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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 68

Official Visitor under the Mental Defectives Act, 1911, within the Provincial District of Westland appointed.

Mental Hospitals Department,
Wellington, 5th October, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Herbert Maxton Coulson, Esq.,

to be an Official Visitor under the Mental Defectives Act, 1911, within the Provincial District of Westland.

F. J. ROLLESTON,
For Minister in Charge of Mental Hospitals.

Appointment of Producers’ Representatives on New Zealand Dairy-produce Control Board.—Notice No. Ag. 2599.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 4th October, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint, in terms of section 4, subsection (2) (b), of the Dairy-produce Export Control Act, 1923, and the Dairy-produce Export Control Amendment Act, 1926,

James Randall Corrigan,
William Augustus Iorns, and
Thomas Marr Timpany,

as representatives of producers of Wards 5, 6, and 9 respectively on the New Zealand Dairy-produce Control Board.

O. HAWKEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 5th October, 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. :

Noble Jones .. Blackball.
Stanley James Peters .. Auckland, at Avondale.
Geoffrey Charles Gordon .. Gore.
James George Currie .. Hampden.
Douglas Hunter .. Wyndham, at Edendale.*

• Births and deaths only.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 4th October, 1926.

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

George Francis Oulds, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Rotokawa, as from the 18th day of August, 1926.

Gordon Smith, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Tautoro, as from the 23rd day of August, 1926.

Edna Myrtle Robinson (Mrs.),

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Whakarara, as from the 23rd day of August, 1926.

Howard Gordon McGowan, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Karetu, as from the 6th day of September, 1926.

Walter England, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Whangamarino, as from the 13th day of September, 1926.

Frederick Charles Bruford, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Omanaja, as from the 20th day of September, 1926.

Honoria Letitia Chenery (Mrs.)

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Parikino, as from the 13th day of September, 1926.

Ernest Beatson, Esq.,
Edward Gerald Melton, Esq., and
Hubert John Petch, Esq.,

to be Inspectors for the purposes of the Dairy Industry Act, 1908, as from the 25th day of September, 1926.

William David Lindsay McDonald, Esq., and
Harold John Craddock Dumbell, Esq.,

to be Inspectors for the purposes of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908, and the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, as from the 21st day of September, 1926.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 1st October, 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 :

STAFF.

Captain A. K. Lambly (N.Z. Staff Corps) relinquishes the appointment of Adjutant, North Auckland Regiment, as from 10th September, 1926, and is appointed Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General, Central Command. Dated 16th September, 1926.

Lieutenant S. Gibbons (Durham Light Infantry) is granted the local rank of Captain whilst serving with the N.Z. Permanent Forces, with seniority as from the 21st October, 1924.

1ST N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (CANTERBURY YEOMANRY CAVALRY).

Major D. S. Murchison, D.S.O., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 10. Dated 24th September, 1926.

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

2nd Lieutenant A. L. Lindsay 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 22nd September, 1926.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

2nd Lieutenant G. Burt (12th Field Battery) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 11. Dated 10th September, 1926.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

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

Captain N. L. Macky, M.C., to be Major, 1st Battalion. Dated 17th February, 1926.

2nd Lieutenant H. P. Greenhough (1st Battalion) resigns his commission. Dated 15th September, 1926.

THE WELLINGTON REGIMENT.

Captain J. Thompson (1st C. Battalion) 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 16th September, 1926.

The Hawke’s Bay Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant A. J. G. Heron (1st C. Battalion) resigns his commission. Dated 23rd September, 1926.

The Taranaki Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) T. M. McDonald (1st C. Battalion) is transferred to the Southland Regiment. Dated 20th September, 1926.

The Canterbury Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant F. L. Simson (4th C. Battalion) to be Lieutenant. Dated 24th September, 1926.

Lieutenant I. H. Owen (4th C. Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 10. Dated 17th September, 1926.

Lieutenant C. V. Kirke (1st Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class II (b), R.D. 10. Dated 16th September, 1926.

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

W. B. Harris, 3rd C. Battalion.
D. S. Boyd, 4th C. Battalion.

The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment.

Lieutenant S. J. Mogridge (1st Battalion) 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 25th September, 1926.

2nd Lieutenant R. H. Jellyman (1st Battalion) resigns his commission. Dated 25th September, 1926.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) G. D. Simpson (1st C. Battalion) is confirmed.

The Otago Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant C. J. Brown (3rd C. Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 11. Dated 25th September, 1926.