Mar. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 757

Members of North Auckland Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 7th March, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to reappoint

John Edward Wells,
Hector Aitkenhead, and
Angus Finlayson

to be members of the North Auckland Land Board as from the 2nd April, 1925.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
For Minister of Lands.

Members of Domain Boards appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 9th March, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 41 of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, been pleased to make the following appointments :—

James Fitzgerald Bodkin
to be a member of the Hyde Domain Board, in place of Owen John Laverty, deceased.

Henry Ernest Ransome
to be a member of the Tokomairiro Domain Board, in place of Charles King, deceased.

Thomas James Coxhead, and
John Templeton
to be members of the Pukehu Domain Board, in place of Charles Ambrose Woolford and Oscar Frederick Thomas Stockwell, left the district.

Herbert Arthur Lamb,
Frederick Ward, and
Herbert Alfred Quarterman
to be members of the Mataroa Domain Board, in place of Leslie Michael Brooky, Thomas Davis, and William Coogan, resigned.

Harry Leslie Franklin,
Patrick Edmund Kohan,
Norman Leslie Lithgow,
William James Phillips, and
Joseph Wadsworth
to be members of the Waikino Domain Board, in place of Richard Bainbridge, Alexander Hill, Thomas Walter Hutchinson, William Charles Kennedy, and John Truscott, left the district.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, for Minister of Lands.

Judge of the Supreme Court appointed.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, pursuant to section 11 of the Judicature Act, 1908, and section 2 of the Judicature Amendment Act, 1923, to appoint

John Henry Hosking, Esq.,

to be a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, to hold office for a period of six months from the 9th day of March, 1925.

F. H. D. BELL, Attorney-General.

Ranger of Crown Lands appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 9th March, 1925.

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

Richard Cleverdon, Esq.,

to be a Ranger of Crown Lands for the Auckland Land District, for the purposes of the Land Act, 1924, as from the 1st day of March, 1925.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

ALEXANDER MORTLOCK WALLER, Esquire, of 5 Arundel Street, Strand, London, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England, has this day been appointed by the Right Honourable Sir Robert Stout, P.C., K.C.M.G., Chief Justice of New Zealand, a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in England under the 47th section of the Judicature Act, 1908, for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington this 10th day of March, 1925.

W. A. HAWKINS, Registrar, Supreme Court.

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Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 10th March, 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. :—

David Adamson Clarke .. .. .. Hororata.
James Patterson .. .. .. Little River.
Oliver Stanley Harvey .. .. .. Stratford.
Frederick James Shearer .. .. .. Opunake.
Hugh Brownlie .. .. .. Takaka.
Thomas Ray Lane .. .. .. Kaponga.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the N.Z. Staff Corps and Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 26th February, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the N.Z. Staff Corps and Territorial Force.

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) G.H. Clifton, M.C., to be Captain. Dated 12th February, 1925.
Lieutenant R. C. C. Steele to be Captain. Dated 12th February, 1925.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Keith Stronach to be 2nd Lieutenant (19th Battery) and is transferred to the 5th Field Battery. Dated 17th February, 1925.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own).

Captain L. V. Porteous, M.B.E., to be Major (1st Battalion). Dated 1st November, 1924.
Captain J. H. Ansell to be Major (2nd C. Battalion). Dated 8th November, 1924.
Lieutenant S. D. Rice to be Captain (1st Battalion). Dated 1st September, 1924.
Lieutenant G. T. Lee to be Captain (1st Battalion). Dated 2nd September, 1924.
Lieutenant A. E. Brendon to be Captain (3rd C. Battalion). Dated 14th November, 1924.
2nd Lieutenant C. Mackley to be Lieutenant (1st Battalion). Dated 1st September, 1923.
2nd Lieutenant W. A. Moore, M.M. (2nd C. Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b) R.D. I. Dated 10th February, 1925.

The Hauraki Regiment.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) G. N. Hart (1st Battalion) lapses. Dated 18th February, 1925.

The North Auckland Regiment.

Lieutenant J. Finlayson to be Captain (1st Battalion). Dated 11th November, 1924.
Lieutenant H. S. Bannister, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant (1st Battalion). Dated 16th February, 1925.

The Wellington Regiment.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (2nd C. Battalion) :—
Ian Hannay Macarthur. Dated 12th November, 1924.
Charles Ison Masters. Dated 12th February, 1925.

The Hawke’s Bay Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant W. J. Hall, from the Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority as from the 24th October, 1922.

The Canterbury Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant R. W. Wilson (3rd C. Battalion) is transferred to the 1st Battalion, with seniority as from the 7th November, 1924.

The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment.

Lieutenant V. L. Powell to be Captain (3rd C. Battalion) Dated 20th August, 1924.
Robert Edward Agar to be 2nd Lieutenant (3rd C. Battalion). Dated 16th February, 1925.
2nd Lieutenant W. J. Hall (1st C. Battalion) is transferred to the Hawke’s Bay Regiment. Dated 1st December, 1924.

N.Z. AIR FORCE.

Noel Lancelot Vale to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 1st January, 1925.