JUNE 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2047

District Inspector, under the Mental Defectives Act, 1911, within the Provincial District of Otago, appointed.

Mental Hospitals Department,
Wellington, 9th June, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES ALEXANDER PARK, Esq.,

to be a District Inspector under the Mental Defectives Act, 1911, within the Provincial District of Otago.

R. HEATON RHODES,
Minister in Charge of Mental Hospitals.

Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 8th June, 1915.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service :—

FREDERICK THOMAS WOODLEY

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Whareponga, as from the 25th day of May, 1915.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Registrars of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, and Registrars of Births and Deaths of Maoris, appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 8th June, 1915.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service :—

ALBERT JOSEPH MULLER

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris, for the District of Patea, as from the 27th day of May, 1915 ;

JAMES WILLIAM HODGSON

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris, for the District of Otaki, as from the 1st day of June, 1915.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Inspector for the Purposes of the Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1908, appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 9th June, 1915.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service :—

WILLIAM ROBERT BROWN

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1908, as from the 4th day of June, 1915.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 9th June, 1915.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons have been appointed to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz. :—

Name. District.
CHARLES WARREN THOMAS .. .. Mauriceville.
LEONARD STANLEY RIGDON KING .. .. Ekatahuna.
PATRICK JOHN ECCLETON .. .. Kaikoura.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, and Resignations of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Artillery, New Zealand Permanent Staff, and Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 4th June, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, transfers, and resignations of the undermentioned officers of the Royal New Zealand Artillery, New Zealand Permanent Staff, and Territorial Force :—

Commands.

Colonel Ralph Anderson Chaffey, V.S., is granted an extension of his period of command of the Canterbury Military District until 31st May, 1916. Dated 1st June, 1915.

Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Robert Heaton Rhodes, T.D., M.P., 1st Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry), to command the Canterbury Mounted Rifles Brigade, vice Colonel Ralph Anderson Chaffey, V.D. Dated 17th March, 1915.

Staff.

Captain Hubert Havard Wright, Army Service Corps, to be Inspector of New Zealand Army Service Corps, vice Major A. C. Robinson, A.S.C., employed with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 17th April, 1915.

Royal New Zealand Artillery.

Honorary Lieutenant William Orton Bradley is granted the temporary rank of Captain while employed as Instructor in Artillery at Trentham Camp. Dated 27th April, 1915.

New Zealand Permanent Staff.

Staff Sergeant-major Alfred Cheater (Warrant Officer) is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant while employed as Assistant Infantry Instructor at Trentham Camp. Dated 27th April, 1915.

1st Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry).

Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Robert Heaton Rhodes, T.D., M.P., to command the Canterbury Mounted Rifles Brigade, vice Colonel Ralph Anderson Chaffey. Dated 17th March, 1915.

New Zealand Garrison Artillery.

Lieutenant William Edward Orsborn resigns his commission. Dated 27th April, 1915.

Corps of New Zealand Engineers.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAY BATTALIONS.

Captain (on probation) James Brown resigns his appointment. Dated 25th March, 1915.

Lieutenant Augustine Stuart Henderson is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 4th February, 1915.

NEW ZEALAND POST AND TELEGRAPH CORPS.

2nd Lieutenant Robert Francis Coghill Scott to be Lieutenant. Dated 8th March, 1915.

Honorary Lieutenant Palmer Otto Spry is granted the honorary rank of Captain while employed with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 1st April, 1915.

The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) are confirmed :—

Maurice Hyland.
Robert Francis Coghill Scott.
Joseph Patrick O’Reilly.
John Patrick O’Sullivan.
Charles Edward Reid.
William John Stafford.
John Norman Rauch.
Bertie Hedgland Parker.
Frederick Cecil Hubbard.
William Albert Gundy.
William James McNiece.
Charles Joseph Walton Lockie.
James Chivers.

1st (Canterbury) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant Ernest Henry Lovell Bernau, from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 8th March, 1915.

2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment.

Sergeant Albert David Smith to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 26th April, 1915.

3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own).

Lieutenant Henry James Gillmore is transferred to the Unattached List (a). Dated 4th February, 1915.

4th (Otago) Regiment.

Captain Thomas John Hussey, from Unattached List (b), to be Captain. Dated 15th March, 1915.

Lieutenant John Bartholomew Callan, from Unattached List (b), to be Lieutenant. Dated 15th March, 1915.

10th (North Otago) Regiment.

Lieutenant William Toms is transferred to the 14th (South Otago) Regiment. Dated 8th December, 1914.