Oct. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3889

Postmaster appointed for the Island of Pukapuka.

Cook Islands Administration Department,
Wellington, 27th October, 1914.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHNSTONE DYER, Esquire,

to be Postmaster for the Island of Pukapuka.

M. POMARE,
Minister in Charge.

Acting Resident Agent appointed for the Island of Mauke.

Cook Islands Administration Department,
Wellington, 27th October, 1914.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY JOSEPH BRIAN MORRIS, Esquire,

to be Acting Resident Agent for the Island of Mauke.

M. POMARE,
Minister in Charge.

Acting Postmaster appointed for the Island of Mauke.

Cook Islands Administration Department,
Wellington, 27th October, 1914.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY JOSEPH BRIAN MORRIS, Esquire,

to be Acting Postmaster for the Island of Mauke.

M. POMARE,
Minister in Charge.

Inspectors, Agriculture Department, appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 27th October, 1914.

T HE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service :—

MEADE, RICHARD HAROLD,

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1908, and Stock Act, 1908, as from 1st October, 1914.

ALEXANDER, WILLIAM, as from 1st August, 1913,
WILSON, JAMES PETER, as from 19th August, 1914,
PICKERING, CHARLES AUGUSTUS, as from 1st October 1914,
GRANT, LEONARD JAMES BARTON, as from 22nd July, 1914,
DOWNING, REGINALD JOHN, as from 19th June, 1914,

to be Inspectors for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908, and the Fertilizers Act, 1908.

A. J. H. BENGE,
Secretary.

Inspectors of Scaffolding appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 27th October, 1914.

T HE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service :—

Barton, Frederick
Bolland, Richard Alfred
Brown, James
Fielder, Thomas George
Gresham, Hugh
Jackson, John

Lightfoot, George Henry
Moston, Henry Ernest
Slaughter, William
Stringer, Edwin James Gilbert
Torbit, Henry James
Tyson, Samuel

to be Inspectors of Scaffolding, under the Scaffolding Inspection Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of October, 1914.

A. J. H. BENGE,
Secretary.

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, and Retirements of Officers of the New Zealand Staff Corps, R.N.Z.A., and Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 23rd October, 1914.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, transfers, and retirements of the undermentioned officers of the New Zealand Staff Corps, Royal New Zealand Artillery, and Territorial Force Officers :—

New Zealand Staff Corps.

Lieutenant Reginald Miles is transferred to the Regiment of Royal New Zealand Artillery. Dated 16th August, 1914.
Lieutenant Christopher Carrington is transferred to the Regiment of Royal New Zealand Artillery. Dated 16th August, 1914.

The Regiment of Royal New Zealand Artillery.

Lieutenant Reginald Miles, from the New Zealand Staff Corps, to be Lieutenant. Dated 16th August, 1914.
Lieutenant Christopher Carrington, from the New Zealand Staff Corps, to be Lieutenant. Dated 16th August, 1914.
Regimental Sergeant-major James Burberry (W.O.) to be Honorary Lieutenant. Dated 16th October, 1914.

3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles.

Sergeant William Titley Palmer to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 21st September, 1914.

9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles.

Sergeant John Donald Kay Strang to be 2nd Lieutenant, supernumerary to establishment. Dated 21st September, 1914.

11th (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles.

2nd Lieutenant Alexander Cameron Monteith Finlayson to be Lieutenant, vice Mackesy, promoted. Dated 12th September, 1913.

12th (Otago) Mounted Rifles.

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants :—
2nd Lieutenant Gordon Ross Mitchell, vice Wayte, promoted. Dated 5th October, 1913.
2nd Lieutenant Eric Arthur Scott, vice Graham, resigned. Dated 23rd March, 1914.

New Zealand Field Artillery.

Captain Erima Harvey Northcroft to be Major, to complete establishment. Dated 18th June, 1914.
Lieutenant Leslie Miles is transferred to the Unattached List (a). Dated 14th September, 1914.

Corps of New Zealand Engineers.

Lieutenant Walter Edward Kiddey, from Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant, supernumerary to establishment. Dated 28th August, 1914.

Divisional Signal Companies.

Sergeant Alan Aldrich Dignan to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), supernumerary to establishment. Dated 21st September, 1914.

New Zealand Railway Battalions.

Lieutenant Cyril George Hedge to be Staff Officer (temporarily) to the Director of Railway Transport, and is granted the temporary rank of Captain during the absence of Captain Percy St. John Keenan (Staff Officer to Director of Railway Transport), while employed with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1914. Dated 5th August, 1914.

New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps.

Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant Dugald Macdonald Robertson resigns his appointment as Quartermaster (South Island Battalion). Dated 18th March, 1913.
Dugald Macdonald Robertson to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 18th March, 1913.
2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Dugald Macdonald Robertson is transferred to the 1st (Canterbury) Regiment. Dated 1st September, 1914.
William Richard Wakelin to be Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant (South Island Battalion), vice Robertson. Dated 18th March, 1913.
2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Harold James Drummond Sheldon is transferred to the Unattached List (b). Dated 10th December, 1913.

The undermentioned to be Honorary Lieutenants. Dated 5th August, 1914 :—
Palmer Otto Spry.
John Llewellyn Davies.

1st (Canterbury) Regiment.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 12th September, 1914 :—
Company Sergeant-major David George Napier.
Sergeant Henry Morton Foster.
Corporal Sydney Gordon Bowron.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Dugald Macdonald Robertson, from the Corps of New Zealand Engineers (New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps), to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 1st September, 1914.