Oct. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3439

Sheriff appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 5th October, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS HUTCHISON, Esq.,

to be Sheriff for the District of Westland, on and from the 20th day of September, 1915, vice J. G. L. Hewitt, Esq., transferred.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Justice.

Chairman of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st September, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS HUTCHISON, Esq., S.M.,

to be Chairman of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Grey and Westland, vice J. G. L. Hewitt, Esq., S.M., transferred.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Justice.

Coroner appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 5th October, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CECIL ROADLEY, Esq., J.P.,

of Pukekohe, to be a Coroner within the Dominion of New Zealand.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Justice.

Officer in Charge of Police, Rarotonga, appointed.

Cook Islands Administration Department,
Wellington, 1st October, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CHRISTOPHER ATKINSON

to be Officer in Charge of Police for the Island of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, as from the 17th day of September, 1915.

M. POMARE.
Minister in Charge, Cook Islands Administration.

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

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 5th October, 1915.

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

WILLIAM CALLAGHAN

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris for the District of Hawera, as from 29th September, 1915.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 1st October, 1915.

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

HENRY ARTHUR MUNN

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the District of Kaitaia, as from the 28th September, 1915.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 5th October, 1915.

IT is hereby notified that

JOHN BARNETT

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

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 5th October, 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.
WILLIAM PETIT WILSON .. .. .. Waimate.
JOHN BUSHELL .. .. .. Methven.
ROBERT MARTIN .. .. .. Taupo.
THOMAS REID .. .. .. Naseby.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the New Zealand Staff Corps and Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 4th October, 1915.

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

New Zealand Staff Corps.

Major John Evelyn Duigan having returned to the Dominion from the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Europe) is absorbed into the establishment. Dated 1st June, 1915.

Staff.

Major John Evelyn Duigan, New Zealand Staff Corps, to be General Staff Officer, Auckland Military District, vice Captain (temporary Major) Clarence Reginald Macdonald, transferred for duty as Instructor, Reinforcement Camp, Trentham. Dated 1st June, 1915.

Major Norton Francis, New Zealand Motor Service Corps, who proceeded to Samoa as Staff Officer (temporarily), Samoa Expeditionary Force, on the 1st June, 1915, having returned to the Dominion, his appointment thereto ceases as from 17th August, 1915, and he is temporarily attached to the General Staff at Headquarters from that date, with his present rank.

6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles.

The date of transfer of Captain Francis Strachan Golding-ham from the Reserve of Officers is 1st October, 1914, and not 20th July, 1915, as stated in New Zealand Gazette No. 98, of the 19th August, 1915.

Corps of New Zealand Engineers.

2nd Lieutenant Harry Harrison Fisher to be Lieutenant. Dated 4th February, 1915.

New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps.

2nd Lieutenant Milton Rowley Aldridge, from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 1st September, 1915.

4th (Otago) Regiment.

Lieutenant-Colonel Johnston McAra is granted an extension of one year of his period of command of a regiment, with effect from 18th June, 1915.

11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles).

Major Felix Templeman Bellringer to be Lieutenant-Colonel and to command a regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Malone, killed in action. Dated 8th August, 1915.

13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment.

Lionel Hawdon Davison to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 8th September, 1915.

New Zealand Army Service Corps.

2nd Lieutenant William Northey Lace to be Lieutenant. Dated 5th December, 1914.

New Zealand Medical Corps.

The undermentioned to be Captains. Dated 1st September, 1915:—

James Sutherland.
Robert Henry Hogg, M.B., M.R.C.S., Eng.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.

The undermentioned to be Chaplains to the Forces (4th Class):—

The Reverend John Thomas Brennan. Dated 7th September, 1915.

The Reverend Thomas Michael Vincent Guinane. Dated 8th September, 1915.

The Reverend Thomas Trestail. Dated 10th September 1915.

The Reverend Harold Theodore Peat. Dated 10th September, 1915.