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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 28

Sheriff appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 11th March, 1920.

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

REGINALD JAMES ROGERS, Esq.,

to be Sheriff for the district of Chatham Islands, for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of March, 1920.

A. C. TURNBULL,
Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 16th March, 1920.

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 Francis Barrett .. .. .. Mahurangi.
Bruce McFarlane .. .. .. Mangonui.
John Hopley Richards .. .. .. Devonport.*
Arol George Murch .. .. .. Birmingham.
Robert Bertie Bremner .. .. .. Hampden.

• Births and Deaths only.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

Native Interpreter appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 12th March, 1920.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to authorize

PEI TE HURINUI JONES, of Ongarue,

to act as a licensed Native Interpreter of the First Grade, under the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations made thereunder.

W. H. HERRIES,
Native Minister.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, Transfers, and Retirements of Officers of the Regiment of Royal N.Z. Artillery and Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 15th March, 1920.

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

APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS.

THE REGIMENT OF ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Captain (on probation) Charles Theodore Gillespie, M.C., relinquishes the appointment of Adjutant, Wellington Field Artillery Brigade. Dated 20th October, 1919.

9TH (WELLINGTON EAST COAST) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant (Major, Reserve of Officers (temp.)) Alan Standish Wilder, D.S.O., M.C., to be Major, and to command the regiment. Dated 6th February, 1920.

N.Z. GARRISON ARTILLERY.
Wellington G.A. Division.

Company Sergeant-Major Ronald Wallace Fenton to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 5th March, 1920.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

The notices published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 45, of 1st June, 1911, and No. 114, of 29th October, 1914, relating to Captain Joseph Livingstone Frazer-Hurst, M.D., are cancelled and the following substituted:—

Captain Joseph Livingstone Frazer-Hurst, M.D., from the Active List (Unattached), to be Captain. Dated 21st September, 1910.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Reverend James Alexander Thomson to be Chaplain to the Forces (4th class). Dated 29th June, 1919.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.

Staff Nurse (Masseuse) Alice Mary Hinds Howell to be Sister. Dated 1st January, 1920.

UNATTACHED LIST, GENERAL LIST.

2nd Lieutenant Francis Boyd Adams to be Lieutenant, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 39 of 22nd July, 1919. Dated 19th December, 1919.

TRANSFERS.

1ST MOUNTED RIFLES (CANTERBURY YEOMANRY CAVALRY).

2nd Lieutenant Neil Paterson Manning, from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 2nd March, 1920.

QUEEN ALEXANDRA’S 2ND (WELLINGTON WEST COAST) MOUNTED RIFLES.

The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve of Officers, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 21 of 1st July, 1919. Dated 1st March, 1920:—

Lieutenant (Major, Reserve of Officers (temp.)) William Richard Foley, M.C., with the rank of Major.

2nd Lieutenant Claude Albert Marchant with the rank of Lieutenant.

N.Z. GARRISON ARTILLERY.
Wellington G.A. Division.

Major Arthur Henry Hollis is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 1st March, 1920.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

N.Z. Railway Battalions (North Island).

The undermentioned Captains are transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 1st March, 1920:—

Charles Horsnell.

John Broad Mitchell.

5TH (WELLINGTON) REGIMENT.

Captain Gordon Leslie McClure, from the 8th (Southland) Regiment, to be Captain. Dated 1st March, 1920.

8TH (SOUTHLAND) REGIMENT.

Captain Gordon Leslie McClure is transferred to the 5th (Wellington) Regiment. Dated 1st March, 1920.

16TH (WAIKATO) REGIMENT.

Captain Septimus James Edgar Closey, M.C., from the Unattached List (b), to be Captain. Dated 1st March, 1920.

Lieutenant Harry Vause, M.C., from the Reserve of Officers (temp.), to be Lieutenant. Dated 1st March, 1920.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Captain William Charles Greig, M.D., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 1st March, 1920.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).

Lieutenant (Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)) Septimus James Edgar Closey, M.C., is transferred to the 16th (Waikato) Regiment with the rank of Captain. Dated 1st March, 1920.

The undermentioned Lieutenants are transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List:—

John Blyth Austin. Dated 28th February, 1920.

Frederick James Colmer. Dated 1st March, 1920.

2nd Lieutenant Neil Paterson Manning is transferred to the 1st Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry). Dated 2nd March, 1920.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS (TEMP.).

Lieutenant Harry Vause, M.C., is transferred to the 16th (Waikato) Regiment. Dated 1st March, 1920.

RESIGNATIONS AND RETIREMENTS.

THE REGIMENT OF ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Lieutenant James Byrt Jordan is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 21 of 1st July, 1919. Dated 24th April, 1920.

QUEEN ALEXANDRA’S 2ND (WELLINGTON WEST COAST) MOUNTED RIFLES.

The undermentioned Lieutenants are posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 21 of 1st July, 1919. Dated 1st March, 1920:—

Bruce Langdon Joll.

Percy James North.