JULY 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1835

Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 30th June, 1923.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service.

(Miss) Barbara Hay

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Mataora Bay, as from the 2nd July, 1923.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd July, 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. :

Clarence Walter Edwards .. .. .. Kumara.
Charles Murray Whyte .. .. .. Tirau.
Ernest Henry Langford .. .. .. Hampden.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 28th June, 1923.

THE Court Richard Stephens, No. 7762, situated at Greendale, is registered as a branch of the Canterbury United District of the New Zealand Ancient Order of Foresters Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 28th day of June, 1923.

WILLIAM M. WRIGHT,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 29th June, 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, the Regiment of N.Z. Artillery, and Territorial Force.

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.

Captain W. I. K. Jennings to be Major. Dated 1st July, 1923.

THE REGIMENT OF ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Captain R. Miles to be Major. Dated 1st July, 1923.

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

2nd Lieutenant A. J. Nicoll to be Lieutenant. Dated 21st February, 1923.

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

James Maxwell Briggs to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 19th June, 1923.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Captain R. McPherson, M.C., from the Reserve of Officers, to be Captain (11th Battery). Dated 13th June, 1923.

Lieutenant C. R. G. Bassett, V.C., from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant (4th Battery). Dated 15th June, 1923.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) J. A. G. McGregor (5th Battery) lapses. Dated 15th June, 1923.

THE CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

Central Depot.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) E. W. Lewis lapses. Dated 15th June, 1923.

Southern Depot.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation). Dated 13th June, 1923 :

Edmund Grieves Ferriday.
Dudley James Frederick Jeune.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own).

Lieutenant H. S. Harrison (1st Battalion) is retired under the provisions of General Order No. 184/21, with the rank of Captain, and is granted permission to wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 15th June, 1923.

Lieutenant P. R. Gardner (1st Battalion) is retired under the provisions of General Order No. 184/21, and is granted permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 15th June, 1923.

2nd Lieutenant R. V. Fox (1st Battalion) is retired under the provisions of General Order No. 184/21, and is granted permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 15th June, 1923.

Captain T. Milliken (1st Battalion) is transferred to the Canterbury Regiment. Dated 20th June, 1923.

The commissions granted the undermentioned are cancelled under section 5A, the Defence Act, 1909. Dated 15th June, 1923 :

2nd Lieutenant I. B. Macken (1st Battalion).
2nd Lieutenant G. R. F. Burlinson (1st Battalion).

William Charles Steggall to be 2nd Lieutenant (3rd C. Battalion). Dated 22nd June, 1923.

Arthur Edwin Dews to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), (3rd C. Battalion). Dated 22nd June, 1923.

The Hauraki Regiment.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation), (1st Battalion). Dated 18th June, 1923 :

George Napier Hart.
Walter Leslie Nicholas Lawrence.

The Wellington Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant R. R. T. Young to be Lieutenant (1st C. Battalion). Dated 13th June, 1923.

The Hawke’s Bay Regiment.

Lieutenant A. J. M. Manson, M.C., from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant (1st Battalion), with seniority as from the 1st September, 1919.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) R. H. Milburn (1st C. Battalion) is confirmed.

Captain L. M. Fairbrother (1st Battalion) is transferred to the Taranaki Regiment. Dated 18th June, 1923.

Lieutenant C. Brook (1st Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 7. Dated 11th June, 1923.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (temp.) H. Drees (3rd C. Battalion) lapses. Dated 15th June, 1923.

The Taranaki Regiment.

Captain L. M. Fairbrother, from the Hawke’s Bay Regiment, to be Captain (1st Battalion), with seniority as from the 24th October, 1922.

Lieutenant W. A. Diprose to be Captain (1st Battalion). Dated 14th June, 1923.

Lieutenant E. M. Stace to be Captain (1st Battalion). Dated 21st July, 1923.

2nd Lieutenant F. J. Eggleton to be Lieutenant (1st C. Battalion). Dated 14th June, 1923.

2nd Lieutenant C. H. Stephenson to be Lieutenant (1st Battalion). Dated 21st June, 1923.

2nd Lieutenant F. H. P. Rogers to be Lieutenant (1st Battalion). Dated 21st June, 1923.

The Canterbury Regiment.

Captain T. Milliken, from the Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own), to be Captain (1st Battalion), with seniority as from the 11th May, 1921.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) :

Horace Donald Scott (6th C. Battalion). Dated 15th June, 1923.

Ronald Henley Methven (2nd C. Battalion). Dated 19th June, 1923.

Thomas Hay McDonald (2nd C. Battalion). Dated 19th June, 1923.

Leslie John Edward Toomey to be 2nd Lieutenant (1st Battalion). Dated 19th June, 1923.

2nd Lieutenant S. C. Sherrard (6th C. Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 10. Dated 15th June, 1923.

The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment.

Lieutenant W. T. Churchward to be Captain (1st Battalion). Dated 30th May, 1923.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) A. S. Hogg (2nd C. Battalion) is confirmed.

2nd Lieutenant A. S. Hogg to be Lieutenant (2nd C. Battalion). Dated 12th June, 1923.

2nd Lieutenant W. B. Hutton (late Retired List) to be 2nd Lieutenant (2nd C. Battalion). Dated 23rd June, 1923.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) B. L. Hoare (2nd C. Battalion) lapses. Dated 19th June, 1923.

The Otago Regiment.

Walter Netley Searle to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), (1st Battalion). Dated 20th June, 1923.