Registrars of Births, &c., appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 9th September, 1920.

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

FREDERICK OSWALD MARTIN
to be Registrar of Marriages, Registrar of Births and
Deaths, and Vaccination Inspector, for the district of Dipton,
as from the 1st September, 1920.

ALFRED ROBERTS
to be Registrar of Marriages, Registrar of Births and
Deaths, Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris, and
Vaccination Inspector, for the district of Hawera, as from
the 1st September, 1920.
A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Bailiff of Magistrate's Court appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 14th September, 1920.

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

GEORGE AMBROSE MAUNSELL
to be Bailiff of the Magistrate's Court at Auckland, for the purposes of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1908, as from the 10th day of August, 1920.
A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 14th 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:-
Thomas James Quayle ... Halcombe.
Charles Joseph Hugh Curry ... Raglan.
(Miss) Annie Cecelia Defilippi ... Ahaura.
Albert McNicol Gordon Ward ... Bay of Islands.
Robert Martin ... Auckland (at Takapuna).*
John McKittrick ... Wellington.

• Births and Deaths only.
  W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Resignations, and Retirements of Officers of the N.Z. Army Ordnance Department and Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 13th September, 1920.

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

APPOINTMENT.

Colonel William Edward Collins, C.M.G., M.B., (p.), N.Z. Medical Corps, relinquishes the appointment of Honorary Surgeon to the Governor-General. Dated 7th July, 1920.

PROMOTIONS, RESIGNATIONS, AND TRANSFERS.

N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT.

2nd Lieutenant [Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Charles Ingram Gossage, O.B.E., from the Unattached List (General List), to be Lieutenant and graded as Ordnance Officer, 4th Class, with seniority as from 16th August, 1916. Dated 16th August, 1920.

10TH (NELSON) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant George Edmund Parsons is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 27th August, 1920.

11TH (NORTH AUCKLAND) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Ernest Randolph Mackesy, C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O., is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Colonel, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920. Dated 11th September, 1920.
Major [Lieutenant-Colonel, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] James Neil McCarroll, C.M.G., D.S.O., to be Lieutenant-Colonel and to command the regiment. Dated 11th September, 1920.
2nd Lieutenant Harry Roberts, from the Unattached List (General List), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 27th August, 1920.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

N.Z. Post and Telegraph Corps (South Island).
Arthur William Hills to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 26th August, 1920.
2nd Lieutenant Andrew Sinclair Sutherland resigns his commission. Dated 30th August, 1920.

3RD (AUCKLAND) REGIMENT (COUNTESS OF RANFURLY'S OWN).
Lieutenant Bernard Harry Howes is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 31st August, 1920.

4TH (OTAGO) REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant (late Lieutenant, N.Z.E.F.) Gerald Ireland Black, from the Unattached List. (General List), to be Lieutenant. Dated 20th August, 1920.
Captain John Bartholomew Callan is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 27th August, 1920.

10TH (NORTH OTAGO) REGIMENT.

Lieutenant Richard Sylvester Taylor, from the Reserve of Officers (temp.), to be Lieutenant. Dated 27th August, 1920.

12TH (NELSON AND MARLBOROUGH) REGIMENT.

Reserve of Officers.

Captain Arthur Paul Harper is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of paragraphs 126 and 127, General Regulations, 1913, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 31st August, 1920.

N.Z. RIFLE BRIGADE (EARL OF LIVERPOOL'S OWN), TERRITORIAL.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants are transferred to the Reserve of Officers, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920:-
Charles Henry Sole Claughton. Dated 1st March, 1920.
Hamilton Mackenzie Douglas. Dated 30th August, 1920.
Albert Owen Jones. Dated 30th August, 1920.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Captain Denis Byrne Walshe, M.B., was posted for duty in N.Z. Expeditionary Force training-camps, with effect from 10th September, 1918, and demobilized. Dated 20th January, 1919.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.

Staff Nurse Ada Maud Carver to be Sister. Dated 10th August, 1920.
Sister Edith Marion O'Loughlen is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force and reposted to the Service. Dated 1st February, 1920.
Sister Edith Marion O'Loughlen is posted to the Temporary Reserve List. Dated 16th September, 1920.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).

2nd Lieutenant William Patrick Morrin, M.M., from the Unattached List (General List), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 28th August, 1920.

The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List):-
Lieutenant Allan Clifford Rout. Dated 27th August, 1920.
Lieutenant William Michael Thom. Dated 4th September, 1920.
2nd Lieutenant Henry Alexander Callander. Dated 2nd September, 1920.
2nd Lieutenant Phillip George Connolly resigns his commission. Dated 3rd September, 1920.

UNATTACHED LIST (GENERAL LIST).

2nd Lieutenant [Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Charles Ingram Gossage, O.B.E., is transferred to the N.Z. Army Ordnance Department. Dated 16th August, 1920.
2nd Lieutenant Harry Roberts is transferred to the 11th (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles. Dated 27th August, 1920.
2nd Lieutenant (late Lieutenant, N.Z.E.F.) Gerald Ireland Black is transferred to the 4th (Otago) Regiment. Dated 20th August, 1920.
2nd Lieutenant William Patrick Morrin, M.M., is transferred to the Unattached List (b). Dated 28th August, 1920.

The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List), under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920:-
2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Charles Boswell, M.C., with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 29th August, 1920.
2nd Lieutenant Arthur Patrick Story. Dated 30th August, 1920.

The undermentioned are posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920:-
2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Frederick William Medcalf, with the rank of Captain. Dated 2nd September, 1920.
2nd Lieutenant Peter James Wilson. Dated 4th September, 1920.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS (temp.).

Lieutenant Richard Sylvester Taylor is transferred to the 10th (North Otago) Regiment. Dated 27th August, 1920.
Captain William Robert Lang, M.C., is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force and posted to the Reserve of Officers (temp.). Dated 28th July, 1919.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.