May 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1557

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 24th May, 1923.

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

Henry Edgar Moore, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the district of Waipukurau, as from the 11th May, 1923.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Clerk of the Magistrate’s and Warden’s Courts, &c., appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 26th May, 1923.

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

Frank Mitchell, Esq.,

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Motueka for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1908, and Clerk of the Warden’s Court, Receiver of Gold Revenue, and Mining Registrar at Motueka, for the Karamea Mining District constituted under the Mining Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of May, 1923.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Assistant Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 26th May, 1923.

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

Douglas Vivian Whitlock, Esq.,

to be Assistant Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Motueka, for the purposes of section 8 of the Magistrates’ Courts Amendment Act, 1922, as from the 3rd day of May, 1923.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Local Patent Officer at Dunedin appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 26th May, 1923.

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

Arthur Evan Dobbie, Esq.,

to be Local Patent Officer at Dunedin, for the purposes of section 15 of the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1921–22, as from the 7th day of May, 1923.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

AUBREY PERCY BERNE, Esquire, of 113 Pitt 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 the State of 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 22nd day of May, 1923.

W. A. HAWKINS,
Registrar, Supreme Court.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

ALFRED JOSEPH MORGAN, Esquire, of 34 Martin Place, 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 the State of 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 23rd day of May, 1923.

W. A. HAWKINS,
Registrar, Supreme Court.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 28th May, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the Territorial Force:—

5TH N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (OTAGO).

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) T. T. Cuddie lapses. Dated 16th May, 1923.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Captain A. A. McLean to be Major (11th Battery). Dated 14th May, 1923.

Major C. N. Newman, D.S.O., from the Reserve of Officers, to be Major (3rd Battery). Dated 18th May, 1923.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) L. A. Rhodes to be Lieutenant (12th Battery). Dated 16th May, 1923.

Frederick Albert Craig to be 2nd Lieutenant (1st Battery). Dated 30th April, 1923.

Henry Roy Hume to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), (4th Battery). Dated 1st May, 1923.

Walter Alan Gow to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), (11th Battery). Dated 18th May, 1923.

Victor Milton Rowland to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), (18th Battery). Dated 18th May, 1923.

Philip Athol Reveirs to be 2nd Lieutenant (15th Battery). Dated 19th May, 1923.

Kenneth James Parker to be 2nd Lieutenant (14th Battery). Dated 22nd May, 1923.

Ralph Ernest Sleigh to be 2nd Lieutenant (14th Battery). Dated 22nd May, 1923.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) W. J. B. Clapham (4th Battery) resigns his appointment. Dated 30th April, 1923.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

No. 4 Field Company.

Central Depot.

Lieutenant K. T. Jenssen to be Captain, supernumary to establishment. Dated 18th May, 1923.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

The Auckland Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant E. B. M. Laseron to be Lieutenant (10th C. Battalion). Dated 18th May, 1923.

2nd Lieutenant G. F. Pryce, from the Otago Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant (4th Battalion), with seniority as from the 9th July, 1921.

George Alfred Lionel Beswick to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), (6th C. Battalion). Dated 1st May, 1923.

Eric Daniel Pritchard to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), (7th C. Battalion). Dated 15th May, 1923.

Thomas Scott to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), (8th C. Battalion). Dated 15th May, 1923.

The Wellington Regiment.

Lionel Gilbert Thompson to be 2nd Lieutenant (9th C. Battalion). Dated 15th May, 1923.

The Canterbury Regiment.

Lieutenant O. F. Baker (5th C. Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 10. Dated 15th May, 1923.

Lieutenant A. K. Gray (2nd Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 9. Dated 16th May, 1923.

The Otago Regiment.

Lieutenant J. B. Mawson to be Captain (7th C. Battalion). Dated 21st May, 1923.

2nd Lieutenant G. F. Pryce is transferred to the Auckland Regiment. Dated 18th May, 1923.

Captain S. G. Scoular (1st Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 11. Dated 17th May, 1923.

Lieutenant G. Swan, M.C. (1st Battalion), is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 11. Dated 11th May, 1923.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Captain F. M. Spencer, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Captain. Dated 15th May, 1923.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.