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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 146

Inspector for the Purposes of the Stock Act, 1908, appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 14th September, 1917.

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

WALTER SCOTT

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Stock Act, 1908, as from the 10th day of September, 1917.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Registrar of Electors appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 18th September, 1917.

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

JOSEPH LISSANT PALETHORPE

to be Registrar of Electors for the Electoral District of Auckland West, under the Legislature Act, 1908, as from the 29th day of August, 1917.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Registrar of Native Land Courts appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 18th September, 1917.

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

FRANK OSWALD VICTOR ACHESON

to be Registrar of the Native Land Courts for the Ikaroa District and the South Island District for the purposes of the Native Land Act, 1909, and the amendments thereof, as from the 17th day of September, 1917.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Registrars of Brands appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 22nd September, 1917.

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

WALTER SCOTT

to be Registrar of Brands for the Westland Branding Registration District, as from the 10th September, 1917.

JOHN WASHINGTON SMITH

to be Registrar of Brands for the Bruce, Clutha, and Tuapeka Branding Registration Districts, as from the 13th September, 1917.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

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

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 25th September, 1917.

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

ARTHUR THOMAS FRANCIS McSHERRY

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths and Vaccination Inspector for the District of Kahukura, as from the 1st October, 1917.

REGINALD SHEEN

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths and Vaccination Inspector for the District of Waiapu, as from the 1st October, 1917.

ARNOLD ADMIRAL WHITEHEAD

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths and Vaccination Inspector for the District of Te Araroa, as from the 1st October, 1917.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 25th 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 ALBERT GUNDY .. .. .. Mount Grey.
WILLIAM HENRY NAISH .. .. .. Motupiko.
HUGH MILLER .. .. .. Carterton.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 21st September, 1917.

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

APPOINTMENTS.

Major John Hastings Chisholm, Queen Alexandra’s 2nd (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles, is appointed Area Officer, Oamaru, Otago Military District, with the rank and pay of Captain whilst so employed, with effect from 13th August, 1917.

2nd Lieutenant William Thomas Longhurst, Unattached List (b), General List, performed the duties of Attesting Officer from the 31st January, 1917, to the 15th March, 1917.

Lieutenant Alexander Mitchell Wighton, Reserve of Officers, General List, performed the duties of Attesting Officer from the 13th March, 1917, to the 31st July, 1917.

Honorary Major George Toussaint Girdler, Retired List, New Zealand Medical Corps, is appointed a member of a Special District Medical Board, and granted the pay of Lieut.-Colonel at Expeditionary Force rates whilst so acting. Dated 3rd September, 1917.

PROMOTIONS, RESIGNATIONS, AND TRANSFERS.

6TH (MANAWATU) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Major (temp. Lieut.-Colonel) Albert Moeller Samuel, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, is struck off the strength, with effect from 7th October, 1917, and is absorbed into the Establishment with his original rank and seniority therein—viz., Major, as from the 16th October, 1912 (vide N.Z. Gazette No. 82, of the 7th November, 1912).

8TH (SOUTH CANTERBURY) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant Henry James Cracroft Harper, from the Reserve of Officers (General List), to be Lieutenant. Dated 21st January, 1916.

9TH (WELLINGTON EAST COAST) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Captain Montgomery Owen Grainger, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, is struck off the strength, with effect from 6th October, 1917, and is absorbed into the Establishment with his original rank and seniority therein—viz., Captain, as from the 31st December, 1916 (vide N.Z. Gazette No. 4, of the 11th January, 1917).

10TH (NELSON) MOUNTED RIFLES.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) George Leslie Comer is confirmed, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 14th August, 1917:—
George Edmund Parsons.
George Leslie Comer, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913.

Charles Alfred Forrest to be Bandmaster, with the honorary rank of Lieutenant. Dated 14th August, 1917.

Captain Sydney Vincent Trask, Reserve of Officers, is transferred to the N.Z. Army Pay Department. Dated 1st April, 1917.

CORPS OF NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERS.

New Zealand Railway Battalions (South Island).

Lieutenant Arthur Valentine Williams is transferred to the 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment. Dated 4th September, 1917.