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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 85

Appointing a Member of the Auckland Harbour Board.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

WHEREAS it is provided by section thirty-seven of the Harbours Act, 1923, that the office of any member of a Harbour Board shall become vacant if, inter alia, he dies:

And whereas it is provided by subsection two of section thirty-eight of the said Act that when an elective member other than a representative of a constituent district vacates his office on the Board through the operation of the said section thirty-seven the Governor-General may, by Warrant under his hand, appoint some qualified person in his place;

And whereas Edwin James Carr, an elective member of the Auckland Harbour Board, being a representative of the payers of harbour dues other than dues on ships, recently died, and it is desirable to appoint a qualified person as a representative of such payers of harbour dues other than dues on ships, in his place:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the herein-before-recited power and authority, doth hereby appoint Alfred Andrew Martin to be a member of the Auckland Harbour Board as a representative of the payers of harbour dues other than dues on ships, in the place of Edwin James Carr, deceased.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 8th day of December, 1925.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Marine.

Officers authorized to take and receive Statutory Declarations under the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by section two hundred and eighty-eight of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908, and section sixteen of the Justices of the Peace Amendment Act, 1923, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that the persons whose names are set out in the Schedule hereto, being persons holding office in the service of the Crown as stated opposite their names in the said Schedule, are authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under section two hundred and eighty-eight of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

Thomas Tudhope, Chief Clerk, District Office, Lands and Survey Department, Auckland.

James Alphonsus Redman, Chief Clerk, District Office, Lands and Survey Department, New Plymouth.

As witness my hand this 7th day of December, 1925.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

Advisory Councillor of Maori Council appointed.

Native Department,

Wellington, 8th December, 1925.

IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint Aperahama Te Kaperakau to be the Advisory Councillor for the Maori Council District of Tongariro.

J. G. COATES, Native Minister.

Member of Marlborough Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,

Wellington, 7th December, 1925.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to reappoint Archibald McCallum to be a member of the Marlborough Land Board, as from the 17th January, 1926.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,

Wellington, 15th December, 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.:-

Harold Tonar McGarvey ... Raglan.

James Boyne ... Gore.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

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, 9th December, 1925.

H IS 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.

Colonel (temp. Colonel-Commandant) R. Young, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., relinquishes the appointment of Officer Commanding, Southern Command. Dated 6th December, 1925.

Colonel R. Young, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., is appointed Commandant, New Zealand Military Forces, for a period of four years, with effect from 7th December, 1925, and is promoted to the rank of Major-General as from the date of this appointment.

THE REGIMENT OF ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Ivan Roberts Withell to be Lieutenant (dated 24th November, 1925), with seniority as from the 12th December, 1921.

3rd N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (AUCKLAND).

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants:-

F. G. Dill. Dated 28th November, 1925.

C. H. R. Mellsop. Dated 29th November, 1925.

E. M. Henry. Dated 30th November, 1925.

E. E. Cooke. Dated 30th November, 1925.

9TH N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (NORTH AUCKLAND).

Douglas George Morrison to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 30th November, 1925.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Major F. C. Soar, 1st Field Battery, is transferred to the 21st Field Battery, with seniority as from the 24th August, 1923.

Lieutenant H. De Wolfe, 1st Field Battery, is transferred to the 21st Field Battery, with seniority as from the 1st November, 1925.

Lieutenant M. Volkner, 1st Field Battery, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b) R.D. I. Dated 24th November, 1925.

Lieutenant L. S. Davis, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant, 6th Field Battery. Dated 30th November, 1925.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

The North Auckland Regiment.

James George Britland to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), 1st C. Battalion. Dated 4th December, 1925.

The Taranaki Regiment.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 3rd December, 1925.

J. Leggat, 1st C. Battalion.

R. R. Henderson, 1st C. Battalion.

C. F. Norton, 1st Battalion.

F. J. Corkill, 1st Battalion.

P. W. Wright, 1st Battalion.

2nd Lieutenant C. F. Stratford is retired. Dated 26th November, 1925.

The Canterbury Regiment.

Lieutenant C. Edgar, from the Southland Regiment, to be Lieutenant, 3rd C. Battalion, with seniority as from the 21st July, 1922.

Lieutenant J. M. King, from the Otago Regiment, to be Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, with seniority as from the 20th March, 1924.

Lieutenant I. R. Withel (1st C. Battalion) relinquishes his commission on appointment to the Regiment of Royal N.Z. Artillery. Dated 23rd November, 1925.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 84, of 10th December, 1925, relating to 2nd Lieutenant T. R. A. McLeary, should read “2nd Lieutenant T. R. A. McCleary.”

The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant T. A. Mead (3rd C. Battalion) is transferred to the 1st Battalion, with seniority as from the 14th March, 1924.

The Otago Regiment.

Lieutenant J. M. King (2nd C. Battalion) is transferred to the Canterbury Regiment. Dated 28th November, 1925.

The Southland Regiment.

Lieutenant C. Edgar (2nd C. Battalion) is transferred to the Canterbury Regiment. Dated 30th November, 1925.