Nov. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3371

Appointment of an Inspector under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, revoked.—(Notice No. Ag. 3000.)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 14th November, 1931.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to revoke the appointment of

Allan Harvard Raisin

as an Inspector for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, for the district under the control of the Oroua Rabbit Board, such revocation to take effect from the 11th day of November, 1931.

D. JONES, Minister of Agriculture.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 14th November, 1931.

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

STAFF.

Captain L. G. Goss, N.Z. Staff Corps, p.s.c., having returned to the Dominion after completion of a tour of instruction in England, ceases to be seconded, dated 23rd August, 1931, and is appointed A.A. and Q.M.G., Central Command, Wellington, dated 2nd November, 1931.

REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

2nd Lieutenant N. A. Stephenson, 13th Coast Battery, to be Lieutenant. Dated 21st August, 1931.

THE HAURAKI REGIMENT.

Captain A. B. Ranby, Regimental Supernumerary List, is attached to the N.Z. Air Force. Dated 5th November, 1931.

THE WELLINGTON REGIMENT.

Lieutenant P. Martin-Smith ceases to be posted to the 2nd C Battalion, and is posted to the 1st C Battalion. Dated 8th October, 1931.

The undermentioned cease to be posted to the 5th C Battalion, and are posted to the 2nd C Battalion. Dated 5th November, 1931 :—

Major J. R. Sutcliffe.

Captains—
F. M. Renner.
J. A. Duffy.
E. M. Christie.
A. S. Farquhar.

Lieutenants—
S. M. Kinross.
V. F. O. Francis.
A. H. Fear.
R. W. Edwards.
C. Jacobsen.

2nd Lieutenants (on probation)—
G. E. Vercoe.
R. Hogg.
A. J. G. Heron.
L. A. C. Warner.
T. G. Bedding.

THE WELLINGTON WEST COAST REGIMENT.

The undermentioned cease to be posted to the 3rd C Battalion, and are posted to the 2nd C Battalion. Dated 5th November, 1931 :—

Majors—
G. G. Hancox.
H. W. Kerr.

Captains—
C. B. T. McClure, M.C.
P. O. S. Skoglund.
E. J. W. Werry.

Lieutenants—
O. S. Steverson.
N. A. Malcolm.

2nd Lieutenants (on probation)—
P. G. Stevens.
W. F. Goddard.
O. Doel.
H. P. Glenn.
J. L. Thomson.
D. N. Ferguson.

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THE HAWKE’S BAY REGIMENT.

The undermentioned cease to be posted to the 4th C Battalion, and are posted to the 2nd C Battalion. Dated 5th November, 1931 :—

Captain W. P. Dunphy.

Lieutenants—
E. B. M. Laseron.
E. L. Adams.
G. Burns.

2nd Lieutenant T. S. Holmes.
2nd Lieutenant (on probation) C. G. Frazer.

THE TARANAKI REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant E. C. Morton, 1st Battalion, to be Lieutenant. Dated 14th September, 1931.

N.Z. AIR FORCE.

Captain A. B. Ranby, the Hauraki Regiment, is attached under the provisions of para. 141, General Regulations, 1927, and is posted to No. 1 (Army Co-operation) Squadron. Dated 5th November, 1931.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.

The Southland Regiment.

Captain C. J. R. Price is retired. Dated 5th November, 1931.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Vice-Consul of the United States of America at Auckland provisionally recognized.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 12th November, 1931.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that the appointment of

George D. Reuther, Esquire,

as Vice-Consul of the United States of America at Auckland has been provisionally recognized.

ADAM HAMILTON,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 13/35/7.)

Appointment in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 18th November, 1931.

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

Rainsford John Pickwell

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Seeds Importation Act, 1927, as from the 1st day of November, 1931.

T. MARK, Secretary.

Appointment of Issuing Officers for the Purpose of issuing Licenses to fish for Trout under the Rotorua Trout-fishing Regulations, 1929.

PURSUANT to the provisions of Regulation 5 of the Rotorua Trout-fishing Regulations, 1929, I, Patrick John Kelleher, Under-Secretary of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby authorize

Booker, L., Chemist, Te Puke,

to be an issuing officer for the purpose of issuing licenses to fish for trout under the Rotorua Trout-fishing Regulations, 1929.

Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of November, 1931.

P. J. KELLEHER, Under-Secretary.

(I.A. 26/134/13.)

Appointment of Deputy District Public Trustee.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in pursuance of the power and authority vested in me by section three of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1921–22, I, the Public Trustee of the Dominion of New Zealand, have appointed Richard Stuart Moloney, of the Public Trust Office Dunedin, to be Deputy of the District Public Trustee, Blenheim, 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 16th day of November, 1931.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.