2906
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 77

Registrars of Births and Deaths of Maoris appointed.

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

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

(Mrs.) Ethel Elizabeth Ann Heal
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Taemaro, as from the 16th October, 1922.

Frederick Patience
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Ahipara, as from the 25th September, 1922.

Gordon James Rust
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Awarua, as from the 13th October, 1922.

A. C. Turnbull, Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 31st October, 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. :—

Thomas James Quayle .. Wellington (at Courtenay Place).*
Francis McAtamney .. Hamilton’s.

• Births and deaths only.

W. W. Cook, Registrar-General.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

CHARLES THOMAS POOLE, Esq., of “Intercolonial House,” 4 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, New South Wales, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, 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 New South Wales, 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 25th day of October, 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, 26th October, 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, N.Z. Permanent Staff, and Territorial Force.

N.Z. Staff Corps.
The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 72, of 5th October, 1922, relating to the transfer of Major R. N. J. Fraser to the Reserve of Officers is hereby cancelled.

N.Z. Permanent Staff.
Honorary Lieutenant D. W. Healy is posted to the Retired List, with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 29th September, 1922.

1st N.Z. Mounted Rifles Regiment (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry).
2nd Lieutenant C. B. Reid, from the Retired List, to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 2nd October, 1922.

2nd N.Z. Mounted Rifles Regiment (Queen Alexandra’s Wellington West Coast).
2nd Lieutenant C. Mackley, from the Reserve of Officers, to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 21st October, 1922.

The Regiment of N.Z. Artillery.
Captain E. J. Phillips to be Major (6th Battery). Dated 19th October, 1922.
Lieutenant A. E. Lawry to be Captain (6th Battery). Dated 19th October, 1922.
2nd Lieutenant M. W. E. Shore to be Lieutenant (15th Battery). Dated 11th October, 1922.
Dennis Arthur Carty to be 2nd Lieutenant (15th Battery). Dated 12th October, 1922.
Frank Walton Martin to be 2nd Lieutenant (15th Battery). Dated 12th October, 1922.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.
Central Depot.
2nd Lieutenant A. R. Entrican to be Lieutenant. Dated 21st October, 1922.
2nd Lieutenant N. Brazendale to be Lieutenant. Dated 21st October, 1922.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.
The Auckland Regiment.
Major E. Edwards, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Major (2nd Battalion), and to command the battalion. Dated 25th October, 1922.
Captain R. D. McFarland, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Captain (4th Battalion), with seniority as from 26th November, 1917. Dated 11th October, 1922.
2nd Lieutenant A. E. Brandon (7th C. Battalion) to be Lieutenant. Dated 12th October, 1922.
Lieutenant S. R. Crimp, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant (10th C. Battalion). Dated 16th October, 1922.
2nd Lieutenant G. R. L. Alderton, from the Wellington Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant (8th C. Battalion), with seniority as from 25th March, 1920. Dated 19th October, 1922.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants :—
Allan George Coulam (10th C. Battalion). Dated 16th October, 1922.
Tracy Lenard Bieleski (6th C. Battalion). Dated 18th October, 1922.

The Wellington Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant G. R. L. Alderton is transferred to the Auckland Regiment. Dated 19th October, 1922.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants :—
James Gordon Gibbs (13th C. Battalion). Dated 19th October, 1922.
Leicester Henry Scott (11th C. Battalion). Dated 20th October, 1922.

Warrant Officer Robert Leyland Lowe to be Honorary Lieutenant and Bandmaster (4th Battalion). Dated 19th October, 1922.

The Canterbury Regiment.
Lieutenant N. A. Vercoe, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant (2nd Battalion), with seniority as from 6th February, 1920. Dated 11th October, 1922.
2nd Lieutenant C. A. Voss to be Lieutenant (1st Battalion). Dated 20th October, 1922.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) :—
Sydney Ionoval Jones (9th C. Battalion). Dated 11th October, 1922.
Walter James Hall (9th C. Battalion). Dated 24th October, 1922.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) H. V. Firman (8th C. Battalion) resigns his appointment. Dated 12th October, 1922.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.
Captain F. J. Borrie, M.R.C.S., from the Reserve of Officers, to be Captain. Dated 1st October, 1922.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 27th October, 1922.

THE following notices, received from the Chairman of the Board of the Whakatane Harbour District, are published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

WHAKATANE HARBOUR BOARD.

Result of the Poll on the Proposal of the Board to raise a Loan of £3,000 for Engineering and Surveys.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Whakatane Harbour District taken on the 14th day of October, 1922, on the proposal of the Whakatane Harbour Board to borrow the sum of £3,000 for engineering and surveys, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 221, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 123 ; the number of votes recorded as informal was 2.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Result of the Poll on the Proposal of the Board to raise a Loan of £3,500 for Harbour Improvements, &c.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Whakatane Harbour District taken on the 14th day of October, 1922, on the proposal of the Whakatane Harbour Board to borrow the sum of £3,500 for harbour improvements, &c., the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 239,