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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 79

Justice of the Peace and Coroner resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 8th September, 1920.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to accept the resignation by

JAMES CROUCH TAYLOR, Esq.,

of Otane, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace and as a Coroner for the Dominion of New Zealand.

E. P. LEE, Minister of Justice.

Appointments by the Public Service Commissioner.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 6th September, 1920.

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

JEREMIAH CHARLES SCANLON

to be Gaoler, for the purposes of the Prisons Act, 1908, at Wellington, as from the 25th day of August, 1920.

STEWART HAMPDEN SPIERS

to be Gaoler, for the purposes of the Prisons Act, 1908, at Napier, as from the 25th day of August, 1920.

ALLAN MACKENZIE MARTIN

to be Crier at Auckland of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908, as from the 24th day of August, 1920.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 7th September, 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.
Charles Lawrence James .. Oamaru
James William Holland .. Featherston.
Henry Alexander English .. Auckland (at Takapuna).*
Hugh Albert Steers .. Cust.
William Forrester Jarvie .. Eltham.
(Mrs.) Fanny McAtamney .. Hamilton’s.
Walter Wackrill Sutton .. Tauranga.

• Births and Deaths only.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Resignations, and Retirements of Officers of the Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 7th September, 1920.

HIS Excellency the Administrator to the Government has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, transfers, resignations, and retirements of the undermentioned officers of the Territorial Force.

COMMANDS.

THE notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 33, of the 1st April, 1920, relating to Colonel Charles Thomas Major, D.S.O., is cancelled, and the following substituted:—

Colonel Charles Thomas Major, C.B.E., D.S.O., relinquishes the Command, Auckland Infantry Brigade, and is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 26th February, 1920.

N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.

Captain Robert Hector Baxter, M.C., is granted the temporary rank of Major. Dated 1st September, 1920.

8TH (SOUTH CANTERBURY) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Major Eric Hamilton Orr, D.S.O., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920. Dated 25th August, 1920.

11TH (NORTH AUCKLAND) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Captain Arthur Conrad Hingston resigns his commission. Dated 19th August, 1920.

N.Z. FIELD ARTILLERY.

“ A ” Battery.

The appointment of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) are confirmed:—

George Lionel Gordon Sharp.
Harry De Wolfe.

“ E ” Battery.

Captain [Major, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Robert Charles Wickens, D.S.O., to be Major. Dated 23rd August, 1920.

2nd Lieutenant [Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] William Ellis Earnshaw, M.C., from the “ D ” Battery, to be Captain. Dated 23rd August, 1920.

2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Frank Moyes Mitchell, M.C., from the Unattached List (General List), to be Lieutenant. Dated 23rd August, 1920.

“ F ” Battery.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Arthur Watson Bird, M.M., from the N.Z. Garrison Artillery, Wellington G.A Division to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 13th August, 1920.

“ D ” Battery.

2nd Lieutenant [Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] William Ellis Earnshaw, M.C., is transferred to the “ E ” Battery. Dated 23rd August, 1920.

2nd Lieutenant Herman Henry Osmers, M.M., from the Unattached List (General List), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 19th August, 1920.

N.Z. GARRISON ARTILLERY.

Wellington G.A. Division.

Lieutenant Joseph Abel to be Captain, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 39, of 22nd July, 1919. Dated 30th December, 1919.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Arthur Watson Bird, M.M., is transferred to the N.Z. Field Artillery. Dated 13th August, 1920.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

No. 4 Field Company.

2nd Lieutenant Edwin Fox Scott is transferred to the Reserve Officers. Dated 20th August, 1920.

DIVISIONAL SIGNAL COMPANIES.

No. 2 Company (Otago).

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Alexander Lionel Caselberg resigns his commission. Dated 19th August, 1920.

N.Z. RAILWAY BATTALIONS.

North Island.

Captain Stevenson Wright is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 16th August, 1920.

The undermentioned [Captains, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] to be Captains:—

Lieutenant James Doran McComish. Dated 1st March, 1920.

Lieutenant Frank Clifford Wilson. Dated 1st March, 1920.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Reginald Ronald Gow, O.B.E. Dated 1st April, 1920.

Lieutenant William Robert Setter. Dated 15th April, 1920.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Charles Luke Mullany. Dated 16th April, 1920.

Lieutenant Charles Victor Ciochetto, M.C., M.M., from the Reserve of Officers (temp.), to be Lieutenant. Dated 1st June, 1920.

The undermentioned Lieutenants, from the Reserve of Officers (General List), to be Lieutenants. Dated 1st June, 1920:—

William Isaac Deavoll.
James Adams Jones, M.C.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants, from the N.Z. Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool’s Own), to be 2nd Lieutenants:—

Ernest Theodore McKain. Dated 1st April, 1920.

Alexander Frederick Gilmore, M.M. Dated 1st June, 1920.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation). Date 1st July, 1920:—

George William Gordon Thomson, M.M.
John Robert Young.
Alan Cecil Maxwell.
Royed Jack Stratton Weeber.
Richard Roland Smale.
Enoch Llewellyn Lloyd.
Joseph Edward Williams.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) John William Dayman resigns his commission. Dated 16th August, 1920.

3RD (AUCKLAND) REGIMENT (COUNTESS OF RANFURLY’S OWN).

The undermentioned to be Majors. Dated 12th August, 1920:—

Captain [Major, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] James Blyth Macfarlane.

Lieutenant [Lieutenant-Colonel, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Francis Leveson-Gower West.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Ronald Ian Lancelot Herrick is confirmed.