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THE AUCKLAND REGIMENT (COUNTRESS OF RANFURLY'S
OWN).
John Sherwood Tomlinson to be 2nd Lieutenant and is
posted to the 1st Battalion, with seniority next below
2nd Lieutenant L. N. Wallace. Dated 1st December,
1938.
Gordon Noel Utting to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
and is posted to the 4th Cadet Battalion. Dated
1st March, 1939.
Henry Owen Ingram to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
and is posted to the 2nd Cadet Battalion. Dated
31st March, 1939.

THE WELLINGTON REGIMENT (CITY OF WELLINGTON'S
OWN).
The undermentioned are transferred to the New
Zealand Scottish Regiment. Dated 4th April, 1939:-
Captain A. H. Maciver, 1st Battalion.
Lieutenant I. E. Duff, 1st Battalion.

THE TARANAKI REGIMENT.
The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants.
Dated 28th August, 1938:-
R. L. Hains, Regimental Depot.
M. McNeill-Adams, Regimental Depot.
R. Gwyn, seconded 2nd Composite Battalion.
Lieutenant D. G. Sherson, 2nd Cadet Battalion, resigns
his commission. Dated 3rd April, 1939.

THE CANTERBURY REGIMENT.
Lieutenant T. H. McDonald, 3rd Cadet Battalion, is
posted to the Retired List with permission to retain
his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated
24th March, 1939.
William Grant Quirk to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
and is posted to the 5th Cadet Battalion. Dated 15th
March, 1939.

THE NELSON, MARLBOROUGH, AND WEST COAST REGIMENT.
2nd Lieutenant J. R. Dagger, 3rd Cadet Battalion, is
transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b),
Area 9. Dated 30th March, 1939.

THE OTAGO REGIMENT.
James Fyfe Baker to be 2nd Lieutenant and is posted
to the Regimental Depot. Dated 1st March, 1939.

THE NEW ZEALAND SCOTTISH REGIMENT.
Captain E. J. Thomson, from the Reserve of Officers,
The Otago Regiment, to be Captain, with seniority
from 4th September, 1935, and is posted to the
Christchurch Company. Dated 29th March, 1939.
Captain A. H. Maciver, from The Wellington Regiment
(City of Wellington's Own), to be Captain, with
seniority from 3rd October, 1937, and is posted to
the Wellington Company. Dated 4th April, 1939.
Lieutenant I. E. Duff, from The Wellington Regiment
(City of Wellington's Own), to be Lieutenant, with
seniority from 1st January, 1938, and is posted to
the Wellington Company. Dated 4th April, 1939.

N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS.
Captain F. J. McWhinnie, 2nd Composite Company,
resigns his commission on appointment to a commission
in the Royal N.Z. Air Force. Dated 15th February,
1939.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.
Lieutenant-Colonel J. W. Craven, M.C., T.D., M.D.
(Reserve of Officers, Royal Army Medical Corps
(T.A.)), to be Lieutenant-Colonel, with seniority from
14th September, 1937, and is transferred to the Reserve
of Officers, Northern Military District. Dated 24th
February, 1939.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.
The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own).
Lieutenant W. A. E. Leonard resigns his commission.
Dated 28th March, 1939.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 25

Members of Christchurch Domain Board appointed.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 11th April, 1939.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance
of section 4 of the Christchurch Domains Amendment
Act, 1913, been pleased to appoint-
George Waldemar Skellerup,
Terence Henderson McCombs, M.P., and
Sydney Arthur Orchard
to be members of the Christchurch Domain Board.
W. LEE MARTIN,
For the Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. I/562.)

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 18th April, 1939.
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.
Richard Lane Halke ... Opotiki.
Francis Geoffrey Robb ... Popotuna.
John Dewar ... Paparoa.
Anthony Roy Tucker ... Porangahau.
Alexander Stevenson ... Duntroon.
John Thomas Boyle ... Mount Benger
(at Millers' Flat).*
Noble Jones ... Naseby.
Alexander Wallace Swap ... Te Awamutu.
Douglas Will Holley ... Halcombe.

• Births and Deaths only.
  G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service.
Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 19th April, 1939.
THE Public Service Commissioner has made the
following appointments in the Public Service:-
John Erskine McIlwaine, M.R.C.V.S.,
to be the Registrar of Stallions for the purposes of the
Stallions Act, 1938, as from the 1st day of April, 1939.
Charles Victor Dayus, M.R.C.V.S.,
Walter Turner Collins, M.R.C.V.S.,
William Dunn Blair, M.R.C.V.S.,
David Marshall, M.R.C.V.S.,
John Danskin, M.R.C.V.S.,
Edwin Eli Elphick, M.R.C.V.S.,
Edgar Jabez Lukey, B.V.Sc., L.V.Sc.,
Thomas Henry Hankin, B.V.Sc., M.R.C.V.S.,
Archie Bayly, M.R.C.V.S.,
John Mullins, M.R.C.V.S., and
Henry Doyle, M.R.C.V.S.,
Alan Daniel Mackinlay Gordon Laing, M.R.C.V.S.,
to be Examiners of Stallions for the purposes of the
Stallions Act, 1938, as from the 1st day of April, 1939.
John Paisley Mahon,
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births
and Deaths for the District of Waipukurau, as from
the 1st day of April, 1939.
Thomas James Quayle,
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District
of Hutt, as from the 14th day of March, 1939.
Mervyn Winston Albert Lea,
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births
and Deaths for the District of Waitahuna, as from
the 25th day of March, 1939.
John Beattie,*
to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Health Act, 1920,
and an officer for the purposes of the Sale of Food and Drugs
Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of February, 1939.

• Amending entry in New Zealand Gazette No. 13 of 2nd March, 1939.
  page 324.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.