APRIL 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 687

Members of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st April, 1936.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Alan Frederick Fisher, Esquire,
James Leslie, Esquire,
Cecil George McKellar, Esquire,
Walter Fox Parkinson, Esquire, and
Alfred Ernest Steere, Esquire,

to be members of the Licensing Committee for the District of Riccarton.

H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Revocation of Appointment as Ranger under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 1st April, 1936.

IN exercise of the power vested in me by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, William Edward Parry, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby revoke the appointment of

Frederick Greenaway, of Ashburton,

as a Ranger under the said Act for the Ashburton Acclimatization District.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(1.A. 1933/35/6.)

Appointments in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand Division).

Navy Office,
Wellington, 31st March, 1936.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to confirm the appointments of the undermentioned officers of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand Division), to date 23rd March, 1935:—

Probationary Sub-Lieutenant Walter William Brackenridge as Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.V.R. (N.Z.D.).
Probationary Sub-Lieutenant Lewis King as Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.V.R. (N.Z.D.).
Probationary Sub-Lieutenant Robin Montrose Messenger as Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.V.R. (N.Z.D.).
Probationary Sub-Lieutenant John Blythe Stephenson as Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.V.R. (N.Z.D.).

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 27th March, 1936.

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:—

QUEEN ALEXANDRA’S (WELLINGTON WEST COAST) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant C. R. Sturrock resigns his commission. Dated 3rd February, 1936.

THE WAIKATO MOUNTED RIFLES.

2nd Lieutenant F. C. Johnstone to be Lieutenant. Dated 1st December, 1935.
Robert Henry Wynyard to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 6th November, 1935.

THE MANAWATU MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant H. F. Smith to be Captain. Dated 22nd February, 1936.

REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

2nd Lieutenant R. H. Crook, 1st Field Battery, resigns his commission. Dated 24th December, 1935.
Owen Gilbert Wiles to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is posted to the 1st Field Battery. Dated 1st December, 1935.

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

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants, 2nd Cadet Battalion, to be Lieutenants. Dated 11th March, 1936:—
T. J. Lanigan.
R. M. Innes.

THE WELLINGTON WEST COAST REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant E. W. A. Espiner, 2nd Cadet Battalion, is transferred to the Canterbury Regiment. Dated 12th March, 1936.
2nd Lieutenant C. B. Beatson, 2nd Cadet Battalion, is transferred to the Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment. Dated 12th March, 1936.

THE CANTERBURY REGIMENT.

Lieutenant V. H. Thwaites, 6th Cadet Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 10. Dated 7th March, 1936.
2nd Lieutenant E. W. A. Espiner, from the Wellington West Coast Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority from 1st October, 1933, and is posted to the 6th Cadet Battalion. Dated 12th March, 1936.

THE NELSON, MARLBOROUGH, AND WEST COAST REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant C. B. Beatson, from the Wellington West Coast Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority from 1st May, 1934, and is posted to the 1st Cadet Battalion. Dated 12th March, 1936.

THE OTAGO REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant W. J. Meade, 2nd Cadet Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 11. Dated 16th March, 1936.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) G. B. Beath, 1st Cadet Battalion, is confirmed.

THE SOUTHLAND REGIMENT.

William Robert Curwen to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), and is posted to the 1st Cadet Battalion. Dated 19th February, 1936.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Right Reverend Monsignor T. F. Connolly, Chaplain, 4th Class (Roman Catholic), to be Chaplain, 2nd Class. Dated 13th March, 1936.
The Reverend E. T. Olds, Chaplain, 4th Class (Methodist), is transferred from R.D. 5 to R.D. 3. Dated 14th March, 1936.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Club disbanded.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 27th March, 1936.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the disbandment of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club under section 43, Defence Act, 1909:—

Tikokino Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Tikokino.

Dated 20th March, 1936.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.

FREDERICK DERHAM GREEN, Esquire, of 59 Brisbane Street, Launceston, Tasmania, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Tasmania, has this day been appointed by the Right Honourable Sir Michael Myers, K.C.M.G., Chief Justice of New Zealand, a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in Tasmania under the 47th section of the Judicature Act, 1908, for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of March, 1936.

W. W. SAMSON,
Registrar, Supreme Court, Wellington.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 31st March, 1936.

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.
Andrew Paterson Dickson Johnston Moffat Kaitangata.
Charles William Carmody .. .. Riverton.
Alexander James Dargan .. .. Te Aroha.

G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.