APRIL 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 979

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 5th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CHARLES LANCELOT HANDCOCK

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Ashburton.

JOHN G. FINDLAY.

Chairman of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 7th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY WILLIAM NORTHCROFT, Esq., S.M.,

to be Chairman of the Licensing Committee for the District of Franklin, vice E. C. Cutten, Esq., S.M.

JOHN G. FINDLAY.

Clerks of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 7th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

DAVID WILLIAM MASON

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Patea, from the 1st day of April, 1909, vice D. Banks ;

FRANK BIRD, Jun.,

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Stratford, from the 1st day of April, 1909, vice D. W. Mason, transferred ;

JAMES STEPHEN PIPE

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Egmont, from the 19th day of March, 1909, vice T. R. W. Philpotts, transferred ; and

Constable JAMES CAHILL

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Bay of Islands, vice Constable T. Cahill.

JOHN G. FINDLAY.

Clerks of Courts, &c., appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 7th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

FRANK BIRD, Jun.,

to be Clerk of the District and Magistrate’s Courts at Stratford, from the 1st day of April, 1909, vice D. W. Mason, transferred ;

JAMES STEPHEN PIPE

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Eltham, from the 19th day of March, 1909, vice T. R. W. Philpotts, transferred ;

LIVINGSTONE BURNS SHAW

to be a cadet in the Supreme and Magistrate’s Courts at Blenheim, from the 1st day of April, 1909, vice P. Corcoran, resigned ;

WILLIAM HENRY FREEMAN

to be a cadet in the Magistrate’s Court at Auckland, from the 20th day of March, 1909 ;

GEORGE GORDON EMPSON

to be a cadet in the Magistrate’s Court at Rotorua, from the 22nd day of March, 1909 ; and

ALFRED ADDISON

to be a cadet in the Supreme, District, and Magistrate’s Courts at New Plymouth, from the 12th day of March, 1909.

JOHN G. FINDLAY.

Member of the Board of Examiners under “The Mining Act, 1908,” appointed.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 5th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS GILMOUR, Esq.,

of Waihi, to be a member of the Board of Examiners under “The Mining Act, 1908,” vice G. S. Clark, Esq., resigned.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Mines.

Inspector of Mines appointed.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 5th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ALEXANDER GILCHRIST MARSHALL, Esq.,

to be an Inspector of Mines, under “The Coal-mines Act, 1908,” for the Westland, Karamea, and Marlborough Mining Districts, as from the 1st April, 1909, vice Robert Tennent, Esq., retired.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Mines.

Inspectors of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 3rd April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable WILLIAM McLENNAN and
Constable ROBERT HENRY MOSS

to be Inspectors under “The Factories Act, 1908.” The appointments are dated the 2nd day of April, 1909.

A. W. HOGG,
Minister of Labour.

Cadet in the Department of Labour appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 5th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

VICTOR RAYMOND BERNARD

to be a cadet in the Department of Labour, as from the 11th day of December, 1908.

A. W. HOGG,
Minister of Labour.

Volunteer Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the promotion of the undermentioned officer :—

Amuri Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Percy John Overton (Captain, New Zealand Militia) to be Captain. Date of commission, 24th February, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 123, (3), amended General Regulation, as published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 38, dated 14th May, 1908, of the following appointments :—

No. 3 Company (Christchurch), Field Ambulance.

Peter Francis Finlayson to be Quartermaster, with rank of Lieutenant. Date of commission, 6th March, 1909.

• Feilding Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Charles Dick to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 11th April, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.