SEPT. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2487

George Oswald Richards
to be a trustee, in place of William John Wouldes, resigned,
to provide for the maintenance and care of the Kiritehere
Public Cemetery.

Rev. John Ernest Holloway
to be a trustee, in place of Rev. Herbert Oswald Townsend
Hanby, resigned, to provide for the maintenance and care
of the Ellesmere Public Cemetery.

John Mitchell
to be a trustee, in place of Walter Norgrove Dempsey, resigned,
to provide for the maintenance and care of the Taita Public
Cemetery.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
For Minister of Lands.

Justice of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th September, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

Arthur Theodore Markman, Esq.,
of Wellington, to be a Justice of the Peace for the Dominion
of New Zealand.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Justice of the Peace resigns.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th September, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to accept the resignation by

Henry Benjamin Worthington, Esq.,
of Puniwhakau, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace
for New Zealand.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th September, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

Harold Vincent Jerred
to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of
Hurunui, vice Constable J. Kennedy.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 18th September, 1923.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned person has
been appointed to be the Deputy of the Registrar
of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the district set
opposite his name, viz. :—

James Bruce Davis . . . . East Taieri.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Assistant Inspector of Sea-fishing appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 17th September, 1923.

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

Frederick Norman Evans, Esq.,
to be an Assistant Inspector of Sea-fishing for the purposes
of the Fisheries Act, 1908, as from the 20th day of August,
1923.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 17th September, 1923.

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

Miss Catherine Rose Draffin
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and
Deaths for the district of Mangapai, as from the 20th August,
1923.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 17th September, 1923.

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

2ND NEW ZEALAND MOUNTED RIFLES (QUEEN ALEXANDRA’S
WELLINGTON – WEST COAST).

Alfred Andreace West to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation).
Dated 1st September, 1923.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 64, of
23rd August, 1923, relating to the appointment of 2nd
Lieutenant (on probation) A. D. Powdrell, should read “ 2nd
Lieutenant,” and not as therein stated.

8TH N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (NELSON).

Major-General Sir E. W. C. Chaytor, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O.,
C.B., p.s.c., New Zealand Staff Corps, to be Honorary
Colonel to the Regiment. Dated 27th August, 1923.

N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS.

Colonel R. B. Morris is retired, with permission to retain his
rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 31st August,
1923.

Lieutenant-Colonel A. T. Markham to be Director of Signal
Services, with the rank of Colonel. Dated 31st August,
1923.

NORTHERN DEPOT.

The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants
(on probation) are confirmed :—
G. J. Robertshaw.
T. M. Kenealy.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

The North Auckland Regiment.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) D. D. A.
Bird (1st “ C ” Battalion) is confirmed.

The Wellington Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant P. Ruston to be Lieutenant (1st “ C ” Bat-
talion. Dated 1st September, 1923.

Lieutenant M. S. Galloway, M.C., is transferred to the
Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 5. Dated 1st Sep-
tember, 1923.

The Wellington West Coast Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant B. J. Jacobs (2nd “ C ” Battalion) is trans-
ferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 6. Dated
21st August, 1923.

The Hawke’s Bay Regiment.

Cyril Botfield Lewis to be 2nd Lieutenant (1st “ C ” Bat-
talion). Dated 24th August, 1923.

2nd Lieutenant H. M. Caselberg (1st Battalion) is transferred
to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 7. Dated 1st
September, 1923.

The Canterbury Regiment.

Colonel the Hon. G. J. Smith, C.B.E. (Reserve of Officers) to
be Honorary Colonel to the Regiment. Dated 28th August,
1923.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) F. N.
Skinner (4th “ C ” Battalion) is confirmed.

The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment.

Captain D. I. C. Bryan (Retired List) to be Captain (1st
Battalion. Dated 28th August, 1923.

2nd Lieutenant J. Owen-Williams to be Lieutenant (1st “ C ”
Battalion.) Dated 29th June, 1921.

The Otago Regiment.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants
(1st Battalion) :—
A. P. Roydhouse. Dated 27th April, 1923.
F. S. Arthur. Dated 28th June, 1923.
G. G. Black. Dated 28th June, 1923.
R. I. Rutherford. Dated 28th June, 1923.

Raeburn Neil Campbell to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation),
(1st Battalion). Dated 29th August, 1923.

The Otago Regiment.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) L. F.
Smith (1st Battalion) is confirmed.

2nd Lieutenant G. R. Kennedy (1st Battalion) is transferred
to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 12. Dated 3rd
September, 1923.