Feb. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 455

Official Member of Maori Council appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 15th February, 1929.

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

Walter Kelly

to be the official member of the Maori Council for the Maori Council District of Taranaki, vice Hugh Douglas Armour.

W. A. VEITCH, for Native Minister.

Member of Maori Council appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 15th February, 1929.

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

Matiu Waipouri

to be a member of the Maori Council for the Maori Council District of Hokianga, vice Wiremu Hunia, deceased.

A. T. NGATA, Native Minister.

Members of Maori Council appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 15th February, 1929.

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

J. Anderson,
Paku Katu, and
Whare Bell

to be members of the Maori Council for the Maori Council District of Maniapoto, vice T. Anderson, Takawe Ngataua, and T. M. Hetet, resigned.

A. T. NGATA, Native Minister.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 19th February, 1929.

I T 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. :—

Name. District.
Norman Dewe .. .. Methven.
James Guffie .. .. Little River.
John Thomas Harraway .. Hyde.
Basil Herbert Humphrey .. Auckland (at Birkenhead).*

• Births and deaths only.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Appointment in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 16th February, 1929.

T HE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service :—

Constable Peter Geraghty

to be Clerk and Bailiff of the Magistrates’ Court at Ruawai, for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of February, 1929.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 18th February, 1929.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, retirements, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the N.Z. Military Forces :—

COMMAND.

The period of command of Major V. P. Haughton, 19th Medium Battery, Regiment of N.Z. Artillery, is extended until 31st May, 1929.

THE AUCKLAND MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant F. G. Dill to be Captain. Dated 5th February, 1929.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Lieutenant P. B. Levy is transferred from the 15th Coast Battery to the 9th Field Battery, with seniority as from the 6th September, 1928. Dated 9th February, 1929.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :—
A. Ainslie, 17th Medium Battery. Dated 24th January, 1929.
A. F. Lambourn, 17th Medium Battery. Dated 24th January, 1929.
J. H. Hall-Kenney, 15th Coast Battery. Dated 27th January, 1929.
H. G. Thomas, 15th Coast Battery. Dated 27th January, 1929.

The seniority of 2nd Lieutenant R. W. Sharp, 20th Pack Battery, is antedated to 15th September, 1928.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

Central Depot.

2nd Lieutenant C. R. Mayer is retired. Dated 4th February, 1929.

Southern Depot.

2nd Lieutenant P. A. Pederson is retired. Dated 5th February, 1929.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

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

Major S. W. B. Brooker, M.C., v.d., from the Canterbury Regiment, to be Major, with seniority as from the 28th May, 1925, and is posted to the 4th C Battalion. Dated 7th February, 1929.

The Hauraki Regiment.

Lieutenant B. McG. Laird, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Waikato Regiment. Dated 8th February, 1929.

The Waikato Regiment.

Captain R. Worley, M.C., 1st Battalion, is posted to the Retired List, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 8th February, 1929.

Lieutenant B. McG. Laird, from the Hauraki Regiment, to be Lieutenant, with seniority as from the 21st November, 1927, and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 8th February, 1929.

The Canterbury Regiment.

Major S. W. B. Brooker, M.C., v.d., 4th C Battalion, is transferred to the Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own). Dated 7th February, 1929.

The Otago Regiment.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants, and are posted to the Battalions as stated. Dated 13th September, 1928.

Peter Ian Maclean, 1st Battalion.
Cyril William George Cole, 4th C Battalion.
Edgar Jansen Thomson, 2nd C Battalion.
Bertie Arnold Wallis, 2nd C Battalion.
Harold Service, 2nd C Battalion.

The Southland Regiment.

The seniority of 2nd Lieutenant A. A. Cook, 1st Battalion, is antedated to 21st April, 1927.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Captain W. H. Simpson, M.B., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 4th February, 1929.

James Herbert Fahey, M.B., to be Lieutenant, and is attached for duty to the Hawke’s Bay Regiment. Dated 4th February, 1929.

THOMAS M. WILFORD, Minister of Defence.

Services of Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 18th February, 1929.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the services of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club, under section 43, Defence Act, 1909 :—

Motueka Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Motueka. Dated 20th December, 1928.

THOMAS M. WILFORD, Minister of Defence.