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Captain A. P. McCormack, N.Z. Staff Corps, relinquishes
the appointment of Adjutant, 1st Battalion, The Otago
Regiment, is appointed Assistant Area Officer, No. 11
Area, and retains the appointment of Adjutant, The
Otago University Medical Company, N.Z.M.C., Dunedin.
Dated 9th January, 1940.
Lieutenant W. C. T. Foley, N.Z. Staff Corps, relinquishes
the Appointment of Assistant Area Officer, No. 11 Area,
and is appointed Adjutant, 1st Battalion, The Otago
Regiment, and Dunedin Company, The New Zealand
Scottish Regiment, Dunedin. Dated 9th January, 1940.

N.Z. TEMPORARY STAFF.

Captain S. Mellows, M.B.E., Retired List, to be Captain,
and is attached to the Staff of the Director of Supplies
and Transport, Army Headquarters, Wellington. Dated
31st October, 1939.
Captain M. W. Horton, Retired List, to be Captain, and
is appointed Transport Shipping Officer, Wellington.
Dated 12th December, 1939.

THE CANTERBURY YEOMANRY CAVALRY.

Major L. R. C. Macfarlane, M.C., V.D., is granted the
temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 12th
December, 1939.

REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Lieutenant J. D. Hutchison, from the Reserve of Officers,
to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 15th January,
1939, and is posted to the 9th Field Battery. Dated
16th January, 1940.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temporary)
and are posted to the 13th Heavy Battery. Dated 11th
January, 1940 :

James Bruce Elliot.
Gordon Edward Price.
John William Easteal.
Evan Murray Prichard.

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

Captain W. H. Fortune, from the Reserve of Officers, to
be Captain, with seniority from 17th September, 1935,
and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 4th January,
1940.

THE HAURAKI REGIMENT.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temporary)
and are posted to the 1st Battalion :-

Clarence Leslie Burton. Dated 9th December, 1939.
Selwin Dave Bridge. Dated 10th December, 1939.

THE WELLINGTON REGIMENT (CITY OF WELLINGTON'S OWN).

Alfred James Eggo to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster,
and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 17th January,
1940.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temporary)
and are posted to the 1st Battalion :-

Ian Thomas Galloway. Dated 17th December, 1939.
David Claverley Williams. Dated 18th December, 1939.
Sidney Maxwell Hope. Dated 19th December, 1939.
John Graham Buckleton. Dated 20th December, 1939.
John Douglas Barclay. Dated 21st December, 1939.
Guy Alexander Wylie. Dated 22nd December, 1939.
James Roderick George Jack. Dated 23rd December,
1939.
Paul Chambers Anderson. Dated 24th December, 1939.

THE NEW ZEALAND SCOTTISH REGIMENT.

Captain E. J. Thomson, Christchurch Company, is granted
the temporary rank of Major. Dated 29th August, 1939.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temporary)
and are posted to the Wellington Company :-

Thomas Brackenridge Hewitt. Dated 17th December,
1939.
Edwin John Bull. Dated 18th December, 1939.
Thomas Arthur Harpur. Dated 19th December, 1939.
Fred Norman Gibbons. Dated 20th December, 1939.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants and are posted to
Central Military District (unattached) :-

Bruce Clarkson Rennie, M.B., Ch.B. Dated 13th January,
1940.
Humphrey James Barnicoat, M.B., Ch.B. Dated 15th
January, 1940.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Rev. James Francis Henley to be Chaplain, 4th Class
(Roman Catholic), Area 11. Dated 17th January, 1940.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.

Supplementary List.

The undermentioned officers are appointed to the Reserve
of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 18th January,
1940:-

Major J. H. Herrold, D.S.O. (late N.Z.E.F.).
Lieutenant C. A. Head (late N.Z. Army Pay Department).

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,

Wellington, 13th February, 1940.

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.
Patrick Leo Lynch .. .. Ashburton.
Frederick George Coates .. Aorere.
Harold James Smith .. Wellington (at
Kilbirnie).*
Charles Collins .. .. Stewart Island.
Frederick Griffiths .. .. Coromandel.

• Births and Deaths only.

G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 14th February, 1940.

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

Donald James McKenzie,
to be an Inspector of Machinery for the purposes of the
Inspection of Machinery Act, 1928, and a Surveyor of Ships
for the purposes of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908,
as from the 4th day of January, 1940.

William Murray Fraser,
to be Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer for the
Electoral District of Westland for the purposes of the
Electoral Act, 1927, and its amendments, and Returning
Officer for the Westland Licensing District for the purposes
of the Licensing Act, 1908, and its amendments, as from the
23rd day of January, 1940.

George Stanley Lambert, M.Sc.,
to be a Gas Examiner for the purposes of the Board of Trade
(Gas) Regulations, 1924, as from the 25th day of January,
1940.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 14th February, 1940.

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

Charles Collins,
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at
Halfmoon Bay, as from the 29th day of January, 1940.

Kate Elizabeth Cole (Mrs.),
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at
Torere, as from the 2nd day of October, 1939.

Frederick Griffiths,
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at
Coromandel, as from the 19th day of August, 1939.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.