Chairman of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

William Meldrum, Esq., S.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Committees for the Districts
of Riccarton, Ellesmere, Kaiapoi, and Hurunui, vice W. Wilson,
Esq., S.M., on leave.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th April, 1925.

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

William Pitman, Esq.,
of Auckland, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace
for the Dominion of New Zealand.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Clerks of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th April, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

Arthur Frederick Bent
to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of
Wairau, vice W. S. Jones; and

William Harte
to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of
Lyttelton, vice J. R. Sansom, transferred.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Sittings of Magistrates' Court discontinued.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th April, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to direct that the sittings of the Magistrates' Court
at Matiere be discontinued as from the 30th day of April, 1925.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Courthouse appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th April, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

The office of the County Council, Ohura,
to be a place wherein a Magistrates' Court shall be held.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Clerk of Magistrates' Court, &c., appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th April, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

Constable Frank Rogers Ebbett
to be Clerk and Bailiff of the Magistrates' Court at Ohura
on and from the 1st day of May, 1925.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1925.

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

William Roxburgh, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and
Deaths for the District of Kumara, as from the 7th April,
1925.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Registrars of Births and Deaths of Maoris appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1925.

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

Edythe Grace Chamberlin (Mrs.)
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Horoera,
as from the 1st April, 1925.

Georgina Handcock (Miss)
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Waima-
maku, as from the 1st April, 1925.

Ida Vashti Crago Johnson (Mrs.)
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Matangirau,
as from the 26th March, 1925.

Frank Horatio Willis Chauve Raymond, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Kaharoa,
as from the 1st April, 1925.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 28th April, 1925.

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

Jack Riccarton Deal, Esq.,
to be Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Kaiapoi
for the purposes of the Legislature Act, 1908, as from the
15th day of April, 1925.

Hugh McAllister Patrick, Esq.,
to be the Returning Officer for the Electoral District of
Wellington Suburbs for the purposes of the Legislature Act,
1908, as from the 23rd day of April, 1925.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 28th April, 1925.

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

Donald Campbell, Esq.,
Thomas Henry, Esq.,
George Victor Were, Esq.,
to be Inspectors for the purposes of the Dairy Industry Act,
1908, as from the 22nd day of April, 1925.

George Patrick Shepherd, Esq.,
to be the Returning Officer for the Western Maori Electoral
District for the purposes of the Legislature Act, 1908, as
from the 27th day of April, 1925.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 28th April, 1925.

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.:—

Wilfred Wilson . . . . Hamilton.
Harry Hall Matthews . . . . Ongarue.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of
Officers of the Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 20th April, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to approve of the appointments, promotions, resigna-
tions, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the
Territorial Force.

5TH N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (OTAGO HUSSARS).
Herbert Stuart Jones to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation).
Dated 9th April, 1925.