APRIL 24. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1181

Registrar of Supreme Court, &c., appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1919.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

PHILIP LUSCOMBE HOLLINGS, Esq., S.M.,

to be Registrar of the Supreme Court at Blenheim, and Chairman of the Licensing Committee for the District of Wairau, as from the 24th day of April, 1919, vice J. S. Evans, Esq., S.M

THOMAS M. WILFORD,
Minister of Justice.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 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.
JOHN PAICE .. .. Piopio.
WILLIAM ALFRED SMITH WILLCOX .. .. Wairau.
WILLIAM FREDERICK BENNETTS .. .. Dunstan.
JAMES ALLAN BURNIE .. .. Kawakawa.
RICHARD HUDNER .. .. Hamilton.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the N.Z. Staff Corps and Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 22nd April, 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 and Territorial Force, and the reposting of officers from the N.Z. Expeditionary Force to the Territorial Force.

APPOINTMENTS.

Captain George Clarance Sykes Dyer, N.Z. Staff Corps, is appointed Assistant Adjutant-General, Otago Military District. Dated 1st April, 1919.

Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Garrett Roache, D.S.O., Reserve of Officers (temp.), is attached to the Adjutant-General’s Department and graded with pay and rank of Major whilst employed as Director of Base Records. Dated 1st April, 1919.

Captain Matthew Henry Oram, N.Z. Field Artillery, “J” Battery, relinquishes the appointment of Deputy Director of Base Records. Dated 28th April, 1919.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Charles Gamble, Unattached List (b), General List, relinquishes the appointment of Camp Paymaster, Featherston Military Camp, and the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 3rd April, 1919.

PROMOTIONS, RESIGNATIONS, AND TRANSFERS.

3RD (AUCKLAND) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant Stanley Austin Carr, from the N.Z. Forces Motor Service Corps, to be Lieutenant. Dated 26th March, 1919.

4TH (WAIKATO) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant James Penniket to be Captain under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 24th February, 1919.

Lieutenant Percy Ellis is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 4th April, 1919.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

N.Z. Railway Battalion (North Island.)

Lieutenant Murdoch Macaskill resigns his commission. Dated 28th March, 1919.

N.Z. POST AND TELEGRAPH CORPS (SOUTH ISLAND).

Lieutenant William Albert Gundy resigns his commission. Dated 20th March, 1919.

1ST (CANTERBURY) REGIMENT.

Captain Frank Percival Osmond Smith, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Captain. Dated 19th February, 1915.

Captain Frank Percival Osmond Smith to be Major. Dated 6th July, 1918.

Captain Leonard John Wild, from the 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment, to be Captain. Dated 25th March, 1919.

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Lieutenant Lionel Hawdon Davison, from the 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment, to be Lieutenant. Dated 25th March, 1919.

Lieutenant (temp.) Edward Blake Skevington, from the 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment, to be Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 25th March, 1919.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) William Shilton Shilton, from the 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 25th March, 1919.

6TH (HAURAKI) REGIMENT.

Captain Edward Vincent Daldy to be Major under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 2nd April, 1919.

Lieutenant Thomas Manus McGeehan, from the 15th (North Auckland) Regiment, to be Lieutenant. Dated 4th April, 1919.

7TH (WELLINGTON WEST COAST) REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant Donald Gilbert Kennedy, from the 10th (North Otago) Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 3rd April, 1919.

10TH (NORTH OTAGO) REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant Donald Gilbert Kennedy is transferred to the 7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment. Dated 3rd April, 1919.

13TH (NORTH CANTERBURY AND WESTLAND) REGIMENT.

The undermentioned are transferred to the 1st (Canterbury) Regiment. Dated 25th March, 1919 :

Captain Leonard John Wild.

Lieutenant Lionel Hawdon Davison.

Lieutenant (temp.) Edward Blake Skevington.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) William Shilton Shilton.

15TH (NORTH AUCKLAND) REGIMENT.

Lieutenant Thomas Manus McGeehan is transferred to the 6th (Hauraki) Regiment. Dated 4th April, 1919.

N.Z. FORCES MOTOR SERVICE CORPS.

Motor-car Section (Auckland.)

Lieutenant Stanley Austin Carr is transferred to the 3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles. Dated 26th March, 1919.

Lieutenant Richard Atkinson Abbott ceases to be attached to the N.Z. Garrison Artillery, Auckland Garrison Artillery Division. Dated 1st April, 1919.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Captain (temp.) Leonard Smith Talbot, M.B., resigns his commission. Dated 26th March, 1919.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 17, of 20th February, 1919, relating to Captain (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) James Herbert Graham Robertson, M.B., relinquishing his appointment as Principal Medical Officer, Featherston Military Camp, for the words “Dated 23rd January, 1919,” read “Dated 5th February, 1919.”

N.Z. DENTAL CORPS.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Murray Kingsley Litchfield relinquishes his appointment in N.Z. Expeditionary Force Training Camps, and the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 13th December, 1918.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Reverend George William Dent, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, to be Chaplain to the Forces, 3rd Class. Dated 21st November, 1912.

The Reverend Arthur Alfred Bensley to be Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class. Dated 4th April, 1919.

The Reverend George Lindsay, Chaplain to the Forces, 3rd Class, retires under the provisions of paragraph 126 and 127 (a), General Regulations, 1913. Dated 4th April, 1919.

The Reverend Thomas Stinson, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, retires under the provisions of paragraph 127 (a), General Regulations, 1913. Dated 27th March, 1919.

The Reverend William Hewitson, Chaplain to the Forces, 3rd Class, retires under the provisions of paragraph 127 (a), General Regulations, 1913. Dated 2nd April, 1919.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 35, of 20th March, 1919, relating to Staff-Nurse Mary Janet Murdoch, for the words “Dated 24th February, 1919,” read “Dated 17th February, 1919.”

UNATTACHED LIST (b).

Joseph Hunter to be Captain. Dated 24th March, 1919.

Sergeant William Connor to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 2nd April, 1919.