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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 69

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th October, 1929.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Alan Frederick Fisher, Esquire,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Riccarton, vice W. Helliwell, Esquire, deceased.

THOMAS M. WILFORD, Minister of Justice.

Appointment in the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy.

Navy Office,
Wellington, 10th October, 1929.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointment in the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy:—

Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant Walter Bernard Charles Cooper Evans, Royal Navy, to H.M.S. “Dunedin,” additional, to date 16th August, 1929, and vice Hewson from date of joining.

THOMAS M. WILFORD, Minister of Defence.

Member of Board of Examiners under the Mining Act, 1926, appointed.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 11th October, 1929.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

James Long Gilmour, Esquire,

to be a member of the Board of Examiners under the Mining Act, 1926, for a period of three years, as from the 12th instant.

W. A. VEITCH, Minister of Mines.

(Mines N. 17/31.)

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 15th October, 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.
Peter Woodnorth Donaldson .. .. Geraldine.
Colin Roto Houghton .. .. Maungaturoto.
James Adnah William Wilton .. .. Ohaeawai.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 10th October, 1929.

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

Patrick David Leahy

to be Assistant Clerk of Magistrates’ Court at Hamilton for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1928, and Deputy Registrar at Hamilton of the Supreme Court of New Zealand for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908, as from the 2nd day of October, 1929.

Mervyn Simmonds

to be the Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Tauranga for the purposes of the Electoral Act, 1927, and Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Tauranga, and Clerk of the Magistrates’ Courts at Tauranga and Te Puke for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1928, as from the 3rd day of October, 1929.

Donald Malcolm

to be the Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Clutha for the purposes of the Electoral Act, 1927, as from the 1st day of October, 1929.

Robert Alexander Thompson

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1908, as from the 11th day of October, 1929.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 9th October, 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.

STAFF.

The notices published in the N.Z. Gazette, No. 58, dated 22nd August, 1929, relative to Major A. B. Williams, D.S.O., Royal N.Z. Artillery, and Captain W. Pollard, Royal N.Z. Artillery, are hereby cancelled, and the following substituted:—

Major A. B. Williams, D.S.O., Royal N.Z. Artillery, relinquishes the appointments of Adjutant, Southern Artillery Group, and Adjutant, 3rd Field Brigade, N.Z.A., but retains the appointment of Officer Commanding, Royal N.Z. Artillery, Southern Command. Dated 31st July, 1929.

Captain W. Pollard, Royal N.Z. Artillery, is appointed Adjutant, Southern Artillery Group, vice Major A. B. Williams, D.S.O., and relinquishes the appointment of Artillery Instructor, Southern Command. Dated 1st August, 1929.

COMMANDS.

Lieut.-Colonel F. K. Turnbull, D.S.O., M.C., The Wellington West Coast Regiment, relinquishes command of the 1st Battalion, and is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 6. Dated 30th September, 1929.

Major J. R. Cade, M.C., v.d., The Wellington West Coast Regiment, is appointed to command the 1st Battalion, and granted the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 1st October, 1929.

THE CANTERBURY YEOMANRY CAVALRY.

Captain G. H. O. Barclay is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 10. Dated 2nd October, 1929.

THE AUCKLAND MOUNTED RIFLES.

Captain S. C. Reid is attached to the 1st Battalion, The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own). Dated 20th September, 1929.

THE OTAGO MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant J. M. Briggs is attached to the 2nd C Battalion, The Otago Regiment. Dated 1st October, 1929.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) A. W. Green is confirmed.

THE WELLINGTON EAST COAST MOUNTED RIFLES.

2nd Lieutenant D. W. Kingston resigns his commission. Dated 3rd October, 1929.

THE NELSON-MARLBOROUGH MOUNTED RIFLES.

2nd Lieutenant H. C. Barton resigns his commission. Dated 2nd October, 1929.

THE NORTH AUCKLAND MOUNTED RIFLES.

The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) are confirmed:—

D. D. Nesbitt.

A. A. McQueen.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

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

The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) are confirmed:—

J. G. Brown, 3rd C Battalion.

A. B. Thompson, 4th C Battalion.

R. Smallfield, 5th C Battalion.

P. C. Minns, 3rd C Battalion.

G. G. L. McLeod, 3rd C Battalion.

The Hauraki Regiment.

Lionel Robert Wilkinson to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), and is posted to the 2nd C Battalion. Dated 1st October, 1929.

The North Auckland Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant C. T. Leggett, 3rd C Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 1. Dated 1st October, 1929.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) L. G. Miller, 1st C Battalion, is confirmed.