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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 28

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 1st March, 1919.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration to

Lieutenant-Colonel WILLIAM HENRY PARKES, C.M.G., C.B.E., New Zealand Medical Corps,

he having a total service to the 21st January, 1919, entitling him thereto, of twenty years two hundred and sixty-seven days.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 1st March, 1919.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

Major FRANCIS WILLIAM STRONG, 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own),

he having a total service to the 31st January, 1919, entitling him thereto, of twenty years and sixty-eight days.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 1st March, 1919.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

No. 1/590, Company Sergeant-Major ARTHUR GEORGE PILKINGTON, No. 1 Field Ambulance,

he having a total service to the 31st December, 1918, entitling him thereto, of twenty years two hundred and seventy-seven days.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 1st March, 1919.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

No. 3/739, Quartermaster-Sergeant CHARLES G. MCGREGOR, Corps of New Zealand Engineers,

he having a total service to the 31st January, 1919, entitling him thereto, of twenty years and ninety days.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of Long-service and Good-conduct Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 1st March, 1919.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 14, Appendix IX, Regulations for the Military Forces of New Zealand, 1913, of the award of the Long-service and Good-conduct Medal to

Staff Sergeant-Major (Warrant Officer) ARTHUR CHEATER,
New Zealand Permanent Staff.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Public Service Entrance.—Special Examination, June, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given that it has been decided to hold a special Public Service Entrance Examination commencing about the 24th June next.

The examination will most probably be held at the following centres: Whangarei, Auckland, Hamilton, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Gisborne, Napier, Dannevirke, Masterton, Wellington, Blenheim, Nelson, Reefton, Greymouth, Hokitika, Christchurch, Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin, Gore, and Invercargill; but, should sufficient candidates offer, the examination will be held also at other centres. If necessary, candidates will be required to attend at some centre other than the one mentioned in their application forms.

Entries on proper forms, obtainable from the offices of the Public Service Commissioner, the Education Boards, or the Education Department, will be received by the Director of Education, Wellington, up to the 7th May. Both male and female candidates will be admitted.

An entrance fee of £1 is payable at any post-office money-order office, but this will be refunded if the candidate passes the examination and accepts employment in the Public Service.

D. ROBERTSON,
Public Service Commissioner.

The Poisons Act, 1908.—Register of Vendors of Poisons for the District of Hawke’s Bay for the Year ending 31st December, 1918.

Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce, Department of, Union Chambers, Customhouse Quay, Wellington.

Anderson, J., Norsewood.
Bailey, G. E., Woodville.
Bates and Co., Heretaunga Street, Hastings.
Bates, Joseph William, Hastings.
Beckett and Cato, Takapau.
Bibby, Edward, Waipawa.
Breen, G. A., Heretaunga Street, Hastings (Bates and Co.).
Brown, John J., Ormondville.
Cittadini, Elizabeth, Herbertville.
Clark, W. G., Otane.
Cuthbertson, W., Takapau.
Dannevirke Co-operative Association (Limited), Dannevirke.
Donghi, George, Ormondville.
Ellison and Duncan (Limited), Port Ahuriri.
Evans, W. F., Havelock North.
Govenlock, Arthur, Woodville.
Grant, Gordon H., Napier.
Hawke’s Bay Co-operative Association (Limited), Dannevirke.
Hawke’s Bay Co-operative Association (Limited), Hastings.
Hawke’s Bay Farmers’ Co-operative Association (Limited), Station Street, Napier.
Hooper, Harry, Napier.
Hustwick, A. H., Woodville.
Langridge, Barrie, and Co., Otane.
Leigh, E. H., Waipukurau.
Leigh and Joy, Hastings.
Longley, Arthur William Starland, Wimbledon.
Mabbett, H. W., Weber.
Mackie, J., Post-office Store, South Norsewood.
Maher, H. E., Heretaunga Street (Bates and Co.), Hastings.
Mason, William John, Dannevirke.
McDiarmid, John, Ti-tree Point.
Moore, Thomas Frederick, Woodville.
Morgan, D. E., Hastings.
Murray, Roberts, and Co. (Limited), Railway Quay, Port Ahuriri.
Murton, Harry Montague, Napier.
Neal and Close, Napier.
O’Donoghue, Edmund, Hastings.
Page and McGregor, Matamau.
Petersen, Albert Olof Andreas, Norsewood.
Prior, Edmund Elen, Dannevirke.
Reid, J. W., Emerson Street, Napier.
Riggir, F. W., Whetukura.
Roach, George Hamilton, Hastings.
Robjohns, Hindmarsh, and Co., Waghorne Street, Port Ahuriri.
Smith, Angus W., Dannevirke.
Thornton, Percy G., Clive.
Webber, Herbert, Hastings.
Webber, H. J. W., Hastings Street, Napier.
White, John, Executors of, Porangahau.
Williams and Kettle (Limited), West Quay, Port Ahuriri.
Williams and Kettle (Limited), Hastings.
Winters (Limited), Wairoa and Frasertown.
Woodward, E. C., Hastings, Post-office Box 91.
Yates and McPhail, Heretaunga Street, Hastings.

M. FOLEY,
Registrar.

Magistrate’s Court, Napier, 20th February, 1919.