Jan. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 83

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th January, 1934.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Henry James Dixon, Esquire, S.M.,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Central Otago, vice H. Morgan, Esquire, S.M., transferred.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Justice.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 17th January, 1934.

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

STAFF.

Lieutenant-Colonel J. N. Rishworth, M.B.E., N.Z. Dental Corps, relinquishes the appointment of Director of Dental Services, and is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 1. Dated 2nd January, 1934.

Major B. S. Finn, D.S.O., N.Z. Dental Corps, is appointed Director of Dental Services, and is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 3rd January, 1934.

Captain I. R. Withell, B.Sc., Regiment of Royal N.Z. Artillery, having returned to New Zealand after completion of a tour of instruction in England, ceases to be seconded, and is appointed Inspecting Ordnance Officer and Ordnance Mechanical Engineer. Dated 18th December, 1933.

Lieutenant S. B. Wallace, B.E., N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps, is appointed Assistant Inspecting Ordnance Officer and Assistant Ordnance Mechanical Engineer, Main Ordnance Depot, Trentham. Dated 12th December, 1933.

N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS.

Sinclair Banks Wallace, B.E., to be Lieutenant. Dated 12th December, 1933.

NELSON-MARLBOROUGH MOUNTED RIFLES.

Major J. F. Potter, v.d., from the Reserve of Officers, Auckland Mounted Rifles, to be Major, with seniority from the 28th November, 1930. Dated 30th November, 1933.

THE WELLINGTON EAST COAST MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant L. J. Bell to be Captain. Dated 5th November, 1933.

THE OTAGO MOUNTED RIFLES.

Norman Latham Berry to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 25th August, 1933.

THE NORTH AUCKLAND MOUNTED RIFLES.

Jack Lee Murdoch to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 8th December, 1933.

REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

The undermentioned Lieutenants are transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b):—

M. G. Rogers. Dated 14th December, 1933.

H. McC. Taylor, Regimental Supernumerary List. Dated 17th December, 1933.

Lieutenant C. M. Gray, The Canterbury Regiment, is attached, and posted to the Southern Artillery Group (St. Andrew’s College Cadets, Artillery Section). Dated 2nd December, 1933.

Edward Mason Luxford to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is posted to the 15th Coast Battery. Dated 24th August, 1933.

THE HAURAKI REGIMENT.

Lieutenant C. M. Gray, Regimental Supernumerary List, is transferred to the Canterbury Regiment. Dated 2nd December, 1933.

THE WELLINGTON REGIMENT.

Lieutenant S. Frickleton, V.C. (Retired List) to be Captain, and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 12th December, 1933.

2nd Lieutenant W. L. Britton, Regimental Supernumerary List, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 5. Dated 21st December, 1933.

THE WELLINGTON WEST COAST REGIMENT.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants, and are posted to the 1st Cadet Battalion. Dated 24th August, 1933:

Richard Lewis Hutchens.

Norman Lindsay Banks.

THE HAWKE’S BAY REGIMENT.

Captain A. C. Rowe, 1st Cadet Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 1. Dated 12th December, 1933.

THE CANTERBURY REGIMENT.

Lieutenant I. S. Gardiner, 1st Cadet Battalion, to be Captain. Dated 24th August, 1933.

Lieutenant C. M. Gray, from the Hauraki Regiment, to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 7th December, 1928, and is attached to the Regiment of N.Z. Artillery. Dated 2nd December, 1933.

The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) are confirmed:—

T. H. McCombs, 4th Cadet Battalion.

C. W. E. Moore, 1st Cadet Battalion.

J. O. Kidson, 4th Cadet Battalion.

THE NELSON, MARLBOROUGH, AND WEST COAST REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant V. G. Mabin, 1st Battalion, to be Lieutenant. Dated 1st October, 1933.

THE OTAGO REGIMENT.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 29th July, 1933:—

E. S. McLean, 1st Battalion.

J. R. Morris, 1st Battalion.

Harvey Taurangi Knight to be 2nd Lieutenant, supernumerary to establishment, and is seconded to the Otago University Medical Company, N.Z.M.C. Dated 1st December, 1933.

THE SOUTHLAND REGIMENT.

The undermentioned Lieutenants, 1st Battalion, to be Captains:—

R. D. Cox. Dated 25th August, 1933.

E. E. S. Clarke. Dated 26th August, 1933.

I. O. Manson. Dated 27th August, 1933.

Arthur James Neil to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 25th August, 1933.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Captain R. Welton-Hogg, M.C., M.B., to be Major. Dated 24th August, 1933.

N.Z. DENTAL CORPS.

Major B. S. Finn, D.S.O., from the Reserve of Officers, to be Major. Dated 3rd January, 1934.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.

Auckland Mounted Rifles.

Major J. F. Potter, v.d., is transferred to the Nelson-Marlborough Mounted Rifles. Dated 30th November, 1933.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Defence.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd January, 1934.

IT 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 respectively opposite his name, viz.:—

Name. District.

John Brennan . . . . Dunedin.

G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.