APRIL 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 911

The North Auckland Regiment.

Major S. W. Turley, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class II (b), R.D. 3. Dated 14th March, 1927.

2nd Lieutenant B. R. Bain, 1st Battalion, resigns his commission. Dated 14th March, 1927.

The Wellington Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant E. G. Smith, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Taranaki Regiment. Dated 15th March, 1927.

The Wellington West Coast Regiment.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) and are seconded for duty with the 1st C. Battalion. Dated 14th March, 1927.

Lloyd Eric Kinvaston Averill.

Norman Bancks.

The Hawke’s Bay Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant D. T. Okey, 1st C. Battalion, to be Lieutenant. Dated 14th March, 1927.

Douglas George Edwards to be 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Battalion. Dated 15th September, 1926.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) F. C. Moore, 1st C. Battalion, resigns his appointment. Dated 14th March, 1927.

The Taranaki Regiment.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains. Dated 14th March, 1927.

H. G. Dyer, 1st Battalion.

E. V. G. E. Kerr, 1st C. Battalion.

2nd Lieutenant E. G. Smith, from the Wellington Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, with seniority as from the 15th May, 1925. Dated 15th March, 1927.

The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 12th March, 1927.

Francis Roy McBride, 1st Battalion.

Francis Edward Wilkes, 1st Battalion.

John Moore, and is seconded for duty with the 1st C. Battalion.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Reverend R. H. Blair, Chaplain, 3rd Class, Reserve List, Class II, retires. Dated 10th March, 1927.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.

The undermentioned are posted to the Retired List under the provisions of G.O. 184/21, with permission to retain their rank and wear the prescribed uniform :—

Major J. R. Bodley. Dated 14th March, 1927.

Lieutenant W. R. S. Johnston. Dated 15th March, 1927.

2nd Lieutenant G. I. Parker. Dated 14th March, 1927.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 31st March, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration to Captain D. S. Chisholm, 3rd Cadet Battalion, The Otago Regiment.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Dismissals from the Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 2nd April, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the dismissal of the undermentioned soldiers of the Territorial Force from the New Zealand Defence Forces, under section 6B, Defence Act, 1909, they having been convicted by the Civil power :—

No. 2A/3361 H. R. Williams, 1st Battalion, The Hauraki Regiment. Dated 18th March, 1927.

No. 2A/2075 A. A. Lipsham, Non-effective List, Territorial Force. Dated 18th March, 1927.

No. 41/1800 Private P. Peters, 1st Battalion, the Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment. Dated 23rd March, 1927.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 31st March, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Gavin Eugene Pollock, Esquire,

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Awarua, vice W. D. Wallace, transferred.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Marshal of the Supreme Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 31st March, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

William Dryburgh Wallace, Esquire,

to be a Marshal of the Supreme Court of New Zealand at Dunedin in respect of its jurisdiction as a Colonial Court of Admiralty under the Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act, 1908.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Appointing the Time and Place for the First Meeting of the North Canterbury Electric-power Board.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section 32 of the Electric-power Boards Act, 1925, I, Richard Francis Bollard, on behalf of Kenneth Stuart Williams, Minister of Public Works, do hereby appoint Friday, the 20th day of May, 1927, at 11 o’clock a.m., as the time, and the Rangiora County Council Chambers, Rangiora, as the place, for holding the first meeting of the North Canterbury Electric-power Board.

Dated at Wellington, this 22nd day of March, 1927.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
For Minister of Public Works.

(P.W. 26/1131.)

Varying Notification respecting Open Game Season in Auckland Acclimatization District.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, Richard Francis Bollard, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that pukeko may be taken or killed within the Auckland Acclimatization District during the period from the 2nd day of May to the 31st day of May, 1927, both days inclusive, and the notification dated 14th March, 1927, declaring an open season for imported and native game in the Auckland Acclimatization District is hereby amended accordingly.

As witness my hand at Wellington this 31st day of March, 1927.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Fixing Date on which Returns under the Fire Brigades Act, 1926, are to be furnished to the Te Awamutu Fire Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 1st April, 1927.

PURSUANT to section 28 of the Fire Brigades Act, 1926, it is hereby notified that the returns showing the total gross amount of the premiums received by or due to fire-insurance companies during the year ended 31st December, 1926, in respect of insurances held by such companies within the Te Awamutu Fire District, shall be transmitted to the Te Awamutu Fire Board in the manner prescribed by the said section on or before the 30th day of April, 1927.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Claims against the German Government.

Wellington, 4th April, 1927.

BY a notice published in the London Gazette on the 15th February, 1927, the Arbitrator appointed under clause 4 of the annex to section IV of Part X of the Treaty of Versailles to assess the amount of claims by British nationals growing out of acts committed by the German Government, or by any German authorities, since 31st July, 1914, and before the 4th