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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 17

Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, licensed.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 27th January, 1917.

IN pursuance of the 10th section of the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to license

THOMAS HARGREAVES HANSON,

of Auckland, to act as a Public Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909.

J. A. HANAN,
Minister in Charge.

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

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

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

ALEXANDER COOK

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Stock Act, 1908, as from the 25th day of November, 1916.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Gaoler appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 20th January, 1917.

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

GEORGE HORATIO THOMAS CROOK

to be Gaoler of His Majesty’s Prisons at Wellington, for the purposes of the Prisons Act, 1908, as from the 19th day of January, 1917.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Deputy Superintendent of Workers’ Dwellings appointed.

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

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

WALTER NEWTON

to be Deputy Superintendent of Workers’ Dwellings for the purposes of the Workers’ Dwellings Amendment Act, 1914, as from the 9th day of August, 1916.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Deputy Chief Inspector of Factories appointed.

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

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

WALTER NEWTON

to be Deputy Chief Inspector of Factories, for the purposes of the Factories Act, 1908, as from the 9th day of August, 1916.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Inspector of Weights and Measures appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 26th January, 1917.

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

JAMES DOWNS

to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures for the purposes of the Weights and Measures Act, 1908, for the Borough of Gisborne and Counties of Cook, Waikohu, and Waiapu, as from the 16th January, 1917.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed.

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

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

CHARLES WALTER JANSEN

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Auckland at Takapuna, as from the 17th January, 1917.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 31st January, 1917.

IT is hereby notified that

EILEEN MORSE

has been appointed to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Wellington at Kilbirnie.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

Appointment of Colonel-in-Chief to the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool’s Own).

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 31st January, 1917.

HIS Majesty the King has been pleased to appoint

Field-Marshal His Royal Highness ARTHUR WILLIAM PATRICK ALBERT, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, K.G., K.T., K.P., G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., G.C.I.E., G.C.V.O.,

to be Colonel-in-Chief of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool’s Own), with effect from 20th December, 1916.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Promotion of Officers of New Zealand Staff Corps, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Staff, and Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 26th January, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned promotions of officers of the New Zealand Staff Corps, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Staff, and Territorial Force:—

NEW ZEALAND STAFF CORPS.

Brigadier-General Sir Alfred William Robin, K.C.M.G., C.B., t.d., to be Major-General, with effect from 21st October, 1916.

NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.

Colonel (temp. Major-General) Sir Andrew Hamilton Russell, K.C.M.G., A.D.C., to be Major-General, with effect from 21st October, 1916.

STAFF.

Captain (temp.) Francis Edward Ostler, Army Service Corps, is granted the temporary rank of Major whilst holding the appointment of Director of Supplies and Transport, and Inspector of New Zealand Army Service Corps, with effect from 23rd September, 1916.

Honorary Lieutenant (temp.) David Cecil Wallace Cossgrove is granted the temporary rank of Captain whilst holding the appointment of Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General at Headquarters, with effect from 1st January, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND FIELD ARTILLERY.

Captain (temp. Major) Alexander Fowler Roberts, commanding the Wellington Field Artillery Brigade, is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel whilst so employed, with effect from 1st January, 1917.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.