SEPT. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3361

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 19th September, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

The Honourable ALFRED LEVAVASOUR DURELL FRASER
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Hawke’s Bay.

THOMAS M. WILFORD,
Minister of Justice.

Shorthand Reporter appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st September, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

EVELINE AVICE WILLIAMS
to be a Shorthand Reporter under the Shorthand Reporters Act, 1908.

THOMAS M. WILFORD,
Minister of Justice.

Clerk of Magistrate’s Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th September, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Constable WILLIAM MONSON
to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Te Aroha, on and from the 2nd day of September, 1918, vice Constable J. D. Leece, retired.

THOMAS M. WILFORD,
Minister of Justice.

Superintendent of Mercantile Marine appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner.
Wellington, 14th September, 1918.

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

HERBERT CECIL WILLIAMS
to be Superintendent of Mercantile Marine at Awanui, for the purposes of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, as from the 28th day of August, 1918.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary

Registrar of Electors appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 19th September, 1918.

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

WILLIAM JESSE REEVE
to be the Registrar of Electors for the Electoral District of Kaiapoi, for the purposes of the Legislature Act, 1908, as from the 6th day of September, 1918.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 24th September, 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.
CECIL JOHN WILLIAMS .. .. .. Dipton.
GORDON CAMPBELL .. .. .. Dunstan.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

Public Trust Office.—Appointment of Acting Agent at Dannevirke.

IT is hereby notified for public information that

Mr. ARNOLD BEST,
of Dannevirke, Accountant, has been appointed Acting Agent of the Public Trust Office at Dannevirke, as from 1st October, 1918.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of September, 1918.

R. TRIGGS,
Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office.—Oamaru Agency.

IT is hereby notified for public information that

Mr. A. W. WOODWARD,
of Oamaru, Accountant, will resume the position of Agent of the Public Trust Office at Oamaru as from the 1st October, 1918.

Dated at Wellington this 24th day of September, 1918.

R. TRIGGS,
Public Trustee.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of the Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 16th September, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the Territorial Force, and the reposting of officers from the N.Z. Expeditionary Force to the Territorial Force.

APPOINTMENTS.

Captain Walter Leigh Titchener, N.Z. Field Artillery, “A” Battery, is appointed an Attesting Officer (temporarily) under the Military Service Act, 1916, whilst acting as Officer Commanding No. 1 (Auckland) Group. Dated 26th August, 1918.

Captain Wiley Drummond Ferguson, M.B., N.Z. Medical Corps, relinquishes the appointment of member of a Special District Medical Board. Dated 5th March, 1918.

Captain Herbert Donald Robertson, M.B., N.Z. Medical Corps, is appointed a member of a Special District Medical Board. Dated 30th August, 1918.

Lieutenant John Henry Gilmour, 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment, appointed Assistant Provost-Marshal (on probation), Canterbury Military District; on 26th March, 1918, is confirmed in the appointment. Dated 28th August, 1918.

Lieutenant Frederick Augustine Macdonald, 16th (Waikato) Regiment, is appointed Ship’s Adjutant and Quartermaster on H.M.N.Z. transports. Dated 14th September, 1918.

PROMOTIONS, RESIGNATIONS, AND TRANSFERS.

N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT.

Lieutenant (temp. Honorary Captain) William Thomas Beck, D.S.O., is posted to the Retired List with the honorary rank of Captain, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 31st March, 1918.

1ST MOUNTED RIFLES (CANTERBURY YEOMANRY CAVALRY).

Captain Donald Sinclair Murchison, D.S.O., to be Major, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 4th September, 1918.

4TH (WAIKATO) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Squadron Sergeant-Major Francis Bertram Mitford Gibbison to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 3rd September, 1918.

10TH (NELSON) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Major Herbert Harold Allison to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 13th July, 1918.

N.Z. GARRISON ARTILLERY.

Auckland G.A. Division.

Robert White to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 2nd September, 1918.