the Permanent Staff and Territorial Force.
Department of Defence,
Wellington, 13th December, 1915.
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove of the appointments, promotions, resignations,
and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the Permanent
Staff and Territorial Force:-
Staff.
Temporary Sergeant-Instructor Thomas Hoare is granted
the rank of Honorary Lieutenant while employed as
Assistant Mounted Rifle Instructor in the Expeditionary
Force Training Camps. Dated 3rd December, 1915.
1st Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry).
Colin Thom to be Bandmaster and Honorary Lieutenant.
Dated 1st September, 1915.
4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles.
The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains:-
John Bruce. Dated 16th February, 1915.
Robert Simpson. Dated 17th August, 1915.
Wilson Loch Ranstead. Dated 17th August, 1915.
Gavin Melville Abbott. Dated 17th August, 1915.