Aug. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2189

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.
Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 6th August, 1923.
THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following
appointment in the Public Service:-
(Miss) Isobel Florence Melville
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and
Deaths for the district of Matakana, as from the 6th August,
1923.
A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.
Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 7th August, 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 Joseph Finnerty .. ... Orepuki.
Harold James Stalker .. ... Orepuki.
William James Sargent .. ... Mauriceville.
W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.
Registrars of Marriages &c., appointed.
Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 9th August, 1923.
THE Public Service Commissioner has made the follow-
ing appointments in the Public Service :-
Francis Halliday Garth, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for
the district of Campbelltown, and Registrar of Births and
Deaths of Maoris at Bluff, as from the 6th August, 1923.
Edward John Roche, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for
the district of Otorohanga, and Registrar of Births and
Deaths of Maoris at Otorohanga, as from the 6th August,
1923.
Allan Roy Jones, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Mangonui,
as from the 27th July 1923.
A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.
Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of
Officers of the Territorial Force.
Department of Defence,
Wellington, 6th August, 1923.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to approve of the appointments, promotions, resigna-
tions, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the
Territorial Force.
2ND N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S
WELLINGTON WEST COAST).
2nd Lieutenant C. Mackley is transferred to the Auckland
Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own). Dated 19th
July, 1923.
3RD N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (AUCKLAND).
Captain J. E. Makgill is transferred to the Reserve of Officers,
Class II (b), R.D. 1. Dated 13th July, 1923.
5TH N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (OTAGO).
Captain R. F. Mitchell, M.C., from the Reserve of Officers,
to be Captain. Dated 28th May, 1923.
THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.
Lieutenant L. F. N. Ward, from the Canterbury Regiment,
to be Lieutenant (16th Battery). Dated 23rd July,
1923.
2nd Lieutenant L. R. Gilmour (17th Battery) resigns his
commission. Dated 12th July, 1923.
THE AUCKLAND REGIMENT (COUNTESS OF RANFURLY'S OWN).
Henry Hall McDonald to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation),
(2nd C. Battalion). Dated 12th July, 1923.
Bruce McGregor Laird to be 2nd Lieutenant (1st Battalion).
Dated 21st July, 1923.
Frederick James Gwilliam to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation),
(2nd C. Battalion). Dated 23rd July, 1923.
2nd Lieutenant W. A. Moore, M.M., from the Reserve of
Officers, to be 2nd Lieutenant (2nd C. Battalion). Dated
13th July, 1923.
2nd Lieutenant C. Mackley, from the 2nd N.Z. Mounted
Rifles (Queen Alexandra's Wellington West Coast), to be
2nd Lieutenant (1st Battalion). Dated 19th July, 1923.
2nd Lieutenant S. D. Rice, from the Reserve of Officers, to
be 2nd Lieutenant (1st Battalion). Dated 24th July, 1923.
2nd Lieutenant C. H. Emery (3rd C. Battalion) resigns his
commission. Dated 19th July, 1923.
THE HAURAKI REGIMENT.
The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) N. S.
Cassrels (1st C. Battalion) is confirmed.
Lieutenant W. R. S. Johnston (1st Battalion) is transferred
to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 2. Dated 21st
July, 1923.
2nd Lieutenant J. Cartwright (2nd C. Battalion) is transferred
to the Reserve of Officers, Class II (b), R.D. 7. Dated 19th
July, 1923.
THE NORTH AUCKLAND REGIMENT.
Ian Fraser McKenzie to be 2nd Lieutenant (1st C. Battalion).
Dated 19th July, 1923.
THE WAIKATO REGIMENT.
2nd Lieutenant (on probation) L. S. Wood (1st C. Battalion)
resigns his appointment. Dated 28th July, 1923.
THE WELLINGTON REGIMENT.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (1st C.
Battalion). Dated 16th July, 1923 :-
Douglas Charles Bryson.
Herbert John Keys.
The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants
(on probation) are confirmed :-
P. C. Thomson (1st C. Battalion).
R. D. Kirkpatrick (1st C. Battalion).
J. L. Dighton (2nd C. Battalion).
P. Martin-Smith (2nd C. Battalion).
THE WELLINGTON WEST COAST REGIMENT.
The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants
(1st C. Battalion). Dated 9th July, 1923 :-
J. R. Sutcliffe.
H. E. Edmondson.
C. R. F. Tilley.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation),
(2nd C. Battalion). Dated 12th July, 1923 :-
Philip Oscar Selwyn Skoglund.
Norman Stephen Tankersley.
THE HAWKE'S BAY REGIMENT.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation),
(3rd C. Battalion). Dated 12th July, 1923 :-
James Goldie Brown.
Harold Ralph Thomson.
2nd Lieutenant F. J. Hodgson, M.M., is transferred to the
Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 7. Dated 12th July,
1923.
THE CANTERBURY REGIMENT.
Lieutenant L. F. N. Ward is transferred to the Regiment of
N.Z. Artillery (16th Battery). Dated 23rd July, 1923.
Lieutenant E. R. W. Ennis, from the Otago Regiment, to be
Lieutenant (1st Battalion), with seniority as from the 16th
August, 1921.
THE NELSON, MARLBOROUGH, AND WEST COAST REGIMENT.
Lieutenant V. L. Powell (Retired List) to be Lieutenant
(1st C. Battalion). Dated 26th July, 1923.
THE OTAGO REGIMENT.
William Merrett Satterthwaite to be 2nd Lieutenant (on
probation), (2nd C. Battalion). Dated 20th July, 1923.
The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) A. A.
Cooper (1st Battalion) is confirmed.
Lieutenant E. R. W. Ennis is transferred to the Canterbury
Regiment. Dated 25th July, 1923.
THE SOUTHLAND REGIMENT.
2nd Lieutenant P. A. Smith, from the Reserve of Officers, to
be 2nd Lieutenant (1st C. Battalion). Dated 26th July,
1923.
Thomas Fyffe to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), (2nd C.
Battalion). Dated 26th July, 1923.
N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.
The commission granted Captain R. G. K. Hodgson, M.B.
(Reserve of Officers), is cancelled under section 5 (a) of
the Defence Act, 1909. Dated 28th July, 1923.
THE N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.
The Reverend C. Eaton, Chaplain, 4th Class, to be Chaplain,
3rd Class. Dated 13th May, 1922.
The Reverend J. Kelly, Chaplain, 4th Class, is transferred
to the Reserve List, Class I, R.D. 11. Dated 16th July,
1923.
RESERVE OF OFFICERS.
Lieutenant W. J. F. Ross is retired under the provisions of
paragraph 126, General Regulations 1913, with permission
to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated
30th July, 1923.
R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.