MAY 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1351

Inspectors under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, appointed.—
(Notice No. 2792.)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 6th May, 1929.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Eric Lord

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, for the Moawhango Rabbit Board’s District, and

Joseph Trevena

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, for the Pukeokahu-Taoroa Rabbit Board’s District, and

Donald Gordon Fraser,
Allan Harvard Raisin, and
David Allen Pask

to be Inspectors for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, for the Oroua Rabbit Board’s District.

The appointments to date from 30th April, 1929.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Agriculture.

Member of Marlborough Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 4th May, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to reappoint

John Sumner Storey

to be a member of the Marlborough Land Board.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Members of Christchurch Domains Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 30th April, 1928.

HIS Excellency the Governor-general has, in pursuance of section 4 of the Christchurch Domains Amendment Act, 1913, been pleased to appoint

The Hon. David Buddo,
Sidney Arthur Orchard, and
Richard Bedward Owen

to be members of the Christchurch Domains Board.

W. B. TAVERNER, for Minister of Lands.

Chief Justice of New Zealand appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 8th May, 1929.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Michael Myers, Esquire, K.C.,
Barrister at Law, to be Chief Justice of New Zealand.

THOMAS M. WILFORD, Minister of Justice.

Members of the Hawke’s Bay Rabbit Board appointed.—
(Notice No. Ag. 2790.)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 1st May, 1929.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint, in terms of section 50 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928,

James Baird Campbell, and
Martin Greenwood

to be members of the Hawke’s Bay Rabbit Board established under the said Act.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Agriculture.

Members of the Hawke’s Bay Rabbit Board elected.—
(Notice No. Ag. 2791.)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 1st May, 1929.

NOTICE has been received, under the hand of the Returning Officer of the Hawke’s Bay Rabbit Board, established under the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, that

Thomas Ezekiel Crosse,
Frank Bannerman Logan, and
Leslie Martin Monckton

have been duly elected as members of the said Board.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Agriculture.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 2nd May, 1929.

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

George Henry Cates

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Featherston, as from the 16th day of April, 1929; and Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Wairarapa for the purposes of the Electoral Act, 1927, as from the 15th day of April, 1929.

Bruce McFarlane

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Drury, at Manurewa, as from the 22nd day of April, 1929.

William John Cryer

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Waimate Plains, as from the 22nd day of April, 1929.

Francis William Dingwall

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Mount Benger, as from the 19th day of April, 1929.

Duncan Ritchie Ingram

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Raglan, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Raglan, as from the 26th day of April, 1929.

John Gardner McGregor

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Auckland (at Avondale), as from the 29th day of April, 1929.

William Donovan, M.Sc., F.I.C.,

to act as Gas Referee and Chief Gas Examiner for the purposes of the Board of Trade (Gas) Regulations, 1924, during the temporary absence of James Scott Maclaurin, D.Sc., F.C.S., as from the 10th day of May, 1929.

Leslie Phillimore Winchcombe

to be a Gas-examiner and Inspector of Meters for the purposes of the Board of Trade (Gas) Regulations, 1924, as from the 10th day of May, 1929.

George Leithead Shaw,
Ernest Smith Howard, and
John William Bardsley,

to be Inspectors of Meters (temporarily) for the purposes of the Board of Trade (Gas) Regulations, 1924, as from the 10th day of May, 1929.

William Charles Mason

to be Deputy Registrar of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of May, 1929.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 7th May, 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.
Thomas William Joseph Coutts .. Waipawa.
Norman Crawford McGonagle .. Auckland (at Birkenhead).*
David Erwin Wilson .. Pongaroa.

• Births and deaths only.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 2nd May, 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 :—

THE NELSON-MARLBOROUGH MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant S. Marshall, D.C.M., to be Captain. Dated 9th May, 1928.

2nd Lieutenant C. St. G. M. C. Parsons to be Lieutenant. Dated 21st April, 1929.