THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 180

Applications for Funerals.

(e.) Applications for funerals at the expense of the State must be made to the nearest Defence Office as early as possible, and should be accompanied by the certificate referred to in paragraph 556 (b) of these regulations.

Detailed Provisions.

(f.) With respect to funerals referred to in paragraphs 556 (a), (b), and (c) of these regulations, the following provisions shall apply :-

(i.) A suitable coffin will be provided.

(ii.) A hearse, if conveniently available, will be provided where a gun-carriage is not used.

(iii.) One mourners’ coach only will be provided.

(iv.) The body will be buried at such cemetery as the Commandant may appoint, or, by his permission, at another cemetery if desired by the next-of-kin; but the Commandant will not permit the bodies of soldiers suffering from infectious diseases to be buried in cemeteries which are not approved by the Director-General of Medical Services.

(v.) In cases where the Commandant has authorized the transport of the body to a distance for burial, all transport expenses will be paid by the Defence Department.

(vi.) All arrangements will be made by the officers of the Defence Department, and no liability shall be incurred by the Defence Department by reason of any instructions given by the relatives or friends of the deceased.

(vii.) No advertising charges or clergyman’s fees will be paid by the Defence Department.

(viii.) All vouchers shall be certified by the authorized officer who ordered the service to be performed.

(ix.) In cases where local authorities have set aside plots in cemeteries for soldiers’ burial, these are to be used, unless some other suitable plot is provided by the next-of-kin. Burial-plots purchased by the Government will not become the property of the next-of-kin of the deceased.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this fourteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Acting-Consul of Switzerland at Auckland recognized.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th December, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that he has recognized the appointment by the Consul of Switzerland at Auckland of

CHARLES ISAAC NATHAN, Esq.,

as Acting-Consul of Switzerland at Auckland during the absence of the Consul, W. J. Pugh, Esq.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Appointment of Vice-Consul of Belgium at Christchurch recognized.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th December, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that he has been instructed by His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies to recognize the appointment of

CYRIL RUPERT JOSEPH WARD, Esq.,

as Vice-Consul of Belgium at Christchurch.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Officer for the Purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th December, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 79 of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed

WALTER DAVIS,

of Westport, to be an Officer for the purposes of Part II of that Act,

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Chairman of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th December, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE CRUICKSHANK, Esq., S.M.,

to be Chairman of the Licensing Committee for the District of Wakatipu, on and from the 1st September, 1917, vice H. A. Young, Esq., S.M.

THOMAS M. WILFORD,
Minister of Justice.

Deputy Official Assignee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th December, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

ARTHUR DAVID LOW

to be Deputy Official Assignee at Masterton, on and from the 1st day of January, 1918, vice T. R. Allen.

THOMAS M. WILFORD,
Minister of Justice.

Clerks of Magistrates’ Courts and Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th December, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Constable ERNEST HENRY TURNER

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Russell, as from the 28th day of November, 1917, vice Constable D. A. Maclean, transferred; and

Constable WILLIAM McLENNAN

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Rakaia, and Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Selwyn, on and from the 7th day of December, 1917, vice Constable G. B. Edwards, transferred.

THOMAS M. WILFORD,
Minister of Justice.