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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 11

Appointing a Day for the Election of the Elective Commissioners of the Ashley River Trust, under the Ashley River Improvement Amendment Act, 1927.

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CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by subsection two of section four of the Ashley River Improvement Amendment Act, 1927, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Thursday, the fifteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, as the day on which shall be held the election of the elective Commissioners of the Ashley River Trust.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 21st day of February, 1928.

K. S. WILLIAMS, Minister of Public Works.
(P.W. 48/216.)

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Deputy Resident Commissioner of Niue appointed.

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CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

PURSUANT to the authority vested in me by the Cook Islands Act, 1915, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do by these presents issued under my hand and the Seal of the Dominion appoint you,

Joseph Patrick McMahon Box, Esquire,

to be Deputy Resident Commissioner of Niue, vice Alexander McKenzie, to hold the said office during my pleasure as from the eleventh day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 15th day of February, 1928.

R. A. WRIGHT,
For Minister for the Cook Islands.

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Rangers under Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, appointed.

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Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 20th February, 1928.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 35 of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, the undermentioned persons have been appointed Rangers under and for the purposes of that Act for the Wellington Acclimatization District.

James Blake, of Featherston,
Gordon Oliver Sutherland, of Whakatomotomo,
William Campbell, of Pirinoa, and
James Gilbert Sutherland, of Whakatomotomo.

M. POMARE,
Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 25/23/5.)

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Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

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Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th February, 1928.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Albert James Ching

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Patea, vice W. M. Fraser.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

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Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

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Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th February, 1928.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

William Claud Motion, Esquire,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Raglan, vice J. P. Bailey, Esquire, deceased.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

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Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 21st February, 1928.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons have been appointed to be Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:

Arthur James Brown . . . . Campbelltown.
Thomas Patrick Feehly . . . . Arrow.
John Harold Cameron Halliday . . . . Waverley.
William John Hastings . . . . Malvern.
Thomas Godfrey Augustus Jones . . . . Ekatahuna.
Andrew Lambie . . . . Cheviot.
James McIntosh . . . . Mangaweka.
Royal John Arthur McConville . . . . Tolaga Bay.
Percival Steele Miller . . . . Kaitaia.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

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Appointments in the Public Service.

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Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 17th February, 1928.

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

Andrew George Bain,
Samuel Richmond Craig,
Henry Kitto,
Darcy Arthur Stanley Hughes,
Archibald Whyte Christie, and
Ralph William Skinner,

to be Inspectors for the purposes of the Stock Act, 1908, as from the 11th day of February, 1928.

Eric Bell

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Manaia, as from the 1st February, 1928.

Alexandrina McDonald (Miss)

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Mangawhariki, as from the 6th February, 1928.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

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

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Department of Defence,
Wellington, 14th February, 1928.

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.

Major F. J. Borrie, M.R.C.S., Eng., N.Z. Medical Corps, relinquishes the appointment of Officer Commanding, Southern Depot, N.Z.M.C. Dated 30th January, 1928.
Captain W. H. Simpson, M.B., N.Z. Medical Corps, is appointed to command the Southern Depot, N.Z.M.C. Dated 1st February, 1928.

N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS.

Captain E. H. Sawle is posted to the Retired List, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 26th November, 1927.

THE CANTERBURY YEOMANRY CAVALRY.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 15th September, 1927.

Reginald Thomas Abraham Harrison.
Gordon Brown.

THE WAIKATO MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant T. G. Hinton is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 4. Dated 25th January, 1928.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

2nd Lieutenant K. Stronach, 5th Field Battery, is retired. Dated 27th January, 1928.