JULY 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2183

Superintendent of Mercantile Marine appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1931.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, the appointment has been made of

Percival Steele Miller

as Superintendent of Mercantile Marine at Awanui, as from the 2nd day of July, 1931.

JAS. B. DONALD, Minister of Marine.

Member of the Hurunui and the Motunau Rabbit Boards appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 2985.)

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 James Forsyth Sinclair, being an Inspector appointed under Part I of the said Act, to be a member of the Hurunui and the Motunau Rabbit Boards established under the said Act, vice John Munro.

Dated at Wellington, this 25th day of July, 1931.

A. J. MURDOCH, Minister of Agriculture.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 27th July, 1931.

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

Bernard Charles Alton McCabe

to be Chief Surveyor and Deputy Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Southland Land District for the purposes of the Land Act, 1924, as from the 1st day of August, 1931.

[Amending entry on page 2153, New Zealand Gazette, No. 54, of 23rd July, 1931.]

Claude Oswald Pratt

to be Official Assignee at Hawera for the Supreme Court District of Taranaki, for the purposes of the Bankruptcy Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of August, 1931.

T. MARK, Secretary.

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

Navy Office,
Wellington, 27th July, 1931.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to confirm in the rank of Lieutenant-Commander the undermentioned officer of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand Division), to date 21st July, 1931 :—

Ralph Leslie Cross.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Defence.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 21st July, 1931.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, transfers, resignations, and retirements of the undermentioned officers of the N.Z. Military Forces :—

COMMANDS.

Colonel H. E. Barrowclough, D.S.O., M.C., relinquishes command of the 3rd N.Z. Infantry Brigade, and is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (a). Dated 13th July, 1931.

Lieut.-Colonel T. H. Dawson, C.M.G., C.B.E., v.d., relinquishes command of the Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own), and is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 1. Dated 22nd June, 1931.

Major N. L. Macky, M.C., 1st Battalion, The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own), to be Lieut.-Colonel, and is appointed to command the Regiment. Dated 23rd June, 1931.

THE MANAWATU MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant W. D. P. Dennehy resigns his commission on appointment to a Short-service Commission in the Royal Air Force. Dated 29th December, 1930.

THE WELLINGTON EAST COAST MOUNTED RIFLES.

2nd Lieutenant L. B. Ballantyne, The Canterbury Regiment, is attached under the provisions of para. 141, General Regulations, 1927. Dated 11th July, 1931.

REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants, and are posted to the batteries as stated against their names. Dated 11th July, 1931 :—

John William Moodie (12th Field Battery).
Carl Spencer Dickson (12th Field Battery).
John Stephen Findlay (14th Medium Battery).

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

Lieutenant E. C. Schnackenberg, 1st Field Company, to be Captain. Dated 11th July, 1931.

N.Z. INFANTRY.

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

The undermentioned are transferred to the North Auckland Regiment. Dated 9th July, 1931 :—

3rd Cadet Battalion—
Major C. P. Worley, v.d.
Captain C. C. T. Harris.

Lieutenants—
H. F. Brock.
R. O. Buchanan.
E. Boulton.
H. L. Calder.
J. M. Tait.
H. R. Heward.
G. S. Coldham.
C. J. Williams.
W. R. H. Martin.
R. Willmott.
J. G. Brown.

2nd Lieutenants—
W. C. J. Perry.
G. G. L. McLeod.
P. C. Minns.

2nd Lieutenants (on probation)—
G. J. Sceats.
V. C. Butler.
J. H. Jenkin.

5th Cadet Battalion—
Major A. W. Short.

Lieutenants—
J. D. Baybutt.
H. M. McMurtrie.
L. W. C. Biddle.
K. D. Anderson.
R. Smallfield.

2nd Lieutenant—
A. G. Coulam.

The North Auckland Regiment.

The undermentioned from the Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own), are posted as under, with the ranks stated, and with their original seniority. Dated 9th July, 1931 :—

2nd Cadet Battalion—
Major C. P. Worley, v.d.
Captain C. C. T. Harris.

Lieutenants—
H. F. Brock.
R. O. Buchanan.
E. Boulton.
H. L. Calder.
J. M. Tait.
G. S. Coldham.
C. J. Williams.
W. R. H. Martin.
R. Willmott.
J. G. Brown.

2nd Lieutenants—
W. C. J. Perry.
G. G. L. McLeod.
P. C. Minns.

2nd Lieutenants (on probation)—
G. J. Sceats.
V. C. Butler.
J. H. Jenkin.