APRIL 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1133

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 26th April, 1927.

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. :—

Name. District.
Maurice James Anderson .. Christchurch, New Brighton.*
Harold Francis Adams .. Huntly.
Geoffrey William Alexander .. Raglan.

*Births and deaths only.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 26th April, 1927.

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

William Harte, Esquire,

to be the Registrar of Electors for the Electoral District of Masterton for the purposes of the Legislature Act, 1908, as from the 5th day of April, 1927.

John Duncan Kerr, Esquire,

to be the Registrar of Electors for the Electoral District of Bay of Plenty for the purposes of the Legislature Act, 1908, as from the 16th day of March, 1927.

William Shattock Jones, Esquire,

to be the Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Wanganui for the purposes of the Legislature Act, 1908, as from the 6th day of April, 1927.

Henry Morgan, Esquire,

to be the Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Hamilton for the purposes of the Legislature Act, 1908, Clerk of the Magistrates’ Courts at Hamilton and Morrinsville for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1908, Registrar at Hamilton of the Supreme Court of New Zealand and Sheriff for the district of Hamilton for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908, and Local Patent Officer at Hamilton for the purposes of section 15 of the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1921–22, as from the 8th day of April, 1927.

James Milne Adam, Esquire,

to be Registrar of Poisons for the Southland District for the purposes of the Poisons Act, 1908, Registrar at Invercargill of the Supreme Court of New Zealand and Sheriff for the District of Southland for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908, Clerk of the Magistrates’ Court at Invercargill for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1908, an Official Assignee for the Supreme Court District of Otago and Southland for the purposes of the Bankruptcy Act, 1908, and Local Patent Officer at Invercargill for the purposes of section 15 of the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1921–22, as from the 13th day of April, 1927.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 14th April, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the New Zealand Military Forces :—

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

Lieutenant P. F. Field, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant. Dated 9th April, 1927.

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

Lieutenant L. H. Sumpter is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b) R.D. 11. Dated 11th April, 1927.

Lieutenant C. E. Pryce is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class II (b) R.D. 11. Dated 11th April, 1927.

6TH N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (MANAWATU).

Robert Tureia Barron to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 30th March, 1927.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants :—

James Ronald Turnbull, 1st Field Battery. Dated 20th September, 1926.

Claude Sawyers, 21st Field Battery. Dated 23rd September, 1926.

Reginald Charles Jerrold Sanderson, 1st Field Battery. Dated 5th September, 1926.

Douglas Edgar David Malins, 2nd Field Battery. Dated 27th September, 1926.

Clive Bachelor Menzies to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 28th September, 1926.

THE AUCKLAND REGIMENT (COUNTESS OF RANFURLY’S OWN).

Alexander Glen Simmers to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), and is seconded for duty with the 1st C Battalion. Dated 8th April, 1927.

THE WAIKATO REGIMENT.

Lieutenant E. L. Quarrie, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b) R.D. 4. Dated 9th April, 1927.

THE WELLINGTON REGIMENT.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) N. L. Shaw, 1st Battalion, lapses. Dated 8th April, 1927.

THE WELLINGTON WEST COAST REGIMENT.

Lieutenant I. S. Gardiner, 1st C Battalion, is transferred to the Canterbury Regiment. Dated 1st April, 1927.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) K. W. H. Ellicott, from the Hawke’s Bay Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) with seniority as from the 21st August, 1925, and is seconded for duty with the 1st C Battalion. Dated 11th April, 1927.

THE HAWKE’S BAY REGIMENT.

Lieutenant I. M. Hannah ceases to be seconded to the 2nd C Battalion, and is posted to the 1st Battalion, with his original seniority. Dated 2nd April, 1927.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) K. W. H. Ellicott, 1st C Battalion, is transferred to the Wellington West Coast Regiment. Dated 11th April, 1927.

THE TARANAKI REGIMENT.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) and are seconded for duty with the 1st C Battalion. Dated 2nd April, 1927 :—

Arthur Hope Blundell.

Ewen Redvers McKeon.

Leslie Vickery Bryant.

William Ingram Shrimpton.

Dated 4th April, 1927.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 20 of the 7th April, 1927, relating to Captain H. G. Dyer for the words “1st Battalion” read “1st C Battalion.”

THE CANTERBURY REGIMENT.

Lieutenant I. S. Gardiner from the Wellington West Coast Regiment to be Lieutenant, with seniority as from the 8th May, 1926, and is seconded for duty with the 1st C Battalion. Dated 1st April, 1927.

THE NELSON, MARLBOROUGH, AND WEST COAST REGIMENT.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants, and are seconded for duty with the 2nd C Battalion. Dated 5th April, 1927 :—

Francis George Brooks Evenden.

Chace Chenoweth Werry.

THE OTAGO REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant P. McSkimming, 1st Battalion, resigns his commission. Dated 11th April, 1927.

Gordon Royland Hanan to be 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Battalion. Dated 9th September, 1926.

Ian Grant Borrie to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is seconded for duty with the 2nd C Battalion. Dated 5th April, 1927.

Herbert Julius Robins to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), and is seconded for duty with the 3rd C Battalion. Dated 5th April, 1927.

THE SOUTHLAND REGIMENT.

Adam Hunter Hutcheson Webster to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) and is seconded for duty to the 2nd C Battalion. Dated 5th April, 1927.