FEB. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 391

Clerks of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th February, 1929.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Frederick William Hart

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Wellington and Hutt, vice A. Whitaker;

Ernest Leslie Egarr

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Egmont, vice A. E. Hynes;

Alexander William McDonald

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Wairau, vice A. F. Bent, on leave;

Frank Mitchell

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Motueka and Nelson, vice J. C. Harding; and

Frederick Stoop

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Wakatipu, vice H. Anderson.

THOMAS M. WILFORD, Minister of Justice.

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

Marine Department,
Wellington, 9th February, 1929.

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

Harold Waldron Laing,

of Pipirow, to be an officer for the purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned Act, in respect of the Auckland Acclimatization District.

W. B. TAVERNER,
For Minister of Marine.

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

Marine Department,
Wellington, 9th February, 1929.

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

Albert Cedermau,

of Hokitika, to be an officer for the purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned Act, in respect of the Westland Acclimatization District.

W. B. TAVERNER,
For Minister of Marine.

Superintendent of Mercantile Marine appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 7th February, 1929.

IT is hereby noticed that, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authority vested in me by the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, the undermentioned has been appointed to be Superintendent of Mercantile Marine at Mangonui, as from the 5th day of January, 1929 :—

Charles Warren Williams.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Marine.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 12th February, 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.
Herbert Richard John Brewer .. Mangawai.
George Reeves Harriss .. Wellington, at Kilbirnie.
Basil Herbert Humphrey .. Auckland, at Ellerslie.

• Births and deaths only.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 8th February, 1929.

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

Robert Duggan

to be Deputy Registrar at Greymouth of the Supreme Court of New Zealand for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908, as from the 4th day of January, 1929.

Alexander Douglas McGavock,
William Staveley,
Gideon Anderson,
William Gilpin,
Norman Scott Murrell, and
Rupert Norman Urn

to be Inspectors of Sea-fishing for the purposes of Part I of the Fisheries Act, 1908, as from the 5th day of February, 1929.

Charles Blackburn

to be the Deputy of the Official Assignee for the Gisborne District in the management of the following bankruptcy estates within the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court—to wit, those of T. Stephens, C. L. Ferguson, J. Bullard, and F. Pattulio—to exercise such duties as from the 1st day of February to the 30th day of April, 1929.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 8th February, 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.

Jeffery Mervyn Andrew to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 14th September, 1928.

THE OTAGO MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant T. M. Sim, M.C., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 11. Dated 1st February, 1929.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains :—

W. D. Corbett, 6th Field Battery. Dated 14th September, 1928.

E. T. Kensington, 16th Pack Battery (How.). Dated 9th November, 1928.

R. B. Hardy, Northern Field Artillery Group (Secondary Schools Section). Dated 19th December, 1928.

Donald John Robertson to be 2nd Lieutenant, 14th Medium Battery, with seniority next below 2nd Lieutenant G. A. Perry. Dated 15th September, 1928.

Oliver Gordon Cox to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), 12th Field Battery, and is attached to the Artillery Section, Otago Boys’ High School. Dated 20th December, 1928.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

Northern Depot.

Captain W. A. Gray, M.C., is granted the temporary rank of Major whilst commanding the Northern Depot, N.Z.E. Dated 4th February, 1929.

Southern Depot.

The seniority of 2nd Lieutenant R. Faville is antedated to 27th May, 1927.

2nd Lieutenant G. E. Page to be Lieutenant. Dated 24th December, 1928.

N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS.

Northern Depot.

Ernest Leonard Joseph Marshall to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 28th January, 1929.

Southern Depot.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 24th December, 1928 :—

H. C. Caldwell.
F. C. Rainbow,