JULY 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2393

1914, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the
21st May, 1914, the following officers, at the addresses set
against their names, are hereby appointed Transmitting and
Receiving Officers for the purpose of dealing with all notices
by telegraph sent under the said Act or regulations, and
of signing such certificates in relation to the service of any
such notices as are required or authorized to be signed or
given under the said Act or the regulations aforesaid:—

PAUL CURTIS, Chief Postmaster, Napier.
ALFRED EDWARD FORDHAM, Postmaster, Bluff.
LAURENCE WILLIAM BOURKE, Chief Postmaster, Greymouth.
THOMAS REID, Postmaster, Lawrence.
ARTHUR ERNEST MATHEWS, Postmaster, Rawene.
WILLIAM THOMAS COAD, Postmaster, Stratford.
WILLIAM McNICKLE, Postmaster, Taihape.

W. D. S. MACDONALD,
Acting Minister of Telegraphs.

Member of the Okato Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 7th July, 1919.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, by his
Deputy, in pursuance of section 41 of the Public
Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, been pleased to appoint

LEONARD SYDNEY HART

to be a member of the Okato Domain Board, in place of
Samuel Alexander Dailey, who has resigned.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Kawakawa Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 15th July, 1919.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, by his
Deputy, in pursuance of section 41 of the Public
Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, been pleased to appoint

CHARLES SEORIM GOODHUE

to be a member of the Kawakawa Domain Board, in place
of Frederick William Goodhue, deceased.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

Member of the Opotiki and Waioeka Domain Board
appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 15th July, 1919.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, by his
Deputy, in pursuance of section 41 of the Public
Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, been pleased to appoint

FRANCIS JAMES SHORT

to be a member of the Opotiki and Waioeka Domain Board,
in the place of Arthur Parkinson, deceased.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

Inspector under the Stock Act, 1908, appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 2nd July, 1919.

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

JAMES GIBB JOHNSTON

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Stock Act, 1908,
as from the 2nd July, 1919.

A. C. TURNBULL,
Secretary.

Returning Officer appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 7th July, 1919.

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

WILLIAM HARTE

to be the Returning Officer for the Electoral District of
Waitaki, for the purposes of the Legislature Act, 1908, as
from the 1st day of July, 1919.

A. C. TURNBULL,
Secretary.

Registrar-General of Land, &c., appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 8th July, 1919.

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

WILLIAM WYINKS

to be Registrar-General of Land, District Land Registrar,
and Registrar of Deeds at Wellington, as from the 1st day
of June, 1919.

A. C. TURNBULL,
Secretary.

Commissioner of the Native Land Court appointed.

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

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

FRANK OSWALD VICTOR ACHESON

to be a Commissioner of the Native Land Court under the
Native Land Act, 1909, for the Dominion of New Zealand,
as from the 1st day of July, 1919.

A. C. TURNBULL,
Secretary.

Appointments, Promotions, and Transfers of Officers on Active
Service with the N.Z. Expeditionary Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 15th July, 1919.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to approve of the appointments, promotions, and
transfers of the undermentioned officers on active service
with the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, vide List No. 88, N.Z.E.F.
Orders.

COMMANDS AND STAFF.

Lieutenant-Colonel H. M. Wilson, D.S.O., Rifle Brigade, rejoined the British Army, is struck off the strength of the N.Z.E.F. Dated 1st April, 1919.

Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Brigadier-General) A. E. Stewart, D.S.O., returning to New Zealand for demobilization, relinquishes the command of “A” Group, N.Z.E.F., Sling. Dated 10th April, 1919.

Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Brigadier-General) R. Young, C.M.G., D.S.O., to Command “A” Group, N.Z.E.F., Sling, vice Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Brigadier-General) A. E. Stewart, D.S.O., returning to New Zealand for demobilization. Dated 10th April, 1919.

AUCKLAND MOUNTED RIFLES.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants, supernumerary to Establishment:—

13/77, Squadron Sergeant-Major F. A. Haliday. Dated 3rd March, 1919.

13/196, Squadron Sergeant-Major C. J. Jenkins. Dated 7th March, 1919.

13/292, Sergeant W. A. Dennett. Dated 8th March, 1919.

CANTERBURY MOUNTED RIFLES.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants, supernumerary to Establishment:—

7/1081, Sergeant (temp. S.S.M.) E. O. Harrison. Dated 2nd March, 1919.

7/1250, Sergeant-Major F. A. Juggins. Dated 6th March, 1919.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) J. Tennant ceases to be employed on the Training Cadre, but retains the temporary rank of Captain, vice Captain (temp. Major) J. S. Barker, temporarily commanding a squadron. Dated 1st March, 1919.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 72, of 19th June, 1919, relating to Lieutenant E. C. Gardener, for the words “Dated 18th January, 1919,” read “Dated 1st January, 1919.”

WELLINGTON MOUNTED RIFLES.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants, supernumerary to Establishment:—

11/1399, Squadron Sergeant-Major J. Stellin. Dated 4th March, 1919.

11/138, Squadron Sergeant-Major D. H. Strachan, M.M. Dated 5th March, 1919.

11/1618, Corporal M. J. Cameron, retransferred from the Royal Air Force, is taken on the strength of the N.Z.E.F. in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 1st March, 1919.