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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 46

Member of Hawke’s Bay Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 28th June, 1927.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to reappoint

Charles Cowper Smith,

to be a member of the Hawke’s Bay Land Board as from the 24th August, 1927.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Justice of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th June, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Clarence Edgar Middleton, Esquire,

of Waimiha, Co. Waitomo, to be a Justice of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Appointment in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 4th July, 1927.

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

Erle Wynne Gilliver, Esquire,

to be a Ranger of Beaches for the purposes of the Harbours Act, 1908, and an Assistant Inspector of Sea-fishing for the purposes of the Fisheries Act, 1908, as from the 25th day of June, 1927.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

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

John Henry Victor Carr .. .. Auckland.
Cecil Ernest Anthony Francis .. Kohukohu (at Broadwood).
Rowland Hill .. .. .. Thames (at Turua).
Henry Joseph Davern .. .. Kohukohu.
George Adlow Smith .. .. Mahurangi.

• Births and deaths only.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Public Trust Office.—Te Aroha Agency.

IT is notified for public information that

Mr. H. Rowbotham

has been appointed agent of the Public Trust Office at Te Aroha.

Dated at Wellington, this 4th day of July, 1927.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 29th June, 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.

STAFF.

Captain M. E. Johnson, M.C., N.Z. Staff Corps, relinquishes the appointment of Area Officer, Area 4A, and is appointed Adjutant, 3rd N.Z. Mounted Rifles (Auckland), and retains the appointment of Adjutant, 4th N.Z. Mounted Rifles (Waikato). Dated 16th May, 1927.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 33, of 26th May, 1927, relative to Captain G. Dittmer, M.C., N.Z. Staff Corps, is cancelled, and the following substituted :—

“Captain G. Dittmer, M.C., N.Z. Staff Corps, relinquishes the appointment of Area Officer, Area 4B, Pukekohe, and Adjutant, 3rd N.Z. Mounted Rifles (Auckland), as from 11th March, 1927, and is appointed Area Officer, Area 4A, Adjutant, 1st Battalion, Waikato Regiment. Dated 16th May, 1927.”

Lieutenant E. R. V. Petrie, N.Z. Staff Corps, relinquishes the appointment of Area Officer, Area 5A, Lower Hutt, and is appointed Area Officer 5B, with headquarters at Lower Hutt. Dated 1st July, 1927.

N.Z. PERMANENT AIR FORCE.

Captain T. M. Wilkes, M.C., is granted the temporary rank of Major. Dated 31st January, 1926.

Captain (temp. Major) T. M. Wilkes, M.C., to be Major. Dated 20th February, 1927.

8TH N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (NELSON).

2nd Lieutenant R. R. McGregor (Retired List) to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 20th June, 1927.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Lieutenant-Colonel N. Falla, C.M.G., D.S.O., A.D.C., relinquishes command of the 2nd Field Brigade, and is appointed to command the Central Coast Artillery Group. Dated 11th June, 1927.

Major G. Lyons, M.C., to be Lieutenant-Colonel, and is appointed to command the 2nd Field Brigade. Dated 12th June, 1927.

Lieutenant F. M. Mitchell, 9th Field Battery, N.Z.A., to be Captain. Dated 20th June, 1927.

Keith Mills to be 2nd Lieutenant, 13th Coast Battery, N.Z.A. Dated 24th December, 1926.

THE CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

Southern Depot.

2nd Lieutenant C. H. Beach, from the Wellington West Coast Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 25th June, 1927.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

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

Lieutenant-Colonel E. G. Fraser relinquishes command of the Regiment, and is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 1. Dated 21st June, 1926.

Lieutenant C. F. Seaward, M.C. (Retired List), to be Lieutenant, 1st Battalion. Dated 17th June, 1927.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 23rd June, 1927 :—

C. R. Bach, 1st Battalion.
J. E. Leaming, 1st C Battalion.
C. A. Noble, 1st C Battalion.
A. L. Munro, 1st Battalion.
F. C. Cornwall, M.C., 1st Battalion.
L. M. Blyth, 1st Battalion.

The Waikato Regiment.

Hubert Henry Hickling to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), and is seconded for duty with the 2nd C Battalion. Dated 23rd June, 1927.

The Wellington Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant C. I. Masters, 4th C Battalion, resigns his commission. Dated 21st June, 1927.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation), and are seconded for duty with the 1st C Battalion. Dated 21st June, 1927 :—

John Robert Griffin.
Geoffrey James Sceats.

The Wellington West Coast Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant C. H. Beach, 1st C Battalion, is transferred to the Southern Depot, Corps of N.Z. Engineers. Dated 25th June, 1927.

The Canterbury Regiment.

Henry Leonard Willis to be Captain, and is seconded for duty with the 4th C Battalion. Dated 23rd June, 1927.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 21st June, 1927.

G. C. Beattie, 5th C Battalion.
S. R. Cuming, 1st C Battalion.
D. S. Boyd, 4th C Battalion.

2nd Lieutenant J. B. Allen, 1st Battalion, is seconded for duty with the 4th C Battalion, with his original seniority. Dated 21st June, 1927.

2nd Lieutenant A. C. Hipwell ceases to be seconded to the 4th C Battalion, and is posted to the 1st Battalion, with his original seniority. Dated 21st June, 1927.