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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 30

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.
SECTION 3A, Airedale Settlement: Area, 59 acres 1 rood 22 perches, more or less.
Also Section 7A, Airedale Settlement: Area, 291 acres 0 roods 13 perches, more or less.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 20th day of April, 1936.

FRANK LANGSTONE, Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!
(L. and S. 19373.)

Officer authorized to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

GALWAY, Governor-General.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the three-hundred-and-first section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1927, I, George Vere Arundell, Viscount Galway, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that George Hamlin, being an officer in the service of the Crown holding the office of Native School Teacher at Mataora Bay, is authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under the three-hundred-and-first section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1927.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 9th day of April, 1936.

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

Appointment of Honorary Child Welfare Officer under the Child Welfare Act, 1925.

Education Department,
Wellington, 7th April, 1936.

IN pursuance of section 2 of the Child Welfare Act, 1925, I, Peter Fraser, Minister of Education, do hereby appoint the following person as an Honorary Child Welfare Officer for the purposes of the said Act for the period ended 31st December, 1936 :—

Name. Place.
Cleary, Reverend Patrick Putaruru.

P. FRASER, Minister of Education.

Members of Tobacco Board appointed.

Department of Industries and Commerce,
Wellington, 20th April, 1936.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint the following persons to be members of the first Tobacco Board in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities of section 3 of the Tobacco-growing Industry Act, 1935, as from the 20th day of April, 1936 :—

As representative of the New Zealand Government—
Louis John Schmitt.

As representatives of growers—
James Faulkner Balck.
George William Relat.
Nolan Rowling.
Hugh Arnold Thorn.

As representatives of manufacturers—
Gerhard Husheer.
Rupert Barkley Smith.
Kenneth Alexander Snedden.
Arthur Howard Spratt.

D. G. SULLIVAN,
Minister of Industries and Commerce.

Acting Consular Agents of France at Wellington and Christchurch appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 17th April, 1936.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that the Consul of France in New Zealand has made the following appointments :—

Rawdon St. John Beere, Esquire, Acting Consular Agent, Wellington,
Thomas Baker Boulton, Esquire, Acting Consular Agent, Christchurch,

during the temporary absence of the respective Consular Agents.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 1934/60/4.)

Consul-General of Poland at Sydney for New Zealand appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 17th April, 1936.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that His Majesty’s Exequatur empowering Wladyslaw Noskowski, Esquire, to act as Consul-General of Poland at Sydney for the Dominion of New Zealand has been issued.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 1933/60/27.)

Appointment of Chairman of New Zealand Broadcasting Board.

Office of the Minister of Telegraphs,
Wellington, 15th April, 1936.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Broadcasting Act, 1931, appointed Herbert Douglas Vickery to be Chairman of the New Zealand Broadcasting Board from the 1st day of April to the 30th day of June, 1936.

F. JONES, Minister of Telegraphs.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 20th April, 1936.

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

THE AUCKLAND (EAST COAST) MOUNTED RIFLES.
Lieutenant N. S. Reid is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 2. Dated 2nd April, 1936.

THE NORTH AUCKLAND REGIMENT.
Lieutenant I. F. McKenzie, 1st Cadet Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 5. Dated 3rd April, 1936.
Gerald Peter Kelly to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) and is posted to the 2nd Cadet Battalion. Dated 1st March, 1936.

THE WAIKATO REGIMENT.
The undermentioned Captains, 1st Battalion, to be Majors. Dated 1st January, 1936 :—
A. E. Gibbons.
C. F. Thomas.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains :—
H. G. Carter, 1st Cadet Battalion. Dated 1st November, 1935.
C. F. O’Connor, 1st Cadet Battalion. Dated 1st November, 1935.
J. C. Hepburn, 1st Battalion. Dated 1st January, 1936.
G. D. Hunter, 1st Battalion. Dated 1st January, 1936.

THE OTAGO REGIMENT.
The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) W. H. K. Simmers, 2nd Cadet Battalion, is confirmed.

THE SOUTHLAND REGIMENT.
Lieutenant G. C. Tapper, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 12. Dated 7th April, 1936.

N.Z. AIR FORCE.
Flying Officer G. A. Nicholls, No. 1 (Army Co-operation) Squadron, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 7. Dated 10th March, 1936.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS:
Class I (a)—
Colonel J. N. McCarroll, C.M.G., D.S.O., v.d., is posted to the Retired List with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 3rd April, 1936.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.
Lieutenant K. H. Melvin resigns his commission. Dated 31st March, 1936.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.
The undermentioned Staff Nurse resigns her appointment. Dated 9th March, 1936 :—
Miss L. M. Hawken.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.