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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 109

Member of Denniston Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 1st August, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 41 of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, been pleased to appoint

FREDERICK WILLIAM KING

to be a member of the Denniston Domain Board, in the place of Ernest Arthur Megson, who has resigned.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

Inspector of Police appointed.

Police Department,
Wellington, 31st July, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM HECTOR MACKINNON, Esq.,

to be an Inspector of the New Zealand Police Force; the appointment to take effect from 1st August, 1918.

THOMAS M. WILFORD,
Minister of Justice.

Chairmen of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

SAMUEL ERNEST MCCARTHY, Esq., S.M.,

to be Chairman of the Licensing Committees for the districts of Christchurch, Avon, and Lyttelton, vice T. A. B. Bailey, Esq., S.M.; and

SMITH LAUGHTON PATRICK FREE, Esq., S.M.,

to be Chairman of the Licensing Committees for the districts of Nelson, Motueka, and Wairau, vice F. O'B. Loughlan, Esq., S.M.

THOMAS M. WILFORD,
Minister of Justice.

Stipendiary Magistrate appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 8th August, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

JOHN SAXON BARTON, Esq.,

Barrister-at-law, to be a Stipendiary Magistrate to exercise criminal and civil jurisdiction within New Zealand; the appointment to take effect on and from the 8th day of August, 1918.

THOMAS M. WILFORD,
Minister of Justice.

Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, licensed.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 5th August, 1918.

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

GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK ROUSE,

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

J. A. HANAN,
Minister in Charge.

Appointment of Teacher, Aitutaki, Cook Islands.

Cook Islands Department,
Wellington, 3rd August, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

JOHN PAKOTI

to be an Assistant Teacher at the Araura School, Aitutaki, Cook Islands, as from 1st April, 1918.

M. POMARE,
Minister for the Cook Islands.

Inspector for the Purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, &c., appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 6th August, 1918.

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

CHARLES EDWARD STUART

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908, and the Fertilizers Act, 1908, as from the 20th day of June, 1918.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Crier of Supreme Court appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 7th August, 1918.

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

HARRY DYER BENNETT

to be Crier at Timaru of the Supreme Court of New Zealand for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908, as from the 26th day of July, 1918.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary

Registrar of Births, &c., appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 6th August, 1918.

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

*EDITH MAY MCKAY

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, and Vaccination Inspector, for the district of Wanaka, as from the 23rd October, 1917.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

• Amending entry in New Zealand Gazette No. 102, dated 25th July, 1918.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 6th August, 1918.

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 MCKINNON .. Kaitangata.
JOHN GARDNER MCGREGOR .. Eltham.
JOHN DUNCAN FERGUSON .. Dunedin.
ROSE WOODMAN .. *Wellington (at Kilbirnie).

• Births and deaths only.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

Appointment of Officers proceeding on Active Service with the N.Z. Expeditionary Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointment to the Unattached List (b), General List, and to the N.Z. Expeditionary Force of the undermentioned officers, and the appointment of officers of the Territorial Force as shown hereunder with the ranks specified, dated 27th July, 1918, unless otherwise mentioned.

N.Z. FIELD ARTILLERY.

Captain Michael Joseph Lyons returns to duty.

Lieutenant Gerald Lyon, Unattached List (b), General List, returns to duty.

INFANTRY.

Captain Arthur Wilbert Short (O.C. Troops), Unattached List (b), returns to duty.

Lieutenant Charles Henry McKay, Unattached List (b).

2nd Lieutenant Edward John Haydon, Unattached List (b), General List, returns to duty.

2nd Lieutenant Claud Street, Unattached List (b), General List, returns to duty.