May 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1353

Substitute Registrar of Electors appointed for the Electoral
District of Waitomo.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 11th May, 1922.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service:
THOMAS MITCHELL CRAWFORD
to be the Substitute Registrar of Electors for the Electoral District of Waitomo, for the purposes of the Legislature Act, 1908, as from the 2nd May, 1922.
A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 16th May, 1922.

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. :-
Robert Andrew Needham McSorley ....... Gore.
Reginald Murray Hayman ............... Waitahuna.
Herbert Alley ........................ Auckland.
Francis Reuben Price .................. Feilding.
Alexander Wallace Swap ............... Lumsden.
Leslie Grant McDonald ................. Rangitikei.
W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—MICHAEL PETER PENDER, Esq., of Ipswich, Queensland, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the State of Queensland, has this day been appointed by the Right Honourable Sir Robert Stout, P.C., K.C.M.G., Chief Justice of New Zealand, a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in the State of Queensland, under the 47th section of the Judicature Act, 1908, for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.
Dated at Wellington this 9th day of May, 1922.
W. A. HAWKINS,
Registrar, Supreme Court.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 8th May, 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-Colonel (temp. Colonel) T. W. McDonald is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class II (a), with the rank of Colonel. Dated 22nd April, 1922.

THE AUCKLAND REGIMENT.
2nd Lieutenant J. E. Connor to be Lieutenant (7th C. Battalion). Dated 19th April, 1922.
Charles Norris Williamson to be 2nd Lieutananant (on probation), (1st Battalion). Dated 22nd April, 1922.
Arthur Errett Bagnall to be 2nd Lieutenant (1st Battalion). Dated 26th April, 1922.
Joseph W. Hollows to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), (1st Battalion). Dated 26th April, 1922.

THE WELLINGTON REGIMENT.
Lieutenant W. S. McCrorie to be Captain (7th C. Battalion). Dated 11th November, 1920.
2nd Lieutenant A. S. Cochrane is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 7. Dated 18th April, 1922.
The commissions granted the undermentioned are cancelled, under the provisions of section 5 (a), Defence Act, 1909. Dated 29th April, 1922:-
Lieutenant F. Marshall.
2nd Lieutenant T. J. French.

THE CANTERBURY REGIMENT.
The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) C. W. Foster (8th C. Battalion) is confirmed.
Lieutenant W. R. E. Hally is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 10. Dated 19th April, 1922.

2nd Lieutenant N. W. Jones is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instruction No. 56/21. Dated 24th April, 1922.

THE OTAGO REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) W. Grieve, late Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.), (7th C. Battalion), with seniority as from the 29th January, 1916. Dated 30th March, 1922.
Arthur Payton Roydhouse to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), (1st Battalion). Dated 27th April, 1922.

N.Z MEDICAL CORPS.
Captain S. H. Ward, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Captain. Dated 24th April, 1922.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.
The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve List :-
Sister H. Morgan. Dated 12th May, 1922.
Sister L. M. Donald. Dated 12th May, 1922.
Sister (Masseuse) M. M. Hanson. Dated 5th May, 1922.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.
The Reverend J. A. Asher, Chaplain, 4th Class, to be Chaplain, 3rd Class, with seniority from 25th November, 1919, and is transferred to the Reserve List, Class II. Dated 10th April, 1922.
The Reverend H. C. R. C. Blathwayt, Chaplain, 4th Class, to be Chaplain, 3rd Class. Dated 26th February, 1922.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.
Lieutenant-Colonel C. H. D. Evans, D.S.O., is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instruction No. 56/21. Dated 29th April, 1922.
The commission granted 2nd Lieutenant J. S. Paterson is cancelled, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instruction No. 56/21. Dated 24th April, 1922.

MEMORANDA.

The commission granted Lieutenant A. J. C. Angus, late Reserve of Officers (temp.), is cancelled, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instruction No. 56/21. Dated 29th April, 1922.
The commission granted 2nd Lieutenant P. T. Moir, D.C.M., M.M., late Unattached List (General List), is cancelled, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instruction No. 56/21. Dated 24th April, 1922.
2nd Lieutenant P. Robertson, late Unattached List (General List), is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instruction No. 56/21. Dated 27th April, 1922.
R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Dismissal from the Defence Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 11th May, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the dismissal of the undermentioned from the New Zealand Defence Forces, under section 6 (b), Defence Act, 1909, he having been convicted by the Civil power :-
Gunner George Salwin Thomas, 15th Battery, Regiment of New Zealand Artillery.

Dated 29th March, 1922.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Board of the Motueka Harbour District, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

MOTUEKA HARBOUR BOARD.

Result of Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan.
Pursuant to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of ratepayers of the Motueka Harbour District was taken on the 8th day of April, 1922, on the proposal of the Motueka Harbour Board to borrow the sum of £6,000 for the purpose of extending and reinstating the wharf at Port Motueka.
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 279, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 81.
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
Dated this 10th day of May, 1922.

HORATIO EVERETT,
Chairman, Motueka Harbour Board.