SEPT. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2749

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 28th 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.:

James Edward Biggar .. .. Balclutha.
Frank Lewis Cunnold .. .. Hawera.
William Matthew Patterson .. .. Christchurch (at New Brighton).*
Herbert Alley .. .. .. Wellington.
Albert Joseph Muller .. .. .. Builer.

• Births and Deaths only.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 28th September, 1920.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, transfers, resignations, and retirements of the undermentioned officers of the N.Z. Staff Corps, N.Z. Permanent Staff, and Territorial Force.

N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT.
Inspectorial Staff.

Honorary Lieutenant William Edward Luckman relinquishes the honorary rank of Lieutenant on transfer to the Imperial Army. Dated 13th September, 1920.

N.Z. PERMANENT STAFF.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 36, of 8th April, 1920, relating to Lieutenant (temp.) James William Crampton, is cancelled, and the following substituted:

Lieutenant (temp.) James William Crampton relinquishes the appointment of Area Officer, Group 20, Wellington Military District, as from 12th December, 1919, and is transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List), with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 12th March, 1920.

4TH (WAIKATO) MOUNTED RIFLES.

2nd Lieutenant [Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Caro James Pierce, M.C., from the Unattached List (General List), to be Captain. Dated 17th September, 1920.

2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Andrew Bruce Fordyce, from the Unattached List (General List), to be Lieutenant. Dated 17th September, 1920.

2nd Lieutenant James Wallace Watson, M.M., from the Reserve of Officers (General List), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 17th September, 1920.

N.Z. FIELD ARTILLERY.

“A” Battery.

Lieutenant Robert Cameron Galbraith is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 17th September, 1920.

N.Z. GARRISON ARTILLERY.

Auckland G.A. Division.

2nd Lieutenant William Andrew Moore, M.M., from the Unattached List (General List), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 1st September, 1920.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

No. 1 Field Company.

Edgar Charles Gough to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 14th September, 1920.

DIVISIONAL SIGNAL COMPANIES (AUCKLAND).

Lieutenant [Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Henry Cumberland Cotton is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, with the rank of Captain. Dated 17th September, 1920.

N.Z. POST AND TELEGRAPH CORPS.

North Island.

Lieutenant Arthur William Brown, M.C., D.C.M., from the South Island Battalion, to be Lieutenant, with seniority as from 21st November, 1919. Dated 16th September, 1920.

South Island.

Lieutenant Arthur William Brown, M.C., D.C.M., is transferred to the North Island Battalion. Dated 16th September, 1920.

2ND (SOUTH CANTERBURY) REGIMENT.

Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) Newman Robert Wilson, D.S.O., M.C., from the Reserve of Officers (General List), to be Lieutenant-Colonel, and to command the regiment. Dated 10th September, 1920.

5TH (WELLINGTON) REGIMENT.

Lieutenant Eustace Dupuis Henchman Stocker is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 18th September, 1920.

7TH (WELLINGTON WEST COAST) REGIMENT.

Lieutenant James William Crampton, from the Reserve of Officers (General List), to be Lieutenant. Dated 17th September, 1920.

2nd Lieutenant Robert McDermott, from the N.Z. Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool’s Own), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 17th September, 1920.

12TH (NELSON AND MARLBOROUGH) REGIMENT.

Major-General Edward Walter Clervaux Chaytor, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., C.B. (d.), A.D.C. to the King, N.Z. Staff Corps, to be Honorary Colonel. Dated 16th September, 1920.

Lieutenant Edward John Harvey is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 15th September, 1920.

14TH (SOUTH OTAGO) REGIMENT.

Captain James Armstrong Stewart resigns his commission. Dated 10th September, 1920.

15TH (NORTH AUCKLAND) REGIMENT.

Lieutenant Cyril Vernon Grant is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 17th September, 1920.

16TH (WAIKATO) REGIMENT.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 17th September, 1920:

Sergeant William Alan Emerson Leonard.
Corporal Edward John Thomas.

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

The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve of Officers, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920. Dated 17th September, 1920.

Auckland District.

2nd Lieutenant Spenceley Walker.

Canterbury District.

2nd Lieutenant John Thomas Jubb.

N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS (NO. 3 COMPANY).

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) (temp. Captain) Frederick Charles Gentry, M.B.E., relinquishes the appointment of Officer in Charge Supplies, Buckle Street, and the temporary rank of Captain, with effect from 31st October, 1920, and is demobilized. Dated 28th November, 1920.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Honorary Captain and Quartermaster William Francis Grenfell is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 18th September, 1920.

N.Z. DENTAL CORPS.

Lieutenant Thomas Joseph Rowley is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, with the rank of Captain. Dated 8th September, 1920.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.

Sister Nora Kathleen Dempsey is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force and reposted to the service, with effect from 1st February, 1920, and posted to the Temporary Reserve List. Dated 24th September, 1920.

Sister Annie Johanna Mackay, A.R.R.C., to be Charge Sister. Dated 21st September, 1920.

Sister Lucy Isabella Cumberworth (Temporary Reserve List) ceases to be posted for duty. Dated 12th October, 1920.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).

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

Captain Clifford Newton Hood. Dated 13th September, 1920.

Lieutenant William Fitz James Munro. Dated 17th September, 1920.

Lieutenant Charles Walter Doherty. Dated 15th September, 1920.

2nd Lieutenant Andrew Thompson. Dated 17th September, 1920.

2nd Lieutenant William Alexander Hislop. Dated 14th September, 1920.

2nd Lieutenant William Henry Stevens. Dated 17th September, 1920.

Captain Lawrence Victor Porteous, M.B.E., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List), with the temporary rank of Major, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920. Dated 17th September, 1920.

Lieutenant Allen James Farnell is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920. Dated 10th September, 1920.

The undermentioned resign their commissions:

2nd Lieutenant Owen Gwyn Thomas. Dated 13th September, 1920.

2nd Lieutenant Walter Lyle McIlraith. Dated 13th September, 1920.