Oct. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3181

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 15th October, 1930.

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.
Harry Arnold Stalker Bennett .. .. Cust.
(Miss) Eliza Grace Brown .. .. Waiharakeke.

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 Henry Williams, of the Public Trust Office, New Plymouth, to be Deputy of the District Public Trustee, New Plymouth, 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 9th day of October, 1930.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 9th October, 1930.

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 WELLINGTON EAST COAST MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant H. A. McAulay, from the Hawke’s Bay Regiment, to be Lieutenant, with seniority as from the 14th September, 1929. Dated 2nd October, 1930.

2nd Lieutenant R. A. C. Selby to be Lieutenant. Dated 14th July, 1930.

THE NELSON-MARLBOROUGH MOUNTED RIFLES.

Honorary Lieutenant and Bandmaster C. T. Cimino resigns his commission. Dated 27th September, 1930.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Captain F. M. Mitchell, M.C., 9th Field Battery, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 10. Dated 1st October, 1930.

2nd Lieutenant G. A. Perry, 14th Medium Battery, to be Lieutenant. Dated 15th September, 1930.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

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

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants, 5th C Battalion, to be Lieutenants. Dated 30th September, 1930.

K. D. Anderson.
R. Smallfield.

The Wellington Regiment.

Clarence Meachen to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is posted to the 4th C Battalion. Dated 17th March, 1929.

The Hawke’s Bay Regiment.

Lieutenant H. A. McAulay, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Wellington East Coast Mounted Rifles. Dated 2nd October, 1930.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :—

J. F. Thomas, 4th C Battalion. Dated 13th September, 1930.

B. A. Wallis, 1st Battalion. Dated 13th September, 1930.

H. P. Ahrens, 3rd C Battalion. Dated 14th September, 1930.

A. E. B. Burge, 4th C Battalion. Dated 14th September, 1930.

G. Slade, 1st Battalion. Dated 14th September, 1930.

I. A. Barnard, 1st Battalion. Dated 14th September, 1930.

G. K. Fussell, 1st Battalion. Dated 14th September, 1930.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) E. W. Bilham ceases to be posted to the 4th C Battalion, and is posted to the 1st C Battalion. Dated 29th September, 1930.

The Otago Regiment.

The notice published in the N.Z. Gazette No. 48, dated 27th June, 1929, relative to Major G. W. Massingham, M.C., is hereby cancelled, and the following substituted :—

“Graham William Massingham, M.C., to be Major, with seniority as from 28th November, 1928, and is posted to the 2nd C Battalion. Dated 28th May, 1929.”

THE N.Z. AIR FORCE.

The undermentioned to be Pilot Officers. Dated 1st October, 1930.

Donald Edward Grigg.
Cyril Mercer Duthie.
Edward Bongard Waters.
Edward Buckland Firth.
Graham McKellar Owen.
John Plaskett Selby.

Pilot Officer O. L. A. Edie is retired. Dated 1st October, 1930.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.

The Auckland Mounted Rifles.

2nd Lieutenant L. A. Miller is retired. Dated 2nd October, 1930.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 7th October, 1930.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to Major J. B. Mawson, M.C., Reserve of Officers, The Canterbury Regiment.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Defence.

Telegram from the Governor-General of New Zealand to the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs. Dated 23rd August, 1930.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 14th October, 1930.

THE following is published for general information :—

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

No. 155. Following for His Majesty the King. Begins

On behalf of the Government and people of New Zealand I beg to express to Your Majesty with my humble duty the great interest which is felt in the announcement of the birth of a daughter to Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York and to offer the respectful congratulations of Your Majesty’s subjects in this Dominion on the happy event.

Ends.

GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF NEW ZEALAND.

Downing Street, 28th August, 1930.

My Lord,

I have the honour to inform Your Excellency that your telegram No. 155 of the 23rd August has been laid before His Majesty the King, who was graciously pleased to receive it and to command that an expression of his appreciation should be conveyed to the Government and people of New Zealand for their congratulations on the birth of a daughter to Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York.

I have, &c.,
J. H. THOMAS.

Governor-General, His Excellency the Right Honourable Lord Bledisloe, G.C.M.G., K.B.E., &c.
(I.A. 13/106/9.)

New Zealand Inscribed Stock Act, 1917.—Closing of Registers.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 13th October, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that the registers of New Zealand 4½-per-cent. Inscribed Stock, maturing 15th November, 1938, will be closed from the 1st November to the 15th November, 1930 (inclusive), for the purpose of the issue of half-yearly interest.

E. A. RANSOM,
Acting Minister of Finance.