Mar. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 589

Members of Assessment Court for Farm-land List for Borough of Dannevirke appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 13th March, 1934.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in terms of section 10 of the Urban Farm Land Rating Act, 1932, to appoint

Donald George Grant, Esquire, Farmer, of Mangatoro, Dannevirke,

to be a member of the Assessment Court for the Borough of Dannevirke; and also to appoint

Fred Craven, Esquire, Timber-mill Manager, of Dannevirke,

on the recommendation of the Dannevirke Borough Council, to be a member of the said Assessment Court.

J. A. YOUNG, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 1934/223/1.)

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

Education Department,
Wellington, 8th March, 1934.

IN pursuance of section 2 of the Child Welfare Act, 1925, I, Robert Masters, Minister of Education, do hereby reappoint the following persons as Honorary Child Welfare Officers for the purposes of the said Act for the period ending 31st December, 1934:—

Name. District.
Dallison, Edward C. .. .. Waverley.
Jones, Joseph .. .. Ohakune.
Bill, Mrs. Mary .. .. Marton.
Tingey, James S. .. .. Feilding.
Sugden, Mrs. Annie .. .. Feilding.
Woods, Charles .. .. Palmerston North.
Keay, David S. .. .. Woodville.
Hornblow, John K. .. .. Foxton.
Rangiheuea, Roore .. .. Foxton.
Tahiwi, Pirimi .. .. Otaki.

R. MASTERS, Minister of Education.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 9th March, 1934.

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:—

STAFF.

Captain (Brevet Major) W. Bridgeford, M.C., Australian Staff Corps, is attached to the General Staff while on exchange from the Australian Military Forces. Dated 5th March, 1934.

THE WELLINGTON EAST COAST MOUNTED RIFLES.

Andrew Hamilton Russell to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 23rd August, 1933.

James Thomas Thomson to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Dated 17th February, 1934.

REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Gordon Kenneth Mackenzie to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is posted to the 1st Field Battery. Dated 25th February, 1934.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants, Regimental Supernumerary List, are transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 12. Dated 14th February, 1934:—

F. H. Lambeth.
C. A. Masters.

THE TARANAKI REGIMENT.

Lieutenant H. G. Whitehead, 2nd Cadet Battalion, to be Captain. Dated 24th August, 1933.

THE OTAGO REGIMENT.

Raymond Thomas Richards to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), and is posted to the 1st Cadet Battalion. Dated 14th February, 1934.

THE SOUTHLAND REGIMENT.

Captain E. Hargest, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 12. Dated 22nd February, 1934.

N.Z. AIR FORCE.

Pilot Officer C. A. Sheil ceases to be posted to No. 4 (Army Co-operation) Squadron, and is posted to Wing Headquarters. Dated 28th February, 1934.

N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS.

Major G. M. Burn relinquishes command of the 2nd Composite Company, and is appointed to command the 3rd Composite Company. Dated 22nd February, 1934.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Lieutenant-Colonel R. Stout, M.D., ceases to be attached to the 5th Field Battery, N.Z.A. Dated 3rd March, 1934.

Captain J. M. Twigg, M.B., ceases to be posted to the 2nd Field Ambulance, and is attached to the 5th Field Battery, N.Z.A. Dated 4th March, 1934.

Lieutenant D. J. Brown, M.B., F.R.C.S., Eng., is posted to the 2nd Field Ambulance. Dated 4th March, 1934.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Reverend E. T. Cox, M.A., Chaplain, 3rd Class (Methodist), is transferred from R.D. 6 to R.D. 11. Dated 21st December, 1933.

The Reverend C. Eaton, Chaplain, 3rd Class (Methodist), is transferred from R.D. 8 to R.D. 10. Dated 21st December, 1933.

The Reverend M. A. Murphy, Chaplain, 4th Class (Roman Catholic), is transferred from R.D. 7 to R.D. 10. Dated 16th February, 1934.

The Reverend F. J. Marshall, Chaplain, 4th Class (Church of Christ), resigns his commission. Dated 27th February, 1934.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Defence.

Member of Pirongia Rabbit Board appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 2173.)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 14th March, 1934.

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

William Mountfort Retemeyer

to be a member of the Pirongia Rabbit Board established under the said Act, vice Joseph Papesch, resigned.

CHAS. E. MACMILLAN, Minister of Agriculture.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 13th March, 1934.

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.
Edmund McDonnell Moriarty .. Mangawai.
Arthur Wright Evans .. Arrow.
Wallace Eric Brough .. Ashburton.
William Patrick Condon .. Gore (at Riversdale).*
Arthur George Osborn .. Lumsden.
Reuben Alexander Bell .. Cromwell.
Hubert Victor Thorburn .. Inglewood.

• Births and Deaths only.

G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 13th March, 1934.

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

Francis Reuben Price,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Pukekohe, as from the 5th day of March, 1934.

Reginald Rolfe Wright,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Whakatane, as from the 12th day of March, 1934.

T. MARK, Secretary.