Oct. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2969

Appointment of Consular Agent of the United States of America at Wellington recognized provisionally.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 30th September, 1913.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that he has recognized provisionally the appointment by the Vice-Consul-General of the United States of America at Auckland of

ARTHUR EDWARD WHYTE, Esq.,

as Consular Agent of the United States of America at Wellington.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Clerks of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th October, 1913

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ERNEST WHITE CAVE

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Nelson, vice E. C. Kelling; and

JAMES MCINDOE

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Buller, vice O. E. Bowling, transferred.

A. L. HERDMAN,
Minister of Justice.

Sittings of Magistrates’ Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 8th October, 1913.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THE MAGISTRATES’ COURTHOUSE, situate in VICTORIA QUADRANT, CITY OF AUCKLAND,

to be a place wherein a Magistrates’ Court shall be held, under the provisions of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1908, in lieu of the Courthouse, High Street, City of Auckland, previously appointed.

A. L. HERDMAN,
Minister of Justice.

Visiting Justices appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 7th October, 1913.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ALEXANDER MCARTHUR, Esq., S.M., and
WILLIAM GLENDINNING RIDDELL, Esq.,

to be Visiting Justices to H.M. Prison at Wellington.

A. L. HERDMAN,
Minister of Justice.

Appointment of a Transmitting and Receiving Officer for the Service of Notices by Telegraph.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 7th October, 1913.

IN pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), and by the regulations made on the 25th March, 1895, and the 13th June, 1904, under the Electric Lines Act, 1884, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 4th April, 1895, and the 16th June, 1904, respectively, the following officer, at the address set against his name, is hereby appointed Transmitting and Receiving Officer for the purpose of dealing with all notices by telegraph sent under the said Act or regulations, and of signing such certificates in relation to the service of any such notices as are required or authorized to be signed or given under the said Act or the regulations aforesaid:—

CUMMING, STEPHEN, Postmaster, Masterton.

R. HEATON RHODES,
Minister of Telegraphs.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Territorial Force Officers.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 30th September, 1913.

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

4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) to be 2nd Lieutenants:—

Lennox Murray Petrie.
George Walter Horn.

New Zealand Field Artillery.

Lieutenant John Robert Thomas Slipper is transferred to the Unattached List (b). Dated 4th September, 1913.

Corps of New Zealand Engineers.

(New Zealand Mounted Signal Troops and Divisional Signal Companies.)

Lieutenant John Holdsworth Smith is dismissed from the Defence Forces, under section 5 (a), Part I, of the Defence Act, 1909, his services being no longer required. Dated 15th September, 1913.

1st (Canterbury) Regiment.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) to be 2nd Lieutenants:—

John Lawson Turnbull.
Edward Harvey Stacpoole Batchelor.
Herbert Schack Mackworth Hartle.
Harry Marshall Wright.
Reginald Seymour Phelps Hopkins.

2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment.

Lieutenant David Grant to be Captain, to complete establishment. Dated 18th February, 1913.

7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant William Beaumont Hart resigns his commission. Dated 25th August, 1913.

16th (Waikato) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Eric John Freeland Fraser to be 2nd Lieutenant.

New Zealand Medical Corps.

Robert Walter Edgar, M.B., to be Lieutenant. Dated 13th September, 1913.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.

The undermentioned to be Salvation Army Chaplains (4th Class). Dated 30th September, 1913.

William Joshia Hoare.
Andrew Gray.
Harry Haywood.
David Gunn.

Unattached List (b).

(Senior Cadets.)

Lieutenant John Robert Thomas Slipper, from the New Zealand Field Artillery, to be Lieutenant, with seniority next below Lieutenant Andrew Parkhill. Dated 4th September, 1913.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants resign their commissions:—

Herbert Louis Thomas. Dated 8th August, 1913.
Francis Shaw Hood. Dated 3rd September, 1913.
Arthur Edward Billcliffe (on probation). Dated 9th September, 1913.
Lieutenant (on probation) Alfred Phelps Hopkins to be Lieutenant.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) to be 2nd Lieutenants:—

Alan Clifford Rout.
Arthur Just.
William Henry Burgess.

New Zealand Forces Motor Reserve of Officers.

(Otago Section.)

Frank Edward Addison to be Lieutenant. Dated 30th September, 1913.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.