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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3695

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 7th December, 1927.

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

George Robert Taylor, Esquire,
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Ashhurst, as from the 12th December, 1927.

Albert Pulman Stuart, Esquire,
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Opotiki, as from the 12th December, 1927.

Allan Stanley Warner, Esquire,
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Whakatane, as from the 12th December, 1927.

Henry Arthur Munn, Esquire,
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Kaitaia, as from the 12th December, 1927.

Gregory James Nicholas, Esquire,
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Mangonui, as from the 12th December, 1927.

Reginald Wallace Noake, Esquire,
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Te Aroha, as from the 12th December, 1927.

Leonard Flower, Esquire,
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Matamata, as from the 12th December, 1927.

Ernest Edward Hirst, Esquire,
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Tirau, as from the 12th December, 1927.

Percy Everett, Esquire,
to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Orchard and Garden Diseases Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of December, 1927.

Arthur Edmund Chrisp, Esquire,
to be a Nautical Surveyor of Ships and Inspector of Ships' Compasses for the purposes of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, as from the 2nd day of December, 1927.

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 Algar Herbert Ihle, of the Public Trust Office, Napier, to be Deputy of the District Public Trustee, Napier, during the absence of such District Public Trustee from his headquarters, and all previous appointments in this behalf are hereby revoked.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of December, 1927.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 12th December, 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.

THE AUCKLAND MOUNTED RIFLES.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) L. M. Nutt lapses. Dated 29th November, 1927.

THE NORTH AUCKLAND MOUNTED RIFLES.

John Lionel Rayner to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 30th November, 1927.

THE NELSON, MARLBOROUGH MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant F. H. P. Rogers to be Captain. Dated 17th September, 1927,

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CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.
Northern Depot.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) K. W. Fortune lapses. Dated 29th November, 1927.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.
The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own.)
The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) lapse. Dated 29th November, 1927.

E. D. Pritchard, 1st Battalion.
T. Scott, 1st Battalion.
J. S. Clapham, 1st Battalion.
J. K. Asher, 1st Battalion.
W. La Roche, 2nd C Battalion.
W. G. V. Fernie, 2nd C Battalion.
W. A. Macky, 2nd C Battalion.
C. N. Nicholls, 2nd C Battalion.
E. M. Blaiklock, 3rd C Battalion.
W. E. H. Martin, 3rd C Battalion.
S. F. Meiklejohn, 3rd C Battalion.

The North Auckland Regiment.

Mark de Renzie Petrie to be 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Battalion. Dated 20th November, 1927.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants, and are seconded for duty with the 2nd C Battalion. Dated 30th November, 1927.

John Adrian Speer.
William John Bishop Speer.

The Hauraki Regiment.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants, 1st Battalion. Dated 30th November, 1927.

Thomas Ralph Birdsall.
Norman Allan Corcoran.
Rowland Jones.
Clarence Thomas James Luxton.
George Edwin Wilkins.
John Harry Thomas.
Norman William Steele.
Alan Joseph Boyd Dixon.

The Hawke's Bay Regiment.

Lieutenant E. S. West, 1st C Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 7. Dated 2nd December, 1927.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 13th September, 1927.

Vernon D'Arcy Blackburn, 1st Battalion.
Robert Blair Schulze, and seconded for duty with the 3rd C Battalion.
Thomas Philip Lewis Reaney, and seconded for duty with the 2nd C Battalion.
John Stanley Shirley, and seconded for duty with the 2nd C Battalion.
William John Herlihy, 1st Battalion.
Henry Symes Budd, and seconded for duty with the 2nd C Battalion.
Frederick Daniel Lewis, 1st Battalion.
Frank Leonard Heaton, and seconded for duty with the 2nd C Battalion.
Frederick Alfred John Goodall, 1st Battalion.
Stuart James Kernan Hislop, and seconded for duty with the 2nd C Battalion.
William Henry Thodey, and seconded for duty with the 4th C Battalion.
Hunter George Witters, and seconded for duty with the 4th C Battalion.

The Canterbury Regiment.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains. Dated lst December, 1927.

J. Burns, 4th C Battalion.
T. H. Mitchell, 4th C Battalion.
J. B. McBride, 3rd C Battalion.

The Otago Regiment.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains.

G. Swan, M.C., 1st Battalion. Dated 15th September, 1927.
J. A. McL. Roy, M.C., 1st Battalion. Dated 15th September, 1927.
A. C. Swanson, 2nd C Battalion. Dated 16th September, 1927.
R. S. Orr, 1st Battalion. Dated 16th September, 1927.