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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 50

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 18th May, 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.
Othniel Boaz Atton Sharpe .. .. Reef ton.
Charles Leslie Rowe .. .. Motupiko.
Thomas Norton Benge .. .. Takapau.
Cyril Grigg .. .. Kaponga.
Thomas Miller .. .. Nightcaps.*
Arthur Blaymires Card .. .. Wakatipu.

• Births and Deaths only.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 10th May, 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 N.Z. Staff Corps, N.Z. Permanent Staff, and Territorial Force, and the reporting of officers from the N.Z. Expeditionary Force to the Territorial Force.

APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS.

N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.

Major William Bruce, O.B.E., M.B., is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and is appointed Assistant Director of Medical Services, Otago Military District. Dated 27th April, 1920.

N.Z. GARRISON ARTILLERY.

Wellington G.A. Division.

Sergeant Charles Edward Dunn is appointed 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 28, of 14th July, 1919. Dated 21st April, 1920.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

No. 3 Field Company.

Captain Alfred Thomas Dow to be Major. Dated 27th February, 1920.

1ST (CANTERBURY) REGIMENT.

Lieutenant Charles Bell to be Captain. Dated 16th April, 1920.

10TH (NORTH OTAGO) REGIMENT.

Lieutenant (Captain, Reserve of Officers, Temporary) Alexander Hoggans to be Captain. Dated 19th April, 1920.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.

Staff Nurse Edith Ramsay Webster (Temporary Reserve List) is appointed for duty at Queen Mary Hospital, Hanmer. Dated 8th April, 1920.

Sister Elsie Helga Persen (Temporary Reserve List) is appointed for duty at Pukeora Military Sanatorium. Dated 20th April, 1920.

Staff Nurse Dorothy Everett (Temporary Reserve List) is appointed for duty at King George V Hospital, Rotorua. Dated 13th April, 1920.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).

The undermentioned are appointed 2nd Lieutenants (on probation), under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 28, of 14th July, 1919 :

David Wilson Fell. Dated 14th April, 1920.
Horace William James. Dated 16th April, 1920.
Thomas James Leslie Rantin. Dated 16th April, 1920.
Elliott Martin Christie. Dated 16th April, 1920.

TRANSFERS.

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.

The undermentioned officers from the units specified are posted to the corps in the ranks and order of seniority stated for a probationary period of one year as from 1st October, 1919 :

To be Captains (on probation)—

Lieutenant (Lieutenant-Colonel, Reserve of Officers, Temporary) Alan Duncan Stitt, D.S.O., from the 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment, with seniority next below Captain L. Potter.

Lieutenant (Lieutenant-Colonel, Reserve of Officers, Temporary) Owen Herbert Mead, D.S.O., from the 12th (Nelson and Marlborough) Regiment, with seniority next below Captain (on probation) A. D. Stitt, D.S.O., M.C.

To be Lieutenants (on probation)—

Lieutenant (temp.) Richard James Dunlop Davis, from the N.Z. Permanent Staff.

Lieutenant (Captain, Reserve of Officers, Temporary) Henry Morton Foster, from the 1st (Canterbury) Regiment.

Lieutenant (temp.) Clarence Noble Rabone, from the N.Z. Permanent Staff.

Lieutenant (Captain, Reserve of Officers, Temporary) Joseph Leslie Scoullar, from the Unattached List (b).

2nd Lieutenant (Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers, Temporary) Stanley Middleton Satterthwaite, from the N.Z. Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool’s Own).

Lieutenant (temp.) Ernest Leonard Guy Bown, from the Unattached List, General List.

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) Samuel Frickleton, V.C., from the N.Z. Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool’s Own).

2nd Lieutenant Reginald Stanley Judson, V.C., D.C.M., M.M., from the Unattached List, General List.

N.Z. PERMANENT STAFF.

The undermentioned are transferred to the N.Z. Staff Corps. Dated 1st October, 1919 :

Lieutenant (temp.) Richard James Dunlop Davis.

Lieutenant (temp.) Clarence Noble Rabone.

N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.

The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve of Officers (Temporary) :

Lieutenant-Colonel George Edward Gabites, C.B.E., M.B., and relinquishes the appointment of Assistant Director of Medical Services, Otago Military District. Dated 27th April, 1920.

Major William Norman Abbott, M.C., M.B. Dated 30th April, 1920.

Captain (temp. Major) Keith Stewart Macky. Dated 30th April, 1920.

Captain (temp. Major) Sydney Chalmers Allen, M.B. Dated 19th April, 1920.

Captain (temp.) Louis Levy, M.B. Dated 8th June, 1920.

Captain (temp. Major) Percy Chisholm, O.B.E., is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel whilst commanding a military hospital. Dated 14th May, 1920.

N.Z. FIELD ARTILLERY.

“D” Battery.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Hector Yardley Cameron is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 26th April, 1920.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.—N.Z. RAILWAY BATTALIONS.

North Island.

Captain Herbert Edward Burrell is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 15th April, 1920.

South Island.

Lieutenant Allan Richmond Cockerell, D.S.O., from the Reserve of Officers (Temporary), to be Lieutenant. Dated 2nd April, 1919.

2nd Lieutenant (Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers, Temporary) Bartholomew Tangney, from the N.Z. Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool’s Own), to be Lieutenant. Dated 16th April, 1920.

2nd Lieutenant Timothy Long, from the N.Z. Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool’s Own) to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 15th April, 1920.

2nd Lieutenant John Couling, M.M., from the Unattached List, General List, to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 16th April, 1920.

2nd Lieutenant Alexander Ronald Lincoln Allan, from the Unattached List, General List, to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 16th April, 1920.

1ST (CANTERBURY) REGIMENT.

Lieutenant (Captain, Reserve of Officers, Temporary) Henry Morton Foster is transferred to the N.Z. Staff Corps. Dated 1st October, 1919.

Lieutenant Cyril Edwin Bell, from the 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment, to be Lieutenant, with seniority next below Lieutenant Sydney Gordon Bowron, to date 8th December, 1916. Dated 22nd April, 1920.

2ND (SOUTH CANTERBURY) REGIMENT.

Lieutenant Alfred James Jones is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 16th April, 1920.