Aug. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3033

Arrangements for First Election, &c., Lumsden Town District, County of Southland.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 20th August, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY GIBSON KEY,

of Lumsden, to be Returning Officer for the purpose of conducting the first election of seven members of the Board of Commissioners of the Lumsden Town District as constituted under the Town Boards Act, 1908, also to appoint Wednesday, the 8th day of September, 1915, to be the date, and the Public Hall at Lumsden to be the place, at which the said first election shall be held; also to appoint Thursday, the 9th day of September, 1915, at 8.30 p.m., to be the time, and the said Public Hall at Lumsden to be the place, at which the first meeting of the Board of Commissioners so elected shall be held.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 24th August, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE CHARLES BUTT

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Herekino.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Members of War Pensions Board appointed.

Minister’s Office, Defence Department,
Wellington, 25th August, 1915.

IN exercise of the power conferred upon me by section 4 of the War Pensions Act, 1915, I have this day appointed

DANIEL GEORGE ARTHUR COOPER, Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate;
Colonel GEORGE FREDERICK COLIN CAMPBELL, Secretary to Treasury; and
Dr. HENRY POLLEN

to be members of the War Pensions Board, the first-named to be Chairman of the Board.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Inspector of Sea Fishing appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 21st August, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by subsection (1) of section 4 of the Fisheries Act, 1908, has appointed

FREDERICK THOMAS BELCHER,

of Karamea, Police Constable, to be an Inspector of Sea Fishing under the above-mentioned Act.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Marine.

Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 18th August, 1915.

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

ARTHUR BLAYMIRES CARD

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris for the Taupo District, as from the 10th day of August, 1915.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Official Assignee appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1915.

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

CHARLES ZACHARIAH

to be Official Assignee for the Supreme Court District of Otago and Southland, for the purposes of the Bankruptcy Act, 1908, as from the 26th day of November, 1914.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

[NOTE.—In lieu of entry on page No. 2951 of the New Zealand Gazette No. 98, of the 19th August, 1915.]

Inspector for the Purposes of the Orchard and Garden Diseases Act, 1908, appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1915.

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

LEONARD PAYNTER

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Orchard and Garden Diseases Act, 1908, as from the 3rd day of May, 1915.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 24th August, 1915.

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.
DUNCAN BLACK .. Ellesmere.
TERESA AGNES HONAN .. Kuaotunu.
GEORGE LEVY .. Carterton.
CHARLES IRVINE .. Mangonui.
EDWARD NATHAN FALCK .. Catlins.
HERBERT WILLIAM BARDEN .. Blacks.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 20th August, 1915.

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

Permanent Staff.

Staff Sergeant-major Lewis Alfred Clements (W.O.) to be Quartermaster at Tauherenikau Camp, and to hold the rank of Honorary Lieutenant while so employed. Dated 4th August, 1915.

1st Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry).

Major John Deans to be Lieutenant-Colonel and to command a regiment. Dated 7th May, 1915.

5th Mounted Rifles (Otago Hussars).

Captain John Swindley to be Major. Dated 31st July, 1915.

6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Henry Lynne resigns his appointment. Dated 23rd March, 1915.

New Zealand Garrison Artillery.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Henry Francis Cotter is transferred to the 5th (Wellington) Regiment. Dated 5th July, 1915.