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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 37

Official Assignee appointed.

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

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

AUGUSTUS WEBBER EAMES

to be Official Assignee for the Supreme Court Districts of Canterbury and Westland for the purposes of the Bankruptcy Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of March, 1918.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 12th March, 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.
ARTHUR WOOLLESTON PYM HEWITT.. Morrinsville.
RICHARD GORDON SIMPSON.. Naseby.
EDWARD ALFRED HEALY .. Cambridge.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 7th March, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointment to the N.Z. Expeditionary Force of the undermentioned officers proceeding on active service. Dated the 2nd March, 1918, unless otherwise specified.

INFANTRY.

Captain Richard John Spotswood Seddon, Unattached List (b), General List.

Lieutenant Frederick James Reid Earl, M.C., Unattached List (b), General List, returns to duty.

2nd Lieutenant Royden Lydiard Okey, Unattached List (b), General List, returns to duty.

2nd Lieutenant Norris Napier Fraser, N.Z. Rifle Brigade (T.), returns to duty.

2nd Lieutenant Charles Edgar Makeham, N.Z. Rifle Brigade (T.), returns to duty.

2nd Lieutenant George McSaveney, Unattached List (b), General List, returns to duty.

2nd Lieutenant George Leigh Popple, Unattached List (b), General List, returns to duty.

2nd Lieutenant Gerald Stevenson Hall, Unattached List (b), General List, returns to duty.

2nd Lieutenant Arthur Flinn, N.Z. Rifle Brigade (T.), returns to duty.

2nd Lieutenant George Hume Seddon, Unattached List (b), General List, returns to duty.

2nd Lieutenant Stanley George Brister, Unattached List (b), General List, returns to duty.

2nd Lieutenant Aubrey Brittan Jackson, Unattached List (b), General List, returns to duty.

2nd Lieutenant Arthur Ross Blackman, N.Z. Rifle Brigade (T.), returns to duty.

2nd Lieutenant James Albert Taylor, Unattached List (b), General List, returns to duty.

2nd Lieutenant Walter Paton, Unattached List (b), General List. Dated 27th April, 1917.

2nd Lieutenant Cecil Wilfred Quilliam, 11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles).

2nd Lieutenant Rewi Melville Stephenson Jones, 2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant Milton Rowley Aldridge, Corps of N.Z. Engineers, N.Z. Post and Telegraph Corps,

2nd Lieutenant Harry Bertram Leaper, Unattached List (b).

2nd Lieutenant Harry Watts, 1st (Canterbury) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant Robert Sharp Alford, 16th (Waikato) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant Evan Gibb Hudson, Corps of N.Z. Engineers, No. 3 Field Company.

2nd Lieutenant Lancelet Richard Austin, 1st (Canterbury) Regiment, Coast Defence Detachment.

2nd Lieutenant Oswald Mills, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant David William Madden, Unattached List (b), General List.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

2nd Lieutenant Henry Masterton Clark, Unattached List (b), General List, returns to duty.

2nd Lieutenant Daniel Ross, Unattached List (b), General List. Dated 28th May, 1917.

N.Z. (MAORI) PIONEER BATTALION.

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

N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS.

2nd Lieutenant John Henry Sharp returns to duty.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Captain Leslie Allan Spedding, M.B.

Captain Sydney Chalmers Allen, M.B.

N.Z. DENTAL CORPS.

Captain Ruskin Burritt Cranwell.

Lieutenant Kenneth Francis Petrie.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Reverend Charles John Bush-King, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, returns to duty.

The Reverend Patrick Francis Cullen, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class.

The undermentioned are posted for duty with H.M.Z.N. Hospital Ship “Maheno.” Dated 28th February, 1918:—

NEW ZEALAND DENTAL CORPS.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) William Robert Reyburn, and retains the temporary rank of Captain during the commission.

NEW ZEALAND CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Reverend William John Murphy, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Appointments and Promotions of N.C.O.s and Officers of the Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 12th March, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the grant of temporary rank to officers of the Territorial Force and temporary commissions to N.C.O.s as set out hereunder, with effect from 23rd February, 1918.

APPOINTMENTS.

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS.

2nd Lieutenant Thomas Littster Wilson, N.Z. Rifle Brigade (T.), is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant whilst employed in the Department of the Adjutant-General at Headquarters.

N.Z. ARMY PAY CORPS.

Staff Sergeant-Major George Bernard Mann is granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant (temp.) and is attached to the Army Pay Corps whilst employed in the War Expenses Branch, Wellington.

Staff Sergeant-Major Kenneth Elton Shorney is granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant (temp.) and is attached to the Army Pay Corps whilst employed in the War Expenses Branch, Wellington.