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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 39

Deputy Registrar of Supreme Court appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1917.

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

ERNEST WHITE CAVE

to be Deputy Registrar at Palmerston North of the Supreme Court of New Zealand for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908, as from the 16th day of February, 1917, vice C. J. Hewlett, transferred.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Sheriff appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1917.

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

ERNEST WHITE CAVE

to be Sheriff for the District of Manawatu for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908, as from the 16th day of February, 1917, vice C. J. Hewlett, transferred.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 26th February, 1917.

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

CHARLES THOMAS MCFARLANE

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris for Whareponga, as from the 1st February, 1917.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 28th February, 1917.

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.
RUPERT GARFIELD POULTON .. .. Wellington.
JAMES MATHESON .. .. Kurow.
GEORGE ELLIOTT MITCHELL .. .. Malvern.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 28th February, 1917.

IT is hereby notified that

WILLIAM MANN

has been appointed to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Denniston on and from the 23rd February, 1917.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of New Zealand Staff Corps and Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1917.

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

NEW ZEALAND STAFF CORPS.

Major Walter Harry Meddings relinquishes the appointment of Assistant Quartermaster-General, Canterbury Military District. Dated 24th January, 1917.

Captain Robert Saxton Matthews relinquishes the appointment of Assistant Adjutant-General, Canterbury Military District. Dated 25th January, 1917.

Captain Robert Saxton Matthews is appointed Assistant Quartermaster-General, Canterbury Military District, and is granted the temporary rank of Major whilst so employed. Dated 25th January, 1917.

1st MOUNTED RIFLES (CANTERBURY YEOMANRY CAVALRY).

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Thomas Firbank Gibson is confirmed.

NEW ZEALAND FIELD ARTILLERY.

Lieutenant Charles Newey Mitchell, D Battery, is granted the temporary rank of Captain whilst acting as Adjutant to the Wellington Field Artillery Brigade. Dated 17th November, 1916.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Archibald Arnold McLean, C Battery, is confirmed.

CORPS OF NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERS.

New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps.

Sergeant George Walter Kite to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 1st August, 1915.

1ST (CANTERBURY) REGIMENT.

Lieutenant Dugald Macdonald Robertson is appointed Assistant Adjutant-General (temp.), Canterbury Military District, and is granted the temporary rank of Captain whilst so employed. Dated 25th January, 1917.

7TH (WELLINGTON WEST COAST) REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant Alan Arnold Barton to be Lieutenant. Dated 9th February, 1917.

13TH (NORTH CANTERBURY AND WESTLAND) REGIMENT.

Company Sergeant-major William Shilton Shilton to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 8th February, 1917.

John Finlaison Sutherland to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 8th February, 1917.

14TH (SOUTH OTAGO) REGIMENT.

Lieutenant Robert Lorimer McLatchie, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant. Dated 8th February, 1917.

2nd Lieutenant Howard W. Boddy is transferred to the Unattached List (b). Dated 8th February, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND ARMY SERVICE CORPS.

The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) are confirmed, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913:—

Alexander Romeo Pollock.
James Alfred Aitcheson.

NEW ZEALAND FORCES MOTOR SERVICE CORPS.

Motor-car Section.

The undermentioned Captains to be Majors. Dated 2nd February, 1917:—

John Candlish Allen.
John Stewart.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Clement Charles Scott is confirmed.

NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL CORPS.

Major Henry O’Brien Deck is appointed a member of a special District Medical Board, and is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel whilst so employed. Dated 12th January, 1917.

James Robert Boyd to be Captain. Dated 14th October, 1915.

Captain George Basil Doyne Adams, M.D., M.R.C.S., Eng., is struck off the strength on account of ill health. Dated 27th May, 1916.

Warren Hastings Young to be Lieutenant (temp.) whilst doing duty with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 25th January, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

David Angus Gunn, Salvation Army Chaplain (Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class), resigns his commission. Dated 23rd December, 1916.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 8th January, 1917:—

William Forrest Fowlds.
Martin Driscoll Rohan, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913.