JUNE 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2135

Coroner appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 15th June, 1927.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Timothy Healey, Esquire, J.P.,

of Maungaturoto, to be a Coroner within the Dominion of New Zealand.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 15th June, 1927.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Charles Vernon Roberts, Esquire,

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Tauranga, vice E. J. Gifford, on leave.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th June, 1927.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

George Bowker, Esquire,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Timaru.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, licensed.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 16th June, 1927.

I N pursuance of the tenth section of the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to license

Griffith Davies James,

of Wellington, to act as a Public Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909.

R. A. WRIGHT, Minister in Charge.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 21st June, 1927.

I T is hereby notified that the undermentioned person has been appointed to be the deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the district set opposite his name, viz. :

Denham John Anthony Von Sturmer . . Taihape.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 15th June, 1927.

T HE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service :

Ralph Cox, Esquire,

to be the Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Westland for the purposes of the Legislature Act, 1908, as from the 8th day of April, 1927.

Leslie William Louisson, Esquire,

to be Official Assignee at Hokitika for the Supreme Court District of Westland for the purposes of the Bankruptcy Act, 1908, as from the 21st day of May, 1927.

John Classon Harding, Esquire,

to be Deputy Registrar at Nelson of the Supreme Court of New Zealand for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of June, 1927.

John Moultrie Ferriday, Esquire,

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Shearers’ Accommodation Act, 1919, as from the 16th day of June, 1927.

George Orr, Esquire,

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Stock Act, 1908, and an Inspector for the purposes of the Shearers’ Accommodation Act, 1919, as from the 16th day of June, 1927.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 15th June, 1927.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the N.Z. Military Forces :

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains, and remain seconded with the British Army in India. Dated 15th June, 1927 :

J. A. M. Clachan.

G. M. McCaskill.

D. T. Maxwell.

ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Lieutenant C. S. J. Duff to be Captain. Dated 15th June, 1927.

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

Lieutenant J. A. Munro is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class II (b), R.D. 11. Dated 30th May, 1927.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Major J. G. Jeffery, M.C., is transferred from the 12th Field Battery, N.Z.A. (How.), to the 14th Medium Battery, N.Z.A. (How.), with seniority as from the 7th September, 1920. Dated 28th May, 1927.

2nd Lieutenant R. Sinel, 5th Field Battery, N.Z.A., to be Lieutenant. Dated 2nd June, 1927.

2nd Lieutenant S. E. Haycock, 13th Coast Battery, N.Z.A., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 1. Dated 31st May, 1927.

Kenneth Fraser to be 2nd Lieutenant, 3rd Field Battery, N.Z.A. Dated 30th May, 1927.

N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS.

Central Depot.

The seniority of Lieutenants W. L. Harrison and C. S. Plank, as stated in the N.Z. Gazette No. 59, of 2nd September, 1926, is amended to read as follows :

Lieutenant C. S. Plank. Dated 17th August, 1926.

Lieutenant W. L. Harrison. Dated 17th August, 1926.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

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

Lieutenant R. E. Murray, 2nd C Battalion, resigns his commission. Dated 31st May, 1927.

The North Auckland Regiment.

Lieutenant C. V. Thomason, 1st Battalion, to be Captain. Dated 1st May, 1927.

2nd Lieutenant J. P. Batchelor, 1st C Battalion, to be Lieutenant. Dated 1st May, 1927.

Bandmaster and Honorary Lieutenant A. Dobson, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b). Dated 31st March, 1927.

The Wellington Regiment.

Lieutenant L. W. Crane, 4th C Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 5. Dated 31st May, 1927.

2nd Lieutenant J. R. Grigg ceases to be seconded to the 2nd C Battalion, and is seconded for duty with the 3rd C Battalion, with his original seniority. Dated 2nd June, 1927.

The Wellington West Coast Regiment.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants, 1st Battalion, to be Lieutenants :

C. F. McAllum. Dated 29th March, 1926.

A. M. McB. Rennie. Dated 28th May, 1926.

The Hawke’s Bay Regiment.

The seniority of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants is antedated to 15th September, 1926 :

A. F. Peryer, 1st Battalion.

J. S. Peel, 2nd C Battalion.

R. B. Welch, 3rd C Battalion.

R. P. Wakelin, 3rd C Battalion.

The following is now the order of seniority of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants :

C. H. E. Strack, 1st C Battalion.

J. S. Peel, 2nd C Battalion.

R. B. Welch, 3rd C Battalion.

M. C. Fairbrother, 1st Battalion.