Aug. 27.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

2491

acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby prescribe that
the rate of interest that may be paid by the Rangiora County
Council in respect of the said loan of one thousand pounds
shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and
the said Rangiora County Council is hereby authorized to
borrow the said sum of one thousand pounds accordingly.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Kaiapoi Reserve Board.

NOTICE is hereby given that the following persons have
been appointed to be members of the above Board in
addition to those named in section 21 of the Native Land
Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1924:—
Wereta Tainui Pitama.
Waata Momo Taituha.
Hamuera Rupene.

Dated this 21st day of August, 1925.
J. G. COATES, Native Minister.

Shorthand Reporter appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 22nd August, 1925.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
Beatrice Mary Dunningham
to be a Shorthand Reporter under the Shorthand Reporters
Act, 1908.
C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Visiting Justice to Prisons appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 18th August, 1925.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
Robert Gilkison, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Visiting Justice to His Majesty's Prison at Dunedin.
G. JAS. ANDERSON, for Minister of Justice.

Board of Trade (Gas) Regulations, 1924.—Appointment of a
Gas Referee.

IN pursuance of the powers conferred upon the Minister
of Industries and Commerce by clause 9 of the Board of
Trade (Gas) Regulations, 1924, the following appointment
has been made :—
Albert Ford, of Waikanae, a Gas Referee, vice Archibald
Dougall, resigned.
The above appointment to take effect as from the date
of the publication of this notice in the Gazette.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
Acting Minister of Industries and Commerce.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 19th August, 1925.
THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following
appointments in the Public Service:—
Harold George Davis, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and
Deaths for the District of Buller, and Registrar of Births
and Deaths of Maoris at Westport, as from the 15th May, 1925.
John Courtney Quinlan, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and
Deaths for the District of Otorohanga, and Registrar of
Births and Deaths of Maoris at Otorohanga, as from the
13th August, 1925.
Joseph Thomas Eccleton, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and
Deaths for the District of Te Puke, as from the 27th July,
1925.
William Drake, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of
Otahuhu, as from the 4th June, 1925.

Francis Michael Scully, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of
Devonport, as from the 7th May, 1925.
Oliver Stanley Harvey, Esq.,
to be Bailiff of the Magistrates' Court, Stratford, for the purposes of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1908, as from the 15th
day of August, 1925.
Alfred William John Huston, Esq.,
to be Crier at Timaru of the Supreme Court of New Zealand
for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908, and Bailiff of
the Magistrate’s Court at Timaru for the purposes of the
Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1908, as from the 12th day of
August, 1925.
George Frederick Church, Esquire,
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of
Kaitaia at Awanui as from the 1st day of September, 1925.
A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 21st August, 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, the Regiment of Royal N.Z. Artillery, and
Territorial Force.

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.
Captain N. W. McD. Weir to be Major. Dated 14th August,
1925.

THE REGIMENT OF ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY.
Captain W. G. Stevens to be Major. Dated 15th August,
1925.

OFFICERS ON EXCHANGE FROM BRITISH ARMY IN INDIA.
The undermentioned officers of the British Army arrived
in the Dominion on the 11th August from India, on exchange,
and are granted local rank as stated, during the period of
their attachment to the N.Z. Permanent Forces, with seniority
from the dates shown against their names:
Captain A. Le G. Campbell, Highland Light Infantry.
Dated 6th May, 1921.
Captain W. A. Platt, Sherwood Foresters. Dated 25th
February, 1922.
Lieutenant F. J. Dillon, M.C., Royal Artillery. Dated
23rd May, 1918.

1st N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (CANTERBURY YEOMANRY
CAVALRY).
2nd Lieutenant G. H. O. Barclay to be Lieutenant. Dated
18th August, 1925.

2ND N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S WELLINGTON WEST COAST.)
Captain G. C. Wells to be Major. Dated 13th August, 1925.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.
2nd Lieutenant L. G. Peacock, from the Hauraki Regiment,
to be 2nd Lieutenant (20th Pack Battery). Dated 14th
August, 1925.
Geoffrey Neville Long to be 2nd Lieutenant (13th Coast
Battery). Dated 6th August, 1925.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.
Northern Depot.
Ellis Carl Schnackenberg to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 8th
August, 1925.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.
The Hauraki Regiment.
Major F. Prideaux, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Major
(1st Battalion). Dated 3rd August, 1925.
The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) A. Ashton
(2nd C. Battalion) lapses. Dated 14th August, 1925.
2nd Lieutenant L. G. Peacock (1st Battalion) is transferred
to the 20th Pack Battery, Regiment of N.Z. Artillery.
Dated 14th August, 1925.

The North Auckland Regiment.
Lieutenant D. Y. Gemmell, from the Reserve of Officers, to
be Lieutenant (1st C. Battalion). Dated 3rd August, 1925.
2nd Lieutenant A. Bowie, from the Reserve of Officers, to be
2nd Lieutenant (1st C. Battalion). Dated 1st June, 1925.