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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 165

Such business in Banco and in Chambers as the Judge shall allow may be disposed of in the course of these sittings, at such days and hours as the Judge may appoint.

Sittings for the trial of criminal and civil cases, and of causes under the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1908, will be held at the Courthouse, WESTPORT, to commence on the following days, at 11 a.m.:
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Wednesday, 13th March.
Wednesday, 12th June.
Wednesday, 11th September.

Such business in Banco and in Chambers as the Judge shall allow may be disposed of in the course of these sittings, at such days and hours as the Judge may appoint.

If any of the days above appointed for sittings should be a public holiday, the sitting will commence on the first day after the day so appointed which is not a holiday.

Given under our hands, at Wellington, this fifteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

ROBERT STOUT, C.J.
J. E. DENNISTON.
THEO. COOPER.
FREDK. R. CHAPMAN.
J. H. HOSKING.

Approved in Council.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Fixing Sittings of the Supreme Court in the Otago and Southland Judicial District.

WE, five of the Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in us by the Judicature Act, 1908, hereby make the following rules respecting the places and times for holding sittings of the Supreme Court and sittings in Chambers, in the Judicial District of Otago and Southland, for the year 1918:
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Sittings for the trial of criminal cases will be held at the Supreme Court House, DUNEDIN, to commence on the following days, at 10.30 a.m.:
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Tuesday, 12th February.
Tuesday, 7th May.
Tuesday, 6th August.
Tuesday, 5th November.

Sittings for the trial of civil actions will be held at the Supreme Court House, DUNEDIN, to commence on the following days, at 10.30 a.m.:
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Monday, 18th February.
Monday, 13th May.
Monday, 12th August.
Monday, 11th November.

The trial of causes under the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1908, may take place at any of the above-mentioned sittings for the trial of civil actions.

Sittings of the Court in Banco will be held at the Courthouse, DUNEDIN, every Wednesday, at half past 10 o'clock in the forenoon, except during vacation or the absence of the Judge, or unless the Judge is engaged on other business.

Sittings in Chambers will be held at the Judge's Chambers, in the Courthouse, DUNEDIN, every Tuesday and Friday, at half past 10 o'clock in the forenoon, except during vacation or the absence of the Judge, or unless the Judge is engaged on other business.

Sittings in Chambers at other times and in vacation, in respect of urgent business, may be held at such times and places as may suit the convenience of the Judge.

Sittings for the trial of criminal and civil cases, and of causes under the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1908, will be held at the Courthouse, INVERCARGILL, to commence on the following days, at 11 a.m.:
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Tuesday, 5th March.
Tuesday, 28th May.
Tuesday, 27th August.
Tuesday, 26th November.

Such business in Banco and in Chambers as the Judge shall allow may be disposed of in the course of these sittings, at such days and hours as the Judge may appoint.

Sittings for the trial of criminal and civil cases, and of causes under the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1908, will be held at the Courthouse, OAMARU, to commence on the following days, at 10 a.m.:
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Tuesday, 5th February.
Tuesday, 10th September.

Such business in Banco and in Chambers as the Judge shall allow may be disposed of in the course of these sittings, at such days and hours as the Judge may appoint.

If any of the days above appointed for sittings should be a public holiday, the sitting will commence on the first day after the day so appointed which is not a holiday.

Given under our hands, at Wellington, this fifteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

ROBERT STOUT, C.J.
J. E. DENNISTON.
THEO. COOPER.
FREDK. R. CHAPMAN.
J. H. HOSKING.

Approved in Council.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Licensing Officer under Arms Act, 1908, appointed.

Police Department,
Wellington, 6th November, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Sergeant JOHN PETER CLARKSON,
of the New Zealand Police Force, to be a Licensing Officer under the Arms Act, 1908.

A. L. HERDMAN,
Minister in Charge of Police Department.

Registrar of Births, &c., appointed.

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

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service:
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FRANK OSWALD VICTOR ACHESON
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris and Vaccination Inspector for the District of Wellington, as from the 17th September, 1917.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Surveyor of Ships appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1917.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service:
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JOSEPH WILLIAM HENRY HOLMES
to be a Surveyor of Ships for the purposes of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, as from the 23rd day of March, 1917.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Registrar of Poisons appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 6th November, 1917.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service:
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JOHN TERRY
to be Registrar of Poisons for the Provincial District of Auckland, as from the 15th day of September, 1917.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 30th 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.:
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Name. District.
ERNEST BRINGEZU .. .. .. .. Eltham.
ALEXANDER CATHCART WALLACE MURDOCH .. Rangitikei.
ALBERT OSBORNE BATEMAN .. .. .. Rawene.
JOSEPH HOLMES .. .. .. .. .. Otaki.
SAMUEL AUGUSTUS NEILL .. .. .. Mangaroa.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.