SEPT. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2841

Stipendiary Magistrate authorized to exercise Jurisdiction in Children’s Courts.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st September, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Joseph William Poynton, Esq., S.M.,

to exercise jurisdiction in the Children’s Courts established at Coromandel, Matamata, Morrinsville, Paeroa, Te Aroha, Thames, and Waihi.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Shorthand Reporters appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st September, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Maida Lois Doidge,
Theresa Pimley,
Hazel Roy Williams, and
Arthur Ernest Clayton

to be Shorthand Reporters under the Shorthand Reporters Act, 1908.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Appointment in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 25th September, 1926.

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

John George Russell, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the district of Paparoa, as from the 22nd day of September, 1926.

A. C. TURNBULL Secretary.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the N.Z. Staff Corps and N.Z. Military Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 16th September, 1926.

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 N.Z. Military Forces.

COMMAND.

Captain T. O. Lambie (N.Z. Corps of Signals) is appointed to command the Central Depot, N.Z. Corps of Signals. Dated 1st June, 1926.

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.

Lieutenant A. K. Lambly to be Captain, with seniority next below Captain S. C. V. W. Sudgen. Dated 11th April, 1926.

2ND N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (QUEEN ALEXANDRA’S WELLINGTON WEST COAST).

2nd Lieutenant D. D. Forsyth, from the Reserve of Officers, to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 8th September, 1926.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

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

Captain L. S. Ashton (2nd C. Battalion) is transferred to the Taranaki Regiment. Dated 2nd September, 1926.

Lieutenant B. W. Croker (1st Battalion) to be Captain. Dated 1st September, 1926.

Lieutenant H. L. Anderson (1st Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 1. Dated 3rd September, 1926.

2nd Lieutenant W. N. Verry, from the Hauraki Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority as from the 23rd May, 1924, and is seconded for service with the 2nd C. Battalion. Dated 3rd September, 1926.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 59, of 4th September, 1924, relating to Lieutenant F. A. Sadler, for the words “1st Battalion” read “4th Battalion.”

The Hauraki Regiment.

Lieutenant W. P. Dunphy (2nd C. Battalion) to be Captain. Dated 2nd August, 1926.

2nd Lieutenant W. N. Verry (1st C. Battalion) is transferred to the Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own). Dated 3rd September, 1926.

The Waikato Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant L. F. Edgecumbe (1st Battalion) to be Lieutenant. Dated 28th August, 1926.

The Wellington Regiment.

Captain C. P. Crane (2nd C. Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 5. Dated 3rd September, 1926.

2nd Lieutenant O. G. Hearne (2nd C. Battalion) is retired under the provisions of paragraph 133, General Regulation, 1913. Dated 2nd September, 1926.

The Taranaki Regiment.

Captain L. S. Ashton, from the Auckland Regiment, to be Captain, 1st Battalion, with seniority as from the 30th October, 1919.

The Canterbury Regiment.

Lieutenant W. M. Satterthwaite, from the Southland Regiment, to be Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, with seniority as from the 1st January, 1925.

2nd Lieutenant F. J. Tempero, from the Reserve of Officers, to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is seconded for service with the 4th C. Battalion. Dated 10th September, 1926.

The Otago Regiment.

Captain E. J. Anderson, M.C., relinquishes command of the 2nd C. Battalion, and is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 11. Dated 10th September, 1926.

Lieutenant J. A. McL. Roy, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant, 1st Battalion. Dated 26th August, 1926.

The Southland Regiment.

Lieutenant W. M. Satterthwaite (1st C. Battalion) is transferred to the Canterbury Regiment. Dated 10th September, 1926.

Wilfred John McDowell to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), and is seconded for service with the 2nd C. Battalion. Dated 2nd September, 1926.

N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS.

Central Depot.

The commission granted Lieutenant C. F. Jellie is cancelled under section 5 (a), the Defence Act, 1909. Dated 23rd August, 1926.

N.Z. AIR FORCE.

Captain J. D. Canning is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 5th September, 1926.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Lieut.-Colonel K. MacCormick, D.S.O., M.B., F.R.C.S. Eng., relinquishes the appointment of Assistant Director of Medical Services (temp.), Northern Command, on return from leave of Lieut.-Colonel J. H. Neil, D.S.O., V.D., M.R.C.S. Eng. Dated 1st September, 1926.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 47, dated 15th July, 1926, relating to Captain A. McP. Marshall, M.B., is hereby cancelled, and the following substituted:—

“Captain A. McP. Marshall, M.B., from the Reserve of Officers, to be Captain, is appointed Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services for Otago and Southland District (R.Ds. 11 and 12), and is granted the temporary rank of Major while so employed. Dated 19th June, 1926.”

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 27th September, 1926.

IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration to Lieut.-Colonel W. S. Austin, D.S.O., Retired List.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.