Oct. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2977

ROYAL N.Z. AIR FORCE.

The undermentioned Flying Officers, from the N.Z. Air Force, to be Flying Officers, and are posted to Wigram Aerodrome, Sockburn. Dated 14th October, 1935:—

Charles Campbell Hunter.
Francis Ross Dix.

THE AUCKLAND (EAST COAST) MOUNTED RIFLES.

2nd Lieutenant H. McKenzie to be Lieutenant. Dated 25th August, 1935.

REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Bandmaster (Hon. Lieutenant) H. F. Davie, Southern Artillery Group, resigns his commission. Dated 2nd October, 1935.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

2nd Lieutenant I. A. Calder, 2nd Field Company, to be Lieutenant. Dated 25th August, 1935.

THE AUCKLAND REGIMENT (COUNTESS OF RANFURLY’S OWN).

Lieutenant W. D. James, 1st Battalion, to be Captain. Dated 27th June, 1935.

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

W. M. Brown. Dated 1st July, 1935.
L. J. Daley. Dated 2nd July, 1935.

THE WELLINGTON REGIMENT.

Captain G. J. McNaught, 3rd Cadet Battalion, to be Major. Dated 6th October, 1935.

John Irvine Beckett to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) and is posted to the 1st Cadet Battalion. Dated 1st October, 1935.

THE WELLINGTON WEST COAST REGIMENT.

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

C. B. Beatson.
A. C. Espiner.

THE HAWKE’S BAY REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant G. W. Langhorne, 2nd Cadet Battalion, to be Lieutenant. Dated 1st October, 1935.

THE TARANAKI REGIMENT.

Lieutenant J. C. Findlater, 2nd Cadet Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class II (b), R.D. 8. Dated 4th October, 1935.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants, 1st Battalion, to be Lieutenants. Dated 23rd August, 1935:—

L. G. Westwood.
J. D. Carrier.

N.Z. AIR FORCE.

The undermentioned Flying Officers are transferred to the Royal N.Z. Air Force. Dated 14th October, 1935:—

C. C. Hunter, No. 1 (Army Co-operation) Squadron.
F. R. Dix, No. 4 (Army Co-operation) Squadron.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Captain E. D. Cachemaille, Special Duty List, Central Command, is posted to the Retired List with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 4th October, 1935.

GEO. W. FORBES, for Minister of Defence.

Unit of the Territorial Force redesignated.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 26th October, 1935.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve, under section 6 (b), Defence Act, 1909, that the Auckland Mounted Rifles be redesignated “The Auckland (East Coast) Mounted Rifles,” and that the headquarters of the regiment be transferred from Auckland to Paeroa. Dated 14th October, 1935.

GEO. W. FORBES, for Minister of Defence.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 29th October, 1935.

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.
William Henry Lyttelton Roberts Dargaville.
Charles Irvine .. .. Auckland (at Takapuna).*

• Births and Deaths only.

G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 23rd October, 1935.

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

Daniel Hurrel Mackenzie,

to be a Fishery Officer for the purposes of the Fisheries Act, 1908, as from the 14th day of October, 1935.

Herbert Hawke,

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Tauranga, as from the 16th day of October, 1935.

Francis Crippin Brady,

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Foxton, as from the 17th day of October, 1935.

William Henry Lyttelton Roberts,

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Dargaville, as from the 22nd day of October, 1935.

Fred Sydney Rocks Knight,

to be Clerk of the Magistrates’ Court at Otahuhu for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1928, and Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Hauraki, as from the 25th day of October, 1935.

T. MARK, Secretary.

Armistice Day, 1935.

Prime Minister’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd October, 1935.

IT is hereby notified that advice has been received from the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs that His Majesty has approved of arrangements for the observance in Great Britain of Armistice Day, 11th November, on the same lines as last year, namely:—

1. A short service at the Cenotaph; and
2. Two minutes silence and suspension of all vehicular traffic for that period from 11 a.m.

Citizens and traffic-control authorities throughout New Zealand are earnestly requested to observe the practice adopted in this Dominion on former similar occasions of two minutes silence from 11 a.m., and the suspension of all vehicular traffic during that period. Where a service is held it is suggested that it should be at the local Cenotaph or War Memorial, as the case may be.

GEO. W. FORBES, Prime Minister.

(I.A. 1933/195/70.)

Approval of Testing Officer under the Motor-drivers’ Regulations, 1931.

IN terms of Regulation 5 of the Motor-drivers’ Regulations, 1931, I, Joseph Gordon Coates, Minister of Transport, do hereby approve until further notice of the person named in Column 2 of the Schedule hereunder being Testing Officer under the said regulations for the local authority described in Column 1 of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

Column 1. Column 2.
Bay of Islands County Council Norman Forrest Alcock, of Kaikohe, Surveyor.

Dated at Wellington, this 26th day of October, 1935.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Transport.

(TT. 9/4/3.)