JULY 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2115

The Wellington West Coast Regiment.

Lieutenant C. S. Swan, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 6. Dated 1st July, 1931.

The Canterbury Regiment.

The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 10 :—

Captain C. R. Russ, 4th C Battalion. Dated 6th July 1931.

Lieutenant J. L. Partridge, 4th C Battalion. Dated 3rd July, 1931.

Lieutenant C. H. Morrison, 4th C Battalion, resigns his commission. Dated 3rd July, 1931.

Lieutenant C. M. Gray, 2nd C Battalion, is transferred to the Hauraki Regiment. Dated 4th July, 1931.

The undermentioned to be Second Lieutenants, and are posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 1st June, 1931 :—

Athol Edward Since.

Ronald Napoleon Crampton.

Brian Irwin Bassett.

Frank Edwards.

Rodney John Mason.

The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment.

The undermentioned Lieutenants, 1st Battalion, to be captains :—

R. E. Agar. Dated 11th May, 1931.

W. V. R. Fletcher. Dated 12th May, 1931.

Lieutenant F. D. Hamilton, from the Wellington Regiment, to be Lieutenant, with seniority as from the 28th March, 1928, and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 3rd July, 1931.

The Southland Regiment.

Lieutenant J. J. Buchan, 2nd C Battalion, is transferred to the Hauraki Regiment. Dated 4th July, 1931.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Defence.

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Appointment in the Royal Naval Reserve (New Zealand Division).

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Navy Office,
Wellington, 11th July, 1931.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the name of Sub-Lieutenant Eric Mainland Foster being removed from the List of Officers of the Royal Naval Reserve (New Zealand Division) for non-report, to date 10th July, 1931.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Defence.

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Territorial Force Units disbanded.

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Defence Department,
Wellington, 7th July, 1931.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the disbandment of the undermentioned units of the Territorial Force, under section 6 (a), Defence Act, 1909 :—

REGIMENT OF NEW ZEALAND ARTILLERY.

6th Field Battery, with headquarters at Napier.

11th Field Battery, with headquarters at Invercargill.

Dated 1st July, 1931.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Defence.

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Member of the Oroua Rabbit Board appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 2982.)

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Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 13th July, 1931.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint, in terms of section 56 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, —

Bruce McLeod

as a member of the Oroua Rabbit Board established under the said Act, vice Maurice Rasmussen, resigned.

A. J. MURDOCH, Minister of Agriculture.

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Members of Rabbit Boards appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 2983.)

PURSUANT to the powers vested in me by section 37 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, I, Alfred James Murdoch, Minister of Agriculture, do hereby appoint the several persons whose respective names are set forth in the first column of the Schedule hereto, being persons appointed as Inspectors under Part I of the said Act, to be members of the respective Rabbit Boards specified and set opposite the name of each such person in the second column of the said Schedule, vice the several persons whose respective names are set forth in the third column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

First Column. Second Column. Third Column.

James Darling Anderson The East Coast Robert McKinlay.
Rabbit Board

Henry Ernest Allen .. The Hawke’s Bay Walter Dalgliesh.
Rabbit Board

Alexander Kinghorn .. The Akitio and James Sneddon
the Puketoi Rankin.
Rabbit Boards

Charles Edward Stuart The Maioro and Victor Alfred Hud-
the Waipipi dleston.
Rabbit Boards

Dated at Wellington, this 11th day of July, 1931.

A. J. MURDOCH, Minister of Agriculture.

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Appointments in the Public Service.

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Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 9th July, 1931.

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

James Oliver Brown

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Factories Act, 1921-22, as from the 23rd day of June, 1931.

Constable Charles William Gainey

to be Clerk and Bailiff of the Magistrate’s Court at Pongaroa for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1928, as from the 25th day of June, 1931.

Henry Ernest Allen

to be Registrar of Brands for the Branding Registration Districts of Waipawa and Hawke’s Bay for the purposes of the Stock Act, 1908, as from the 24th day of April, 1931.

James Darling Anderson

to be Registrar of Brands for the Branding Registration Districts of Waiapu and Gisborne for the purposes of the Stock Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of September, 1930.

Alexander Kinghorn

to be Registrar of Brands for the Branding Registration Districts of Pahiatua and Woodville for the purposes of the Stock Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of April, 1931.

William Wilson

to be Registrar of Brands for the Branding Registration District of Wellington for the purposes of the Stock Act, 1908, as from the 6th day of July, 1931.

T. MARK, Secretary.

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By-law of the Hastings Borough Council confirmed under the By-laws Act, 1910.

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Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 10th July, 1931.

THE following certificate has been executed on the sealed copy of the by-law made by the Hastings Borough Council on the 25th day of June, 1931.

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

CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION.

In pursuance of the By-laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm the within written by-law of the Hastings Borough Council, and declare that the same came into force on the 4th day of July, 1931.

Dated this 10th day of July, 1931.

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

(L.A. 19/41/3.)