Nov. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3435
Coroner appointed.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th November, 1919.
H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
PERCY COOPER ROSE, Esq., J.P.,
of Marokopa, to be a Coroner within the Dominion of New
Zealand.
J. G. COATES,
Minister of Justice.
Officers for the Purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908,
appointed.
Marine Department,
Wellington, 4th November, 1919.
H IS Excellency the Governor-General, in pursuance and
exercise of the power and authority conferred by
section 79 of the Fisheries Act, 1908, has appointed
Norman McKinnon, of Waihua,
John Frederick Couper, of Riverslea,
Oswald James, of Taheke,
George Kirk, of Opouiti,
William Hayword Cook, of Waihi,
William McKenzie, of Tapui,
Thomas Henry Stewart, of Wairoa,
Charles Cecil Poyzer, of Wairoa,
George Edward Jane, of Wairoa,
John Nilssen, of Ardkeen, and
James Flemming, of Mohaka,
to be Officers for the purposes of Part II of that Act.
W. H. HERRIES,
Minister of Marine.
Secretary of the Prisons Board appointed.
Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 6th November, 1919.
T HE Public Service Commissioner has made the fol-
lowing appointment in the Public Service:-
JOHN SMYTH
to be Secretary of the Prisons Board for the purposes of the
Crimes Amendment Act, 1910, as from the lst day of
November, 1919.
A. C. TURNBULL,
Secretary.
Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 12th November, 1919.
I T 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.
THOMAS AINSLey HARWOOD .. .. Middlemarch.
JAMES BRUCE DAVIS .. .. Port Chalmers.
GORDON MURRAY GILBERT .. .. Waitara.
GEORGE HAWKE .. .. Rangitikei.
WILLIAM HENRY EVANS .. .. Huntly.
W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.
Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of
Officers of the N.Z. Staff Corps, the Regiment of Royal N.Z.
Artillery, and Territorial Force.
Department of Defence,
Wellington, 5th November, 1919.
H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to approve of the appointments, promotions, resigna-
tions, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the
N.Z. Staff Corps, the Regiment of Royal N.Z. Artillery, and
Territorial Forces, and the reposting of officers from the N.Z.
Expeditionary Force to the N.Z. Staff Corps, the Regiment of
Royal N.Z. Artillery, and Territorial Forces.
APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS.
N.Z. STAFF CORPS.
Colonel Charles William Melvill, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., is ap-
pointed to command Wellington Military District. Dated
1st November, 1919.
Colonel Robert Young, C.M.G., D.S.O., is appointed to com-
mand Canterbury Military District. Dated lst November,
1919.
Lieutenant-Colonel James Henry Whyte, D.S.O., D.C.M., re-
linquishes the command (temp.), Wellington Military Dis-
trict. Dated 31st October, 1919.
THE REGIMENT OF ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY.
Regimental Sergeant-Major (W.O.) Hugh James Mulholland
to be Lieutenant, and is appointed Officer in Charge,
R.N.Z.A. Records. Dated 25th October, 1919.
N.Z. FIELD ARTILLERY.
"J" Battery.
Lieutenant Charles Newey Mitchell to be Captain. Dated
20th October, 1919.
3RD (AUCKLAND) REGIMENT (COUNTESS OF RANFURLY'S
OWN).
Coast Defence Detachment.
Lieutenant (temp.) James Halifax Stewart to be Captain
(temp.). Dated 30th September, 1919.
11TH REGIMENT (TARANAKI RIFLES).
Lionel James Carmine to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 20th
October, 1919.
N.Z. FORCES MOTOR SERVICE CORPS.
Motor-car Section (Otago).
Lieutenant James Linster Passmore to be Captain. Dated
22nd October, 1919.
N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.
Stephen Estridge Crawford, M.R.C.S. Eng., to be Captain
(temp.). Dated 10th October, 1918.
N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.
Staff Nurse (Masseuse) Sarah Jane Hetherington to be Sister.
Dated 4th August, 1919.
UNATTACHED LIST (b).
Lieutenant Matthew William Butterfield to be Captain.
Dated lst November, 1919.
Sergeant Edwin Fox Scott to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated
20th October, 1919.
TRANSFERS.
N.Z. FIELD ARTILLERY.
Lieutenant (Major, Reserve of Officers, Temporary) Herbert
Purse Warnock is transferred to the Reserve of Officers
with the rank of Major. Dated lst July, 1919.
N.Z. GARRISON ARTILLERY.
No. 2 Company.
Major Nicholas Dodds is transferred to the Reserve of Officers.
Dated 24th October, 1919.
3RD (AUCKLAND) REGIMENT (COUNTESS OF RANFURLY'S
OWN).
Coast Defence Detachment.
Lieutenant Ronald Heriot Lynch is transferred to the Re-
serve of Officers. Dated 21st October, 1919.
UNATTACHED LIST (b).
Captain John McDonald Johnston is transferred to the Re-
serve of Officers, General List, with the rank of Major.
Dated 20th October, 1919.
Lieutenant Arthur Sagar Bailey is transferred to the Reserve
of Officers, General List. Dated 20th October, 1919.
RESIGNATIONS.
5TH MOUNTED RIFLES (OTAGO HUSSARS).
Lieutenant Amos McKegg resigns his commission. Dated
22nd October, 1919.
N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.
Captain (temp.) Robert Allan Cameron, M.B., relinquishes
the temporary rank of Captain. Dated lst October, 1919.
UNATTACHED LIST (b).
The undermentioned resign their commissions :--
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Francis James Black Laurance.
Dated 21st October, 1919.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Thomas Frank Blomfield. Dated
22nd October, 1919.
2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Carl August Berendsen.
Dated 20th October, 1919.
OFFICERS STRUCK OFF THE STRENGTH OF THE
N.Z. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.
The undermentioned are struck off the strength of the N.Z.
Expeditionary Force, with effect from the dates mentioned :-
Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Brigadier-General) Charles William
Melvill, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., and relinquishes the tem-