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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 70

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 28th October, 1924.

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. :—

William Mann Wade Mount Benger.
William McNickle Dargaville.
Lionel Heber Bailey Palmerston North.
James Richmond Brady Onehunga.*

• Births and Deaths only.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1924.—Notice No. 35.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 28th October, 1924.

IT is hereby notified that the name of the following Officiating Minister has been removed from the list of Officiating Ministers under the Marriage Act, 1908, by request :—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

Mr. William Lewis.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 25th October, 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. Permanent Staff and Territorial Force.

N.Z. PERMANENT STAFF.

Staff Sergeant-Major (W.O. 1) E. D. Clough is granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant. Dated 29th September, 1924.

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

Captain R. P. Harper, D.S.O., M.C., D.C.M. (Retired List) to be Captain. Dated 17th October, 1924.

4TH N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (WAIKATO).

2nd Lieutenant A. A. Delaney is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class II (b) R.D. 2. Dated 14th October, 1924.

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

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) L. W. Neill is confirmed.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) H. R. Hume (4th Battery) is confirmed.

N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS.

Northern Depot.

2nd Lieutenant W. Scott-Higginson, from the Waikato Regiment (1st C. Battalion), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 17th October, 1924.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

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

Lieutenant P. A. S. Stein to be Captain (1st C. Battalion). Dated 17th October, 1924.

2nd Lieutenant H. A. Blakely to be Lieutenant (2nd C. Battalion). Dated 17th October, 1924.

The undermentioned are transferred to the battalions as stated with their original seniority :—

Captain C. P. Worley (1st C. Battalion) to 2nd C. Battalion.

Lieutenant H. F. Brock (1st C. Battalion) to 2nd C. Battalion.

Lieutenant R. B. Hardy (1st C. Battalion) to 2nd C. Battalion.

2nd Lieutenant W. H. Robinson (4th C. Battalion) to 3rd C. Battalion.

2nd Lieutenant W. C. J. Perry (1st C. Battalion) to 2nd C. Battalion.

2nd Lieutenant H. L. Towers (1st C. Battalion) to 2nd C. Battalion.

2nd Lieutenant T. L. Bieleski (2nd C. Battalion) to 3rd C. Battalion.

2nd Lieutenant F. D. Hamilton (1st C. Battalion) to 2nd C. Battalion.

Captain W. G. Ivil (1st Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b) R.D. 1. Dated 14th October, 1924.

Lieutenant C. J. Hickson (3rd C. Battalion) is transferred to the Taranaki Regiment. Dated 14th October, 1924.

THE WAIKATO REGIMENT.

Captain K. L. Vickerman (1st Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b) R.D. 1. Dated 20th October, 1924.

2nd Lieutenant W. Scott-Higginson (1st C. Battalion) is transferred to the N.Z. Corps of Signals, Northern Depot. Dated 17th October, 1924.

The Wellington Regiment.

Lieutenant R. D. Boyle, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant (1st Battalion). Dated 14th October, 1924.

The Wellington West Coast Regiment.

Lieutenant H. W. Kerr from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant (2nd C. Battalion). Dated 7th October, 1922.

The Hawke’s Bay Regiment.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) H. R. Thomson (3rd C. Battalion) is confirmed.

The Taranaki Regiment.

Lieutenant C. J. Hickson from the Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own) to be Lieutenant (2nd C. Battalion), with seniority as from the 13th March, 1916.

Lieutenant C. H. Stephenson (1st Battalion) resigns his commission. Dated 14th October, 1924.

The Canterbury Regiment.

The appointment of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) are confirmed :—

J. M. Tait (1st C. Battalion).

H. O. Jefcoate (1st C. Battalion).

W. B. Munday (1st Battalion).

V. B. Stagpoole (1st Battalion).

The Otago Regiment.

The appointment of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) are confirmed :—

J. D. Cameron (2nd C. Battalion).

J. A. Dunning (1st C. Battalion).

N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS.

Northern Depot.

Captain G. R. Hutchinson is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b) R.D. 1. Dated 25th September, 1924.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Reverend Stephen Francis Newcome Waymouth (2nd Lieutenant, Retired List) to be Chaplain, 4th Class (Church of England). Dated 8th October, 1924.

ERRATUM.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 64, of 9th October, 1924, relating to the appointment of Lieutenant D. T. Maxwell, N.Z. Staff Corps, as General Staff Officer (Intelligence), General Headquarters, for “8th October, 1924,” substitute “14th October, 1924.”

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 29th October, 1924.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Board of the Marlborough Electric-power District, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

MARLBOROUGH ELECTRIC-POWER BOARD.

Result of Poll.

In accordance with the provisions of the Electric-power Boards Act, 1918, and the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913,