Dec. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3579

Inspector under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, appointed.—
Notice No. dg. 2692.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Ernest Howie

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, for the Ohura County, the appointment to date as from the 28th November, 1927.

O. HAWKEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Chairman of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 26th November, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

John George Lewis Hewitt, Esquire, S.M.,

to be Chairman of the Licensing Committee for the District of Franklin, vice E. Page, Esquire, S.M.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Members of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 26th November, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

William George Martin, Esquire, and
Gordon Mossman Stubbs, Esquire,

to be members of the Licensing Committee for the District of Napier, vice W. H. McGrath, Esquire, deceased, and G. W. Venables, Esquire, resigned, respectively.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Inspector of Sea-fishing appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 26th November, 1927.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fisheries Act, 1908, and of the Official Appointments and Documents Act, 1919, appointed

John Alexander Reid,

of Invercargill, to be an Inspector of Sea-fishing for the purposes of the first-mentioned Act.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Marine.

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

Education Department,
Wellington, 29th 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 December, 1927 :—

Name. Address.
Mr. Edward Ridley Bean .. .. New Plymouth.
Mr. Roore Rangiheuea .. .. Foxton.
Mr. David Smith Lang Keay .. .. Woodville.
Mrs. Martha Ann Parfitt .. .. Picton.
Mrs. Ethel Stewart .. .. Motueka.
Mr. Murdoch Hugh Mackenzie Fraser .. Murchison.
Mr. John Watson .. .. Ashburton.

R. A. WRIGHT, Minister of Education.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 29th November, 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. :—

Thomas Christensen .. .. .. Kawakawa.
Andrew Lambie .. .. .. Amuri.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Members of Domain Boards appointed.

Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 28th November, 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 :—

James Marshall

to be a member of the Hinds No. 2 Domain Board, in place of Alexander McKenzie, left the district.

Thomas Henry Belton

to be a member of the Waiau Domain Board, in place of George Hessell Burt, resigned.

Percy Webb Matthews

to be a member of the Marima Domain Board, in place of Peter Orr, left the district.

Tom Craddock

to be a member of the Thornton Marine Domain Board, in place of Albert Claude Churchill Robins, resigned.

John Fitzgerald

to be a member of the Makaka Domain Board, in place of Martin Gerald Wills, left the district.

Thomas Roland Colebrook and
Frederick William Snelling

to be members of the Rangitaiki Domain Board, in place of George Henry Kirk, resigned, and William Burman Gow, who has failed to attend three consecutive ordinary meetings of the Board.

Hugh Duncan Cameron,
Kinaan Kallil, and
James Kenny Roche

to be members of the Ohura Domain Board, in place of Charles Henry Hope, William Thomas McKay, and George Charles Stevenson, resigned.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 26th November, 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.

N.Z. ARMY PAY CORPS.

W.O.I. (S.S.M.) H. G. Wilson, M.M., to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), and is appointed Command Paymaster, Central Command. Dated 11th October, 1927.

THE OTAGO MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant H. J. Vial is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 11. Dated 14th November, 1927.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Edgar Elliott, to be Lieutenant, 4th Field Battery. Dated 21st November, 1927.

2nd Lieutenant J. T. McCaw, 17th Medium Battery, resigns his commission. Dated 19th November, 1927.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

Central Depot.

2nd Lieutenant R. Morrison to be Lieutenant. Dated 21st September, 1927.

Southern Depot.

The seniority of 2nd Lieutenant C. H. Beach is antedated to 6th May, 1925.

2nd Lieutenant C. F. Scott, from the Reserve of Officers, to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 12th November, 1927.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

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

Major T. H. Dawson, C.M.G., O.B.E., to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 14th September, 1927.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants, 1st Battalion. Dated 21st November, 1927.

Reginald Henry Forder.
Hugh Morcom Green.
Kenneth John Duncan.
Wynn Dudding James.
Franklin Robert Stanley Halls.
John Te Herekiekie Grace,