JULY 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1451

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 28th June, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned gentlemen to be Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts respectively opposite their names, viz.:

Name. District.
DAVID SAUNDERS GOODGER Arrow.
(On and from the 1st July, 1902.)
WILLIAM SOUNESS.. Pongaroa.
(On and from the 16th July, 1902.)
ALBERT THOMAS HANCOCK Castlepoint.
(On and from the 16th July, 1902.)

J. G. WARD.

Registrars of Electors, Wanganui and Napier Electoral Districts, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 28th June, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM EDWARD GOFFE

to be Registrar of Electors under “The Electoral Act, 1893,” for the Electoral District of Wanganui, vice C. A. Barton; also to appoint

JOHN PARKER

to be Registrar of Electors under the said Act for the Electoral District of Napier.

Appointments to date from 1st July, 1902.

J. G. WARD.

Chairman of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st July, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT LOFTUS STANFORD, Esq., S.M.,

to be Chairman of the Licensing Committee for the District of Taranaki, vice H. W. Brabant, Esq., S.M., resigned.

JAS. McGOWAN.

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st July, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOSEPH MARTIN RODGERS

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Rangitikei, vice C. E. Halcombe, resigned.

JAS. McGOWAN.

Cadets appointed.

Government Insurance Department,
Wellington, 24th June, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN WILLIAM FAIRFAX NORRIE,
GORDON BLACKWELL,
ARCHER EDWARD BURGE,
JOHN WILLIAM MACDONALD, and
IDA LOUISA O’REILLY

to be Cadets in the Government Insurance Department. The appointments to date from 25th April, 1902, 30th April, 1902, 1st May, 1902, 12th May, 1902, and 17th May, 1902, respectively.

W. C. WALKER.

Militia Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th June, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned appointment:

New Zealand Militia.

Sidney Smith to be Lieutenant (since deceased). Commission to date from 28th December, 1901.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Award of Imperial Meritorious Service Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th June, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under the Royal Warrant dated 31st May, 1895, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 30, of 28th April, 1898, of the award of the Imperial Meritorious Service Medal to

No. 156, Sergeant ALFRED GEORGE WITHERS, No. 1 Company New Zealand Permanent Force.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th June, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned appointment:

Maniototo Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

The Reverend George William Christian to be Honorary Chaplain. Commission to date from 17th May, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th June, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned appointment:

Hawera Rifle Volunteers.

Charles Edwin Major to be Captain. Commission to date from 4th September, 1901.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th June, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned appointment:

Woodville Rifle Volunteers.

Henry Palmer Horne to be Lieutenant. Commission to date from 5th December, 1900.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th June, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned appointment:

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.

William Aloysius Coulon to be Surgeon-Captain. Commission to date from 27th March, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Honorary Volunteer Officer transferred.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th June, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following transfer and appointment:

Honorary Chaplain FRANK GEORGE EVANS, Taranaki Rifle Volunteers, to be Honorary Chaplain of the 4th Battalion, Wellington (Taranaki) Rifle Volunteers, as from 16th April, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th June, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned appointment:

Hauraki Rifle Volunteers.

The Reverend Joseph Smoult Smalley to be Honorary Chaplain. Commission to date from 7th May, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

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