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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 81

Inspectors of Factories appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 7th July, 1915.

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

GAINS ROBERT ARNOLD WHITING

To be an Inspector of Factories for the purposes of the Factories Act, 1908, as from the 7th day of July, 1915.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 1st July, 1915.

THE Huia Lodge, situated at Hawera, is registered as a branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of New Zealand Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 30th day of June, 1915.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 1st July, 1915.

THE Loyal Dipton Lodge, situated at Dipton, is registered as a branch of the Southland District of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 28th day of June, 1915.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Appointments of Officers of the New Zealand Medical Corps and New Zealand Chaplains Department to the “Hospital Ship.”

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 7th July, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointments of the undermentioned officers of the New Zealand Medical Corps and New Zealand Chaplains Department to the “Hospital Ship” (for service abroad), with the ranks specified against their respective names, and with effect from 1st July, 1915:—

New Zealand Medical Corps.

Colonel, The Honourable William Edward Collins, M.B.
Lieutenant-Colonel Tracey Russell Inglis, M.B.
Captain Alexander Molesworth Tolhurst, M.D.
Captain William Hamilton Simpson, M.D.
Captain Leslie Aran Spedding, M.B.
Captain William Cuthbert McCaw, M.B.
Adjutant and Quartermaster: Captain Andrew Dunbar Sloane, 5th (Wellington) Regiment.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.

The Reverend William Eugene Gillam, Chaplain to the Forces, 2nd Class, to act as Chaplain, 3rd Class, while employed in the “Hospital Ship.”
The Reverend Daniel Dutton, Chaplain to the Forces, 3rd Class.
The Reverend Thomas Bernard Segrief, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Grants of Temporary Rank, Appointments, and Promotions of Officers in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 7th July, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned grants of temporary rank, appointments, and promotions of officers in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force:—

Grant of Temporary Rank.

Major Alexander Burnett Charters, 17th (Ruahine) Regiment, to have the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel while in command of the New Zealand Section, Infantry Base Depot, Alexandria. Dated 5th April, 1915.
Major Alfred Henry Herbert, 9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles, to have the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel while in command of the Maori Contingent. Dated 26th March, 1915.
Lieutenant Norman Fitzherbert, Officer in Charge of Records, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, to have the temporary rank of Captain while so employed. Dated 5th April, 1915.

To be Captains.

Lieutenant H. McCallum, New Zealand Medical Corps. Dated 20th November, 1914.
Lieutenant Albert Edward Mills Jones (Maori Contingent). Dated 3rd April, 1915.
Lieutenant Pirimi Tahiwa (Maori Contingent). Dated 3rd April, 1915.

Gaoler appointed.

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

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

ALFRED ASPRAY GIDEON

To be Gaoler at H.M. Prison, Invercargill, as from the 23rd day of June, 1915, vice M. Hawkins.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Fields Inspector appointed.

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

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

JOHN COMREY CAMPBELL MCLACHLAN

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 1st day of May, 1915.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Inspector for the Purposes of the Dairy Industry Act appointed.

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

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

STANLEY McKENZIE

To be an Inspector for the purposes of the Dairy Industry Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of July, 1915.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 6th July, 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.

HERBERT JAMES KING WINSTONE
JOHN STEPHEN
SAMUEL BUCKETT
EDWARD SWEENEY

District.

Rangiora.
Mount Grey.
Rakaia.
Raglan.

W. W. COOK,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1915.—Notice No. 22.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 6th July, 1915.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.

The Reverend Hugh Spencer Gascoyen Beard, M.A.

Methodist Church of New Zealand.

Mr. Wesley Bratt.

The Reverend Wallace S. Neal.

W. W. COOK,
Deputy Registrar-General.