Local Deputy Public Trustee appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 14th July, 1921.

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

FRANK MITCHELL WHYTE

to be Local Deputy Public Trustee at New Plymouth, as from the 20th day of July, 1921.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Bailiff of Magistrates' Courts at Lower Hutt and Petone appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 14th July, 1921.

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

VICTOR GEORGE PARKIN

to be Bailiff of the Magistrates' Courts at Lower Hutt and Petone, for the purposes of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of July, 1921.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Assistant Inspector of Hospitals appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 20th July, 1921.

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

THOMAS ANDERSON HUNTER

to be an Assistant Inspector of Hospitals, for the purposes of section 73 of the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1909, as from the 1st day of July, 1921.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 19th July, 1921.

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... Apiti.
Francis Patrick Cleary.. Waipawa (at Otane).*
Harold Ingham .... Cambridge.
Ernest Ethelbert Eves.. Waimea South.
Arthur Blaymires Card .. Waverley.
William Forrester Jarvie .. Te Puke.
Norman Alexander Baillie .. Temuka.

• Births and deaths only.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Appointments, &c., in New Zealand Naval Forces.

Navy Office,
Wellington, 16th July, 1921.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments and confirmation in rank of the undermentioned officers of the New Zealand Naval Forces:

Mr. HERBERT JAMES DURWARD confirmed in rank of Warrant Engineer in the New Zealand Naval Forces, with seniority of the 15th June, 1920.

Mr. KENNETH WILLIAM HARTMAN ELLICOTT appointed to H.M.S. "Philomel" as Probationary Schoolmaster in the New Zealand Naval Forces, as from the 23rd May, 1921.

Lieutenant-Commander ALEXANDER DAVID BOYLE, R.N. (Retired), appointed to H.M.S. "Chatham" temporarily, to date 13th July, 1921.

R. H. RHODES, Minister of Defence.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 19th July, 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. Staff Corps, Permanent Staff, and Territorial Force.

COMMANDS.

Lieutenant-Colonel Norris Stephen Falla, C.M.G., D.S.O., to command the 3rd Field Artillery Brigade. Dated 2nd July, 1921.

Colonel Alexander Edward Stewart, C.M.G., D.S.O., A.D.C., to command the Southern Infantry Brigade. Dated 2nd July, 1921.

Colonel the Honourable Sir Robert Heaton Rhodes (D.), K.B.E., is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of paragraph 126, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 2nd July, 1921.

Colonel George William Campbell Macdonald is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of paragraph 126, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 2nd July, 1921.

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.

Lieutenant (temp.) Eric Owen Pleasants is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 1st June, 1921.

N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.

Captain David Collingwood Low is transferred to the N.Z. Medical Corps, Reserve of Officers. Dated 14th July, 1921.

N.Z. PERMANENT STAFF.

Staff Sergeant-Major (late Captain in N.Z.E.F.) John Joseph Wass is transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List), with the rank of Captain. Dated 9th May, 1921.

Honorary Lieutenant Jasper George William Salt is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 56/21, of 30th April. Dated 2nd June, 1921.

1ST (CANTERBURY) MOUNTED RIFLES (CANTERBURY YEOMANRY CAVALRY).

Major Percy Morland Acton Adams, D.S.O., to command the regiment. Dated 2nd July, 1921.

Major Peter Jenkins Wain is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of paragraph 126, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 2nd July, 1921.

QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S 2ND (WELLINGTON WEST COAST) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant Eric Owen Pleasants, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant, with seniority as from the 11th December, 1919. Dated 23rd June, 1921.

5TH (OTAGO) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant-Colonel John Findlay, C.B., D.S.O., from the Reserve of Officers, to be Colonel, and to command the Southern Mounted Rifles Brigade. Dated 2nd July, 1921.

Major Alline Vernon Wayte is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 2nd July, 1921.

Major John Gilkison is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 2nd July, 1921.

Captain Robert Francis Mitchell, M.C., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b). Dated 2nd July, 1921.

8TH (NELSON) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Harold Allison to command the regiment. Dated 2nd July, 1921.

9TH (NORTH AUCKLAND) MOUNTED RIFLES.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Lot Cooper lapses. Dated 29th June, 1921.

N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Lieutenant Henry Meredith Garner, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant (8th Battery). Dated 1st July, 1921.

Major Robert Charles Wickens, D.S.O., to command the 9th Battery. Dated 2nd July, 1921.

The promotion of Major Robert Charles Wickens, D.S.O., is antedated to 13th January, 1919.

Captain William Earnshaw, M.C. (late 9th Battery), to command the 10th Battery, with seniority from the 23rd August, 1920. Dated 2nd July, 1921.

Major James Lawrence Lennie is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class II (b). Dated 2nd July, 1921.

Captain Archibald Arnold McLean to command the 11th Battery. Dated 2nd July, 1921.

Major James Gordon Jeffery, M.C., to command the 12th Battery. Dated 2nd July, 1921.

Captain William Esmonde Lennox Napier is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b). Dated 1st July, 1921.

Captain Gerald Forbes McKellar to command the 14th Battery. Dated 2nd July, 1921.

Major John Percy Edwin Veal is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b). Dated 27th June, 1921.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Arthur Dymock Morris resigns his appointment (19th Battery). Dated 30th June, 1921.

Captain [Lieutenant-Colonel, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Clive Sommerville, D.S.O., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), with the rank of Major. Dated 22nd June, 1921.