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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Members of Domain Boards appointed.

Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 31st August, 1931.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance
of section 49 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and
National Parks Act, 1928, been pleased to make the following
appointments : -

Samuel Smith
to be a member of the Cust Domain Board, in place of
William Ralph Gardner, deceased.

Wiremu Duncan
to be a member of the Te Teko Domain Board, in place of
Ebenezer Hall, deceased.

John Boag
to be a member of the Ellesmere Domain Board, in place of
John Armit Scott, resigned.

Herbert Frederick Muir
to be a member of the Korau Park Domain Board, in place of
John Payne, resigned.

Oscar James Lunn
to be a member of the Waimangaroa Domain Board, in place of
Leonard Edward Richardson, resigned.

James Roy Bagrie
to be a member of the Hinds No. 2 Domain Board, in place of
Robert Charles Maidens, left the district.

Arthur Norman Walters
to be a member of the Mount Richmond Domain Board, in
place of Christopher Stephen Arlington, who has been absent
from three consecutive meetings without the consent of the
Board.

Thomas Henderson and
Leslie Richard McCoid
to be members of the Te Naumai Domain Board, in place
of Francis Michael Burns and Thomas Edward Walton,
resigned.

William Stalker and
Cecil Samuel Ayers
to be members of the Rangiora Domain Board in place of
John Wilkinson Foster and John Jacka Matthews, deceased.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

Official Visitor appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 25th August, 1931.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint

George Cruickshank, Esquire,
to be an Official Visitor to the Auckland Prison.

J. G. COBBE, Minister of Justice.

Appointment of Honorary Child Welfare Officers under the
Child Welfare Act, 1925.

Education Department,
Wellington, 25th August, 1931.

IN pursuance of section 2 of the Child Welfare Act, 1925,
I, Harry Atmore, Minister of Education, do hereby
appoint the following persons as Honorary Child Welfare
Officers for the purpose of the said Act for the period ending
31st December, 1931 :-

Name.
Rev. Stephen Francis Newcome Waymouth
Rev. William Butterworth
Cato, Mr. Leonard

District.
Whakatane.
Taneatua.
Hamilton.

HARRY ATMORE, Minister of Education.

Inspector under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, appointed.
(Notice No. Ag. 2992.)

Department of Agriculture.
Wellington, 31st August, 1931.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

William Alexander Sutherland
as an Inspector for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act,
1928, for the Rangitoto Rabbit Board's district, the appointment
to date from the 28th day of August, 1931.

A. J. MURDOCH, Minister of Agriculture.

No. 64

Election of European Member of the Rarotonga Island
Council.

Cook Islands Department,
Wellington, 8th August, 1931.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance of the regulations for
the election of a European member of the Rarotonga
Island Council,

Mr. William John Wigmore, of Titikaveka, Planter,
was duly re-elected as the European member of the Island
Council of Rarotonga on the 5th August, 1931.

A. T. NGATA,
Minister for the Cook Islands.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 26th August, 1931.

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

Charles Kenneth Carpenter
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Tawera,
as from the 1st day of September, 1931.

Arthur Frederick Bent
to be the Returning Officer for the Electoral District of
Wairau for the purposes of the Electoral Act, 1927, as from
the 27th day of August, 1931.

T. MARK, Secretary.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 31st August, 1931.

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

STAFF.

Flight-Lieutenant A. de T. Nevill, B.Sc., N.Z. Permanent
Air Force, relinquishes the appointment of Staff Officer to
the Director of Air Services, G.H.Q., and is posted to the
N.Z. Air Force Base, Auckland, for general duties. Dated
24th August, 1931.

COMMANDS.

Captain W. H. B. Bull, M.B., F.R.C.S. Edin., N.Z. Medical
Corps, relinquishes command of the 2nd Field Ambulance.
Dated 31st July, 1931.

Major F. W. Kemp, M.C., M.D., N.Z. Medical Corps, is posted
to and appointed to command the 2nd Field Ambulance.
Dated 1st August, 1931.

N.Z. INFANTRY.

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

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation), 3rd C
Battalion, are transferred to the North Auckland Regiment.
Dated 18th August, 1931 :-

T. Scott.
M. J. O'Sullivan.

The North Auckland Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) T. Scott, from the Auckland
Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own), to be 2nd Lieutenant
(on probation), with seniority as from the 2nd May,
1931, and is posted to the 2nd C Battalion. Dated 18th
August, 1931.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) M. J. O'Sullivan, from the
Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own), to be
2nd Lieutenant (on probation), with seniority from the 4th
May, 1931, and is posted to the 2nd C Battalion. Dated
18th August, 1931.

The Wellington West Coast Regiment.

The undermentioned cease to be posted to the 2nd C
Battalion, and are posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated
18th August, 1931 :-

Major W. S. McCorrie, v.d.
2nd Lieutenant E. T. Pleasants.

Lieutenant G. R. Haldane, 1st C Battalion, to be Captain.
Dated 16th July, 1931.

2nd Lieutenant W. B. Sutch, 1st C Battalion, to be Lieutenant.
Dated 10th June, 1931.