APRIL 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1059

Appointment of Honorary Aide-de-Camp to His Excellency the Governor-General.

Government House,
Auckland, 19th April, 1929.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Captain John Stewart Gordon Fraser, D.S.O., R.N.,
to be Honorary Naval Aide-de-Camp on his staff.

By command—
A. C. DAY, Official Secretary.

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1929.

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 East Coast Acclimatization District :—

Creighton Falkner, of Wharekopae, Poverty Bay.

P. A. DE LA PERRELLE,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 25/23/10.)

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1929.

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 persons have been appointed Rangers under and for the purposes of that Act for the Hawke’s Bay Acclimatization District :—

John Henry Franklin, of Napier, and
William Stephens, of Pakipaki, Hawke’s Bay.

P. A. DE LA PERRELLE,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 25/23/18.)

Appointment of Honorary Child Welfare Officers under the Child Welfare Act, 1925.

Education Department,
Wellington, 11th April, 1929.

IN pursuance of section 2 of the Child Welfare Act, 1925, I, Harry Atmore, Minister of Education, do hereby appoint the following persons as Honorary Child Welfare Officers for the district mentioned for the purposes of the said Act for the period ending 31st December, 1929 :—

Name. District.
Rev. Arthur Francis Sutherland. Edgecombe and Matata.
Rev. Walter Warfield Lambert . Whakatane.
Mrs. Ethel McCracken . Whakatane.
Mrs. Violet Louden . Paeroa.

HARRY ATMORE, Minister of Education.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 15th April, 1929.

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

Harry Edward Walshe, Esquire,
to be Surveyor-General for the purposes of the Land Act, 1924, as from the 1st day of April, 1929.

Alexander Leslie Murray Willis, Esquire,
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Kaikoura, as from the 15th day of April, 1929.

Henry Arthur Munn, Esquire,
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Dargaville, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Dargaville, as from the 16th day of April, 1929.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Stipendiary Magistrate authorized to exercise Jurisdiction in Children’s Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th April, 1929.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

William Harold Woodward, Esquire, S.M.,
to exercise jurisdiction in the Children’s Courts established at Arrowtown, Campbelltown, Invercargill, Lumsden, Orepuki, Otautau, Queenstown, Riverton, Winton, and Wyndham.

THOMAS M. WILFORD, Minister of Justice.

Members of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th April, 1929.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

William Harold Woodward, Esquire, S.M.,
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the Districts of Wallace and Awarua, vice J. G. L. Hewitt, Esquire, S.M.

Enoch Doel, Esquire,
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Bay of Islands, vice R. A. Hall, Esquire, deceased.

THOMAS M. WILFORD, Minister of Justice.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1929.

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. :—

Name. District.
James Dickson Adams . . . . Kawhia.
Ronald Dean Mayson . . . . Kahukura.
Cyrill Robert Porter . . . . Middlemarch.

ERRATUM.—The entry on page 1002 of Gazette No. 26, of 18th April, 1929, which relates to the appointment of Miss Ellen Frances Scully as Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Stewart Island, is hereby cancelled.

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 Joseph Byrne, of the Public Trust Office, Wellington, to be Deputy of the District Public Trustee, Gisborne, 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 23rd day of April, 1929.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

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

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

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.

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

2nd Lieutenant E. T. Laws to be Lieutenant. Dated 14th March, 1929.

THE MANAWATU MOUNTED RIFLES.

Captain J. M. Stewart is transferred to the Canterbury Regiment. Dated 28th March, 1929.

WELLINGTON EAST COAST MOUNTED RIFLES.

Major J. O. Scott is posted to the Retired List, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 4th April, 1929.