APRIL 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1351

Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner, Wellington, 30th March, 1914.

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

A. J. H. BENGE,
Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 1st April, 1914.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons have been appointed to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz. :—

Name. District.
JOSEPH VICTOR DOWLING Weber.
ALEXANDER DUNCAN DANIEL MCKAY Waipu.
FRANCIS VICTOR HODGE Pleasant Point.
ARTHUR NAYLOR Owhango.
CHRISTOPHER WARD Woodville.
WALTER WILLIAM MOORE Huntly.
ALEXANDER ROSS GILMER Ahaura
PHILIP JOHN BOND .. Orepuki.
DAVID POLLOCK PORTEOUS Levin.
JOHN JAMES FRANCIS KELLY.. Kawakawa.
EDWARD ARTHUR STEPHEN Granity.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

Resignation and Appointment of Officers, New Zealand Staff Corps.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 27th March, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following resignation and appointment :—

New Zealand Staff Corps.

2nd Lieutenant Arthur Harry Piper resigns his Commission. Dated 23rd March, 1914.

Staff Sergeant-Major (W.O.) John Henry Grover, Permanent Staff, to be Lieutenant. Dated 23rd March, 1914.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 25th March, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of a Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

DAVID JOHN HUTCHISON, late No. 178, Colour-Sergeant, 12th (Nelson) Regiment,

he having a total service to the 3rd May, 1911, entitling him thereto, of twenty-one years and seventy days.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 25th March, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of a Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration to

Major JAMES EDWARD BATTEN, 7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment,

he having a total rank and Commissioned service to the 9th March, 1914, entitling him thereto of twenty years two hundred and ninety-one days.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Acceptance of services of a Defence Rifle Club.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 19th March, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept under section 43 (1) and (2) of the Defence Act, 1909, the services of the

Martinborough Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Martinborough, Wellington Military District. Date of acceptance, 19th March, 1914.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 19th March, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of a Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

Major WILLIAM GEORGE ASHWORTH, 6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles,

he having a total service to the 18th February, 1914, entitling him thereto of twenty-one years two hundred and two days.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Acceptance of services of a Defence Rifle Club.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 19th March, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under section 43 (1) and (2) of the Defence Act, 1909, the services of the

Clinton Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Clinton, Otago Military District. Date of acceptance, 19th March, 1914.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Letters of Naturalization issued.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington. 31st March, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalization, under the Aliens Act, 1908, in favour of the undermentioned persons :—

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Applications invited for the Position of District Health Officer, Department of Public Health, Dunedin.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 30th March, 1914.

1. APPLICATIONS will be received up to noon on the 24th April, 1914, for the position of District Health Officer, Department of Public Health, Hospitals, and Charitable Aid at Dunedin.

2. Applications must be addressed to the Secretary to the Public Service Commissioner, Wellington, and must embrace a statement of education and experience, particulars of age, &c.

3. Applicants must be duly qualified medical practitioners and the holders of diplomas in public health or other equivalent qualifications in sanitary and bacteriological science.

4. Preference will be given to applicants under thirty-five years of age.

5. Duties will be defined later by the Chief Health Officer, Department of Public Health.

6. The position will be graded in Classes B and A, Professional Division. Minimum, £500 ; maximum, £700.

7. The successful applicant will not be permitted to engage in private practice, and the appointment will be subject to the provisions of the Public Service Act, 1912.

A. J. H. BENGE,
Secretary.