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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 64

Member of Aitutaki Island Council appointed.

Cook Islands Department,
Wellington, 27th April, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

TINI

to be a member of the Island Council of Aitutaki, vice Maea.

M. POMARE,
Minister for the Cook Islands

Registrars of Births, &c., appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 29th April, 1918.

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

FRANCIS HALLIDAY GARTH

to be Registrar of Births; Deaths, and Marriages, and Vaccination Inspector, for the District of Cheviot, as from the 16th April, 1918.

PERCIVAL ALFRED THOMAS BRADLEY

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, and Vaccination Inspector, for the District of Malvern, as from the 23rd April, 1918.

JAMES EDWARD WARD

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, and Vaccination Inspector, for the District of Piopio, as from the 15th May, 1918.

ROMULUS BLAKLEY

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, and Vaccination Inspector, for the District of Te Kuiti, as from the 15th May, 1918.

ARNOLD HODGEN

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, and Vaccination Inspector, for the District of Awakino, as from the 15th May, 1918.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Gaolers appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner.
Wellington, 29th April, 1918.

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

JOHN DOWN

to be Gaoler of His Majesty’s Prison at Waikeria for the purposes of the Prisons Act, 1908, as from the 12th day of April, 1918.

CHARLES JAMES KNIGHT

to be Gaoler of His Majesty’s Prison at Paparua for the purposes of the Prisons Act, 1908, as from the 12th day of April, 1918.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 30th April, 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.
EMMA MAY HARVEY .. .. .. Kumara.
WILLIAM FREDERICK BENNETTS .. .. Palmerston.
JOHN HASTILOW HALE .. .. .. Pelorus.
RONALD AVENT SMALL .. .. .. Mauriceville.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

Appointments, Promotions, and Retirements of Officers of the Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 24th April, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, and retirements of the undermentioned officers of the Territorial Force:—

APPOINTMENT.

Captain (temp. Major) Arthur Stanley Herbert, M.B., M.R.C.S., Eng., N.Z. Medical Corps, is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel whilst employed as Principal Medical Officer, King George Hospital, Rotorua. Dated 1st April, 1918.

PROMOTIONS AND RETIREMENTS.

1ST MOUNTED RIFLES (CANTERBURY YEOMANRY CAVALRY).

Captain (Quartermaster) James Alfred Northcote retires under the provisions of paragraph 126, General Regulations, 1913, and is granted the honorary rank of Major. Dated 4th April, 1918.

5TH (WELLINGTON) REGIMENT.

Reserve of Officers.

Major William George Wray, M.C., is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, with effect from 8th May, 1918, and is absorbed with his original rank—viz., Captain, as from 19th May, 1913 (vide New Zealand Gazette No. 46, of the 12th June, 1913).

10TH (NORTH OTAGO) REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant Hugh McIntyre is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, with effect from 4th May, 1918, and is absorbed into the regiment with his original rank and seniority therein—viz., 2nd Lieutenant, as from 18th August, 1916 (vide New Zealand Gazette No. 103, of the 14th September, 1916).

12TH (NELSON AND MARLBOROUGH) REGIMENT.

Reserve of Officers.

Captain Griffiths Lewis is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, with effect from 10th May, 1918, and is absorbed with his original rank—viz., Lieutenant, as from 13th December, 1905 (vide New Zealand Gazette No. 52, of the 13th June, 1912).

NEW ZEALAND RIFLE BRIGADE.

(Earl of Liverpool’s Own) Territorial.

Lieutenant Cyprian Everard Bridge is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, with effect from 15th April, 1918, and is absorbed into the regiment with his original rank and seniority therein—viz., 2nd Lieutenant, as from 1st February, 1915 (vide New Zealand Gazette No. 28, of the 28th February, 1918).

2nd Lieutenant Charles George Baker is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, with effect from 3rd May, 1918, and is absorbed into the regiment with his original rank and seniority therein—viz., 2nd Lieutenant, as from 27th May, 1916 (vide New Zealand Gazette No. 139, of the 14th December, 1916).

2nd Lieutenant Ernest Lewer, M.C., is struck off the strength of the Expeditionary Force, with effect from 4th May, 1918, and is posted to the regiment with his original rank and seniority—viz., 2nd Lieutenant, as from 26th August, 1916.

2nd Lieutenant Harold Walter Reed is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, with effect from 4th May, 1918, and is absorbed into the regiment with his original rank and seniority therein—viz., 2nd Lieutenant, as from 23rd September, 1916 (vide New Zealand Gazette No. 139, of the 14th September, 1916).

2nd Lieutenant Frank Cook is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, with effect from 3rd May, 1918, and is absorbed into the regiment with his original rank and seniority therein—viz., 2nd Lieutenant, as from 14th October, 1916 (vide New Zealand Gazette No. 139, of the 14th December, 1916).

2nd Lieutenant Spenceley Walker is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, with effect from 4th May, 1918, and is absorbed into the regiment with his original rank and seniority therein—viz., 2nd Lieutenant, as from 6th December, 1916.

2nd Lieutenant Charles Stanley Brown is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, with effect from 3rd May, 1918, and is absorbed into the regiment with his original rank and seniority—viz., 2nd Lieutenant, as from 6th December, 1916.

NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL CORPS.

Captain (temp. Major) Charles Evans Maguire, M.D., is granted the temporary rank of Lieut.-Colonel. Dated 11th February, 1918.

Carrick Hey Robertson, M.B., F.R.C.S., Eng., to be temporary Lieut.-Colonel. Dated 11th February, 1918.

Edwin Henry Britton Milsom, M.D., to be temporary Major. Dated 11th February, 1918.