JULY 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

THE NELSON, MARLBOROUGH, AND WEST COAST REGIMENT.

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

C. K. Fleming. Dated 2nd May, 1937.
K. D. Wood. Dated 3rd May, 1937.
S. L. Wood. Dated 4th May, 1937.
H. J. Scolstock. Dated 5th May, 1937.

THE OTAGO REGIMENT.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants:-
R. T. Richards, 1st Cadet Battalion. Dated 15th February, 1936.
E. D. Price, 2nd Cadet Battalion. Dated 2nd September, 1936.
W. H. K. Simmers, 2nd Cadet Battalion. Dated 20th December, 1936.
G. B. Beath, 1st Cadet Battalion. Dated 8th February, 1937.
T. H. Jory, 1st Battalion. Dated 1st June, 1937.

2nd Lieutenant H. D. Ramsay, 1st Battalion, resigns his commission. Dated 30th June, 1937.

N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS.

Lieutenant H. M. Jacobs, 3rd Composite Company, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 10. Dated 29th June, 1937.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Captain H. K. Christie, M.B., L.R.C.P. Lond., F.R.C.S. Eng., attached to the 1st Battalion, The Wellington West Coast Regiment, to be Major. Dated 23rd February, 1937.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Reverend M. A. Murphy, Chaplain, 3rd Class (Roman Catholic), is transferred from R.D. 10 to R.D. 3. Dated 2nd July, 1937.
S. M. Hayes, Chaplain, 4th Class (Salvation Army), is transferred from R.D. 1 to R.D. 5. Dated 16th June, 1937.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.

The Wellington West Coast Regiment.

Captain H. Johnston, M.C., V.D., is posted to the Retired List with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 7th July, 1937.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.

ALLAN ELLIOTT McDONALD, Esquire, of Geelong, in the State of Victoria, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the State of Victoria, has this day been appointed by the Right Honourable Sir Michael Myers, G.C.M.G., Chief Justice of New Zealand, a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in the State of Victoria 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 12th day of July, 1937.

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

Member of Wanganui Education Board appointed.

IN accordance with the provisions of the Education Act, 1914, it is hereby notified that for the election of a member to fill the extraordinary vacancy in the Wanganui Urban Area of the Wanganui Education District caused by the resignation of the Rev. G. S. King, the result of the poll held on the 6th day of July, 1937, was as follows:-

Votes.
Norman Annabell .. .. .. 36
Leslie William Hogben .. .. .. 29
Total number of valid votes recorded .. 65
Number of votes rejected as informal .. 3

I hereby declare the said Norman Annabell duly elected as a member of the Board.

GEO. N. BOULTON, Returning Officer.

Wanganui, 13th July, 1937.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 20th July, 1937.

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.
Miss Joan Newton .. .. .. Hokianga.
Alfred Chadwick .. .. .. Reefton.

G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioners,
Wellington, 20th July, 1937.

THE Public Service Commissioners have made the following appointments in the Public Service:-

Lawrence Thomas Bramwell,
to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Factories Act, 1921-22, and an Inspector for the purposes of the Weights and Measures Act, 1925, as from the 21st day of July, 1937.

George Frederick Lawrence Hudson,
to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Stock Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of July, 1937.

Sergeant Angus Henderson,
to be Bailiff of the Magistrates' Court at Tauranga for the purposes of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1928, as from the 13th day of July, 1937.

Leslie Arthur Whitham,
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Leeston, as from the 1st day of July, 1937.

John Isbister,
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Opotiki, as from the 28th day of June, 1937.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

Declaring Areas to be Closely Populated Localities for the Purposes of the Motor-vehicles Amendment Act, 1936, Section 3.

IN terms of section 3 of the Motor-vehicles Amendment Act, 1936, I, Robert Semple, Minister of Transport, do hereby declare the respective areas described in the Schedule hereto to be closely populated localities for the purposes of the said section to the intent that a person driving any motor-vehicle on any road, street, or other place to which the public have access therein shall be subject to the maximum speed-limit of thirty miles an hour fixed by the said section.

SCHEDULE.

SITUATED within Hawke's Bay County-
All that area at Clive adjoining the portion of Farndon-Hastings Main Highway No. 30, commencing at a point 5 chains measured along the road in a north-westerly direction from the Ngaruroro River Bridge and terminating at the junction of the said main highway and Mill Road.

Situated within Waipawa County-
All that area at Takapau adjoining the portion of Wai-pukurau-Matamau via Hatuma Main Highway No. 415, commencing at a point opposite the tennis-courts approximately 5 chains in a north-easterly direction along the main highway from Meta Street and terminating at a point opposite the Takapau Railway-station.

All that area at Takapau adjoining the Takapau West Main Highway No. 497, commencing at the junction of the said main highway and Nancy Street and terminating at the junction of the said main highway and the Waipukurau-Matamau via Hatuma Main Highway.

Dated at Wellington, this 15th day of July, 1937.

H. G. R. MASON,
For Minister of Transport.
(TT. 9/15/49 and 9/15/113.)