Jan. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 45

Chairman of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th January, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM GEORGE KYFFYN KENRICK, Esq., S.M.,

to be Chairman of the Licensing Committees for the districts of Rotorua and Tauranga, vice J. W. Poynton, Esq., S.M.

E. P. LEE, Minister of Justice.

Termination of Appointment of Stipendiary Magistrate.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th January, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to terminate the appointment of

GEOFFREY SHERBORNE CLAYTON, Esq.,

as Stipendiary Magistrate in the Chatham Islands, as from the 22nd November, 1922.

E. P. LEE, Minister of Justice.

Inspector under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, appointed.— Notice No. 2237.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 4th January, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

NORMAN RICE

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, for the Johnsonville Town District, the appointment to date as from the 4th January, 1923.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

Inspectors for the Purposes of the Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1908, appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 5th January, 1923.

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

GEORGE CHARLES CLEARWATER,
ALEXANDER CRABB,
CLEMENTS WILSDEN NEWPORT,
JOHN HENRY THORNTON,
FRANK HARVEY UTTLEY,
CLAUDE RUSSELL HILL,
GERALD MILLAR,
STANLEY HOOK, and
DONALD WILLIAM STEWART MACKENZIE

to be Inspectors for the purposes of the Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1908, as from the 20th day of December, 1922.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Registrar of Brands for the Purposes of the Stock Act, 1908, appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 8th January, 1923.

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

WALTER SCOTT

to be Registrar of Brands under the Stock Act, 1908, for the Geraldine, Mackenzie, and Waimate Branding Registration Districts, as from the 18th December, 1922.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Honorary Ranger of Beaches appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 9th January, 1923.

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

JOHN BOUSIE

to be an Honorary Ranger of Beaches for the purposes of the Harbours Act, 1908, as from the 5th day of January, 1923.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

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Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 9th January, 1923.

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. :—

John McKittrick .. Invercargill.
Alexander Semple .. Patea.
Paul James Murphy .. Tokomaru Bay.
John Henry Victor Carr .. Auckland.
(Miss) Iris Irene Buckrell .. Dannevirke.
Herbert Spencer Kyle .. Bulls.
Alfred Charles Berrett .. Christchurch, at Sumner.*
Frank Lewis Cunnold .. Hawera.
James William Thomson .. Okarito.
Murdoch McLennan .. Lumsden.
Willis Alfred Laing .. Carterton.

• Births and deaths only.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 9th January, 1923.

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. Army Ordnance Corps, and Territorial Force.

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.

Lieutenant A. Bongard, M.C., to be Captain. Dated 1st December, 1922.

N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS.

Lieutenant C. I. Gossage, O.B.E., resigns his commission. Dated 31st December, 1922.

1ST N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES’ REGIMENT (CANTERBURY YEOMANRY CAVALRY).

Clarence Bertie Reid (late 2nd Lieutenant, Retired List) to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 2nd October, 1922. The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 77, of 2nd November, 1922, relating to the above named is hereby cancelled.

7TH N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (WELLINGTON EAST COAST).

Captain (temp.) J. H. Colebourne is posted to the Retired List, with the rank of Captain. Dated 14th December, 1922.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

2nd Lieutenant J. Tait (2nd Battery) to be Lieutenant. Dated 11th December, 1922.

INFANTRY.

The Wellington Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant D. G. Kennedy (3rd Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 7. Dated 13th December, 1922.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Reverend J. Craig, Chaplain, 4th Class, is transferred to the Reserve List, Class I (b), R.D. 8. Dated 13th November, 1922.

The Venerable Archdeacon H. Reeve, Chaplain, 3rd Class, is transferred to the Reserve List, Class II, R.D. 6. Dated 12th December, 1922.

The Reverend A. Ashcroft, Chaplain, 4th Class, is transferred to the Reserve List, Class II, R.D. 6. Dated 12th December, 1922.

The Reverend T. Coatsworth, Chaplain, 4th Class, resigns his commission. Dated 15th December, 1922.

The commissions granted to the undermentioned Chaplains, 4th Class, are cancelled under section 5 (a), Defence Act, 1909. Dated 12th December, 1922 :—

The Reverend W. Phillips.
The Reverend F. Delach.
The Reverend C. J. H. Dobson, M.C.
The Reverend A. A. Bensley.
The Reverend T. Miller, M.A.
The Reverend M. B. Doolaghty.
The Reverend E. J. Bergin.
The Reverend M. O’Beirne.
The Reverend W. D. S. Ogden.