Aug. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2613

Cadet appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 28th August, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

TURU HIROTI

to be a Cadet in the office of the Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board, under the provisions of section 70 of the Native Land Act, 1909, as from the 21st day of August, 1912.

W. H. HERRIES,
Native Minister.

Cadette appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 28th August, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ELLEN DOROTHY MAUD KING

to be a Cadette in the office of the Tokerau District Maori Land Board, under the provisions of section 70 of the Native Land Act, 1909, as from the 1st day of September, 1912.

W. H. HERRIES,
Native Minister.

Sittings of Magistrates’ Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 27th August, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THE COURTHOUSE, OHAKUNE, and
THE COURTHOUSE, SITUATE IN DIXON STREET, MASTER-TON,

to be places wherein a Magistrate’s Court shall be held, in lieu of the places previously appointed respectively.

A. L. HERDMAN,
Minister of Justice.

Official Assignee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th August, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WALTER SEPTIMUS FISHER, Esq.,

to be an Official Assignee for the Supreme Court Districts of Hamilton and Taranaki, on and from the 1st day of August, 1912.

A. L. HERDMAN,
Minister of Justice.

Cadet in Government Shipping Office, Auckland, appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 22nd August, 1912.

IT is hereby notified that

WILFRED SYDNEY LONG

has been appointed a Cadet in the office of the Superintendent of Mercantile Marine at Auckland, as from the 12th February, 1912.

F. M. B. FISHER.

Member of Greymouth Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 26th August, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Harbours Amendment Act, 1910, and of the Greymouth Harbour Board Act, 1884, appointed

GEORGE EDWARD PERKINS, Mayor of Greymouth,

to be a member of the Greymouth Harbour Board, in place of Alfred Charles Russell, resigned.

F. M. B. FISHER.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Retirements of New Zealand Staff Corps and Territorial Force Officers.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 20th August, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, and retirements of the undermentioned New Zealand Staff Corps and Territorial Force Officers :-

New Zealand Staff Corps.

Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Donald Polson, D.S.O., retires on account of ill health, with the rank of Major, which he held in the New Zealand Militia. Dated 31st July, 1912.

New Zealand Garrison Artillery.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants, supernumerary to the establishment. Dated 5th August, 1912 :-

Gunner Cyril Ivan Brown.
Private Donald Gordon Johnston.

4th Regiment (Otago Rifles).

Lieutenant William Fleming to be Captain, vice Lusk, resigned. Dated 27th April, 1912.
2nd Lieutenant John Llewellyn Saunders to be Lieutenant, vice Fleming, promoted. Dated 27th April, 1912.
2nd Lieutenant Cecil Rawlings Murray resigns his commission. Dated 25th July, 1912.

5th Regiment (Wellington Rifles).

Lieutenant Rogers William Wilkinson to be Captain, vice Columb, transferred to Reserve of Officers. Dated 7th May, 1912.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 6th June, 1912 :-

John Richmond Cowles.
Guy Campion Felton.
David Alexander Kenny.

10th Regiment (North Otago Rifles).

Captain John Samuel Napoleon Searle to be Major. Dated 12th June, 1912.

Unattached List (b).
(Senior Cadets.)

Captain John George Thomas Castle resigns his commission. Dated 9th July, 1912.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette dated 25th July, 1912, relative to the promotion of Lieutenant William Edward Rhodes to the rank of Captain, is cancelled.

2nd Lieutenant William Edward Rhodes to be Lieutenant. Dated 18th November, 1911.

The undermentioned are appointed for service with the Senior Cadets, under the provisions of paragraph 88 (b), General Regulations, 1911. Dated 5th August, 1912 :-

2nd Lieutenant John Valentine Hanna.
,, Richard Edward Andrew.
,, Robert John Clarke.
,, Charles William Crutch.
,, Joseph Aloysius Duffy.
,, Victor Richard Stanley Scott.
,, Frederick Thomas Hayman.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Formation of a Coast Defence Detachment.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 20th August, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under section 6 (a) of the Defence Act, 1909, of the formation of a Coast Defence Detachment of the 4th Regiment (Otago Rifles), consisting of four infantry companies, with headquarters at Dunedin.

The establishment of officers will be as follows :-

Lieutenant-Colonel (1).
Majors (2).
Captains (3).
Lieutenants (4).
2nd Lieutenants (4).

Dated 2nd August, 1912.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.