OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1156, 27 April 1894, Page 38

OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.

Quite a batch of official appointments "were mideby Ministers in Cabinet on Wednesday (April 18). • It was decided to appoint Colonel Fraser, ex-M.H.R. for Te Aroha, to the position of Sergeant-at-Arins, just vacated by the •death of Lieut.-Colonel de Quineey; and to confer upon Mr Thomas Bracken the appointment of Reader and Clerk of Bills and Papers, which was resigned by Mr E. D. O'Rorke at the end of last session.

It was also resolved to appoint Dr Cahill, -of Wellington, to the office of Chief Medical Officer to the Government Insur*ance Department, which was left vacant last week by the death of Dr Henry. Dr James was appointed advising medical officer to Captain Holliday, Health Officer at the Port of Wellington, and Dr Wilford received the appointment of Vaccination Officer for the City of Wellington. These last two offices were previously held toy the late Dr Henry. Colonel Fraser will enter upon his new position with a thorough knowledge of the forms of the House of Representatives. He has held a seat in that Chamber since 1881 and has thus served through four Parliaments. Mr Thomas Bracken lias also served in ■Parliament, where some years ago he held •one of the Dunedin City seats. His literary qualifications are well-known throughout; the Colony. Of the medical gentlemen who have received official appointments one need only say that in Wellington they are held in high respect both sojcially and professionally. t We understand that a reduction has been made upon the total amount of the appropriation for the above fiv6 offices.