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Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 16 of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and Sections 18 and 19 of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that, no person having taken out administration, the Public Trustee has filed in the Supreme Court at Wellington an election to administer the several estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations (so far as known) are hereunder respectively set forth, their gross properties being estimated not to exceed £400 in each case.

Wellington, 15th September, 1919. ROBERT TRIGGS, Public Trustee.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 62 of 1919.

WAR SERVICE CHEVRONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE MERCANTILE MARINE, ETC.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 19th September, 1919.

THE following extract from the Board of Trade Journal No. 1168, of the 17th April, 1919, relative to the wearing of war service chevrons by members of the mercantile marine, &c., is published for general information.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

WAR SERVICE CHEVRONS,
Mercantile Marine, &c.

THE Board of Trade have authorized chevrons to be worn by masters, officers, and members of the crews of merchant vessels, and vessels of pilotage and lighthouse authorities, and by licensed pilots, and fishermen who have served at sea or have been captured or interned during the war, in accordance with the following provisions :—

1. One chevron may be worn in respect of sea-going service, or captivity or internment in an enemy country, during the period from 4th August, 1914, to 31st December, 1914.

2. One chevron may be worn in respect of each or any of the three calendar years 1915, 1916, and 1917, provided that at least three months of the year have been spent afloat in sea-going service, or in captivity in an enemy country, or both.

3. One chevron may be worn in respect of the remainder of the war, when twelve months have been spent since the 1st January, 1918, in sea-going service (with or without a period of captivity in an enemy country), provided that the period of twelve months has commenced before 11th November, 1918, when the Armistice was signed.

4. For certificated masters and officers, skippers of fishing vessels, licensed pilots, uncertificated junior officers qualifying for their first certificate, surgeons, pursers, wireless operators, cadets and apprentices in the mercantile marine, and masters, officers, and apprentices of vessels of pilotage and lighthouse authorities, the chevron for 1914 shall be silver, the others gold. For all other officers, second hands, petty officers, and ranks and ratings in the mercantile marine, in the fishing service, and in vessels of pilotage and lighthouse authorities, the chevron for 1914 shall be of red worsted, the others of blue worsted.

5. The chevrons shall be similar to those worn in the Royal Navy, and shall be worn on the forearm of the right sleeve of uniform, sea rig or shore rig; the silver and red worsted chevrons respectively shall be worn below the others. Chevrons earned for naval or military service in accordance with Admiralty or War Office regulations may be worn in addition to the mercantile marine chevrons; and, even when earned in respect of military service, they must be worn as prescribed in paragraph 4 of this authorization.

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