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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 19

Registrar of Supreme Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th February, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ALFRED CROOKE, Esq., S.M.,

to be Registrar of the Supreme Court at New Plymouth, from the 10th day of February, 1912, vice H. S. Fitzherbert, deceased.

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Justice.

Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, licensed.

The Treasury, New Zealand,
Friendly Societies Office,
Wellington, 19th February, 1912.

IN pursuance of the 10th section of the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to license

GEORGE GODFREY TAYLOR,

of Pahiatua, to act as a Public Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

Cadets appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 26th February, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to sanction the appointment of the following cadets :-

LEONARD GRAY TUCK

to be a Cadet in the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Stamps at Christchurch, as from the 16th February, 1912;

WILLIAM FREDERICK SEPTON and
JAMES FREDERICK MONTAGUE

to be Cadets in the office of the District Land Registrar at Auckland, as from the 5th February, 1912; and

HORACE JOHN ALDRED TWINING

to be a Cadet in same office as from the 1st March, 1912.

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Stamp Duties.

Inspector of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 28th February, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM RAPLEY

to be an Inspector under the Factories Act, 1908. The appointment is dated the 20th day of February, 1912.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

Officer dismissed.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office,
Wellington, 20th February, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to dismiss from the public service

KENNETH MCLEOD,

lately a Telegraph Message-boy at Ellerslie.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
For Postmaster-General.

Special Inspector at Messrs. Dimock and Co.'s Slaughter-house at Ngahauranga, and Inspector under the Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1908, appointed.—Notice No. 1584.

Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists,
Wellington, 26th February, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM GEE TAYLOR, M.R.C.V.S.,

to be a Special Inspector in terms of section 33 of the Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1908, at Messrs. Dimock and Co.'s slaughterhouse at Ngahauranga, and an Inspector for the purposes of the Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1908; the appointments to date from 16th January, 1912.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister of Agriculture and of Industries and Commerce.

Cadet appointed.—Notice No. 1585.

Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists
Wellington, 26th February, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WARD HOWARD UDY

to be a Cadet in the Civil Service of the Government of New Zealand (Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists); the appointment to date from 15th February, 1912.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister of Agriculture and of Industries and Commerce.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, Retirements, and Transfers of New Zealand Staff Corps and Territorial Force Officers.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 27th February, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, retirements, and transfers of the undermentioned Staff and Territorial Force Officers :-

Staff.

Lieutenant Arthur Cunliffe Bernard Critchley-Salmonson, Royal Munster Fusiliers, is granted the temporary rank of Captain in the Army whilst employed with the New Zealand Military Forces. Dated 5th February, 1912.

Captain Arthur Cunliffe Bernard Critchley-Salmonson, Royal Munster Fusiliers, to be an Instructor in Infantry Duties. Dated 21st December, 1911.

The undermentioned officers, on completion of their period of probation, have been confirmed in their appointments :-

2nd Lieutenant Thomas Martin Wilkes.

,, Robert Gleadow Purdy.

,, William Wallace Allison Burn.

,, Arthur Harry Piper.

Edward Patrick Coady, Esq., to be Assistant Director of Equipment and Stores, with the honorary rank of Lieutenant, vice Silver, transferred for service under the Director of Ordnance. (Dated 14th August, 1911.

1st Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry).

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Heaton Rhodes is granted an extension of his period of command to the 4th December, 1913.

2nd (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles.

The undermentioned Lieutenants resign their commissions :-

William Knapp Francis. Dated 16th October, 1911.

Thomas Abraham Harris. Dated 13th January, 1912.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :-

William Torrie Joll, vice Francis, resigned. Dated 16th October, 1911.

Richard Feaver, vice Harris, resigned. Dated 13th January, 1912.

Lieutenant Frederick Johnston, from the Unattached List (b), to be Quartermaster. Dated 12th February, 1912.

Supernumerary 2nd Lieutenant William Risk is absorbed into the establishment, vice Joll, promoted.

3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles.

2nd Lieutenant Harold Leslie Beecroft resigns his commission. Dated 30th December, 1911.

4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles.

Lieutenant-Colonel Allen Bell resigns his commission. Dated 12th February, 1912.

Supernumerary Lieutenant-Colonel Gerard Arnold Ward to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Bell, resigned. Dated 12th February, 1912.

5th Mounted Rifles (Otago Hussars).

Corporal Preston Logan to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 12th February, 1912.

7th (Southland) Mounted Rifles.

2nd Lieutenant John Oswald Webber, from the 8th (South Canterbury) Mounted Rifles, to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 12th February, 1912.