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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 1

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 9th March, 1926.

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. :

John Dennis Hickey.. .. .. Heriot.
Joseph McLaughlin .. .. .. Denniston.*

• Births and deaths only.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the N.Z. Military Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1926.

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. Military Forces :

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.

Captain G. Walker, M.B.E., is posted to the Retired List, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 23rd November, 1925.

2ND N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (QUEEN ALEXANDRA’S WELLINGTON WEST COAST).

The undermentioned to be Captains. Dated 19th August, 1925.

Lieutenant P. D. W. Strachan.
Lieutenant O. L. Ferens.
Lieutenant B. W. Harvey.
Lieutenant B. W. H. Smart.

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants. Dated 4th August, 1925.

2nd Lieutenant A. J. R. Hastie.
2nd Lieutenant A. A. West.

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

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) J. Veitch is confirmed.

5TH N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (OTAGO HUSSARS).

The undermentioned to be Captains :

Lieutenant A. W. Johnson. Dated 1st September, 1925.
Lieutenant A. S. B. Smith. Dated 2nd September, 1925.

7TH N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (WELLINGTON EAST COAST).

Lieutenant F. H. P. Rogers is transferred to the 8th N.Z. Mounted Rifles (Nelson). Dated 11th February, 1926.

8TH N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (NELSON).

Lieutenant F. H. P. Rogers, from the 7th N.Z. Mounted Rifles (Wellington East Coast), to be Lieutenant, with seniority as from the 3rd March, 1924.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

2nd Lieutenant A. V. Jenkins to be Lieutenant, 19th Medium Battery. Dated 7th October, 1925.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

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

Captain N. L. Macky, M.C., from the Reserve of Officers, to be Captain, 1st Battalion. Dated 10th February, 1926.
Sholto Black to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), 2nd C. Battalion. Dated 10th February, 1926.

The North Auckland Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant A. Bowie (1st C. Battalion), is transferred to the Hauraki Regiment. Dated 10th February, 1926.

The Hauraki Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant A. Bowie, from the North Auckland Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, with seniority as from the 1st June, 1925.

The Wellington Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant C. D. A. George (1st C. Battalion), is transferred to the 1st Battalion, with seniority as from the 8th May, 1925.
John Briercliffe Thorp to be 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Battalion. Dated 5th February, 1926.

The Taranaki Regiment.

The undermentioned to be Majors. Dated 19th August, 1925.

Captain L. M. Fairbrother, 1st Battalion.
Captain G. F. Bertrand, 1st C. Battalion.
Lieutenant G. H. Weir to be Captain, 2nd C. Battalion. Dated 19th August, 1925.

The Canterbury Regiment.

The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation), are confirmed :

J. D. H. Buchanan, 1st C. Battalion.
S. R. Cuming, 1st C. Battalion.
J. E. Kinnear, 1st C. Battalion.
J. H. Conly, 3rd C. Battalion.

The Nelson, Marlborough and West Coast Regiment.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) C. H. Bleach, 2nd C. Battalion, is confirmed.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 19th August, 1925.

Neil Haldane Ames, 1st Battalion.
Orgyle John Hutchison, 2nd C. Battalion.

N.Z. AIR FORCE.

The undermentioned to be Captains :

Lieutenant G. Hood. Dated 10th December, 1925.
Lieutenant K. J. Gould. Dated 6th February, 1926.
Lieutenant S. A. Gibbons. Dated 7th February, 1926.
Lieutenant F. S. Gordon. Dated 8th February, 1926.
Lieutenant N. H. Barlow. Dated 9th February, 1926.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Roland Glyndwr Phillips-Turner to be Lieutenant, and is attached for duty to the Central Depot, N.Z. Medical Corps. Dated 3rd February, 1926.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.

The undermentioned are posted to the Retired List under the provisions of G.O. 184/21, with permission to retain their rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 10th February, 1926.

Major J. B. Macfarlane.
Captain H. W. Kennedy.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 4th March, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the services of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club, under section 43, Defence Act, 1909 :

Owhanga Defence Rifle Club,
with headquarters at Owhanga.

Dated 28th January, 1926.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 4th March, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to Major W. F. Stilwell, M.C., Regiment of N.Z. Artillery.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Notice of Intention to take Land for Scenic Purposes in Block V, Totara Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, and the Scenery Preservation Amendment Act, 1910, to take the land described in the Schedule hereto for scenic purposes. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Ross, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works at Wellington,