Nov. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2873

Visiting Justices appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 15th November, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Howell Young Widdowson, Esq., S.M.,

to be a Visiting Justice to His Majesty’s Prison at Paparua, and

Wyvern Wilson, Esq., S.M.,

to be a Visiting Justice to the Addington Reformatory, Christchurch.

F. H. D. BELL, for Minister of Justice.

Justices of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th November, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Francis Thomas Rayner Johnson, Esq., of Wellington, and Frank Oswald Victor Acheson, Esq., of Wanganui,

to be Justices of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand.

F. H. D. BELL, For Minister of Justice.

Chairman of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 22nd November, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

John George Lewis Hewitt, Esq., S.M.,

to be Chairman of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Rangitikei and Oroua, vice R. M. Watson, Esq., S.M., on leave.

F. H. D. BELL, for Minister of Justice.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Alfred Amory George, Esq.,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Hawke’s Bay, vice C. L. Mackersey, Esq., deceased.

F. H. D. BELL, for Minister of Justice.

Officer of the Legislative Department promoted.

Legislative Department,
Wellington, 16th November, 1923.

IT is hereby notified that

Peter Henry McColl, Assistant in the General Assembly Library,

has been promoted to the position of Senior Assistant, the promotion to date from the 31st August, 1923.

W. NOSWORTHY,
Minister in Charge of Legislative Department.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 20th November, 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.:

Kenneth Maurice Pavitt . . . . Buller.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Registrar of Electors appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 14th November, 1923.

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

Percy Fulton, Esq.,

to be the Registrar of Electors for the Electoral District of Eden, for the purposes of the Legislature Act, 1908, as from the 7th day of November, 1923.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

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Appointment of Officers under Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 15th November, 1923.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fisheries Act, 1908, and of the Official Appointments and Documents Act, 1919, appointed

John Alexander Baine,

of Wellington, to be an officer for the purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned Act, in respect of the Wellington Acclimatization District, and

William John Brown Dinwoodie,

of Ohakune, to be an officer for the purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned Act, in respect of the Waimarino Acclimatization District.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Marine.

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

Department of Defence,
19th November, 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.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants:—

2nd Lieutenant D. A. Carty (15th Battery). Dated 16th October, 1923.

2nd Lieutenant F. W. Martin (15th Battery). Dated 16th October, 1923.

2nd Lieutenant W. Anderson (6th Battery). Dated 7th November, 1923.

2nd Lieutenant W. D. Corbett (6th Battery). Dated 7th November, 1923.

Arvid Ekstedt to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), (7th Battery). Dated 2nd November, 1943.

Alan George Buchanan to be 2nd Lieutenant (7th Battery). Dated 7th November, 1923.

Edward Trevor Kensington to be 2nd Lieutenant (10th Battery). Dated 12th November, 1923.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS (NORTHERN DEPOT).

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) L. A. Tozer lapses. Dated 27th October, 1923.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

The Wellington Regiment.

Lieutenant S. J. King is transferred to the Taranaki Regiment (1st “C” Battalion). Dated 16th August, 1922.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 65 of 31st August, 1922, relating to Lieutenant S. J. King is hereby cancelled.

Lieutenant A. A. Thomson (1st “C” Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b) R.D. 5. Dated 8th November, 1923.

The Taranaki Regiment.

Lieutenant S. J. King, from the Wellington Regiment, to be Lieutenant (1st “C” Battalion), with seniority as from the 23rd April, 1916.

Hector Charles Johnson to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), 2nd “C” Battalion). Dated 31st October, 1923.

The Canterbury Regiment.

Ronald Malcolm McGregor to be 2nd Lieutenant (6th “C” Battalion). Dated 30th October, 1923.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) R. H. Biggar (6th “C” Battalion) resigns his appointment. Dated 30th October, 1923.

2nd Lieutenant R. E. Murray is transferred to the Otago Regiment (1st Battalion). Dated 6th September, 1923.

The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment.

Captain C. M. Rout, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Captain (1st Battalion). Dated 8th November, 1923.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation), (1st “C” Battalion). Dated 2nd November, 1923.

Edmund Henry John Knyvett.

Kenneth Rix-Trott.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 79 of 8th November, 1923, relating to 2nd Lieutenant S. G. Thompson, M.M., for the words “to be Captain” read “to be 2nd Lieutenant.”

The Otago Regiment.

The undermentioned to be Captains:—

Lieutenant A. R. Cockerell, D.S.O. (1st Battalion). Dated 21st August, 1923.

Lieutenant G. E. Pollock (1st Battalion). Dated 22nd August, 1923.

2nd Lieutenant R. E. Murray from the Canterbury Regiment to be 2nd Lieutenant (1st Battalion) with seniority as from the 22nd November, 1921.