Nov. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3443

Appointment of Honorary Child Welfare Officers under the Child Welfare Act, 1925.

Education Department,
Wellington, 1st November, 1927.

IN pursuance of section 2 of the Child Welfare Act, 1925, I, Robert Alexander Wright, Minister of Education, do hereby appoint the following persons as Honorary Child Welfare Officers for the purposes of the said Act for the period of one year from the 1st November, 1927:—

Name. Address.
Mr. William George Gray .. .. Hunter ville.
Mr. Henry Dryden Grocott .. Pahiatua.
Venerable Archdeacon Holbrook .. Grey Lynn.
Sister Mary Ambrose .. Upper Hutt.

R. A. WRIGHT, Minister of Education.

Trustees for Public Cemetery appointed.—(H. 2/62).

Department of Health,
Wellington, 26th October, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General, in pursuance of section 4 of the Cemeteries Act, 1908, has been pleased to appoint

William Gaby, Esquire,

to be a trustee, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Arundel Public Cemetery, in place of Hugh McMaster, deceased.

J. A. YOUNG, Minister of Health.

Appointments to Cook Islands Public Service.

Cook Islands Department,
Wellington, 2nd November, 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 sections 12, 104, and 110 of the Cook Islands Act, 1915, and the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908:—

Christie, Robert L.,

to be Chief Medical Officer for the Cook Islands, from 1st August, 1927.

Robinson, George,

to be Operator, Radio Station, Rarotonga, from 8th November, 1927.

Heginbotham, Samuel A.,

to be Superintendent, Radio Station, Rarotonga, from 12th November, 1927.

M. POMARE,
Minister for the Cook Islands.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 28th October, 1927.

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

George Galloway Chisholm, Esquire,

to be Official Assignee at Napier for the Supreme Court District of Wellington for the purposes of the Bankruptcy Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of November, 1927.

Thomas Kane, Esquire,

to be Deputy Registrar at Timaru of the Supreme Court of New Zealand for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908, as from the 20th day of October, 1927.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 27th October, 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 G. B. Parkinson, R.N.Z.A., having returned to the Dominion on completion of a course of instruction in the United Kingdom, ceases to be seconded, and is attached (temp.) to General Headquarters. Dated 9th October, 1927.

THE REGIMENT OF ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Hon. Lieutenant W. O. Bradley is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain, with permission to wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 4th October, 1927.

With reference to the notice published in the N.Z. Gazette No. 66 of 29th September, 1927, relating to 2nd Lieutenant C. E. Weir, for the words “The Regiment of Royal Artillery” read “The Regiment of Royal N.Z. Artillery.”

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

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

2nd Lieutenant B. P. Cahill, 3rd C Battalion, is posted to the Retired List, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 19th October, 1927.

The North Auckland Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) T. B. Nelson, 1st C Battalion, is transferred to the Wellington Regiment. Dated 15th October, 1927.

The Wellington Regiment.

Gordon Edward Vercoe to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), and is seconded for duty with the 1st C Battalion. Dated 1st September, 1927.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) T. B. Nelson, from the North Auckland Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), with seniority as from the 10th March, 1926, and is seconded for service with the 1st C Battalion. Dated 15th October, 1927.

The Wellington West Coast Regiment.

The seniority of Lieutenant M. Niccol, 4th C Battalion is antedated to 3rd July, 1926.

The Hawke’s Bay Regiment.

Lieutenant A. T. McKenzie, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 7. Dated 17th October, 1927.

2nd Lieutenant L. H. Scott ceases to be attached to the 2nd C Battalion, and is posted to the 1st Battalion with his original seniority. Dated 26th September, 1927.

The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant C. W. B. Robbins is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 9. Dated 14th October, 1927.

The Otago Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant R. W. Harvey, 1st C Battalion, is transferred to the Southland Regiment. Dated 27th June, 1927.

The Southland Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant R. W. Harvey, from the Otago Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is seconded for service with the 1st C Battalion. Dated 27th June, 1927.

Lieutenant J. A. Adams, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 12. Dated 17th September, 1927.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Frederick William Helmore, M.B., to be Lieutenant, and is attached for duty to the Southern Depot, N.Z.M.C. Dated 16th October, 1927.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Right Reverend Bishop W. C. Sadlier, V.D., Chaplain, 2nd Class, Reserve List, Class II, is posted to the Retired List as Chaplain, 1st Class, with permission to wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 18th October, 1927.

The Reverend J. J. Cullen, Chaplain, 4th Class, to be Chaplain, 3rd Class. Dated 4th March, 1925.

The undermentioned Chaplains, 4th Class, are retired, having left the Dominion. Dated 19th October, 1927.

The Reverend H. G. Blackburn.
The Reverend W. J. Hands.
The Reverend N. G. Noble.
The Reverend C. Palmer.

The undermentioned Chaplains, 4th Class, Reserve List, are retired. Dated 20th October, 1927.

The Reverend F. J. Ferry, Class I.
The Reverend P. N. Knight, Class II.

The Reverend W. W. Bedwell, Chaplain, 4th Class, is transferred to the Reserve List, Class II, R.D. 9. Dated 20th October, 1927.

The undermentioned Chaplains, 4th Class, are transferred. Dated 13th September, 1927.

The Reverend D. R. Hay from R.D. 9 to R.D. 10.
The Reverend J. R. Lennon from R.D. 12 to R.D. 11.
The Reverend C. E. Ardagh from R.D. 11 to R.D. 12.
S. J. Bridge from R.D. 11 to R.D. 10.