SEPT. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2257

Deputy Official Assignee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1921.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

ARCHIBALD JOHN CARSON RUNCIMAN

to be Deputy of the Official Assignee at Dannevirke, on and from the 25th day of August, 1921.

E. P. LEE, Minister of Justice.

Stipendiary Magistrate appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 31st August, 1921.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM MELDRUM, Esq., C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., Barrister-at-law, to be a Stipendiary Magistrate to exercise criminal and civil jurisdiction within New Zealand.

E. P. LEE, Minister of Justice.

Inspector of Mines appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 26th August, 1921.

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

WILLIAM BARCLAY

to be an Inspector of Mines for the purposes of the Coal-mines Act, 1908, as from the 17th day of August, 1921.

T. MARK, Acting-Secretary.

Clerk of Warden’s Court, Receiver of Gold Revenue, and Mining Registrar appointed at Ahaura.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 29th August, 1921.

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

JAMES MCINDOE

to be Clerk of Warden’s Court, Receiver of Gold Revenue, and Mining Registrar at Ahaura for the Westland Mining District, constituted under the Mining Act, 1908, as from the 22nd day of August, 1921.

T. MARK, Acting-Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 30th August, 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.:—

Edward Nathan Falck .. .. .. Mataura.
Henry Edgar Moore .. .. .. Huntly.
Leslie Wilmott Hedge .. .. .. Tirau.
Constantine Mangos .. .. .. Lyell.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 27th August, 1921.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the Territorial Force.

1ST CANTERBURY MOUNTED RIFLES.

Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry.

Lieutenant R. B. Johnson, from the Unattached List (a), to be Lieutenant. Dated 15th August, 1921.

4TH (WAIKATO) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Major C. R. Spragg, from the 7th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles, to be Major, with seniority from 20th June, 1916. Dated 10th August, 1921.

Lieutenant W. E. Anderson is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b). Dated 10th August, 1921.

7TH (WELLINGTON EAST COAST) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Major C. R. Spragg is transferred to the 4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles. Dated 10th August, 1921.

9TH (NORTH AUCKLAND) MOUNTED RIFLES.

2nd Lieutenant C. H. Finlayson, from the Reserve of Officers (General List), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 6th February, 1921.

N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Lieutenant (temp.) A. I. Farmer to be Lieutenant (13th Battery). Dated 15th February, 1919.

2nd Lieutenant A. T. Wallis resigns his commission (12th Battery). Dated 13th August, 1921.

Gordon Burt to be 2nd Lieutenant (12th Battery). Dated 16th August, 1921.

Lieutenant R. G. Vernon, from the Reserve of Officers (General List), to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 20th February, 1919 (18th Battery). Dated 12th August, 1921.

Lieutenant A. J. Green retires, under the provisions of paragraph 127, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 11th August, 1921.

N.Z. (FIELD) ENGINEERS.

Northern Depot.

2nd Lieutenant R. G. Slyfield, from the Unattached List (General List), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 1st July, 1921.

The undermentioned relinquish their commissions. Dated 13th August, 1921:—

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) F. G. Ashley.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) F. G. Jackson.

N.Z. INFANTRY.

The Auckland Regiment.

Captain G. A. Bush, from the Reserve of Officers (temp.), to be Captain, with seniority from 2nd January, 1920 (2nd Battalion). Dated 12th August, 1921.

2nd Lieutenant B. W. Croker, from the Reserve of Officers (General List), to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority from 31st March, 1921 (1st Battalion). Dated 12th August, 1921.

Ernest Robert Blomfield Graham to be 2nd Lieutenant. (C.) Dated 12th August, 1921.

The Canterbury Regiment.

Lieutenant A. L. Macfarlane, from the Unattached List (b), to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 11th November, 1914 (1st Battalion). Dated 14th July, 1921.

The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b). Dated 14th July, 1921:—

Captain [Major, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] J. McKnight, with the rank of Major.

Captain N. C. Jones.

Lieutenant R. M. S. Jones.

Lieutenant H. Watts, Class II (b).

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) W. S. Shilton retires, under the provisions of paragraph 127, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 17th August, 1921.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 75, of 11th August, 1921, relating to 2nd Lieutenant A. V. Hill, is cancelled.

The Wellington Regiment.

Lieutenant H. V. Foster is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b). Dated 17th August, 1921.

The Otago Regiment.

Major [Lieutenant-Colonel, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] D. Colquhoun, D.S.O., to be Lieutenant-Colonel, with seniority from 15th March, 1917 (1st Battalion). Dated 14th August, 1921.

Lieutenant [Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] P. W. G. Spiers to be Captain, with seniority from 29th September, 1916 (1st Battalion). Dated 6th August, 1921.

Captain H. W. O. Slater, from the Unattached List (b), to be Captain, with seniority from 20th September, 1918. (C.) Dated 14th August, 1921.

Captain J. E. Cuthill, from the Reserve of Officers (General List), to be Captain, with seniority from 1st January, 1921 (2nd Battalion). Dated 12th August, 1921.

2nd Lieutenant H. Willis to be Lieutenant (1st Battalion). Dated 2nd July, 1920.

2nd Lieutenant M. G. McInnes, from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority from 9th December, 1915 (1st Battalion). Dated 6th August, 1921.

2nd Lieutenant D. Cuthbertson, from the Reserve of Officers (General List), to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority from 1st February, 1920 (2nd Battalion). Dated 12th August, 1921.

2nd Lieutenant E. B. C. Murray, from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant (1st Battalion). Dated 30th May, 1921.

2nd Lieutenant J. M. King, from the Reserve of Officers (General List), to be 2nd Lieutenant. (C.) Dated 17th August, 1921.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 25th July, 1921:—

Robert Rutherford Nimmo. (C.)
James Parcell. (C.)