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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 63

Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:

George John Francis Cowan Rangiora.
Robert Albert Mace Kaitaia.
William James Domigan Heriot.
Gavin Eugene Pollock Gore.
William McNickle Waihi.
Alexander William Moller Mauriceville.
Hector William Macdonald Wyndham.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 27th September, 1924.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service:

John Stewart Robertson, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Mercury Bay, as from the 8th September, 1924.

Frank Kingston Hyde, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Drury, at Manurewa,* as from the 1st October, 1924.

• First appointment.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

CHARLES STEPHENSON SQUIRES, Esquire, of 3 Mitre Court, Temple, London, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England, 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 England 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 18th day of September, 1924.

W. A. HAWKINS, Registrar, Supreme Court.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 26th September, 1924.

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 and Territorial Force:

STAFF.

Captain G. B. Parkinson, Regiment of Royal N.Z. Artillery, relinquishes the appointment of Artillery Instructor, Southern Command, as from 6th August, 1924, and is appointed Officer-in-charge, Harbour Defences, and O.C. Detachment, Regiment of Royal N.Z. Artillery, Northern Command, with effect from the 10th September, 1924, vice Captain R. S. Park, Regiment of Royal N.Z. Artillery, seconded for instruction in England.

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.

Major-General G. S. Richardson, C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (a). Dated 14th November, 1923.

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

Major D. S. Murchison, D.S.O., from the Reserve of Officers, to be Major. Dated 12th September, 1924.

Captain L. R. C. MacFarlane, M.C., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), D.R. 10. Dated 15th September, 1924.

9TH N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (NORTH AUCKLAND).

The commission granted 2nd Lieutenant C. H. Finlayson is cancelled under section 5 (a) the Defence Act, 1909. Dated 25th August, 1924.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Lieutenant R. B. Lucas, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant (7th Battery). Dated 15th September, 1924.

2nd Lieutenant J. E. Hannah (11th Battery) is transferred to the Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment. Dated 17th September, 1924.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

Northern Depot.

2nd Lieutenant K. C. Reid to be Lieutenant. Dated 11th September, 1924.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

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

The appointments of the undermentioned are confirmed:

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) E. E. Bilkey (1st C. Battalion).

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) G. Laing (3rd C. Battalion.)

Thomas James Lanigan to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), (2nd C. Battalion). Dated 11th September, 1924.

The Hauraki Regiment.

Major R. F. Gambrill to be Lieutenant-Colonel (1st Battalion), and is appointed to command the Battalion. Dated 13th September, 1924.

Major E. Edwards (1st Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 2. Dated 12th September, 1924.

2nd Lieutenant W. P. Hay (2nd C. Battalion) is transferred to the Taranaki Regiment. Dated 12th September, 1924.

Harry Jones Priestley to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), (2nd C. Battalion). Dated 12th September, 1924.

The Waikato Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant A. P. Nelson, to be Lieutenant (1st C. Battalion). Dated 20th September, 1924.

2nd Lieutenant E. James (1st C. Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class II (b) R.D. 4. Dated 18th September, 1924.

Hon. Lieutenant and Bandmaster A. Salter (1st Battalion) resigns his commission. Dated 18th September, 1924.

The Wellington West Coast Regiment.

Roy Talfourd Inman to be Lieutenant (2nd C. Battalion). Dated 27th August, 1924.

2nd Lieutenant A. A. Hancock, from the Reserve of Officers, to be 2nd Lieutenant (1st Battalion). Dated 8th September, 1924.

2nd Lieutenant L. L. Robertson, from the Reserve of Officers, to be 2nd Lieutenant (1st Battalion). Dated 8th September, 1924.

Lieutenant R. G. C. McNab (1st C. Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b) R.D. 6. Dated 1st September, 1924.

The Taranaki Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant W. P. Hay, from the Hauraki Regiment (2nd C. Battalion), to be 2nd Lieutenant (2nd C. Battalion) with seniority as from the 23rd March, 1921.

The Canterbury Regiment.

Lieutenant R. P. Tabley (4th C. Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b) R.D. 10. Dated 15th September, 1924.

Ellis John Wood to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), (6th C. Battalion), Dated 16th September, 1924.

The Nelson, Marlborough and West Coast Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant J. E. Hannah, from the Regiment of N.Z. Artillery, to be 2nd Lieutenant (1st Battalion). Dated 17th September, 1924.

The undermentioned are transferred from the 1st C. Battalion to the 3rd C. Battalion, with seniority as from date as stated against their names:

Major H. Robson, 27th October, 1923.

Lieutenant V. I. Powell, 26th July, 1923.

Lieutenant C. J. R. Price, 19th November, 1923.

Lieutenant S. I. Jones, 19th November, 1923.

2nd Lieutenant T. A. Mead, 14th March, 1924.

2nd Lieutenant K. H. Bartlett, 6th June, 1924.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) C. G. Kirk, 27th February, 1924.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) J. E. Barnard, 21st August, 1924.

Major A. E. Alexander (2nd C. Battalion) retires under the provisions of General Order 184/21, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 17th September, 1924.

Lieutenant F. H. Sharland (1st Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class II (b), R.D. 9. Dated 19th September, 1924.

The Southland Regiment.

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants. Dated 12th September, 1924.

2nd Lieutenant R. Bleakley (1st C. Battalion).

2nd Lieutenant A. J. Deaker (1st C. Battalion).

2nd Lieutenant W. H. Sadlier (1st Battalion).

2nd Lieutenant F. Wilkinson (1st Battalion).