Dec. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3689

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 9th December, 1919.

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.
Bruce McFarlane .. .. Kohukohu.
James Bruce Davis .. .. Port Chalmers.
William McKinnon .. .. Balclutha.
James Holmes .. .. Reefton.
Garnet Hercules Mackley .. .. Mauriceville.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General

Registrars of Births, &c., appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 8th December, 1919.

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

(Mrs.) MARGARET RICHMOND BUSH

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris, and Vaccination Inspector, for the district of Te Ahuahu, as from the 18th November, 1919.

WILLIAM MOLLISON CLARK

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris, and Vaccination Inspector, for the district of Pukepoto, as from the 8th December, 1919.

JOHN DAVIES

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths, and Vaccination Inspector, for the district of Christchurch (at Ellerslie), as from the 26th November, 1919.

GERALD WATSON MCCARTHY

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, and Vaccination Inspector, for the district of Ormondville, as from the 1st December, 1919.

CHARLES OGILVIE ROSS

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, and Vaccination Inspector, for the district of Otatau, as from the 25th November, 1919.

A. C. TURNBULL,
Secretary.

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 December, 1919.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the N.Z. Staff Corps, the Regiment of Royal N.Z. Artillery, N.Z. Army Ordnance Department, and Territorial Force, and the reposting of officers from the N.Z. Expeditionary Force to the N.Z. Staff Corps and Territorial Force.

APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS.

COMMANDS.

Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Bartlett relinquishes the command of the 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own), and is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of paragraph 126, General Regulations, 1913, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 4th November, 1919.

Major Edwin Gordon Fraser is appointed to command (temporarily) the 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own). Dated 5th November, 1919.

Lieutenant-Colonel Edmund William Porritt relinquishes the command of the 6th (Hauraki) Regiment, and is posted to the Retired List, with the honorary rank of Colonel. Dated 11th November, 1919.

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.

Lieutenant Thomas Martin Wilkes, M.C., to be Captain, under the provisions of paragraph 112 (11), General Regulations, 1913, with seniority next below Captain W. M. Bell. Dated 1st August, 1919.

6TH (MANAWATU) MOUNTED RIFLES.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 56, of 8th May, 1918, relating to Major George Dacre Hamilton resigning his commission on transfer to the Royal Engineers, is cancelled.

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CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

N.Z. Post and Telegraph Corps (North Island).

Company Sergeant-Major Samuel Michael Grayden Simpson to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 5th November, 1919.

6TH (HAURAKI) REGIMENT.

Major (Lieutenant-Colonel, Reserve of Officers, Temporary) Robert Candlish Allen, D.S.O., to be Lieutenant-Colonel, and is appointed to command the regiment. Dated 12th November, 1919.

N.Z. DENTAL CORPS.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) John Hallam Don ceases to be temporarily attached to the staff of the Air Force Adviser, and relinquishes the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 30th November, 1919.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 124, of 16th October, 1919, relating to Captain Robert Bevan Dodds reported to the corps, for the word “Captain” read “Lieutenant (late Captain, N.Z.E.F.).”

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.

The undermentioned Staff Nurses to be Sisters:—

Vera Dawson. Dated 10th October, 1919.

Dora K. Holmes (temp. Reserve List). Dated 1st November, 1919.

Janet Nicholson McGhie. Dated 12th November, 1919.

The undermentioned to be Staff Nurses (Massage Branch). Dated 1st November, 1919:—

Katherine Piper.

Elizabeth Read.

Beatrice Robson Ayson.

Nena Craig Russell.

Hectorine Emma Dempsey.

Helen Jane Flett.

Ilma Mary Page.

Kathleen Hazel Miller.

Kathleen De Renzy.

Mary Maude Hanron.

Eileen Mary Mehaffey.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants:—

Frederick Melrose Horowhenua Hanson, M.M., under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 14th November, 1917.

Alexander Douglas Jack, M.C., under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 25th January, 1918.

Arthur Henry Hunt. Dated 2nd July, 1919.

Sergeant Robert Boyd Hardy to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 5th November, 1919.

Sergeant Ross Nathaniel Meikle to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), under the provisions of General Headquarters Instruction No. 28, of 14th July, 1919. Dated 13th November, 1919.

UNATTACHED LIST, GENERAL LIST.

2nd Lieutenant Reginald Victor Albert Knox is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant whilst attached to the N.Z. Army Pay Department (War Expenses Branch). Dated 14th November, 1919.

Leonard Monk Isitt (Captain, R.A.F.) is appointed Military Equipment and Instructional Officer, N.Z. Air Service, and is granted the rank of Captain whilst so employed. Dated 15th November, 1919.

TRANSFERS.

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.

Captain (temp. Major) Robert Saxon Matthews relinquishes his appointment in the corps, and is transferred to the Reserve of Officers with the rank of Major. Dated 1st November, 1919.

4TH (WAIKATO) MOUNTED RIFLES.

The undermentioned Lieutenants are transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 10th November, 1919:—

Lennox Murray Petrie.

Charles Given.

5TH MOUNTED RIFLES (OTAGO HUSSARS).

Major James Alexander Miller, M.C., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 12th November, 1919.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.—DIVISIONAL SIGNAL COMPANIES, No. 1 Company, Wellington.

2nd Lieutenant Leonard Frederick Cooper, from the Unattached List, General List, to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 5th November, 1919.

N.Z. POST AND TELEGRAPH CORPS.

South Island.

Lieutenant Arthur William Brown, M.C., D.C.M., from the Reserve of Officers (Temporary), to be Lieutenant. Dated 21st November, 1919.