2498

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 53

Trustees for Public Cemeteries appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 3rd August, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 4 of the Cemeteries Act, 1908, been pleased to appoint

Charles Hansen

to be a trustee in place of John Albert Patrick McBride, resigned, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Frankton Public Cemetery.

Mark Dalton Vickers

to be a trustee, in place of the Rev. Douglas Blomfield Malcolm, left the district, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Porirua Public Cemetery.

Edward Laurence Lye,

to be a trustee, in place of John Elvins Lye, resigned, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Tikorangi Public Cemetery.

William Henry Topp

to be a trustee, in place of Arthur Herbert Coates, resigned, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Piopio Public Cemetery.

Rev. Alfred Drake and
Rev. Charles Strand

to be trustees, in place of Patrick Cotter and Robert Bradford Webber, resigned, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Te Kuiti Public Cemetery.

Archibald Moore Graham, and
Robert Wilson Williams

to be trustees, in place of David Ballintyne, resigned, and Louis William Kerr, deceased, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Miller’s Flat Public Cemetery.

Noble Johnston and
Robert Wilson

to be trustees, in place of William Thomas Rea, left the district, and George Vesey Stewart, deceased, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Katikati Public Cemetery.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Appointments to Cook Islands Public Service.

Cook Islands Department,
Wellington, 3rd August, 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 :—

Miss G. Greaves

to be Island Nurse, Aitutaki, Cook Islands, from 19th July, 1926.

Edith T. de Ridder

to be Nursing Sister, Niue, Cook Islands, from 1st September, 1926.

M. POMARE, Minister for the Cook Islands.

Shorthand Reporter appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th August, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Eunice Mary Joan McCarthy

to be a Shorthand Reporter under the Shorthand Reporters Act, 1908.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 9th August, 1926.

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

Errol Thomas Cupples, Esq.,

of Tokaanu, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th August, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Hugh Anderson

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the district of Wallace, vice A. Brandford, on leave.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Promotion in the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy.

Navy Office,
Wellington, 7th August, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following promotion in the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy :—

Chief Petty Officer Writer Herbert Russell Sleeman, promoted to Acting Warrant Writer, and appointed to H.M.S. “Dunedin” additional for duty at Navy Office, Wellington, to date 24th July, 1926.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 10th August, 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 :—

Geoffrey William Alexander Tirau.
Francis Patrick Mullin .. Middlemarch.
Lyel Allan Reichenbach .. Te Awamutu (at Ohaupo).*

• Births and deaths only.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 5th August, 1926.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service :—

Harold Ingham, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the district of Mahurangi, as from the 27th day of July, 1926.

Albert Nyanza Wallace, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths for the district of Hutt, as from the 2nd day of August, 1926.

John George Mulholland, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the district of Inglewood, as from the 31st day of July, 1926.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 31st July, 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 :—

COMMANDS.

Colonel H. Stewart, C.M.G., D.S.O., M.C., relinquishes command of the 3rd N.Z. Infantry Brigade, and is posted to the Retired List under the provisions of G.O. 184/21, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 31st July, 1926.

Lieut.-Colonel J. Hargest, D.S.O., M.C., from the Reserve of Officers, to be Colonel, and is appointed to command the 3rd N.Z. Infantry Brigade. Dated 1st August, 1926.

Captain J. M. Craig is appointed to command the 13th Coast Battery Regiment of N.Z. Artillery. Dated 13th November, 1925.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation), 4th Field Battery, are confirmed :—

L. T. Mander. E. Clay.