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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 5

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th January, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN BRYSON MURDOCH

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Patea.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Justice.

Medical Officer to H.M. Prison appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th January, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

COURTNEY LLEWELLYN NEDWILL, Esq., M.B.,

to be Medical Officer to His Majesty’s Prison at Lyttelton, as from the 1st January, 1916, vice J. A. Newell, resigned.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Justice.

Clerk of Magistrates’ Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th January, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable FRANK HAROLD FEARNLEY

to be Clerk of the Magistrates’ Court at Waiuku, on and from the 1st day of February, 1916, vice Sergeant J. T. Cowan.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Justice.

Trustee for the Hurunui Rabbit District appointed.—Notice No. 1821.

Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce,
Wellington, 14th January, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint, in terms of section 47 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908,

MR. G. O. RUTHERFORD

to be a Trustee for the Hurunui Rabbit District, vice Mr. W. O. Rutherford, deceased.

W. D. S. MACDONALD,
Minister of Agriculture.

Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, licensed.

Friendly Societies Registry Office,
Wellington, 14th January, 1916.

IN pursuance of the 10th section of the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to license

EBENEZER GILES PINKER,

of Auckland, to act as a Public Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909.

J. A. HANAN,
Minister in Charge.

Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, licensed.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 17th January, 1916.

IN pursuance of the 10th section of the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to license

CHARLES EDWARD DEMPSY,

of Palmerston North, to act as a Public Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909.

J. A. HANAN,
Minister in Charge.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 18th January, 1916.

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.
HUGH MILLER .. Carterton.
HAROLD ORLANDO BARKER .. Te Kuiti.
WALTER YARWOOD PURCHASE .. Oamaru.
ARTHUR CHARLES TRUMAN .. Waipara.

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, 18th January, 1916.

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.

Lieutenant (temporary) Philip Newman Petty is granted the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 10th December, 1915.

Lieutenant (temporary) Francis Edward Ostler is granted the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 10th December, 1915.

1st Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry).

Thomas Firbank Gibson to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 2nd December, 1915.

3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles.

The undermentioned Captains to be Majors :

Samuel Charles Schofield. Dated 1st September, 1914.

Maxwell Aldred. Dated 1st November, 1915.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains. Dated 1st November, 1915 :

Nelson Jeffrey Ellingham.

Walter Ernest Carter.

William Harold Walters.

2nd Lieutenant Douglas Swanston Kidd to be Lieutenant. Dated 1st November, 1915.

6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temporarily) during the absence of officers with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 24th November, 1915 :

Hans Alexander Martin, vice Lieutenant Moore.

Stanley Gordon Perry, vice Lieutenant Harris.

Sergeant-major Walter Sidney Page, vice 2nd Lieutenant Hislop.

Howard Davidson Batchelar, vice Lieutenant Harding.

Norman Henry Mackie, vice Lieutenant Davis.

William George Murray, vice Lieutenant Sommerville.

9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles.

John Henry Colebourne to be Captain (temporarily), vice Captain Spragg, with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 7th October, 1915.

Charles Leith Travers Gordon to be 2nd Lieutenant (temporarily), vice Lieutenant Beamish, with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 8th November, 1915.

11th (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles.

Lieutenant Frederick Patience is transferred to the Unattached List (b). Dated 7th August, 1915.

New Zealand Field Artillery.

J Battery.

Charles Tennison Salmon to be 2nd Lieutenant (temporarily) during the absence of 2nd Lieutenant Warnock with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 24th November, 1915.

D Battery.

John Bishop Gauntlett to be 2nd Lieutenant (temporarily) during the absence of 2nd Lieutenant Mitchell with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 8th November, 1915.