1832
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 66

Members of Waione Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 11th May, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 41 of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, been pleased to appoint

ARTHUR EDWARD BURNETT,
WILFRID CLYNES NEWMAN, and
WILLIAM PECK

to be members of the Waione Domain Board, in place of Sydney Smith, Edward William Clemens, and Benjamin Lawrence Malmanche.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Cust Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 18th May, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 41 of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM RALPH GARDNER

to be a member of the Cust Domain Board, in place of Ernest Coburg Tipping, resigned.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Inspector of Sea Fishing appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 11th May, 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

JOSEPH EDWARD HITCHCOCK,

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

W. H. HERRIES,
Minister of Marine.

Registrars of Births, Deaths, and Marriages appointed.

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

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

DUNCAN MACDONALD

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the District of Waipukurau, as from the 6th May, 1915.

BATEMAN THOMAS MISSEN

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the District of Taihape, as from the 10th May, 1915.

HARRY BURROWS

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Denniston, as from the 8th May, 1915.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Medical Officer, H.M. Prisons, appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 15th May, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HERBERT BERTRAM, Esq., M.B., Ch.B.,

to be Medical Officer to His Majesty's Prisons at Waipa and Kaingaroa.

A. L. HERDMAN,
Minister of Justice.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 19th May, 1915.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned 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.
HENRY EDGER .. .. .. .. Lumsden.
ROBERT MARTIN .. .. .. .. Waipu.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

New Expeditionary Force (Samoa).—Promotion, Resignation, and Transfers of Officers of the Samoan Expeditionary Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 13th May, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following promotion, resignation, and transfers of officers employed with the Samoan Expeditionary Force:—

Promotion.

2nd Lieutenant Herman Frederick Wollerman, 5th (Wellington) Regiment, to be Lieutenant while employed with the Samoan Expeditionary Force. Dated 22nd April, 1915.

Resignation.

Captain James Blackwood Neely, 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own), resigns his commission in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 17th April, 1915.

Transfers.

The undermentioned officers of the Samoan Expeditionary Force having returned to New Zealand are absorbed into their original Territorial Units :—

Major Rawdon St. John Beere, 5th (Wellington) Regiment. Dated 22nd March, 1915.

Captain Percy St. John Keenan, Corps of New Zealand Engineers (N.Z. Railway Battalions). Dated 15th April, 1915.

Captain James Blackwood Neely, 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own). Dated 17th April, 1915.

Lieutenant Thomas Martyn Lucy, Corps of New Zealand Engineers (N.Z. Railway Battalions). Dated 26th September, 1914.

Lieutenant Ernest John Dingle, Corps of New Zealand Engineers (N.Z. Railway Battalions). Dated 22nd March, 1915.

Lieutenant Reginald Alexander Kenny, 5th (Wellington) Regiment. Dated 14th October, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant Leonard Maughan Liardet, 5th (Wellington) Regiment. Dated 11th September, 1914.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 14th May, 1915.

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

Major ARTHUR JAMES CHILDS, 2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment,

he having a total service to the 13th April, 1915, entitling him thereto of twenty years seventy-nine days.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 14th May, 1915.

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

Lieutenant WILLIAM ROBERT PURDOM, 2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment,

he having a total service to the 14th April, 1915, entitling him thereto of twenty years and forty-six days.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Meritorious Service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 14th May, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 12, Appendix IX, General Regulations of the Military Forces of New Zealand, 1911, of the award of a Meritorious Service Medal to

No. 376, Sergeant-major Artificer ANDREW JOHNSTON,
Royal New Zealand Artillery.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.