Oct. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3945

Coroner appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th October, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

EDWARD JOHN SCANTLEBURY, Esq., J.P.,

of Reef ton, to be a Coroner within the Dominion of New Zealand.

J. A. HANAN,
Minister of Justice.

Chairman of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th October, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

EDWARD RAWSON, Esq., S.M.,

to be Chairman of the Licensing Committee for the District of Bay of Plenty, vice R. W. Dyer, Esq., S.M.

J. A. HANAN,
Minister of Justice.

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th October, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNBAR BANKS

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Lyttelton, vice F. H. Joyce.

J. A. HANAN,
Minister of Justice.

Inspector under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, appointed.—Notice No. 1899.

Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce,
Wellington, 15th October, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

FREDERICK WILLIAM NORRIS VON STURMER

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, for the Borough of Te Kuiti; the appointment to date as from the 10th day of October, 1917.

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

Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 11th October, 1917.

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

RUPERT GARFIELD POULTON

to be Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer for the purposes of the Legislature Act, 1908, for the Electoral District of Wellington Central, as from the 25th day of May, 1917.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 16th October, 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.
JOSEPH HOLMES .. .. .. Foxton.
FRANK HALLIDAY GARTH .. .. .. Takaka.
JOHN STEPHENSON ANDERSON .. .. .. Kaitangata.
CHARLES LEEMING .. .. .. Kaikoura.
HARRY LEONARD MALTHUS .. .. .. Mataura.
GEORGE WILLIAM HAZLETON .. .. .. Feilding.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

Appointments of Officers proceeding on Active Service with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 11th October, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments of the undermentioned officers proceeding on active service with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 13th October, 1917, unless otherwise specified.

STAFF.

Captain Harold Lloyd de Forges Garland, New Zealand Staff Corps.

Captain George Clarence Sykes Dyer, New Zealand Staff Corps.

Lieutenant Hugh Ferrywheir Meikle, New Zealand Staff Corps.

NEW ZEALAND FIELD ARTILLERY.

Lieutenant Edwin James Phillips, New Zealand Field Artillery, F Battery.

2nd Lieutenant George Falkland Gardiner, New Zealand Field Artillery, F Battery.

INFANTRY.

Captain Hylton Colin Meikle, Unattached List (b), returns to duty.

Lieutenant Alexander Pringle Speedy, 11th (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles, returns to duty.

Lieutenant Robert Renkin, Unattached List (b).

Lieutenant Wilfred James Cox, 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own).

Lieutenant Cyril Edwin Bell, 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant Donald Millar, 3rd (Auckland) Regiment, Coast Defence Detachment.

2nd Lieutenant Reginald Herbert Owens, Unattached List (b).

2nd Lieutenant William Mervyn Dawn, N.Z. Garrison Artillery, Auckland G.A. Division.

2nd Lieutenant Cuthbert Henry Adams, Unattached List (b).

2nd Lieutenant Percival Moore Beattie, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Gordon Rae Cowie, N.Z. Garrison Artillery, Wellington G.A. Division.

2nd Lieutenant Cecil Polson, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant David Howden, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Ewen Cameron, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Arthur James Arnold, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Herbert Miles Staveley Ryder, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Abert Martin Rhinesmith, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant James Edward Stokes, 8th (Southland) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant Stanley Bruce Dunn, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Stanley Owen Clark, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Herbert Stewart Cook, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Richard Strachan de Renzy Harman, Unattached List (b, General List.

2nd Lieutenant Sydney Craven Hodges, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant James Russell Simpson, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Richard Sunderland, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Leo Desmond O’Sullivan, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Vernon Weston Holden, Unattached List (b).

2nd Lieutenant Vivian MacLachlan, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Robert Gemmell Burnett Sinclair, Unattached List (b), General List.

NEW ZEALAND RIFLE BRIGADE.

2nd Lieutenant Francis Joseph Soler, N.Z. Rifle Brigade (T.).

2nd Lieutenant Frederick William Bridger, N.Z. Rifle Brigade (T.).

2nd Lieutenant Henry Taylor Marshall, N.Z. Rifle Brigade (T.).

2nd Lieutenant Sydney Joseph Wyatt, N.Z. Rifle Brigade (T.).

NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL CORPS.

Captain Donald Stuart Milne, M.B., B.S., N.Z., returns to duty.

Captain Hugh Paterson, M.B., B.S., Glasg.

Lieutenant Gerald Patrick Fitzgerald, M.B., B.S., N.Z.

Lieutenant Everard Oswald Rowley, M.B., B.S., N.Z.