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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 135

Inspector of Weights and Measures appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Sergeant SAMUEL KIDD

to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures under the Weights and Measures Act, 1908, for the County of Tuapeka and Boroughs of Roxburgh, Lawrence, and Tapanui, vice Sergeant W. H. Higgins, retired.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Officer for the Purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance and in exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 79 of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed

GEORGE FREDERICK WILLIAM GAY,

of Waipukurau, to be an Officer for the purposes of Part II of that Act.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Members of Brighton Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 27th November, 1916.

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

ROBERT WALES and
RICHARD JOHN BINNIE RUNCIMAN

to be members of the Brighton Domain Board, in the places of John McIndoe and William Henry Lobb, both deceased.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Commissioner of Police appointed.

Police Department,
Wellington, 27th November, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN O’DONOVAN, Esq.,

to be Commissioner of the New Zealand Police Force, as from 1st December, 1916, vice John Cullen, Esq., I.S.O., retired.

A. L. HERDMAN,
Minister in Charge of Police Department.

Clerks of Magistrates’ Courts, &c., appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 25th November, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable WILLIAM GEORGE WRIGHT

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Taupo, on and from the 1st day of November, 1916, vice Constable A. Christiansen, transferred; and

Constable JOHN ANDREW DEMPSEY

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Kawakawa, and also to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Bay of Islands, on and from the 10th day of November, 1916, vice Constable George N. Douglas, transferred.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Justice.

Member of Prisons Board resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 27th November, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

FRANK GEOFFREY BURTON WALDEGRAVE, Esq.,

of his appointment as a member of the Prisons Board, constituted under the Crimes Amendment Act, 1910.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Justice.

Appointment of Acting Agent for the Public Trustee at Palmerston North.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1916.

IT is hereby notified for general information that

Mr. FREDERICK WILLIAM CONNELL

has been appointed Acting Agent for the Public Trustee at Palmerston North, as from the 14th November, 1916, vice Mr. Walter Rutherfurd, deceased.

FRED. FITCHETT,
Public Trustee.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1916.

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

11TH (NORTH AUCKLAND) MOUNTED RIFLES.

The commission granted Captain Alexander Wallace is cancelled, under the provisions of section 5 (a) of the Defence Act, 1909. Dated 27th October, 1916.

NEW ZEALAND GARRISON ARTILLERY.

Hubert Sladden to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.), Wellington G.A. Division. Dated 20th November, 1916.

CORPS OF NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERS.

Lieutenant Alfred Thomas Dow to be Captain (No. 3 Field Company). Dated 8th November, 1916.

NEW ZEALAND POST AND TELEGRAPH CORPS.

Lieutenant Walter Alfred Tanner is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 20th October, 1916.

6TH (HAURAKI) REGIMENT.

Sargeant Tango Kokiri to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 9th November, 1916.

13TH (NORTH CANTERBURY AND WESTLAND) REGIMENT.

Captain John Laurence Conlan to be Major. Dated 1st April, 1916.

2nd Lieutenant Francis Henry Merrie is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 13th October, 1916.

16TH (WAIKATO) REGIMENT.

Captain Robert Douglas Gilmer is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 23rd October, 1916.

NEW ZEALAND FORCES MOTOR SERVICE CORPS.

Motor-car Section.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Hubert Sladden resigns his appointment. Dated 20th November, 1916.

Motor-boat Section (Auckland).

William Armstrong Boucher to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 11th November, 1916.

NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL CORPS.

Captain (temp. Major) William Kington Fyffe to be temp. Lieutenant-Colonel whilst holding the appointment of Assistant Director of Medical Services, Wellington Military District, vice the Hon. Colonel W. E. Collins, who resumes duty on the hospital ship “Marama.” Dated 24th October, 1916.

Captain Robert Haldane Makgill, M.B., M.S., is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force whilst holding the appointment as Assistant Director of Medical Services—Sanitary. Dated 7th November, 1916.

NEW ZEALAND DENTAL CORPS.

Walter Nelson Canning Mitchell is appointed Deputy Assistant Director of Dental Services, Auckland Military District, and is granted the temporary rank of Captain during the period of the war. Dated 26th September, 1916.

Charles James Newell is appointed Deputy Assistant Director of Dental Services, Canterbury Military District, and is granted the temporary rank of Captain during the period of the war. Dated 28th September, 1916.

Louis Norman Guy Noakes to be Lieutenant. Dated 23rd May, 1916.

NEW ZEALAND CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

Walter Sim Winton to be Salvation Army Chaplain (ranking as Chaplain, 4th Class). Dated 2nd November, 1916.