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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 17

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of section eighty of the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do by this notice hereby close the roads hereinafter described; and I do hereby declare that the said roads shall thereupon become subject to the said Act.

SCHEDULE.
GLADBROOK SETTLEMENT.
APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of road to be closed :-
Strath Taieri Survey District.
A. R. P. Adjoining or passing through
0 1 30 Section 6, Block VIII.
0 1 8 " 5 "
1 0 16 "
5 2 10 Sections 1 and 5, Block VIII.
4 0 0 " 1 and 2 "

Sutton Survey District.
0 3 20 Sections 6, 7, and 8, Block V.
4 2 0 " 34 and 35, Block IV.

In the Otago Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 21/81, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured green.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this twelfth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

Resignation of School-teacher, Rarotonga.

Cook Islands Department,
Wellington, 17th February, 1919.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation by

FLORENCE PADLIE

of her appointment as Assistant Teacher at Arorangi School, from the 31st January, 1919.

M. POMARE,
Minister for the Cook Islands.

Returning Officer appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 13th February, 1919.

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

SAMUEL ERNEST MCCARTHY

to be the Returning Officer for the Southern Maori Electoral District for the purposes of the Legislature Act, 1908, as from the 5th day of February, 1919.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Clerk of Magistrate's Court appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 14th February, 1919.

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

JOHN LODEWYK CROWTHER

to be Clerk of the Magistrate's Court at Te Kuiti for the purposes of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1908; as from the 3rd day of February, 1919.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 19th February, 1919.

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.
HENRY WILLIAM CLARE .. Pleasant Point.
JOHN CALDER ALLAN .. Whakatane.
LEWIS WITHERS SHARPIN.. Waipawa (at Otane).
JAMES CAMPBELL COWIE .. Runanga.

• Births and deaths only.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the N.Z. Staff Corps and Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 18th February, 1919.

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

APPOINTMENTS.

Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) John Evelyn Duigan, D.S.O., p.s.c., N.Z. Staff Corps, vacated his appointment as Chief Infantry Instructor, Featherston Military Camp, on 30th October, 1918, retaining the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel whilst attached to General Headquarters for special duty, and is appointed General Staff Officer (temp.), Auckland Military District, with the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel whilst so acting, with effect from 9th January, 1919.

Captain Peter Bain Henderson, M.C., N.Z. Staff Corps, relinquishes the appointment of Machine-gun Instructor, Featherston Military Camp, and is appointed Machine-gun Instructor (temp.), Trentham School. Dated 13th January, 1919.

Captain (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) Joseph McNaughton Christie, M.D., is granted the temporary rank of Colonel whilst employed as Consulting Surgeon to the N.Z. Expeditionary Forces. Dated 20th January, 1919.

Captain Richard Edward Joseph Martin, Unattached List (b), relinquishes the appointment of Ship's Adjutant and Quartermaster on H.M.N.Z. transports, and is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force. Dated 13th February, 1919.

Captain William Watson, M.C., Unattached List (b), General List, is appointed Assistant Provost Marshal, Auckland Military District. Dated 14th November, 1918.

Captain (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) James Herbert Graham Robertson, M.B., N.Z. Medical Corps, relinquishes the appointment of Principal Medical Officer, Featherston Military Camp, and the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel whilst so employed. Dated 23rd January, 1919.

2nd Lieutenant Samuel Frickleton, V.C., N.Z. Rifle Brigade, Earl of Liverpool's Own, is appointed Assistant Provost Marshal, Wellington Military District, and is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant whilst so employed. Dated 21st December, 1918.

PROMOTIONS, RESIGNATIONS, AND TRANSFERS.

N.Z. GARRISON ARTILLERY.
Auckland G.A. Division.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) George Ernest Walker resigns his appointment. Dated 21st January, 1919.

No. 2 Company.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Allan John Fairmaid to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 27th October, 1917.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.
N.Z. Railway Battalions.
NORTH ISLAND BATTALION.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Charles Lewis Blackburn to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 23rd September, 1916.

SOUTH ISLAND BATTALION.

Major Alfred James McCredie is appointed Officer Commanding, and is granted the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 8th January, 1919.

5TH (WELLINGTON) REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Horace Leonard Rogers resigns his appointment. Dated 20th January, 1919.

14TH (SOUTH OTAGO) REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) William Fergie to be Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 22nd January, 1919.

16TH (WAIKATO) REGIMENT.

Company Sergeant-Major Eugene Hamuera Ormsby to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 22nd January, 1919.

17TH (RUAHINE) REGIMENT.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 103, of 14th September, 1916, relating to 2nd Lieutenant Raymond Lee is cancelled, and the following substituted :-

2nd Lieutenant Raymond Lee is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, and reposted to the regiment. Dated 9th August, 1916.