Numb. 33.

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1926.

Resignation of Member of Executive Council.

Executive Council Chamber,
Wellington, 24th May, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation of

The Honourable Sir Christopher James Parr, K.C.M.G., of his office as a member of the Executive Council of the Dominion of New Zealand, as from the 24th day of April, 1926.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Member of the Executive Council appointed.

Executive Council Chamber,
Wellington, 24th May, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has this day been pleased to appoint Robert Alexander Wright, Esquire, to be a member of the Executive Council of the Dominion of New Zealand, and the above-named gentleman has taken the oath of office accordingly.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Resignation of Ministers.

Official Secretary's Office, Government House, Wellington, 24th May, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation of The Honourable Sir Christopher James Parr, K.C.M.G., of the offices of Minister of Education and Postmaster-General and Minister of Telegraphs, as from the 24th day of April, 1926 ; The Right Honourable Sir Francis Henry Dillon Bell, P.C., G.C.M.G., K.C., of the office of Minister of External Affairs, as from the 24th day of May, 1926 ; The Honourable William Downie Stewart of the offices of Attorney-General and Minister of Industries and Commerce, as from the 24th day of May, 1926 ; and The Honourable William Nosworthy of the offices of Minister of Finance and Minister of Stamp Duties, as from the 24th day of May, 1926.

By Command,

A. CECIL DAY, Official Secretary.

Ministers appointed.

Official Secretary's Office, Government House, Wellington, 24th May, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint— The Honourable William Downie Stewart to be Minister of Finance and Minister of Stamp Duties ; The Honourable William Nosworthy to be Postmaster-General and Minister of Telegraphs and Minister of External Affairs ; The Honourable Alexander Donald McLeod to be Minister of Industries and Commerce ; The Honourable Francis Joseph Rolleston to be Attorney-General ; and The Honourable Robert Alexander Wright, to be Minister of Education.

By Command,

A. CECIL DAY, Official Secretay.

Legislative Councillor appointed.

Prime Minister’s Office, Wellington, 22nd May, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in His Majesty’s name, summoned The Right Honourable Sir Francis Henry Dillon Bell, P.C., G.C.M.G., K.C., to the Legislative Council of New Zealand, by writ of summons under the Seal of the Dominion of New Zealand, dated 21st May, 1925.

J. G. COATES, Prime Minister.

High Commissioner for New Zealand appointed.

Prime Minister’s Office, Wellington, 23rd April, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General in Council has been pleased to appoint The Honourable Sir Christopher James Parr, K.C.M.G., to be the High Commissioner for New Zealand in the United Kingdom, under and for the purposes of the High Commissioner Act, 1908, to hold the said office as on and from the 1st day of August, 1926, to the 31st day of July, 1929 (both days inclusive).

J. G. COATES, Prime Minister.

By Authority : W. A. G. SKINNER, Government Printer, Wellington.