MAR. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 559

Appointments to Cook Islands Public Service.

Cook Islands Department,
Wellington, 24th February, 1927.

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:

Edward Arrot Reid

To be Director of Agriculture, Rarotonga, from 1st April, 1926.

Robert Walker

To be Headmaster, Arorangi School, Rarotonga, from 1st February, 1927.

J. W. W. Graham

To be Assistant Teacher, Oneroa School, Mangaia, from 1st March, 1927.

Miss A. McCarthy

To be Assistant Mistress, Rarotonga, from 1st March, 1927.

Miss A. E. Lee

To be Assistant Mistress, Rarotonga, from 1st March, 1927.

M. POMARE, Minister for the Cook Islands.

Members of Clutha River Board appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 21st February, 1927.

It is hereby notified that

John Crawford Anderson, of Stirling, and Joseph Mosley, of Clydevale, have been appointed by the Governor-General,
Victor Wilson, of Greenfield, has been appointed by the Bruce County Council,
Arthur C. Leary, of Evans Flat, by the Tuapeka County Council, and
Ernest Fuller Pannett, of Clydevale, by the Clutha County Council,

To be members of the Clutha River Board, under the Clutha River Board Empowering Act 1898 Amendment Act, 1900.

G. P. NEWTON,
Assistant Under-Secretary.

Appointment in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 25th February, 1927.

The Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service:

George Orr, Esquire,

To be an Inspector for the purposes of the Dairy Industry Act, 1908, as from the 21st day of February, 1927.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 29th February, 1927.

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.:

Robert Duggan.. Grey.
Robert Barbour McKay.. Invercargill.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 19th February, 1927.

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.

ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Captain A. de T. Nevill is appointed Staff Captain, Artillery, General Headquarters, vice Lieutenant C. S. J. Duff, and retains the appointment of Acting Inspecting Ordnance Officer. Dated 18th October, 1926.

Captain A. de T. Nevill relinquishes the appointment of Acting Inspecting Ordnance Officer. Dated 11th January, 1927.

Captain W. Ivory relinquishes the appointment of Officer in Charge Harbour Defences and Officer Commanding R.N.Z.A. Detachment, Northern Command. Dated 15th November, 1926, and is seconded to the N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps as Inspecting Ordnance Officer and Acting Ordnance Mechanical Engineer. Dated 12th January, 1927.

Lieutenant C. S. J. Duff relinquishes the appointment of Staff Captain, Artillery, General Headquarters. Dated 18th October, and is appointed Officer Commanding R.N.Z.A. Cadre (60-pr. and Coast), Northern Command. Dated 15th November, 1926.

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

Lieutenant C. R. Cresswell from the Canterbury Regiment to be Lieutenant. Dated 15th February, 1927.

2ND N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S WELLINGTON WEST COAST).

Honorary Lieutenant and Bandmaster G. L. Buckley to be Honorary Captain and Bandmaster. Dated 4th February, 1927.

N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS.
Central Depot.

2nd Lieutenant R. Wiltshire to be Lieutenant. Dated 3rd February, 1927.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

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

Eugene Dumont Robins to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) and is seconded for duty with the 2nd C Battalion. Dated 7th February, 1927.

The North Auckland Regiment.

Major C. S. White, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 3. Dated 7th February, 1927.

The Waikato Regiment.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants, 1st Battalion. Dated 7th February, 1927:

Edward Raymond Blackwell.
Matthew Henry.
John Henry Searle.

The Wellington Regiment.

Lieutenant C. J. .W. Parsons, 2nd C Battalion, resigns his commission. Dated 7th February, 1927.

2nd Lieutenant A. E. Gorton, 1st Battalion, to be Lieutenant Dated 4th February, 1927.

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

J. R. Grigg, 2nd C Battalion.
V. F. O. Francis, 1st C Battalion.
J. D. Mackay, 1st C Battalion.
L. Shotlander, 3rd C Battalion.

The Wellington West Coast Regiment.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains. Dated 4th February, 1927:

J. Dash, 2nd C Battalion.
H. E. Edmondson, 1st C Battalion.

Major Stanley Purser to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is seconded for duty with the 2nd C Battalion. Dated 4th February, 1927.

The Hawke's Bay Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant A. G. Thompson, 1st C Battalion, to be Lieutenant. Dated 6th August, 1926.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) G. R. Haldane, 1st C Battalion, is confirmed.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants, and are seconded for duty with the 1st C Battalion. Dated 15th September, 1926:

Percival Arthur Hickling.
Ernest George Latimer.
Conrad Harry Excelsior Strack.

Arthur Franklin Peryer to be 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Battalion. Dated 4th February, 1927.

The Canterbury Regiment.

Lieutenant C. R. Cresswell, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the 1st N.Z. Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry). Dated 15th February, 1927.