Oct. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2481

Members of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th October, 1933.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

William Roy McKean, Esquire, S.M.,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Manukau, vice F. H. Levien, Esquire, S.M. ; and

Arthur Edward Watkins, Esquire,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Parnell, vice J. D. Jones, Esquire, deceased.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Justice.

Appointment of Officers under Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 26th September, 1933.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fisheries Act, 1908, and of the Official Appointments and Documents Act, 1919, appointed

Reginald John James, of Petone, and
Joseph Richards, of Petone,

to be officers for the purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned Act in respect of the Wellington Acclimatization District.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Marine.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 27th September, 1933.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, transfers, and resignations of officers of the New Zealand Military Forces :—

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.

Major E. Puttick, D.S.O., to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 1st October, 1933.

Lieutenant V. J. Innes to be Captain. Dated 1st October, 1933.

REGIMENT OF ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Captain R. S. Park to be Major. Dated 1st October, 1933.

COMMANDS.

Lieutenant-Colonel J. R. Cade, M.C., v.d., The Wellington West Coast Regiment, relinquishes command of the 1st Battalion, and is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class II (b), R.D. 6. Dated 30th September, 1933.

Major W. S. McCrorie, v.d., The Wellington West Coast Regiment, is appointed to command the 1st Battalion, and is granted the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 1st October, 1933.

THE WELLINGTON EAST COAST MOUNTED RIFLES.

2nd Lieutenant L. B. Ballantyne, from the Canterbury Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority from 15th February, 1930. Dated 16th September, 1933.

THE HAURAKI REGIMENT.

The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation), 2nd Cadet Battalion, are confirmed :—

L. Clark.

N. P. Pitcaithly.

THE WELLINGTON REGIMENT.

Captain R. E. Murray, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Captain, with seniority from 5th December, 1930, and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 11th September, 1933.

Lieutenant C. Meachen, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 5. Dated 11th September, 1933.

Douglas George Edwards to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority from 1st June, 1931, and is posted to the 2nd Cadet Battalion. Dated 16th September, 1933.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) W. J. E. Eason, 1st Cadet Battalion, resigns his commission. Dated 20th September, 1933.

THE WELLINGTON WEST COAST REGIMENT.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants, 2nd Cadet Battalion, to be Lieutenants. Dated 24th June, 1933 :—

W. F. Goddard.

O. Doel.

J. L. Thomson.

2nd Lieutenant R. L. Forrest, Regimental Supernumerary List, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 5. Dated 16th September, 1933.

THE HAWKE’S BAY REGIMENT.

Arthur Haley to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), and is posted to the 1st Cadet Battalion. Dated 17th March, 1933.

THE CANTERBURY REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant L. B. Ballantyne is transferred to the Wellington East Coast Mounted Rifles. Dated 16th September, 1933.

THE OTAGO REGIMENT.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants, 1st Battalion, to be Lieutenants :—

M. S. Carrie. Dated 27th July, 1933.

G. B. Massingham. Dated 28th July, 1933.

THE SOUTHLAND REGIMENT.

William Charles Cleine to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), and is posted to the 1st Cadet Battalion. Dated 1st August, 1933.

N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS.

Captain E. W. Smith, v.d., 3rd Composite Company, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class II (b), R.D. 10. Dated 15th September, 1933.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS’ DEPARTMENT.

The Reverend W. R. Hutchison, Chaplain, 3rd Class (Presbyterian), is transferred from R.D. 10 to R.D. 7. Dated 16th September, 1933.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Defence.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd October, 1933.

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.

Arthur William McNeish .. .. Drury.

Leo Vernon Fowler .. .. Port Chalmers.

Thomas Alexander Jacobson .. .. Grey.

G. G. HODGKINS,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 2nd October, 1933.

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

Thomas Percival Pain,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Hokitika, as from the 29th day of September, 1933.

Bervie Inglis Rae,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Mangapehi, as from the 27th day of September, 1933.

Rowland John Webb,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Matata, as from the 1st day of October, 1933.

John Calder Allan,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Cambridge, as from the 25th day of September, 1933.

T. MARK, Secretary.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 4th October, 1933.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor, Taumarunui Borough Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Finance.

(T. 49/304/2.)

TAUMARUNUI BOROUGH COUNCIL.

NOTICE OF RESULT OF POLL ON PROPOSAL TO RAISE A LOAN.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Taumarunui, taken on the 27th day of September, 1933, on the proposal of the Taumarunui Borough Council to borrow the sum of £5,800 for the purpose of a new water-supply, —

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 190.

The number of votes recorded against the proposal was 103.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 28th day of September, 1933.

C. A. BOLES, Mayor.