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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 9

Appointment of Consul of Belgium at Wellington recognized provisionally.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 11th February, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that, in accordance with advice received from the Consul-General for Belgium, Sydney, he has recognized provisionally the appointment of

Armand Nihotte

as Consul of Belgium, in Wellington.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Clerks of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th February, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Charles Hastings Butcher

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Ohinemuri, vice P. H. Wylde, on leave ;

Jules Cæsar Malfroy

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the Districts of Auckland, Waitemata, and Parnell, vice J. H. Finlay ; and

William Dryburgh Wallace

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Awarua, vice G. E. Pollock.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Members of Special Revaluation Committees appointed under the Deteriorated Lands Act, 1.25.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 3rd February, 1927.

PURSUANT to section 4 of the Deteriorated Lands Act, 1925, I hereby appoint the following special revaluation committees for the purposes of the said Act—viz. :

AUCKLAND COMMITTEE (WESTERN).
G. W. Richards, Farmer, Otorohanga (Chairman).
R. C. Pollock, Field Inspector, Lands and Survey Department, Auckland.
G. W. Hyde, District Valuer, Valuation Department, Hamilton.

AUCKLAND COMMITTEE (EASTERN).
G. W. Richards, Farmer, Otorohanga (Chairman).
R. C. Pollock, Field Inspector, Lands and Survey Department, Auckland.
E. A. Meredith, District Valuer, Valuation Department, Rotorua.

TARANAKI COMMITTEE.
C. Gordon, Farmer, Opotiki (Chairman).
B. C. A. McCabe, Chief Draughtsman, Lands and Survey Department, New Plymouth.
T. Sheehy, District Valuer, Valuation Department, New Plymouth.

TARANAKI AND WELLINGTON COMMITTEE.
J. Wall, Farmer, Porirua (Chairman).
R. J. Knight, Lands and Survey Department, Auckland.
A. B. Jordan, District Valuer, Valuation Department, Te Kuiti.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Member of Maori Council appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 9th February, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Motatau Hori Rewi

to be a member of the Maori Council for the Maori Council District of Whangarei, vice Hare Peni, resigned.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
For Acting Native Minister.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 14th February, 1927.

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

William Frederick Clark, Esquire,

to be an Inspector of Ships’ Compasses for the purposes of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, as from the 11th day of October, 1926.

Thomas Melville Sim, Esquire,

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908, Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, Dairy Industry Act, 1908, and Shearers’ Accommodation Act, 1919, as from the 8th day of February, 1927.

T. MARK, Acting Secretary.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 15th February, 1927.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned person has been appointed to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the district set opposite his name, viz. :

Cyril Lynn McLean . . . . Hampden.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Appointment of Deputy District Public Trustee.

NOTICE 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

Charles Earnshaw White,

of the Public Trust Office, Wellington, to be Deputy of the District Public Trustee, Blenheim, 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 10th day of February, 1927.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

Appointment of Deputy District Public Trustee.

NOTICE 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

Douglas Lancelot Overbye,

of the Public Trust Office, Hawera, to be deputy of the District Trustee, Hawera, 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 12th day of February, 1927.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 10th February, 1927.

HIS 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.

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.

The commission granted A. K. Lambly is cancelled under section 5 (a), Defence Act, 1909, he having been convicted by the Civil power. Dated 17th January, 1927.

Captain H. D. McHugh to be Major. Dated 26th January, 1927.

Lieutenant R. J. D. Davis to be Captain. Dated 20th October, 1926.

2ND N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (QUEEN ALEXANDRA’S WELLINGTON WEST COAST).

Lieutenant W. Ricketts, D.C.M., from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant. Dated 25th January, 1927.

3RD N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (AUCKLAND).

2nd Lieutenant R. J. Mayne, from the Wellington West Coast Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 18th January, 1927.