May 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1239

Acting Clerk of the Magistrate’s and Warden’s Courts, &c., at Hokitika and Kumara appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 27th April, 1922.

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

WILLIAM MELVILLE WILL

to be Acting Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Hokitika for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1908, and Acting Clerk of the Warden’s Court, Acting Receiver of Gold Revenue, and Acting Mining Registrar at Hokitika and Kumara, for the Westland Mining District constituted under the Mining Act, 1908, as from the 30th day of November, 1921.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Acting Clerk of the Magistrate’s and Warden’s Courts, &c., at Reefton appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 27th April, 1922.

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

OTHNIEL BOAZ ATTON SHARPE

to be Acting Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Reefton, for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1908, and Acting Clerk of the Warden’s Court, Acting Receiver of Gold Revenue, and Acting Mining Registrar at Reefton, for the Westland Mining District constituted under the Mining Act, 1908, as from the 7th day of March, 1922.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Westland appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 27th April, 1922.

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

HENRY GEORGE FREDERICK COLES

to be the Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer for the Westland Electoral District, for the purposes of the Legislature Act, 1908, as from the 10th April, 1922.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Registrars of Births, &c., appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 29th April, 1922.

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

ALFRED JOHN DOUGLAS

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths for the district of Waipawa (at Otane), as from the 24th April, 1922.

REGINALD WALLACE NOAKE

to be Registrar of Marriages, Registrar of Births and Deaths, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris, for the district of Motueka, as from the 10th April, 1922.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Inspector of Factories appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 1st May, 1922.

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

JAMES ARCHIBALD FERGUSON

to be an Inspector of Factories for the purposes of the Factories Act, 1921-22, as from the 18th day of April, 1922.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

[Amending entry on page 1209 of the New Zealand Gazette No. 30, of 27th April, 1922.]

General Manager, State Fire Insurance Department, appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 3rd May, 1922.

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

JOSEPHUS HARGREAVES RICHARDSON, Esq.,

to be General Manager, State Fire Insurance Department, for the purposes of the State Fire Insurance Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of May, 1922.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 27th April, 1922.

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 and Territorial Force.

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.

Lieutenant A. J. L. Whyte relinquishes his commission on transfer to the British Army. Dated 11th April, 1922.

4TH N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES REGIMENT (WAIKATO).

Lieutenant J. C. Holland is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 4. Dated 10th April, 1922.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 58, of 23rd June, 1921, relating to the resignation of 2nd Lieutenant (temp.) L. A. Rhodes (12th Battery) is cancelled.

N.Z. FIELD ENGINEERS.

Northern Depot.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) B. Wallace lapses. Dated 7th April, 1922.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

The Auckland Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant N. J. Hutton to be Lieutenant (8th C. Battalion). Dated 12th April, 1922.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation), (6th C. Battalion). Dated 1st March, 1922 :—

James Stewart Matthews.

Cyril John Patchett.

Lieutenant H. V. Searle is transferred to the Canterbury Regiment. Dated 13th April, 1922.

The Wellington Regiment.

Lieutenant F. M. H. Hanson is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 5. Dated 12th April, 1922.

The Canterbury Regiment.

Lieutenant H. V. Searle, from the Auckland Regiment, to be Lieutenant (9th C. Battalion), with seniority as from the 18th February, 1921. Dated 13th April, 1922.

2nd Lieutenant P. Nicol, from the Retired List, to be 2nd Lieutenant (1st Battalion), with seniority as from the 3rd February, 1919. Dated 11th April, 1922.

2nd Lieutenant E. L. Lloyd, from the Reserve of Officers, to be 2nd Lieutenant (9th C. Battalion). Dated 12th April, 1922.

Charles Frederick De Joux to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), (8th C. Battalion). Dated 12th April, 1922.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The undermentioned Chaplains, 4th Class, to be Chaplains, 3rd Class :—

The Reverend O. M. Stent. Dated 10th July, 1919.

The Reverend G. F. Petrie. Dated 26th February, 1922.

The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve List, Class II :—

The Reverend G. F. Petrie, Chaplain, 3rd Class. Dated 23rd March, 1922.

The Reverend H. F. Wilson, Chaplain, 3rd Class. Dated 22nd March, 1922.

The Reverend A. M. Johnson, Chaplain, 3rd Class. Dated 21st March, 1922.

The Reverend A. H. Walke, Chaplain, 4th Class. Dated 21st March, 1922.

The Reverend G. W. S. Davidson, Chaplain, 4th Class. Dated 31st March, 1922.

The Reverend C. H. Isaacson, Chaplain, 4th Class. Dated 21st March, 1922.

The Reverend C. H. Howard, Chaplain, 4th Class. Dated 22nd March, 1922.

The Reverend E. D. Rice, Chaplain, 4th Class. Dated 22nd March, 1922.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.

Lieutenant A. C. Scholes resigns his commission. Dated 31st March, 1922.

Central Command.

Lieutenant F. W. Mackay is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instruction No. 56/21. Dated 4th April, 1922.

Southern Command.

Lieutenant W. Duncan retires, under the provisions of paragraph 127, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 10th April, 1922.

The commissions granted the undermentioned are cancelled, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instruction No. 56/21. Dated 12th April, 1922 :—

Captain A. R. Bushell.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) A. E. Inkster.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) W. J. Rodger, M.C., D.C.M.