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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 100

Native Interpreter appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 5th September, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HOWARD ROACH, of Otaki,

to act as a licensed Native Interpreter of the First Grade, under the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations made thereunder.

W. H. HERRIES,
Native Minister.

Inspector of Stone-quarries appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 9th September, 1914.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service:—

RICHARD FORSTER

to be an Inspector of Stone-quarries under the Stone-quarries Act, 1910, as from the 1st September, 1914; vice E. Gould, resigned.

A. J. H. BENGE,
Secretary

Registrars of Births, Deaths, and Marriages appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner.
Wellington, 9th September, 1914.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service:—

HENRY GEORGE EHU CLIFFORD

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the District of Mercer, as from 1st October, 1914; and

WILLIAM COSTER

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the District of Pukekohe, as from 1st October, 1914.

A. J. H. BENGE,
Secretary.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 8th September, 1914.

IT is hereby notified that

CHARLES KRIPPNER EDWARDS

has been appointed to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Otorohanga.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1914.—Notice No. 31.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 8th September, 1914.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.

The Reverend FRANCIS HENRY BARING.
" GEORGE W. KELLY.
" KENNETH EDWARD MACLEAN, B.A.
" WILLIAM MONTGOMERIE WATERS.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

Temporary Appointments of Officers of the Staff, New Zealand Staff Corps, and Territorial Force during Absence from New Zealand of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 8th September, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned temporary appointments of officers of the Staff, New Zealand Staff Corps, and Territorial Force, during the absence from New Zealand of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (1914).

Commands and Staff.

Colonel Alfred William Robin, C.B., C.M.G., t.d., New Zealand Staff Corps, Quartermaster-General to the Forces, to command the New Zealand Military Forces.

Captain Frank Hudson, New Zealand Staff Corps, from the General Staff at Headquarters, to be Assistant Military Secretary and Aide-de-Camp to the Commandant, New Zealand Military Forces.

Captain Annesley Craven Robinson, Army Service Corps, from Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport, to be Inspector of Army Service Corps.

The undermentioned are attached to the General Staff at Headquarters:—

Lieutenant William Brouncker Powlett Thring, Royal New Zealand Artillery.

2nd Lieutenant Edward Purdon, New Zealand Staff Corps; and is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant while so employed.

Major Herbert Edward Pilkington, Royal New Zealand Artillery, from Assistant Adjutant-General, to be Adjutant-General to the Forces.

Colonel James Robert Purdy, M.B., t.d., Honorary Physician to His Excellency the Governor, Reserve of Officers, New Zealand Medical Corps, to be Director of Medical Services. Dated 27th August, 1914.

Captain (temporary Major) William Leo Robinson, New Zealand Staff Corps, from Assistant Quartermaster-General in a district, to be an Assistant Quartermaster-General at Headquarters, and to retain the temporary rank of Major while so employed.

The undermentioned to command districts:—

Colonel Joseph Cowie Nichols, v.d., A.D.C., Commander Otago Mounted Rifles Brigade. Dated 18th August, 1914.

Colonel Robert Ward Tate, Commander Wellington Infantry Brigade. Dated 21st August, 1914.

Colonel Charles Thomas Major, D.S.O., Commander Auckland Infantry Brigade. Dated 10th August, 1914.

The undermentioned to be General Staff Officers in districts, and are granted the temporary rank of Major while so employed. Dated 12th August, 1914:—

Captain Daniel Aloysius Hickey, D.S.O., New Zealand Staff Corps.

Captain Wilson Cameron Morrison, New Zealand Staff Corps.

Captain William Charles Finnis, New Zealand Staff Corps.

The undermentioned to be Assistant Quartermasters-General in districts, and are granted the temporary rank of Major while so employed. Dated 12th August, 1914:—

Captain Samuel Alexander Grant, New Zealand Staff Corps.

Captain James Edgecumbe Barton, New Zealand Staff Corps.

Lieutenant Gordon James Rust (Unattached List (b)), to command an Area Group, and is granted the temporary rank of Captain while so employed.

New Zealand Staff Corps.

Colonel Alfred William Robin, C.B., C.M.G., t.d., Quartermaster General to the Forces, to command the New Zealand Military Forces.

Captain Frank Hudson, from the General Staff at Headquarters, to be Assistant Military Secretary and Aide-de-Camp to the Commandant, New Zealand Military Forces.

Captain (temporary Major) William Leo Robinson, from Assistant Quartermaster-General in a district, to be an Assistant Quartermaster-General at Headquarters, and to retain the temporary rank of Major while so employed.

2nd Lieutenant Edward Purdon is attached to the General Staff at Headquarters, and is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant while so employed.

The undermentioned to be General Staff Officers in districts, and are granted the temporary rank of Major while so employed:—

Captain Daniel Aloysius Hickey, D.S.O.

Captain William Cameron Morrison.

Captain William Charles Finnis.

The undermentioned to be Assistant Quartermasters-General in districts, and are granted the temporary rank of Major while so employed:—

Captain Samuel Alexander Grant.

Captain James Edgecumbe Barton.

Royal New Zealand Artillery.

Major Herbert Edward Pilkington, from Assistant Adjutant-General, to be Adjutant-General to the Forces.

Lieutenant William Brouncker Powlett Thring is attached to the General Staff at Headquarters.