Mar. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 547

SCHEDULE.

Thomas Dwyer .. .. Beaumont.
Rodger Clarence Turnbull .. .. Blackmount.
Walter Thomas Johnston .. .. Invercargill.
Thomas Pennington .. .. Mangatoki.

As witness my hand this 26th day of February, 1926.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

Officer appointed to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

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 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

Commander Frederick Cyril Bradley, R.N.,

being a person holding the office of Officer Commanding H.M.S. “Philomel,” is authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under the two hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

As witness my hand this 23rd day of February, 1926.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

Postmaster appointed to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that

David McCready,

being a person holding the office of Postmaster under the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, at Eltham, is authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

As witness my hand, this 23rd day of February, 1926.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

Appointments to Royal Navy.

Navy Office,
Wellington, 26th February, 1926.

THE Naval Board has been pleased to make the following appointments to the R.F.A. “Nucula” :—

Mr. Harold Richard Bullimore (Engineer Lieutenant, R.N., retired), to be Chief Engineer, to date 22nd November, 1925.

Mr. Arthur E. Fallwell to be Second Engineer, to date 11th January, 1926.

REGINALD BUTCHER, Naval Secretary.

Officers of Police Force appointed.

Police Department,
Wellington, 1st March, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Inspector Edwin Eales

to be a Superintendent,

Sub-Inspector Sidney Rawle
to be an Inspector, and

Senior Sergeant Frank Lewin
to be a Sub-Inspector,

of the New Zealand Police Force, the appointment in each case to take effect from 1st March, 1926.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Member of Maori Council appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 26th February, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Tupu Paurini

to be a member of the Maori Council for the Maori Council District of Tongariro, vice Hare Waaka, resigned.

J. G. COATES, Native Minister.

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Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Allan Leslie Tresidder

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Wairau during the absence of A. F. Bent, on leave.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Chairmen of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

John George Lewis Hewitt, Esq., S.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Christchurch, Avon, Lyttelton, and Ellesmere, vice H. Y. Widdowson, Esq., S.M., on leave ;

Robert Ward Tate, Esq., S.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Waitomo, Stratford, Taranaki, and Egmont, vice A. M. Mowlem, Esq., S.M. ;

Arthur Manwell Mowlem, Esq., S.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Pahiatua and Wairarapa, vice S. L. P. Free, Esq., S.M. ; and

Felix Hector Levien, Esq., S.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Committees for the District of Kaipara and Marsden, vice R. W. Tate, Esq., S.M.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Harbourmaster at Collingwood appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1926.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Harbours Act, 1923, and of the Official Appointments and Documents Act, 1919, appointed

Reuben Joseph Thomas Dillon

to be Harbourmaster for the Port of Collingwood, in the Dominion of New Zealand, for the purposes of the first-mentioned Act.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Marine.

Cancelling Appointment of Officer under Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908, and the Official Appointments and Documents Act, 1919.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1926.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fisheries Act, 1908, and of the Official Appointments and Documents Act, 1919, cancelled the appointment of

James Kennedy,

of Taupo, as an Officer for the purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned Act in respect of the Rotorua Acclimatization District.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Marine.

Appointments to the Cook Islands Public Service.

Cook Islands Department,
Wellington, 27th February, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand has been pleased to make the following appointments to the Cook Islands Public Service under section 13 of the Cook Islands Act, 1915 :—

Edward Pohau Ellison,

to be Chief Medical Officer of Rarotonga, on and from the 21st November, 1925.

Arnold F. Scherer

to be Head Teacher, Avarua School, Rarotonga, on and from the 1st March, 1926.

Florence Ormiston

to be Infant Teacher, Avarua School, Rarotonga, on and from the 1st February, 1926.

M. POMARE, Minister for the Cook Islands.