Nov. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3909

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th November, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY BELL REID

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Temuka, vice W. S. Jones, transferred.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Justice.

Harbourmaster and Customs Officer appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 17th November, 1915.

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

JOHN WILLIAM HENRY HOLMES

to be Harbourmaster and Customs Officer at Picton for the purposes of the Harbours Act, 1908, and the Customs Act, 1908, respectively, as from the 1st day of November, 1915, vice Captain Burgess, promoted.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

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

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 19th November, 1915.

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

HARRY GILBERT TURNER

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris, for the District of Wairoa, as from the 15th November, 1915.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Inspector for the Purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908, and the Fertilizers Act, 1908, appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 22nd November, 1915.

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

JAMES PATRICK KELLY

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908, and the Fertilizers Act, 1908, as from the 20th day of October, 1915.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd November, 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.
HERBERT CECIL WILLIAMS.. .. Inglewood.
WALTER RICHARD HOWARD.. .. Oxford.
ANDREW SNELL .. .. Waverley.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General

Clerk of Magistrates’ Court appointed.

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

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

HENRY BELL REID

to be Clerk of the Magistrates’ Court at Temuka, as from the 13th day of November, 1915, vice W. S. Jones, transferred.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Inspector of Weights and Measures appointed.

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

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

GEORGE GLENISTER

to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures for the Counties of Eden, Manukau, Waitemata, City of Auckland, and Boroughs of Parnell, Onehunga, Grey Lynn, Newmarket, Devonport, Birkenhead, Northcote, and Mount Eden, as from the 6th day of October, 1915.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—ROBERT WHITE, Esquire, of 45 Frederick Street, Edinburgh, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Scotland, has this day been appointed by the Honourable the Chief Justice a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in Scotland, under the 47th section of the Judicature Act, 1908, for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of November, 1915.

G. S. CLARK,
Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—HENRY UPTON, Esquire, of 48 Queen Street, Melbourne, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the State of Victoria, has this day been appointed by His Honour the Chief Justice a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in Victoria under the 47th section of the Judicature Act, 1908, for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of November, 1915.

G. S. CLARK,
Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court.

Promotions of Officers of the New Zealand Staff Corps and Regiment of Royal New Zealand Artillery.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 18th November, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the promotions of the undermentioned officers of the New Zealand Staff Corps and Regiment of Royal New Zealand Artillery, with effect from 1st October, 1915 :—

To be Colonels.

Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Colonel) Vere Staunton Smyth, A.D.C. (Reserve of Officers, Royal Warwickshire Regiment), New Zealand Staff Corps.

Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Colonel) Robert Logan, A.D.C., New Zealand Staff Corps.

To be Lieutenant-Colonels.

Major (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Herbert Edward Pilkington, Royal New Zealand Artillery.

Major (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Harry Rowland Potter, New Zealand Staff Corps.

Major (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) George Spafford Richardson, New Zealand Staff Corps.

To be Majors.

Captain (temporary Major) James Edgecumbe Barton, New Zealand Staff Corps.

Captain (temporary Major) William Leo Robinson, New Zealand Staff Corps.

Captain Ivon Tatham Standish, Royal New Zealand Artillery.

Captain (temporary Major) Charles Henry Jeffries Brown, New Zealand Staff Corps.

Captain (temporary Major) Walter Harry Meddings, New Zealand Staff Corps.

To be Captains.

Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Harry McKellar White Richardson, New Zealand Staff Corps.

Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Andrew Haitley Burn, New Zealand Staff Corps.

Lieutenant (temporary Captain) George Bertram Banks, New Zealand Staff Corps.