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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 139

Chairman of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 30th August, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

JOSEPH WILLIAM POYNTON, Esq., S.M.,

to be Chairman of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Napier, Hawke’s Bay, and Waipawa, vice S. E. McCarthy, Esq., S.M.

J. A. HANAN,
Minister of Justice.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th September, 1917.

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

MARK WILLIAM HODDLE, Esq.,

of Raetihi, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand.

J. A. HANAN,
Minister of Justice.

Inspector for the Purposes of the Orchard and Garden Diseases Act, 1908, appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 24th August, 1917.

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

HENRY FRANCIS FROST

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Orchard and Garden Diseases Act, 1908, as from the 8th August, 1917.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Inspector of Machinery, &c., appointed.

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

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

WILLIAM ANDERSON

to be an Inspector of Machinery for the purposes of the Inspection of Machinery Act, 1908, and a Surveyor of Ships and Examiner of Engineers for the purposes of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, as from the 25th day of June, 1917.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 1st September, 1917.

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

WALTER ABBOT MANSELL

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, Vaccination Inspector, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris for the District of Riverton, as from the 1st day of September, 1917.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Pilot appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 1st September, 1917.

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

JOHN BRINDLE

to be Pilot for the Port of Hokianga for the purposes of the Harbours Act, 1908, as from the 9th day of June, 1917.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Harbourmaster and Customs Officer appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 1st September, 1917.

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

JOHN BRINDLE

to be Harbourmaster and Customs Officer at Hokianga Heads for the purposes of the Harbours Act, 1908, and the Customs Act, 1908, respectively, as from the 9th day of June, 1917.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Appointment of Agent for the Public Trustee at Waipawa.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 28th August, 1917.

IT is hereby notified for general information that

Mr. FRANK HOLT

has been appointed agent for the Public Trustee at Waipawa, as from the 18th instant, vice Mr. Edward James O’Brien, resigned.

FRED. FITCHETT,
Public Trustee.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 4th September, 1917.

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 MCKINNON .. Winton.
JOSEPH LISSANT PALETHORPE .. Auckland.
GEORGE THOMAS LAWSON .. Middlemarch.
FREDERICK NORMAN CONNELL .. Matamata.
ROBERT WILLIAM BORLAND .. Waipara.
FREDERICK OLIVER .. Helensville.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

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

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

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

APPOINTMENT.

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) William Boyd Kirkwood, Unattached List (b), is granted the temporary rank of Captain whilst employed at Headquarters in the branch of the Director of Movements and Quartering. Dated 1st August, 1917.

PROMOTIONS, RESIGNATIONS, AND TRANSFERS.

10TH (NELSON) MOUNTED RIFLES.

The undermentioned Captains to be Majors, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913:—

James David Barnett. Dated 30th March, 1917.
George Raymond Blackett. Dated 26th May, 1917.

Captain (temp. Major) Daniel Willis Talbot is transferred to the Unattached List (b), General List. Dated 1st September, 1914.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 14th August, 1917:—

Francis George Painter.
Reginald William Sparrow.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 14th August, 1917:—

George Marmaduke Vavasour.
Lawrence Clervaux Chaytor, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913.

NEW ZEALAND FIELD ARTILLERY (H BATTERY).

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants:—

William Lucre. Dated 7th July, 1916.
John Walter Richards. Dated 7th July, 1916.
Percy Cecil Hurst (supernumerary to Establishment). Dated 30th July, 1917.