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Registrars of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 26th January, 1922.

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

SAMUEL PEARCE EDDY
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris, for the district of Otaki, as from the 11th January, 1922.

HAROLD ORLANDO BARKER
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris, for the district of Taupo, as from the 16th January, 1922.

JOSEPH HARDY FLETCHER
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the district of Wairoa, as from the 14th January, 1922.

JAMES STUART JORDAN
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the district of Wakatipu, as from the 16th January, 1922.

WILLIAM EDWARD WARD
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the district of Huntly, as from the 14th January, 1922.

WILLIAM JOHN SMITH
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the district of Rongotea, as from the 16th January, 1922.

JAMES STEWART MARTIN
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths for the district of Christchurch (at Sumner), as from the 17th January, 1922.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Substitute Registrars of Electors appointed.

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

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

STANLEY ALBERT CLEAL
to be the Substitute Registrar of Electors for the Electoral District of Tauranga, for the purposes of the Legislature Act, 1908, as from the 6th day of December, 1921.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Inspectors of Weights and Measures appointed for the Purposes of the Weights and Measures Act, 1908.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 30th January, 1922.

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

George Henry Lightfoot
Joseph Hollows
Rowland Thomas Bailey
William Henry Gardiner
Frederick Francis Hooper
Luke Dryden Browett
James Frederick Arnold

George Albert Baker
Frederick Wilson
Gaius Robert Arnold Whiting
Frederick Victor Sanderson
Henry James Torbit
Samuel Tyson
Walter James Wakelin

to be Inspectors of Weights and Measures for the purposes of the Weights and Measures Act, 1908, as from the 26th day of January, 1922.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Disbandment of a Defence Rifle Club.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 20th January, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the disbandment of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club, under section 43, Defence Act, 1909 :-

Taihape Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Taihape.

Date of disbandment, 16th December, 1921.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Resignations, and Retirements of Officers of the New Zealand Staff Corps and Territorial Force.

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

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

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.

Captain W. W. Dove, M.C., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class J (a), (R.D. 1). Dated 15th January, 1922.

N.Z. INFANTRY.

The Wellington Regiment.

Otto Gilbert Hearne to be 2nd Lieutenant (9th C. Battalion). Dated 18th January, 1922.

2nd Lieutenant L. S. Armstrong is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), (R.D. 5). Dated 18th January, 1922.

The Otago Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) W. J. McKay resigns his commission. Dated 20th January, 1922.

N.Z. DENTAL CORPS.

Captain J. H. Don is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), (R.D. 10). Dated 12th January, 1922.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Reverend James William Philip Chapman Dyer to be Chaplain, 4th Class (Church of England). Dated 16th November, 1921.

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

The Reverend T. M. Curnow. Dated 1st November, 1915.
The Reverend E. E. Malden, M.B.E. Dated 1st May, 1920.
The Reverend G. T. Crossman. Dated 17th January, 1921.
The Reverend C. J. Bush-King. Dated 20th April, 1921.
The Reverend A. Wingfield. Dated 20th October, 1921.

The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve List. Dated 16th November, 1921 :-

Class I.

The Right Reverend Bishop W. C. Sadlier (p.), Chaplain, 2nd Class (R.D. 9).
The Venerable Archdeacon J. D. Russell, Chaplain, 2nd Class (R.D. 11).
The Reverend A. H. Norris, M.A., Chaplain, 3rd Class (R.D. 10).
The Reverend E. C. W. Powell (D.), Chaplain, 3rd Class (R.D. 10).
The Reverend E. E. Malden, M.B.E., Chaplain, 3rd Class (R.D. 10).
The Reverend H. O. T. Hanby, Chaplain, 4th Class (R.D. 10).
The Reverend S. Parr, M.C., Chaplain, 4th Class (R.D. 10).
The Reverend Hoani Parata, Chaplain, 4th Class (R.D. 12).
The Reverend H. N. Roberts, Chaplain, 4th Class (R.D. 10).
The Reverend C. E. P. Webb, Chaplain, 4th Class (R.D. 12).
The Reverend E. K. Mules, Chaplain, 4th Class (R.D. 10).
The Reverend J. Hay, Chaplain, 4th Class (R.D. 10).

Dated 1st December, 1921.

Class II.

The Venerable Archdeacon J. A. Jacob, O.B.E., Chaplain, 3rd Class (R.D. 10).
The Reverend C. A. Fraer, Chaplain, 3rd Class (R.D. 10).
The Reverend F. Quintrell, Chaplain, 4th Class (R.D. 9).
The Reverend W. H. Roberts, Chaplain, 4th Class (R.D. 12).
The Reverend J. A. Lush, Chaplain, 4th Class (R.D. 12).
The Reverend G. E. Weeks, Chaplain, 4th Class (R.D. 9).
The Reverend J. Perkins, Chaplain, 4th Class (R.D. 12).

District Land Registrar, &c., appointed at Gisborne.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 31st January, 1922.

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

Roy Fellowes Baird, Esq.,

to be District Land Registrar and Examiner of Titles at Gisborne for the purposes of section 4 of the Land Transfer Act, 1915, and Registrar of Deeds at Gisborne for the purposes of section 6 of the Deeds Registration Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of January, 1922.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.