Dec. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3345

Members of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 26th November, 1926.

IT IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
Donald Grant, Esq., and
James Frederick Arnold, Esq.,
to be members of the Licensing Committee for the District
of Timaru, vice H. B. Kirk, Esq., resigned; and H. Green,
Esq., deceased, respectively.
F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Stipendiary Magistrate authorized to exercise Jurisdiction in
Children's Courts.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 26th November, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to authorize
Frederick William Platts, Esquire, S.M.,
to exercise jurisdiction in the Children's Courts established
at Cambridge, Coromandel, Hamilton, Huntly, Kawhia,
Matamata, Morrinsville, Ngaruawahia, Paeroa, Raglan, Te
Aroha, Te Awamutu, Thames, and Waihi.
F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Chairmen of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th November, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
Frederick William Platts, Esq., S.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Committees for the Districts
of Thames and Ohinemuri, vice J. W. Poynton, Esq., S.M.;
and of the Licensing Committee for the District of Raglan,
vice W. Wilson, Esq., S.M.;
Wyvern Wilson, Esq., S.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Committee for the District
of Waikato, vice C. R. O. Walker, Esq., S.M.;
Robert Mackenzie Watson, Esq., S.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Committee for the District
of Waimarino, vice C. R. O. Walker, Esq., S.M.;
Joseph William Poynton, Esq., S.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Committee for the District
of Franklin, vice W. R. McKean, Esq., S.M.;
John Logan Stout, Esq., S.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Committees for the Districts
of Oroua and Rangitikei, vice R. M. Watson, Esq., S.M.;
and
John Hearsey Salmon, Esq., S.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Committee for the District
of Otaki, vice J. L. Stout, Esq., S.M.
F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner.
Wellington, 30th November, 1926.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following
appointments in the Public Service :
Duncan Cecil Ernest Webster, Esq.,
to be Deputy Sheriff for the District of Otago and Deputy
Registrar at Dunedin of the Supreme Court of New Zealand
for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908, as from the 18th
day of November, 1926.
Mark Campbell Auld, Esq.,
to be Assistant Land Registrar at Wellington, pursuant to
the provisions of section 4 of the Land Transfer Act, 1915, as
from the 1st day of November, 1926.
Oliver James Davis, Esq.,
to be an Inspector of Coal-mines for the purposes of the Coal-
mines Act, 1925, for the Nelson, Marlborough, and West
Coast Mining Districts, as from the 17th day of November,
1926.
Arthur Evan Dobbie, Esq.,
to be Deputy Sheriff for the District of Auckland, and Deputy
Registrar at Auckland, of the Supreme Court of New Zealand,
for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908, as from the 24th
day of November, 1926.
Ernest Edward Hirst, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the
district of Tirau, as from the 23rd day of November, 1926.
A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 30th November, 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 Soulsby ... ... ... West Taieri.
Arthur Thomas Morrison ... Geraldine.
Henry Alexander Newing Catanach .. Otaki.
W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of

Officers of the N.Z. Military Forces.
Department of Defence,
Wellington, 26th November, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to approve of the appointments, promotions, resigna-
tions, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the N.Z.
Military Forces.

5th N.Z. Mounted Rifles (Otago Hussars).

David Samuel Angus Weir to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation).
Dated 15th November, 1926.

The Regiment of N.Z. Artillery.

George D'Arcy Folkard to be Captain, 1st Field Battery.
Dated 3rd November, 1926.
Lyle Poulter Turner to be 2nd Lieutenant, 5th Field Battery.
Dated 19th November, 1926.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

The Waikato Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant A. A. Hancock, from the Wellington West
Coast Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, with
seniority as from the 8th September, 1924.
2nd Lieutenant J. McK. Gordon, M.M., from the Wellington
West Coast Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Battalion,
with seniority as from the 24th April, 1926.

The Wellington West Coast Regiment.

Captain L. J. Carmine, from the Taranaki Regiment, to be
Captain, 1st Battalion, with seniority as from the 1st July,
1924.
2nd Lieutenant A. A. Hancock, 1st Battalion, is transferred
to the Waikato Regiment. Dated 16th November, 1926.
2nd Lieutenant J. McK. Gordon, M.M., 1st Battalion, is
transferred to the Waikato Regiment. Dated 16th
November, 1926.
2nd Lieutenant (on probation) B. M. Davis, 1st C. Battalion,
is transferred to the Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast
Regiment. Dated 22nd November, 1926.
2nd Lieutenant M. Niccol, to be Lieutenant, 2nd C. Battalion.
Dated 20th November, 1926.
Lieutenant J. R. N. Andrew, 1st Battalion, is transferred to
the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b) R.D. 6. Dated 19th
November, 1926.
Lieutenant J. H. Dooley, 2nd C. Battalion, resigns his com-
mission. Dated 16th November, 1926.

The Taranaki Regiment.

Captain L. J. Carmine, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the
Wellington West Coast Regiment. Dated 19th November,
1926.

The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment.

Major D. M. Robertson, from the Reserve of Officers, to be
Major, and is seconded for duty with the 2nd C Battalion.
Dated 20th November, 1926.
2nd Lieutenant (on probation) B. M. Davis, from the Wellington
West Coast Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
with seniority as from the 4th June, 1925, and is seconded
for duty with the 2nd C Battalion. Dated 22nd November,
1926.

The Otago Regiment.

Lieutenant L. P. Mills (Bedfordshire Regiment Reserve of
Officers, Class II), ceases to be attached to the 1st Battalion.
Dated 20th November, 1926.

N.Z. AIR FORCE.

Hubert Wentworth Duffey to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation).
Dated 1st November, 1926.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Captain R. H. Baxter, M.C., M.B., from the Reserve of Officers,
to be Captain, and is attached for duty to the 16th Pack
Battery, Regiment of N.Z. Artillery. Dated 23rd
November, 1926.