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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 84

Notice of Appointment of a Member of the New Zealand Wool Committee.—Notice No. Ag. 2691.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 5th December, 1927.

I, OSWALD JAMES HAWKEN, Minister of Agriculture,
do hereby appoint

Herbert Hill, Esquire,

to be a member of the New Zealand Wool Committee (vice Leslie Burn Andreae, Esquire, resigned), and to hold office during the pleasure of the New Zealand Government, under and in pursuance of the Board of Trade (Wool Industry) Regulations, 1925.

Dated at Wellington, this 5th day of December, 1927.

O. HAWKEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Appointment of Officers under Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 5th December, 1927.

I T 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

Owen Evans, of Pleasant Point,
Joey Alexander McDonald, of Victoria Park, Temuka,
William Stumbles, of Pleasant Point,
John George Turton, of Peel Forest, Geraldine County,
James Rowan, of Fairlie,
Alexander McPherson, of Cave,
James Wilson Annan, of Kimbell,
James Lewis, of Arundel,
Ivor Bristol, of Peel Forest, Geraldine County,
James Stumbles, of Cannington, Cave,
William James Moore, of Winchester,
William Rae, of Geraldine, and
Gerald Murray, of Braemar, Lake Tekapo,

to be officers for the purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned Act, in respect of the South Canterbury Acclimatization District.

C. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Marine.

Appointment of Deputy District Public Trustee.

N OTICE is hereby given that, in pursuance of the power and authority vested in me by section 3 of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1921-22, I, the Public Trustee of the Dominion of New Zealand, have appointed Philip Cordon Dwyer, of the Public Trust Office, Dunedin, to be Deputy of the District Public Trustee, Dunedin, during the absence of such District Public Trustee from his headquarters, and all previous appointments in this behalf are hereby revoked.

Dated at Wellington, this 2nd day of December, 1927.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

Clerks of Licensing Committees appointed.

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

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Erle Greenaway Tyler,

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Kaipara, vice Sergeant J. C. Griffiths, on sick leave; and

Harold Vincent Jerred,

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Dunedin, Dunedin South, and Chalmers, vice J. McIndoe, on leave.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 3rd December, 1927.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the New Zealand Military Forces.

COMMAND.

Lieutenant-Colonel C. J. W. Lockie, the North Auckland Regiment, is appointed to command the regiment. Dated 14th September, 1927.

THE MANAWATU MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant G. H. Burton to be Captain. Dated 18th November, 1927.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

2nd Lieutenant J. Blakeney, 15th (Coast) Battery, to be Lieutenant. Dated 23rd October, 1927.

Lieutenant F. W. Martin, 15th (Coast) Battery, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 5. Dated 28th November, 1927.

2nd Lieutenant L. G. Peacock, 20th (Pack) Battery, resigns his commission. Dated 8th November, 1927.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

Northern Depot.

Walter Ralph Dyer to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 30th November, 1927.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

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

The undermentioned Lieutenants are transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 1. Dated 28th November, 1927.

J. W. Hollows, 1st Battalion.

A. G. Davis, 1st Battalion.

G. A. L. Beswick, 5th C Battalion.

Lieutenant M. R. Downey, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant, 1st Battalion. Dated 24th November, 1927.

The notices published in the N.Z. Gazette No. 43 of 23rd June, 1927, and No. 71 of 13th October, 1927, relating to Lieutenant R. E. Murray, 2nd C Battalion, are cancelled.

Lieutenant R. E. Murray is transferred to the Wellington Regiment. Dated 22nd September, 1927.

Lieutenant R. Tilsley, M.C., D.C.M., 1st Battalion, is granted the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 30th November, 1927.

2nd Lieutenant J. R. A. Whelan, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 1. Dated 22nd November, 1927.

Harold Darwin Gilman to be 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Battalion. Dated 21st November, 1927.

The North Auckland Regiment.

Major C. J. W. Lockie to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 14th September, 1927.

The Wellington Regiment.

Lieutenant R. E. Murray, from the Auckland Regiment, to be Lieutenant, with seniority as from the 19th August, 1923, and is seconded for duty with the 2nd C Battalion. Dated 22nd September, 1927.

James Walter Grace Duncan to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is seconded for duty with the 4th C Battalion. Dated 8th November, 1927.

The Hawke’s Bay Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant H. M. Caselberg, 1st Battalion, to be Lieutenant. Dated 5th April, 1927.

William Henry Patrick Walsh to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), and is seconded for duty with the 1st C Battalion. Dated 28th November, 1927.

The Canterbury Regiment.

Major T. Miliken, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 10. Dated 26th November, 1927.

Lieutenant V. B. Stagpoole, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class II (b), R.D. 10. Dated 24th November, 1927.

James Maitland Willoughby to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), and is seconded for duty with the 2nd C Battalion. Dated 24th November, 1927.

The Otago Regiment.

The undermentioned Captains, 1st Battalion, to be Majors. Dated 15th September, 1927.

W. H. Widdowson, M.C.

J. McPherson, O.B.E.

S. G. Scoular.

Captain E. R. Hudson, 1st Battalion, is posted to the Retired List, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 24th November, 1927.