GAZETTE ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 845, 17 June 1910, Page 4

GAZETTE ITEMS.

VARIOUS APPOINTMENTS. Mi-. D. C. M. Bushimente has been appointed Consul of Uruguay at Wellington. Master C. V. Fonlham, of tho Patents Office, has been appointed to be a cadet in the Native. Department. Master S. E. Davey, of Temnka, has been appointed a' cadet in the Native Land Court at Wellington. Mr. C. le F. Honore has been appointed to conduct tho first election of commissioners of tho town district of Mougaweka, which will take place on June 22. Master P. 11. Diulson, of Carterton, has bfcen appointed to be a cadet in tho Native Land Court at Gisborne. Dr. H. Chesson, M.R.C.K.E., L.H.C.P., D.P.H., has been appointed to be chief medical officer and health officer for the Coolt Islands, vico Dr. C. M. Dawson, resigned. Sergeant Willis, of l'almerston North, has been appointed an inspector of seafishing. ' Masters J. 11. Dcnnehy and W. Smith have been appointed to bo cadets in the Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists. Mr. P. J. Ellis has been appointed Lieutenant in No. 3 Company, Wellington Division, Now Zealand Garrison Artillery (Electric Light Section). An' award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration has been granted to Major G. D. lioss, No. 2 Company, Now Zealand Engineers (20 years' service); and long service medals to Lieutenant C. F. Lewis, active list, unattached (21 years); and Bugler-Sergeant 'i'. D. OM'ourko, No. 1 Company, Now Zealand Engineers (21 years).

DEFINITION OF " LIQUOR." $ SCOTCH WHISKY AS PERFUMERY. Perusing the intricacies of the licensing law for the purpose of ascertaining whether New Zealand-made wine may be sold in No-License districts, learned counsel yesterday placed some novel arguments before the Chief, Justice (Sir Robert Stout). Mr. Salmond, SolicitorGeneral, dealing with the suggestion that perfumery containing a certain percentage of spirit ought not lo be sold in NoLicense districts, said the prohibition was only concerned with liquor intended for use as a drink. "If that were not >.o," said the Soli-citor-General, "methylated spirits, or everi varnish, cuuUl not legally be sold in a No-License district. I presume that a man could drink enough varnish to intoxicate himself!" (Laughter.) The Chief Justice remarked that eau de cologne. was sometimes used as a drink. Mr. Salmond: If eau de cologne is sold for drinking purposes, then it is "liquor." The same might apply to other perfumery. Mr. Skerrett: You might sell whisky as perfumery. (Laughter.) The Chief Justice: I am afraid a Scotchman would think that that was degrading his national beverage. (Laughter.) Mr. Salmond: I believe a Scotchman likes the smell of it, but I don't think that he could ever be accused of using it as perfumery. (Laughter.)