Aug. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2951

King's Counsel appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 9th August, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM MACGREGOR, Esq.,
of Dunedin, to be King's Counsel, the Honourable the Chief Justice having concurred in such appointment, as provided in regulations made by Order in Council dated 21st January, 1907.

A. L. HERDMAN,
Minister of Justice.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 17th August, 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.
HORACE PAUL DUFF .. .. Mauriceville.
HARRY WHITEHEAD .. .. Ormondville.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General

Official Assignees appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 18th August, 1915.

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

THOMAS DICK KENDALL
to be Official Assignee for the Supreme Court District of Canterbury, for the purposes of the Bankruptcy Act, 1908, as from the 2nd day of December, 1914.

CHARLES ZECHARIAH
to be Official Assignee for the Supreme Court District of Otago and Southland for the purposes of the Bankruptcy Act, 1908, as from the 26th day of November, 1914.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 18th August, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the Territorial Force:—

Queen Alexandra's 2nd (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles.

Sergeant-major Charles Stanley Billinghurst to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), supernumerary to establishment. Dated 9th July, 1915.

6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles.

Captain Francis Strachan Goldingham, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Captain. Dated 20th July, 1915.

New Zealand Field Artillery (A Battery).

Lieutenant Walter Leigh Titchener to be Captain. Dated 16th February, 1915.

New Zealand Garrison Artillery.

Lieutenant Charles David Hill to be Captain. Dated 16th February, 1915.

2nd Lieutenant John Peter Shea to be Lieutenant. Dated 16th July, 1915.

1st (Canterbury) Regiment.

Major William Joseph Francis Barnett resigns his commission. Dated 19th July, 1915.

2nd Lieutenant Montague Harry Tisdall to be Lieutenant. Dated 31st May, 1915.

2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 22nd July, 1915.

Sergeant Ivor Alfred Bristol.
Sergeant Harry Fryer.

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

2nd Lieutenant Wilfred James Cox to be Lieutenant, vice McKenzie, transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 2nd February, 1915.

2nd Lieutenant Thomas Milliken, from Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 2nd July, 1915.

2nd Lieutenant Valentine Freke Maxwell, from Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 2nd July, 1915.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Peter Robertson Gardner, from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 2nd July, 1915.

10th (North Otago) Regiment.

Major John Meggett Forrester, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Major. Dated 19th July, 1915.

13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment.

Lieutenant George Sidey Lambie, from the Unattached List (b), to be Lieutenant. Dated 5th July, 1915.

New Zealand Medical Corps.

Captain Joseph Patrick Frengley, M.D., F.R.C.S.I., D.P.H., is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel whilst employed on special duty at Trentham Camp. Dated 14th July, 1915.

Captain Hugh Earnshaw Finch, M.B., is granted the temporary rank of Major whilst employed on special duty at Trentham Camp. Dated 14th July, 1915.

Captain Sydney Smith, M.D., is granted the temporary rank of Major whilst employed on special duty at Trentham Camp. Dated 14th July, 1915.

The undermentioned to be Captains. Dated 9th July, 1915.

William Crawfurd Macknight.
Henry Hardwick Smith, M.B., F.R.C.S., Eng.
George Basil Doyne Adams, M.D., M.R.C.S., Eng.

Unattached List (b).

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants:—

Sergeant-major William Calder Mackay. Dated 26th June, 1915.

Sergeant Michael Robert Downey. Dated 13th July, 1915.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation):—

Norman Hugh Hogg. Dated 18th June, 1915.

Stanley Gordon Robinson. Dated 21st July, 1915.

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

Ernest Leonard Hammond.
Lance Buchler.
Harold John Drummond Sheldon.
Robert Henry Espiner.
Ernest John Brammall.
Harley Hodgson Donald.

2nd Lieutenant Thomas Milliken is transferred to the 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own). Dated 2nd July, 1915.

2nd Lieutenant Valentine Freke Maxwell is transferred to the 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own). Dated 2nd July, 1915.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Peter Robertson Gardner is transferred to the 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own). Dated 2nd July, 1915.

Lieutenant George Sidey Lambie is transferred to the 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment. Dated 5th July, 1915.

New Zealand Motor Service Corps (Motor-car Section).

(Auckland.)

Eliot Rypinski Davis to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 13th July, 1915.

New Zealand Motor Service Corps (Motor-boat Section).

(Auckland.)

Charles Henry Tarr Palmer to be District Senior Officer (Auckland Military District), with the rank of Major. Dated 29th July, 1915.

Alexander Burt, jun. to be Major. Dated 29th July, 1915.

The undermentioned to be Captains. Dated 29th July, 1915.

Samuel Herbert Leyland.
James Frank Percival Howden.
Alfred Arthur Brook.
Charles James Collings.