Mar. 3. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 623

Acting Clerk of Warden’s Court, &c., appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 25th February, 1921.

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

ALBERT BRANDFORD

to be Acting Clerk of Warden’s Court, Receiver of Gold Revenue, and Mining Registrar at Riverton, for the Otago Mining District constituted under the Mining Act, 1908; and Acting Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Riverton, for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1908; as from the 14th day of February, 1921.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Appointment of Assistant Public Trustee.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that MICHAEL CLYDE BARNETT, Esq., has been appointed Assistant Public Trustee, with the powers conferred by the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1917, to hold office during the pleasure of the Governor-General in Council, such appointment to date from 1st April, 1920.

J. G. COATES,
Minister in Charge of Public Trust Office.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the New Zealand Permanent Staff, New Zealand Army Medical Department, and Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 28th February, 1921.

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

N.Z. PERMANENT STAFF.

Honorary Lieutenant Thomas Charles Evans relinquishes his commission. Dated 31st December, 1920.

6TH (MANAWATU) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Arthur Albert Browne (late Honorary Lieutenant, N.Z. Permanent Staff) to be Lieutenant. Dated 27th June, 1920.

9TH (WELLINGTON EAST COAST) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant (late Captain, N.Z.E.F.) Noel Gordon Grant to be Captain. Dated 18th February, 1921.

N.Z. GARRISON ARTILLERY.

Wellington G.A. Division.

Lieutenant Leonard William Tomlin, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant. Dated 16th February, 1921.

5TH (WELLINGTON) REGIMENT.

Captain John Norman Rauch, M.C., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 16th February, 1921.

7TH (WELLINGTON WEST COAST) REGIMENT.

Lieutenant William Rewi Elston Hally, from the Reserve of Officers (temp.), to be Lieutenant. Dated 18th February, 1921.

9TH (HAWKE’S BAY) REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Cyril Brook, from the Unattached List (General List), to be Lieutenant, with seniority next below Lieutenant J. W. Snaddon. Dated 25th March, 1917.

10TH (NORTH OTAGO) REGIMENT.

Eric Robert William Ennis to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 16th February, 1921.

11TH REGIMENT (TARANAKI RIFLES).

Lieutenant [Major, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Murray Urquhart, M.C., to be Major. Dated 18th February, 1921.

2nd Lieutenant Francis Giraud Coleman, from the Unattached List (General List), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 18th February, 1921.

2nd Lieutenant Herbert Leslie Warner, from the Unattached List (General List), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 19th February, 1921.

N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.

Major Wilfred Stanley Wallis, M.B., is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 15th March, 1921.

Honorary Captain and Quartermaster William Riach relinquishes his appointment as Quartermaster, and is transferred to the Reserve of Officers (temp.). Dated 14th March, 1921.

Thomas Alexander Bell to be Quartermaster, with the rank of Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 1st March, 1921.

UNATTACHED LIST (B).

Northern Military District.

Captain William Arthur Greener Penlington is transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List). Dated 31st January, 1921.

F

The commission granted Lieutenant Alfred James Veart is cancelled, under the provisions of section 5A of the Defence Act, 1909. Dated 18th February, 1921.

Lieutenant Roy Gardner resigns his commission. Dated 18th February, 1921.

Central Military District.

Lieutenant [Major, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Donald Archibald McCurdy, M.B.E., to be Major. Dated 18th February, 1921.

2nd Lieutenant (late Lieutenant, N.Z.E.F.) Herbert Victor Searle to be Lieutenant. Dated 18th February, 1921.

Anderson Ashton to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 16th February, 1921.

The commission granted Lieutenant Harold Albert Corrigan is cancelled, under section 5A of the Defence Act, 1909. Dated 18th February, 1921.

Southern Military District.

Lieutenant Robert Fife Tait resigns his commission. Dated 14th February, 1921.

UNATTACHED LIST (GENERAL LIST).

2nd Lieutenant (late Lieutenant, N.Z.E.F.) Francis Malcolm Corkill is transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List) with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 21st April, 1920.

2nd Lieutenant (late Captain, N.Z.E.F.) James Macdougall Turner is posted to the Retired List, with the rank of Captain. Dated 22nd February, 1921.

Central Military District.

2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Cyril Brook is transferred to the 9th (Hawke’s Bay) Regiment. Dated 18th February, 1921.

2nd Lieutenant Francis Giraud Coleman is transferred to the 11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles). Dated 18th February, 1921.

2nd Lieutenant Herbert Leslie Warner is transferred to the 11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles). Dated 19th February, 1921.

R. H. RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Representatives to Hospital and Charitable Aid Boards.

Department of Health,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1921.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint, under section 46 (2) of the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1909, Henry Baxter, Frederick Fell, and George Semple Johnson as representatives of the Sounds County on the Picton Hospital and Charitable Aid Board.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Health.

Appointment of Representatives of Contributory Authorities on Hospital Boards.

Department of Health,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1921.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint, under section 15 of the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1909, George Perry Harkness as a representative of the Stratford County on the Stratford Hospital and Charitable Aid Board.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Health.

Officiating Ministers for 1921.—Notice No. 6.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 1st March, 1921.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Church of the Province of New Zealand commonly called the Church of England.

The Reverend Harold Thomas Steele, M.A.,
„ William Calvert Thomas, M.A.
„ Walter Spencer Tremain.

Open Brethren.

Mr. Charles Arthur Eves.

ERRATUM.—In notice No. 1, published in New Zealand Gazette of 27th January, 1921, under “Roman Catholic Church,” for Rev. John Patrick Minogue read Rev. Patrick John Minogue.

R. C. O’CONNOR, Acting Registrar-General.