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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 28

Arrangements for First Election, &c., Norfolk Downs Drainage District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 4th March, 1919.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

HENRY PATTEN, Esq., of Motumaoho,

to be Returning Officer for the purpose of conducting the first election of five members of the Board of Trustees of the Norfolk Downs Drainage District, as constituted under the Land Drainage Act, 1908; also to appoint Friday, the 21st day of March, 1919, to be the date, and the Motumaoho Hall to be the place, for holding such election; and also to appoint Monday, the 24th day of March, 1919, at 10 o’clock in the morning, to be the day and the hour, and the said Motumaoho Hall to be the place, at which the first meeting of trustees shall be held.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Acting Vice-Consul of Portugal at Auckland appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 4th March, 1919.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has recognized the appointment by the Consul of Portugal at Auckland of

HAROLD WILLEY HUDSON, Esq.,

as Acting Vice-Consul of Portugal at Auckland during the absence of the Vice-Consul, Mr. N. Alfred Nathan.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Honours conferred by His Majesty the King.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 4th March, 1919.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to direct the publication in the New Zealand Gazette of the notification of the appointment by His Majesty the King of the

Honourable WORLEY BASSETT EDWARDS, and JOSEPH JAMES KINSEY, Esq.,

as Knights Bachelor; and

Colonel GEORGE FREDERICK COLIN CAMPBELL, V.D., and WILLIAM RUSSELL MORRIS, Esq., I.S.O.,

as Companions of the Order of St. Michael and St. George.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Member of Nelson Land Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 28th February, 1919.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM CRAVEN MIRFIN

to be a member of the Nelson Land Board.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

Trustee of Otokia Public Cemetery resigned.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 1st March, 1919.

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

AMOS McKEGG

as a trustee of the Otokia Public Cemetery.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

Crown Solicitor appointed.

Crown Law Office,
Wellington, 28th February, 1919.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

ROSS REGINALD BURRIDGE, Esq.,

to be a Crown Solicitor at Masterton.

F. H. D. BELL,
Attorney-General.

Coroner appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1919.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

JOHN THOMAS BARRY, Esq.,

of Whakatane, to be a Coroner within the Dominion of New Zealand.

THOMAS M. WILFORD,
Minister of Justice.

Deputy Official Assignee resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 25th February, 1919.

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

NORMAN LESLIE GURR

of his appointment as Deputy Official Assignee at Dannevirke, as from the 28th February, 1919.

THOMAS M. WILFORD,
Minister of Justice.

Chairman of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 25th February, 1919.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

JOSEPH WILLIAM POYNTON, Esq., S.M.,

to be Chairman of the Licensing Committee for the district of Raglan, vice E. Rawson, Esq., S.M.

THOMAS M. WILFORD,
Minister of Justice.

Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, licensed.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 4th March, 1919.

IN pursuance of the 10th section of the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to license

WILLIAM STANLEY COOPER,

of Auckland, to act as a Public Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909.

J. A. HANAN,
Minister in Charge.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 5th March, 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.
CHARLES CLARK .. .. .. Waverley.
ARTHUR EDMONDS .. .. .. Kaitaia.
EDWARD NATHAN FALCK .. .. .. Kaitangata.
JAMES JOSEPH FLEWELLEN .. .. .. Oxford.
CHARLES DOUGLAS BLAKISTON .. .. .. Dannevirke.
JENS PETER LARSEN .. .. .. Tokomaru Bay.
LAWRENCE MOTEK ROGERS .. .. .. Naseby.
ARCHIE NELSON BASSETT .. .. .. Mauriceville.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

Deputy Sheriff appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 25th February, 1919.

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

FREDERICK WILLIAM SCHRAMM

to be Deputy Sheriff for the district of Wellington for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908, as from the 21st day of January, 1919.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.