APRIL 22.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Appointment of Deputy District Public Trustee.
NOTICE is hereby given that in pursuance of the power
and authority vested in me by section 3 of the Public
Trust Office Amendment Act, 1921-22, I, the Public Trustee
of the Dominion of New Zealand, have appointed
Joseph William Hinchey
of the Public Trust Office, Timaru, to be Deputy of the District
Public Trustee, Timaru, during the absence of such District
Public Trustee from his headquarters, and all previous
appointments in this behalf are hereby revoked.
Dated at Wellington this 17th day of April, 1926.
J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

Cemetery Trustees resigned.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 17th April, 1926.
His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to accept the resignations of
Frederick Polhill Coleman,
Frank Herbert Courage,
Isaac Furby Croft,
John Fitzpatrick,
Henry May,
Phillip John Thorne, and
Arthur Ronald Turnbull
as trustees of the Kowai Public Cemetery.
RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
For Minister of Lands.

Cemetery Trustees resigned.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 14th April, 1926.
His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to accept the resignations of
Colin Macandrew,
James Macandrew,
William Raynbird, and
Andrew Walker
as trustees of the Upper Harbour East Public Cemetery.
A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of
Officers of the N.Z. Military Forces.
Department of Defence,
Wellington, 9th April, 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:-
6TH N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (MANAWATU).
Captain W. G. Lyons, M.C., from the Reserve of Officers,
to be Captain. Dated 18th March, 1926.
2nd Lieutenant S. H. Lodge, from the Reserve of Officers,
to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 18th March, 1926.
7TH N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (WELLINGTON EAST COAST).
Edward Stewart Fossett (late Captain in N.Z.E.F.) to be
Captain. Dated 26th March, 1926.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.
Lieutenant M. F. Moore (10th Field Battery) is transferred to
the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b) R.D. 10. Dated 31st
March, 1926.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.
The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own).
Captain H. S. Harrison (Retired List) to be Captain, 1st
Battalion. Dated 1st April, 1926.
Lieutenant J. L. H. Kayes, from the Reserve of Officers, to
be Lieutenant, 1st Battalion. Dated 1st April, 1926.
2nd Lieutenant D. C. Bryson, from the Wellington Regiment,
to be 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, with seniority as from
the 16th July, 1923.
2nd Lieutenant J. M. Tait, from the Canterbury Regiment, to
be 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, with seniority as from the
21st March, 1924.

2nd Lieutenant T. A. P. Lister, from the Taranaki Regiment, to
be 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, with seniority as from
the 2nd March, 1925.
Captain F W. Gamble (2nd C. Battalion) is transferred to
the Reserve of Officers, Class II (b), R.D. 1. Dated 30th
March, 1926.
Lieutenant P. O. Veale (1st C. Battalion) is transferred to
the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 8. Dated 30th
March, 1926.

The Hauraki Regiment.
Lieutenant W. H. Evans, from the Waikato Regiment, to
be Lieutenant, 1st C. Battalion, with seniority as from
the 2nd December, 1920.

The Waikato Regiment.
Lieutenant W. A. Evans (1st C. Battalion) is transferred to
the Hauraki Regiment. Dated 21st March, 1926.
Lieutenant R..T. Inman, from the Wellington West Coast
Regiment, to be Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, with seniority
as from the 27th August, 1924.

The North Auckland Regiment.
Harvey Ewart Gaulton to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation),
1st C. Battalion. Dated 22nd March, 1926.

The Wellington Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant D. C. Bryson (1st Battalion) is transferred to
the Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own).
Dated 1st April, 1926.
2nd Lieutenant R. W. Haddow, D.C.M., from the Wellington
West Coast Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Battalion,
with seniority as from the 8th September, 1924.
2nd Lieutenant G. J. McNaught, from the Reserve of Officers,
to be 2nd Lieutenant, 3rd C. Battalion. Dated 6th April,
1926.

The notices published in the Gazette dated 4th June, 1920,
28th July, 1921, and 31st August, 1922, relative to Captain
H. J. Thompson, M.C., are hereby cancelled. This officer
held the rank of Lieutenant in the Wellington Regiment
from the 1st March, 1920, to the 6th August, 1922. The
following notice is substituted for that published in the
Gazette dated 31st August, 1922, concerning this officer :-
"Lieutenant H. J. Thompson, M.C., to be Captain,
10th C. Battalion. Dated 7th August, 1922."

The Wellington West Coast Regiment.
Lieutenant R. T. Inman (2nd C. Battalion) is transferred to
the Waikato Regiment. Dated 23rd March, 1926.
2nd Lieutenant R. W. Haddow, D.C.M. (1st Battalion) is
transferred to the Wellington Regiment. Dated 6th April,
1926.
Lieutenant C. L. Lovegrove to be Captain, 1st Battalion.
Dated 19th August, 1925.

The Taranaki Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant T. A. P. Lister (1st C. Battalion) is transferred
to the Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own).
Dated 1st April, 1926.

The Canterbury Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant J. M. Tait (1st C. Battalion) is transferred to
the Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own).
Dated 31st March, 1926.
2nd Lieutenant L. B. Galbraith (1st Battalion) is transferred
to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 8. Dated 1st
March, 1926.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation).
Dated 7th April, 1926.
Walter William Brassington, 1st C. Battalion.
Alan Gardie Gillies, 3rd C. Battalion.
Fergus John Boag Murray, 3rd C. Battalion.
Ivan Horace Skipworth, 1st C. Battalion.

The Otago Regiment.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 20th
August, 1925.
Errol Alexander Hamilton, 2nd C. Battalion.
Sydney Tait Hudson, 2nd C. Battalion.
Harry Kent, 3rd C. Battalion.
Gray Holder Panckhurst, 2nd C. Battalion.

The Southland Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant R. A. W. Low to be Lieutenant, 2nd C. Bat-
talion. Dated 27th March, 1926.
Norman Alexander Malcolm to be 2nd Lieutenant (on proba-
tion), 1st C. Battalion. Dated 26th March, 1926.