SEPT. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2795

Public Auditor appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 19th September, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CHARLES DASH,

of Waimate, as a Public Auditor under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act, 1908.

A. L. HERDMAN,
Minister of Stamp Duties.

Sittings of Magistrate’s Court, &c., appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 25th September, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THE WAIPAPAKAURI HALL, Waipapakauri,

to be a place wherein a Magistrate’s Court shall be held under the provisions of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1908; and

Constable WILLIAM SEFTON

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Waipapakauri, from the 1st day of October, 1908.

A. L. HERDMAN,
Minister of Justice.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 25th September, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY GEORGE ELL

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

A. L. HERDMAN,
Minister of Justice.

Appointment of Launch-master.

Department of Tourist and Health Resorts,
Wellington, 24th September, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ALFRED WARBRICK

(at present a temporary officer) to be a Launch-master in the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts. The appointment to date from the 1st October, 1912.

R. HEATON RHODES.

Appointment of Bath-attendants.

Department of Tourist and Health Resorts,
Wellington, 24th September, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

SAMUEL KIBBLEWHITE,
THOMAS HANNAH,
HANNAH HANNAH

(at present temporary officers), to be Bath-attendants in the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts. The appointments to date from the 1st October, 1912.

R. HEATON RHODES.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 18th September, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, and transfers of the undermentioned New Zealand Staff Corps and Territorial Force Officers:—

New Zealand Staff Corps.

Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Walter Harry Meddings, late Adjutant, 12th (Nelson) Regiment, and Officer in Charge, No. 12 Area-group, to be Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General, Canterbury Military District, vice Potter, transferred. Dated 1st July, 1912.

Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Robert Saxton Matthews, late Staff Officer for Senior Cadets, Auckland District, to be Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General, Auckland Military District, vice Carpenter, retired. Dated 1st March, 1912.

Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Nathaniel William Benjamin Butler Thoms, late Staff Officer for Senior Cadets, Otago District, to be Officer in Charge, No. 13 Area-group. Dated 1st April, 1912.

Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Harry Stuart Norton Robinson, late Staff Officer for Senior Cadets, Wellington District, to be Officer in Charge, No. 6 Area-group. Dated 1st April, 1912.

Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Victor Albert Kelsall, late Staff Officer for Senior Cadets, Canterbury District, to be Officer in Charge, No. 9 Area-group. Dated 1st April, 1912.

Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Alfred Charles Cornwallis Stevens, late Staff Officer for Junior Cadets, to be Officer in Charge, No. 8 Area-group. Dated 16th August, 1912.

The above-named officers will retain the temporary rank of Captain whilst employed as shown above.

5th Mounted Rifles (Otago Hussars).

Lieutenant Thomas Joseph Dowling resigns his commission. Dated 1st August, 1912.

9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles.

Lieutenant Selwyn Chambers to be Captain. Dated 22nd July, 1912.

Corporal Augustine Georgetti to be 2nd Lieutenant, supernumerary to the establishment. Dated 9th September, 1912.

12th (Otago) Mounted Rifles.

Acting-Sergeant Charles Fitzroy Overton to be 2nd Lieutenant, to complete establishment. Dated 9th September, 1912.

New Zealand Field Artillery.

Lindo Saul Levien to be Lieutenant. Dated 3rd May, 1912.

New Zealand Garrison Artillery.

Colonel Honourable James Allen, M.P., T.D. (Coast Defence Commander), is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 20th July, 1912.

The notice published in New Zealand Gazette dated 20th June, 1912, relative to the transfer of Captain William Hobbard Morton, is hereby cancelled.

Captain William Hobbard Morton to be Major. Dated 16th May, 1911.

Major William Hobbard Morton is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 28th February, 1912.

Lieutenant Francis D’Oyley Mears resigns his commission. Dated 22nd August, 1912.

Corps of New Zealand Engineers.

Lieutenant Frederick Joseph Williams, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant. Dated 9th September, 1912.

3rd (Auckland) Regiment (“Countess of Ranfurly’s Own”).

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants, supernumerary to the establishment. Dated 5th August, 1912:—

Sergeant Colin Fraser.
Sergeant George Harry Woolley.