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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 89

Returning Officer appointed for the Horouta Maori District.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 16th November, 1922.

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

JOHN HARVEY

to be the Returning Officer for the Horouta Maori District for the purposes of the Horouta District Licensing Poll Act, 1922, and the regulations thereunder.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Orchard Inspector appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 16th November, 1922.

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

WILLIAM KERR DALLAS

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Orchard and Garden Diseases Act, 1908, as from the 3rd day of November, 1922.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Official Representative appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 17th November. 1922.

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

WILLIAM JAMES STEVENSON, Esq.,

to be the Official Representative in the Dominion of Canada and in the United States of America of the Customs Department of New Zealand, as from the 11th day of November, 1922.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Registrar of the Native Land Court appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 20th November, 1922.

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

ALEXANDER HERBERT MACKAY

to be Registrar of the Native Land Court for the Ikaroa and South Island Native Land Court Districts for the purposes of the Native Land Act, 1909, and its amendments, as from the 10th day of November, 1922.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 21st November, 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.:—

Angus McLeod McKinnon .. Kohukohu,
(Miss) Susan Nellie Stringer .. Birmingham.
Albert Pulman Stuart .. Ngaruawahia.
George Frederick Church .. Mercury Bay.
Andrew Barton Helm .. Riverton.
William James Douglas Currie .. Ellesmere.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

MORRIS EMANUEL LAMEN CANTOR, Esq., of Perth, Western Australia, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, 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 Western Australia, 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 November, 1922.

W. A. HAWKINS,
Registrar of Supreme Court.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 21st November, 1922.

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

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.
Lieutenant F. L. Hunt to be Captain. Dated 1st June, 1922.

1st N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES REGIMENT (CANTERBURY YEOMANRY CAVALRY).
Captain G. Mathias, M.C., is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instruction No. 56/21. Dated 26th October, 1922.

5th N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES REGIMENT (OTAGO).
Captain D. Bell is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class II (b), R.D. 11. Dated 31st October, 1922.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.
The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants (9th Battery):—

H. E. Solomon. Dated 21st February, 1922.
H. E. Otley. Dated 25th August, 1922.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

Northern Depot.
2nd Lieutenant P. E. Coutts is transferred to the Auckland Regiment. Dated 2nd November, 1922.

N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS.
Central Depot.
Major E. White, M.C., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class II (b), R.D. 5. Dated 27th October, 1922.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.
The Auckland Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant E. J. Thomas (4th Battalion) to be Lieutenant. Dated 7th November, 1922.
Austin Beart Ranby to be 2nd Lieutenant (2nd Battalion). Dated 21st October, 1922.
Douglas David Alexander Bird to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), (11th C. Battalion). Dated 21st October, 1922.
Thomas Edward Copsey to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), (6th C. Battalion). Dated 21st October, 1922.
2nd Lieutenant H. C. Sidford, from the Otago Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant (7th C. Battalion), with seniority as from 9th December, 1921. Dated 9th November, 1922.
2nd Lieutenant P. E. Coutts, from the Regiment of N.Z. Engineers, to be 2nd Lieutenant (3rd Battalion). Dated 2nd November, 1922.
Lieutenant P. A. McDowell (3rd Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 3. Dated 9th November, 1922.
The commission granted 2nd Lieutenant A. Norwood (8th C. Battalion) is cancelled, under the provisions of section 5 (a), the Defence Act, 1909. Dated 24th October, 1922.

The Wellington Regiment.
Lieutenant L. E. Fairbrother to be Captain (3rd Battalion). Dated 24th October, 1922.
Lieutenant A. Smith to be Captain (4th Battalion). Dated 2nd November, 1922.
2nd Lieutenant L. J. Carmine to be Lieutenant (4th Battalion). Dated 2nd November, 1922.
2nd Lieutenant F. G. Coleman to be Lieutenant (4th Battalion). Dated 2nd November, 1922.
Lieutenant C. N. Rabone, from the Otago Regiment, to be Lieutenant (9th C. Battalion), with seniority as from 22nd January, 1918. Dated 27th October, 1922.
Lieutenant W. A. Izard (7th C. Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class II (b), R.D. 6. Dated 2nd October, 1922.
With reference to the notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 67, of 7th September, 1922, relating to the transfer of Lieutenant R. O. C. Marks, D.C.M., for the words “(4th C. Battalion)” read “(8th C. Battalion).”

The Canterbury Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant J. D. Baybutt to be Lieutenant (4th C. Battalion). Dated 8th November, 1922.
Robert Hedley Biggar to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), (7th C. Battalion). Dated 25th October, 1922.
Major J. F. Tonkin (1st Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 10. Dated 7th November, 1922.
Lieutenant J. E. Brodie (5th C. Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 10. Dated 2nd November, 1922.
Robert Donald Cox to be 2nd Lieutenant (7th C. Battalion). Dated 27th October, 1922.