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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 56

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 4th August, 1925.

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

Herbert William Brown, Esq.,
to be Deputy Registrar at Palmerston North of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908, as from the 28th day of July, 1925.

Gerald Millar, Esq.,
to be an Inspector, for the purposes of the Stock Act, 1908, as from the 23rd day of July, 1925.

Allan Roy Jones, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Tirau, as from the 25th July, 1925.

Allan Stanley Warner, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Whakatane, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Whakatane, as from the 23rd July, 1925.

George Duncan Shand, Esq.,
to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Shearers’ Accommodation Act, 1919, as from the 28th day of July, 1925.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Appointment of Deputy District Public Trustee.

NOTICE is hereby given that in pursuance of the power and authority vested in me by section 3 of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1921–22, I, the Public Trustee of the Dominion of New Zealand, have appointed Henry Williams of the Public Trust Office, New Plymouth, to be Deputy of the District Public Trustee, New Plymouth, during the absence of such District Public Trustee from his headquarters.

Dated at Wellington this 3rd day of August, 1925.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 30th July, 1925.

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

STAFF.

Frederick James Jones, Esq., to be Honorary Colonel, and is appointed Director of Railways. Dated 20th July, 1925.

COMMANDS.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 49, of 25th June, 1925, relative to Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Cunningham, D.S.O. (p), is cancelled, and the following substituted :—

Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Cunningham, D.S.O. (p), relinquishes command of the Wellington West Coast Regiment, is transferred to the Hawke’s Bay Regiment, and appointed to command the 1st Battalion. Dated 1st August, 1925.

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.

Captain V. G. Jervis (Retired List) to be Captain. Dated 12th June, 1925.

Captain V. G. Jervis is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class II (a). Dated 12th June, 1925.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Lieutenant E. F. Clayton-Greene to be Captain (2nd Field Battery). Dated 1st March, 1925.

Lieutenant D. A. Carty to be Captain (15th Coast Battery). Dated 23rd July, 1925.

Captain R. F. Bale (Retired List) to be Captain (7th Field Battery). Dated 13th July, 1925.

2nd Lieutenant A. S. Hamilton, 15th Medium Battery, is transferred to the 11th Field Battery, with seniority as from the 26th October, 1923.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

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

2nd Lieutenant J. M. Stevenson (1st Battalion) resigns his commission. Dated 20th July, 1925.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) J. E. Nicholson (1st C. Battalion) lapses. Dated 24th July, 1925.

The Wellington Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant C. J. Bishop (1st Battalion) is transferred to the Hawke’s Bay Regiment. Dated 20th July, 1925.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) N. L. Shaw (2nd C. Battalion) is transferred to the 1st Battalion, with seniority as from the 29th October, 1924.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 38, of 21st May, 1925, relating to the transfer of Captain E. M. Stace to the 1st Battalion, for the words “1st Battalion” read “2nd C. Battalion.”

The Wellington West Coast Regiment.

The undermentioned are retired under the provisions of paragraph 133, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 19th May, 1925.

Lieutenant W. H. Cannan (1st Battalion).

Lieutenant I. N. Ritchie (1st C. Battalion).

The Hawke’s Bay Regiment.

Captain J. H. Irving (Retired List) to be Captain, 1st Battalion. Dated 16th July, 1925.

Lieutenant F. N. Skinner, from the Canterbury Regiment, to be Lieutenant (1st Battalion), with seniority as from the 1st December, 1924.

2nd Lieutenant C. J. Bishop, from the Wellington Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant (3rd C. Battalion), with seniority as from the 12th November, 1924.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) E. S. Craven, from the Canterbury Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), 1st Battalion, with seniority as from the 2nd September, 1924.

The Taranaki Regiment.

Frederick William George McLeod to be Honorary Lieutenant and Bandmaster (1st Battalion). Dated 15th May, 1925.

The Canterbury Regiment.

Major A. H. Carrington (Retired List) to be Major (4th C. Battalion). Dated 25th July, 1925.

Captain W. G. Tweedy, M.B.E., from the Reserve of Officers (temp.), to be Captain (2nd C. Battalion). Dated 16th July, 1925.

Lieutenant F. N. Skinner (4th C. Battalion) is transferred to the Hawke’s Bay Regiment. Dated 23rd July, 1925.

2nd Lieutenant R. Noonan (5th C. Battalion) is transferred to the 6th C. Battalion, with seniority as from the 17th May, 1923.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) E. S. Craven (2nd C. Battalion) is transferred to the Hawke’s Bay Regiment. Dated 16th July, 1925.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Lieutenant-Colonel J. McN. Christie, C.B.E., M.D., Reserve of Officers, is posted to the Retired List, with the rank of Colonel, under the provisions of G.O. 184/21, with permission to wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 20th July, 1925.

The undermentioned to be Captains. Dated 25th July, 1925.

Lieutenant C. A. King, M.B.

Lieutenant N. F. Boag, M.B.

THE N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Reverend H. Clark, M.C., Chaplain 3rd Class, is posted to the Retired Class under the provisions of G.O. 184/21, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 22nd July, 1925.

The Reverend R. Mackie, Chaplain 3rd Class, is transferred from R.D. 4 to R.D. 12. Dated 16th July, 1925.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Awards of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 31st July, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration to the undermentioned :—

Lieutenant-Colonel N. R. Wilson, D.S.O., M.C., the Canterbury Regiment.

The Ven. Archdeacon G. W. York, Chaplain 3rd Class, Retired List.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.