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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 31

Member of Otago Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 4th March, 1919.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to reappoint

JAMES SMITH

to be a member of the Otago Land Board, as from the 19th February, 1919.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

Registrar of Electors, &c., appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 27th February, 1919.

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

WILLIAM McNICKLE

to be the Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Auckland Central, for the purposes of the Legislature Act, 1908, as from the 7th day of March, 1919.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Returning Officer appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 27th February, 1919.

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

BERTRAM EUSTACE SILKE BRODIE

to be the Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Invercargill, for the purposes of the Legislature Act, 1908, as from the 25th day of February, 1919.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Deputy Sheriffs appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 5th March, 1919.

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

ALFRED McCARTHY

to be Deputy Sheriff for the district of Auckland, for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908 ; as from the 14th day of January, 1919.

JOHN REID

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

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Clerk of Magistrate’s Court appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 11th March, 1919.

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

FRANK MITCHELL

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Rotorua, for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1908, as from the 10th day of January, 1919.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Appointment of District Manager, Public Trust Office, at Masterton.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 10th March, 1919.

IT is hereby notified for public information that

MR. THOMAS GEORGE GILBERT

has been appointed District Manager for the Public Trust Office at Masterton.

Dated at Wellington this 10th day of March, 1919.

R. TRIGGS,
Public Trustee.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 11th 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.
JOHN RAMSAY Huntly.
HARRY MARSTON HARKER Tokaanu.
GEORGE WILLIAM HAZLETON Te Aroha.
JAMES FOSTER WILCOX Otahuhu.
RUPERT GARFIELD POULTON Wellington.

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, 13th March, 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.

Captain (temp. Major) Ferdinand August Wood, M.C., N.Z. Staff Corps, relinquishes the appointment of Mounted Rifles Instructor, Featherston Camp, as from the 15th January, 1919, and is appointed Group Commander (temp.) No. 1 Group, dated 25th January, 1919, and retains the temporary rank of Major whilst so employed.

Lieutenant Edward Talbot Rowlings, N.Z. Staff Corps, is appointed Group Commander (temp.) No. 7 Group, and is granted the temporary rank of Captain whilst so employed. Dated 26th January, 1919.

Lieutenant-Colonel David Storer Wylie, C.M.G., M.B., N.Z. Medical Corps (N.Z.E.F.), is granted the temporary rank of Colonel whilst holding the appointment of Consulting Surgeon in Special Military Surgery, N.Z. Military Forces. Dated 20th January, 1919.

Major John Hastings Chisholm, Queen Alexandra’s 2nd Wellington West Coast Mounted Rifles, vacates the appointment of Area Officer, Oamaru, and is appointed Group Commander (temp.) No. 16 Group. Dated 25th September, 1918.

Staff Quartermaster-Sergeant Frederick Alfred Brownjohn is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant in the Unattached List (b), General List, whilst holding the appointment of Officer in Charge, Stores Branch of the Director of Railways and Works. Dated 1st November, 1918.

Major Thomas Haslett Ringland, Reserve of Officers, 9th (Hawke’s Bay) Regiment, relinquishes the appointment of Group Commander No. 7 Group. Dated 26th January, 1919.

Major Henry Jolly, 3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles, relinquishes the appointment of Group Commander No. 1 Group. Dated 25th January, 1919.

Major (temp.) Daniel James Sweetzer, relinquishes the appointment of Camp Adjutant, Trentham Camp, and is appointed Camp Commandant, Trentham. Dated 7th January, 1919.

Captain George Myers, 8th (Southland) Regiment, relinquishes the appointment of Assistant Adjutant-General, Otago Military District. Dated 28th February, 1919.

The undermentioned relinquish the appointment of Attesting Officer under the Military Service Act, 1916 :—

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Charles White Mellor, Reserve of Officers, 5th (Wellington) Regiment, and relinquishes the temporary rank of Captain whilst so employed. Dated 7th December, 1918.

Lieutenant Bernard Russell Lankshear, 5th (Wellington) Regiment. Dated 30th November, 1918.

2nd Lieutenant Patrick Gilbert Forde, Unattached List (b), General List. Dated 28th December, 1918.

2nd Lieutenant George Edgar Henderson Garden, 4th (Otago) Regiment. Dated 28th January, 1919.

Lieutenant George Nelson Moffatt, Unattached List (b), General List, performed the duties of Attesting Officer under the Military Service Act, 1916, from 24th January, 1917, to 31st December, 1918.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Stanley Mexham Dixon vacates the appointment of Group Commander No. 20 Group, and is appointed Area Officer (temp.) No. 20 Group. Dated 3rd February, 1919.