Appointment of Representatives to Hospital and Charitable Aid Boards.

Public Health, Hospitals, and Charitable Aid Department,
Wellington, 8th February, 1918.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint, under section 15 of the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1909,
HENRY HODGES and LEMUEL TE URUPU
as representatives of the Mohaka Riding of the Wairoa County on the Wairoa Hospital and Charitable Aid Board.
G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Public Health.
Member of Southland Land Board reappointed.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 6th February, 1918.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to reappoint
HENRY JONATHAN MIDDLETON
to be a member of the Southland Land Board, as from the 31st March, 1918.
F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.
Chairman of Licensing Committee appointed.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 7th February, 1918.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint
JOHN LOGAN STOUT, Esq., S.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Committee for the District of Otago Central, vice R. J. Acheson, Esq., S.M.
THOMAS M. WILFORD,
Minister of Justice.
Member of Licensing Committee appointed.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 7th February, 1918.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint
FRANK TRAVERS
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Hurunui, vice E. Rinaldi, resigned.
THOMAS M. WILFORD,
Minister of Justice.
Clerks of Magistrates' Courts appointed.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 7th February, 1918.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint
Constable JOHN ELLWOOD ROBINSON
to be Clerk of the Magistrate's Court at Seddonville, as from the 26th day of January, 1918, vice Constable J. Murdoch, transferred; and
Constable GEORGE FREDERICK HODGSON
to be Clerk of the Magistrate's Court at Kaikoura, as from the 21st day of January, 1918, vice Constable W. McLennan, transferred.
THOMAS M. WILFORD,
Minister of Justice.
Inspector of Sea Fishing appointed
Marine Department,
Wellington, 7th February, 1918.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by subsection (1) of section 4 of the Fisheries Act, 1908, has appointed
GEORGE FREDERICK HODGSON,
of Kaikoura, Police Constable, to be an Inspector of Sea Fishing under the above-mentioned Act.
THOMAS M. WILFORD,
Minister of Marine.
Returning Officer appointed.
Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 5th February, 1918.
THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service :-
ROBERT LLOYD
to be the Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Thames, for the purposes of the Legislature Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of February, 1918.
P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.
Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 12th February, 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 ERNEST JACKSON .. .. .. Palmerston.
HENRY COOP .. .. .. .. Hampden.
JAMES WILLIAM HOLLAND .. .. .. Featherston.
FREDERICK HORACE THOMAS .. .. .. Ohaeawai.
W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.
Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris appointed.
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1918.
IT is hereby notified that
GEORGE MORTIMER COLEBROOK
has been appointed to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Tolaga Bay on and from the 11th February, 1918.
W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.
Appointments, Promotions, Retirements, and Transfers of Officers of the N.Z. Staff Corps and Territorial Force.
Department of Defence,
Wellington, 7th February, 1918.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, retirements, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the N.Z. Staff Corps and Territorial Force.
APPOINTMENTS.
Captain (temp. Major) William McGregor Turnbull, N.Z. Staff Corps, relinquishes his appointment as Infantry Instructor in the N.Z. Expeditionary Force Training Camps, and the temporary rank of Major whilst so employed. Dated 10th January, 1918.
The undermentioned officers of the N.Z. Medical Corps are appointed members of a Special District Medical Board. Dated 29th January, 1918:-
Captain Allan Leslie Christie, M.B.
Captain (temp.) Allan Cameron Owen, M.D.
Captain (temp.) James Thomas Wellington Wilkin, M.B.
Captain (temp.) Thomas Alexander Milroy, M.R.C.S.
PROMOTIONS, RETIREMENTS, AND TRANSFERS.
12TH (OTAGO) MOUNTED RIFLES.
Lieutenant David Bell to be Captain. Dated 18th October, 1917.
NEW ZEALAND GARRISON ARTILLERY.
Wellington G.A. Division.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) George Finlay, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, is struck off the strength with effect from 7th February, 1918, and is absorbed into the establishment with his original rank and seniority therein, viz., Lieutenant, as from 26th September, 1914, vide New Zealand Gazette No. 30 of the 25th February, 1915.
CORPS OF NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERS.
N.Z. Railway Battalions (North Island).
The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Robert Henry Thomas Moore lapses under the provisions of paragraph 89, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 9th January, 1918.