1866
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 64

Clerk of Magistrates’ Court for the Purposes of the Magistrates’
Courts Act, 1908, appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 24th May, 1916.

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

JOHN SNODGRASS

to be Clerk of the Magistrates’ Court at Coromandel under the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1908, as from the 29th day of April, 1916.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Commissioner of Crown Lands and Chief Surveyor for the Land District of Canterbury for the Purposes of the Land Act, 1908, and Conservator of State Forests for the Land District of Canterbury for the Purposes of the State Forests Act, 1908, appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 24th May, 1916.

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

WILLIAM HENRY SKINNER

to be Commissioner of Crown Lands and Chief Surveyor for the Land District of Canterbury for the purposes of the Land Act, 1908, and Conservator of State Forests for the Land District of Canterbury for the purposes of the State Forests Act, 1908, as from the 3rd day of April, 1916.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Official Assignee for the Supreme Court District of Otago and Southland for the Purposes of the Bankruptcy Act, 1908, appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 30th May, 1916.

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

KENELM NOEL HAWTREY BROWNE

to be Official Assignee for the Supreme Court District of Otago and Southland, for the purposes of the Bankruptcy Act, 1908, as from the 15th day of May, 1916.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 31st May, 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.
WILLIAM EMERSON MCMICHAEL .. .. Awakino.
ARCHIBALD FINDLAY FRASER .. .. Geraldine.
JOHN ALEXANDER LOUISSON .. .. Aorere.
ROBERT PRAIN BOYNE .. .. Gore.
HENRY EDSER .. .. Wakatipu.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

Personal Appointment to His Excellency the Governor and Commander-in-Chief, and Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the New Zealand Staff Corps and Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 24th May, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following personal appointment to the Commander-in-Chief, and appointments, promotions, resignations, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the New Zealand Staff Corps and Territorial Force :—

Personal Appointment to the Governor and Commander-in-Chief.
Colonel the Honourable William Edward Collins, M.B., M.L.C., New Zealand Medical Corps, to be Honorary Surgeon to His Excellency the Right Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, G.C.M.G., M.V.O., Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies. Dated 1st May, 1916.

Staff.
Captain Frank Hudson, New Zealand Staff Corps, relinquishes his appointment as Assistant Military Secretary and Aide-de-Camp to the Commandant, New Zealand Military Forces (temporarily for the period during the absence from the Dominion of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1914), and proceeds on active service. Dated 25th March, 1916.

Lieutenant Douglas Bryan, New Zealand Staff Corps (returned from active service for home duties), is appointed Assistant Military Secretary and Aide-de-Camp to the Commandant, New Zealand Military Forces (temporarily for the period during the absence from the Dominion of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force), vice Captain Frank Hudson, New Zealand Staff Corps, who proceeds on active service. Dated 25th March, 1916.

Sergeant-major (W.O.) George Albert Gibbs, R.A.M.C., is granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant and Quartermaster, and attached to the New Zealand Staff Corps while employed with the New Zealand Military Forces. Dated 4th May, 1916.

Regiment of Royal New Zealand Artillery.
Master Gunner (W.O.) Thomas Farquharson to be Honorary Lieutenant. Dated 15th May, 1916.

6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles.
Sergeant Anthony Carroll Nathan to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 27th November, 1915.

9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles.
Cyril Nelson Beetham Williams to be Lieutenant (temp.), vice Lieutenant Wilder. Dated 10th January, 1916.

New Zealand Field Artillery.
Sergeant-major Percy Cecil Hurst to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), “H” Battery, supernumerary to establishment. Dated 21st December, 1915.

New Zealand Garrison Artillery.
Edward Francis Richardson to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.), (Wellington Garrison Artillery Division), vice 2nd Lieutenant Tomlin, with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 15th April, 1916.

1st (Canterbury) Regiment.
Lieutenant Edward Harvey Stacpoole Batchelor is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and absorbed into the establishment. Dated 30th March, 1916.

Lieutenant Edward Harvey Stacpoole Batchelor is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 30th March, 1916.

3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own).
James Halifax Stewart to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.), vice 2nd Lieutenant Ivil, with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 17th April, 1916.

7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment.
Lieutenant William Peachey Aldridge is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and is absorbed into the establishment. Dated 10th February, 1916.

9th (Hawke’s Bay) Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant James McRae to be Lieutenant. Dated 28th April, 1916.

13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment.
The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Lionel Hawdon Davison is confirmed.

New Zealand Forces Motor Service Corps.—Motor-car Section.
(Wellington.)
John Terence Midwood to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 14th April, 1916.

(Auckland.)
Lieutenant Vincent Holbeche resigns his commission. Dated 8th April, 1916.

New Zealand Medical Corps.
Captain William Little, M.D., M.S.D.P.H., is granted the temporary rank of Major while employed with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 25th April, 1916.

Captain Edward William Sharman, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., is granted the temporary rank of Major while employed with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 28th April, 1916.

Captain Douglas Gordon Macpherson is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and is absorbed. Dated 10th May, 1916.

Captain Douglas Gordon Macpherson is posted to the Retired List, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 10th May, 1916.

Captain William Mc Ara is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and is absorbed. Dated 13th May, 1916.