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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 112

Inspector under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, appointed.—
Notice No. 1889.

Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce,
Wellington, 2nd July, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

JAMES EDWARD MORILLEAU

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds
Act, 1908, for the Mount Roskill Road District ; the appoint-
ment to date as from the 22nd June, 1917.

W. D. S. MACDONALD,
Minister of Agriculture and of Industries
and Commerce.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 28th June, 1917.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons
have been appointed to be the Deputies of the Regis-
trars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the dis-
tricts set respectively opposite their names, viz. :—

Name. District.
EILEEN ELLA CORMACK .. .. .. Mangawai.
LEONARD WILLIAM PARRANT .. .. Taupo.
LESLIE GORDON BRUCE .. .. .. Timaru.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

Inspector of Mines in North Island appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 30th June, 1917.

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

JOHN FRANCIS DOWNEY

to be an Inspector of Mines for all mining districts in the
North Island, for the purposes of the Mining and Coal-mines
Acts, 1908, as from the 1st day of July, 1917.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Registrar of Electors, &c., appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 27th June, 1917.

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

GUY NORMAN MORRIS

to be Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer for the
Electoral District of Tauranga, for the purposes of the Legis-
lature Act, 1908, as from the 12th day of April, 1917.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Registrar of Electors, &c., appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 27th June, 1917.

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

ALFRED HENRY DE TOURETTES

to be Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer for the
purposes of the Legislature Act, 1908, for the Electoral Dis-
trict of Wellington Suburbs and Country Districts, as from
the 1st day of July, 1917.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Registrar of Electors appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 27th June, 1917.

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

THOMAS HANS GIBSON

to be Registrar of Electors for the purposes of the Legis-
lature Act, 1908, for the Electoral District of Wellington
East, as from the 1st day of July, 1917.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of
Officers of the New Zealand Staff Corps and Territorial
Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 29th June, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to approve of the appointments, promotions, resig-
nations, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the
N.Z. Staff Corps and Territorial Force :—

NEW ZEALAND STAFF CORPS.

Captain Frank Hudson performed the duties of Camp Ad-
jutant, Awapuni Camp, from the 15th May, 1917, and is
confirmed in the appointment as from that date. Dated
15th June, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND GARRISON ARTILLERY.

Auckland G.A. Division.

Lieutenant Angus Gordon Macdonald, from the N.Z. Army
Service Corps (No. 2 Company), to be Lieutenant (super-
numerary to Establishment). Dated 29th May, 1917.

Wellington G.A. Division.

Captain Vivian Palmer Haughton, N.Z. Expeditionary Force,
is struck off the strength, and absorbed into the Establish-
ment with his original rank and seniority therein—viz.,
Lieutenant, as from 26th September, 1914 (vide New Zea-
land Gazette No. 30, of the 25th February, 1915) ; to date
from 12th July, 1917.

CORPS OF NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERS.

No. 1 Field Company.

The notification published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 91,
of the 31st May, 1917, relating to Lieutenant Allan Norman
Oakey, should read “to date from 4th May, 1916,” and
not as therein stated.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAY BATTALIONS.

Edward Leonard Hornibrook, Assistant Director of Works
(Administrative Duties), is granted the honorary rank of
Captain (temp.) whilst so employed, and is attached to
Headquarters, North Island Battalion. Dated 19th June,
1917.

NEW ZEALAND POST AND TELEGRAPH CORPS.

North Island.

Sergeant William Charles Edwin Hudson to be 2nd Lieu-
tenant (on probation). Dated 19th June, 1917.

1ST (CANTERBURY) REGIMENT.

Coast Defence Detachment.

Lieutenant Lawrence Frederick Corson (since deceased),
posted to N.Z. Expeditionary Force Reinforcements on
4th April, 1916, returned to duty with the regiment on
24th February, 1917.

5TH (WELLINGTON) REGIMENT.

The undermentioned Captains to be Majors, under the
provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913.
Dated 18th June, 1917.

Joseph Garrett Roache.
Reginald Langdale Evatt.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Cyril
Lindsay Andrews lapses, under the provisions of para-
graph 89, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 8th June,
1917.

NEW ZEALAND ARMY SERVICE CORPS.

Lieutenant Angus Gordon Macdonald, No. 2 Company, is
transferred to the New Zealand Garrison Artillery, Auck-
land G.A. Division. Dated 29th May, 1917.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Robert
Nicholas Todd is confirmed.

NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL CORPS.

Walter William Moore, M.B., B.S., N.Z. University, to be
Captain (temp.) whilst doing duty with the N.Z. Expedi-
tionary Force. Dated 4th June, 1917.

William Douglas Fitzgerald, M.B., B.S., to be Lieutenant.
Dated 1st June, 1917.

Captain Peter McNab, M.B., B.S., Edin., is retired. Dated
28th April, 1917.

Captain William McAra, M.B., Ch.B., N.Z. Univ., is retired.
Dated 13th May, 1917.