Aug. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2317

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 4th July, 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 under-mentioned person has been appointed a Ranger under and for the purposes of that Act for the Buller Acclimatization District :—

John Sullivan, of Lyell.

M. POMARE,
Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 25/23/2.)

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 24th July, 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 Nelson Acclimatization District :—

Colonel John Edward Hume, of Nelson,
Charles Birtrand Harman, of Nelson,
Lewis Ernest Gill, of Nelson,
Albert Wilfred Gardner, of Nelson, and
Ernest Sandys Merrick, of Nelson.

M. POMARE,
Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 25/23/12.)

Chairmen of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st August, 1928.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Robert Mackenzie Watson, Esquire, S.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Rangitikei and Oroua, vice J. L. Stout, Esquire, S.M.,

John Logan Stout, Esquire, S.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Committee for the District of Otaki, vice J. H. Salmon, Esquire, S.M.,

James Miller, Esquire, S.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Pahiatua and Wairarapa, vice S. L. P. Free, Esquire, S.M., and

William Glendinning Riddell, Esquire, S.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Hutt and Wellington, vice J. H. Salmon, Esquire, S.M., and E. Page, Esquire, S.M., respectively.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

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

Marine Department,
Wellington, 28th July, 1928.

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

Amelius Beauclerk Fyers, of Rangiriri, and
James Brenil Vowles, of Te Mata, Frankton Junction,
to be officers for the purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned Act, in respect of the Auckland Acclimatization District.

F. H. D. BELL, for Minister of Marine.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 31st July, 1928.

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. :—

Edward Emberite Burgess . . . . Hororata.
Henry Francis Fuller . . . . Sanson.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 31st July, 1928.

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

Edward John Scoble, Esquire,
to be an Inspector of Mines for the Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Mining Districts, for the purposes of the Mining Act, 1926, and its amendments, and an Inspector of Coal-mines for the purposes of the Coal-mines Act, 1925, and its amendments, as from the 28th day of July, 1928.

Constable John Devine
to be Clerk and Bailiff of the Magistrates’ Court at Kurow, for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1908, as from the 11th day of July, 1928.

Sergeant Ernest Thomas Collingwood Turner
to be Bailiff of the Magistrates’ Court at Waimate, for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1908, as from the 16th day of July, 1928.

Arthur Francis Wells
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Aorere, as from the 16th day of July, 1928.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

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 George Edward Turney, of the Public Trust Office, Invercargill, to be Deputy of the District Public Trustee, Invercargill, 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 1st day of August, 1928.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—CLAUDE LIGHTOLLER, Esq., of Sydney, in the State of New South Wales, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, has this day been appointed by the Honourable Sir Charles Perrin Skerrett, K.C.M.G., Chief Justice of New Zealand, a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in New South Wales under the 47th section of the Judicature Act, 1908, for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington this 27th day of July, 1928.

W. W. SAMSON,
Registrar, Supreme Court, Wellington.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 26th July, 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.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Captain T. Farr, D.S.O., M.C., to be Major. Dated 1st July, 1928.

QUEEN ALEXANDRA’S (WELLINGTON WEST COAST) MOUNTED RIFLES.

2nd Lieutenant D. D. Forsyth to be Lieutenant. Dated 26th January, 1927.

THE OTAGO MOUNTED RIFLES.

Archibald West Green to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 10th July, 1928.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

2nd Lieutenant R. G. Anderson, 19th Medium Battery, is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain, with permission to wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 16th July, 1928.