2794
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No 62

Trustee of Te Puke Drainage District appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in terms of section 10 of the Land Drainage Act, 1908, to appoint

Norman William MacDonald, Esquire, of Te Puke,
as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Te Puke Drainage District.

M. POMARE,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 19/78/47.)

Appointment of European Member of the Rarotonga Island Council.

Cook Islands Department,
Wellington, 25th August, 1927.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance of the regulations for the election of a European member of the Rarotonga Island Council,

Mr. William John Wigmore, of Titikaveka, Planter,
was duly re-elected as the European member of the Island Council of Rarotonga on the 3rd August, 1927.

M. POMARE,
Minister for the Cook Islands.

Trustee of the Mangapiko Rabbit District elected.—Notice No. Ag. 2667.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 30th August, 1927.

NOTICE has been received under the hand of the Returning Officer of the Mangapiko Rabbit District, constituted under Part III of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908, that

Joseph Papesch, Esquire,
has been duly elected a trustee of the said district, vice William J. Woolston, Esquire, resigned.

O. HAWKEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Members of Domain Boards appointed.

Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 29th August, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 41 of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, been pleased to make the following appointments :—

Louis Carron

to be a member of the Motu Domain Board, in place of George Clifford Tarr, left the district.

Gordon Shepherd

to be a member of the Port Albert Domain Board, in place of Lionel Henry Alfred Littin, deceased.

Duncan George McDonald

to be a member of the Mackenzie Domain Board, in place of Sydney Crompton Smith, resigned.

William Ogden Twentyman

to be a member of the Brownston Domain Board, in place of Frank William Alexander Mason, resigned.

William Stringer

to be a member of the Wakefield Domain Board, in place of Joseph Thomas Baigent, resigned.

Henry Charles Bayly Withell

to be a member of the Ealing Domain Board, in place of John Murray Johnston, resigned.

Adaline Graham and
David Clay

to be members of the Harihari Domain Board, in place of Alexander Sutherland, left the district, and John Joseph McKay, resigned.

O. HAWKEN, for Minister of Lands.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 30th August, 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. :—

James Edward Simpson Maungaturoto.
Archibald James Pringle Richmond.
Alexander Wallace Swap Devonport.*
Benjamin Robert Henley Wairoa.
John Stewart Robertson Matamata.

• Births and Deaths only.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1927.

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

George Holmes, Esquire,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Kaharoa, as from the 8th August, 1927.

Miss Agnes Mary Le Huray

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Waitapu, as from the 8th August, 1927.

William James Vernon, Esquire,

to be Bailiff of the Magistrates’ Court, Wellington, for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1908, as from the 18th day of August, 1927.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 25th August, 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.

Colonel T. Mill, C.M.G., M.B., N.Z. Medical Corps, relinquishes the appointment of Assistant Director of Medical Services, Southern Command, and is posted to the Retired List, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 8th August, 1927.

Major C. E. Hercus, D.S.O., O.B.E., N.Z. Medical Corps, is appointed Assistant Director of Medical Services, Southern Command, vice Colonel T. Mill, C.M.G., M.B. Dated 9th August 1927.

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.

Major J. A. Wallingford, M.C., is posted to the Retired List, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 15th August, 1927.

7TH N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (WELLINGTON EAST COAST).

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :—

B. A. Norman. Dated 15th May, 1927.
L. N. Hoggard. Dated 16th May, 1927.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Lieutenant E. R. Winkler, M.C. (Retired List), to be Lieutenant, 7th Field Battery, N.Z.A. Dated 16th August, 1927.

N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS.

Central Depot.

Lieutenant R. Wiltshire is transferred from the Central Depot to the Southern Depot, with seniority as from the 3rd February, 1927. Dated 16th August, 1927.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

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

Lieutenant J. E. Connor, 3rd C Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 1. Dated 10th August, 1927.

The undermentioned cease to be seconded to the 4th C Battalion and are seconded for duty with the 1st C Battalion, with their original seniority. Dated 29th July, 1927.

Captain J. U. Collins.
Captain V. F. Maxwell.
Lieutenant H. T. Revell.
Lieutenant H. B. Lusk.
Lieutenant H. A. Hunt.
2nd Lieutenant C. C. Tills.
2nd Lieutenant H. C. Luscombe (on probation).