Notice under the Regulations Act, 1936.

THE SHIPPING AND SEAMEN ACT, 1908.

THE SHIPPING CASUALTY RULES 1937.

NOTICE is hereby given in pursuance of the Regulations Act, 1936, of the making of the above-entitled regulations under the above-entitled Act.
Serial number: 221/1937.
Date of enactment: 2nd day of September, 1937.
Copies can be purchased at the Government Printing and Stationery Office, Lambton Quay, Wellington. Price for cash with order 6d., plus postage 1d. extra. Prices for quantities supplied on application. Copies may be ordered by quoting above serial number.
E. V. PAUL,
Government Printer.

Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod appointed.
Office of the Minister for the Legislative Department, Wellington, 7th September, 1937.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint Captain Douglas Isaac Charles Bryan to be Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, vice Arthur Thomas Bothamley, Esquire, I.S.O., resigned. The appointment to have effect as on and from the 7th day of September, 1937.
M. J. SAVAGE,
Minister for the Legislative Department.

Inspector of Sea-fishing appointed.
Marine Department, Wellington, 18th August, 1937.
IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fisheries Act, 1908, and of the Official Appointments and Documents Act, 1919, appointed John Richard Corston, of Rawene, to be an Inspector of Sea-fishing for the purposes of Part I of the first-mentioned Act.
P. FRASER, Minister of Marine.

Judge of the Court of Arbitration appointed.
Department of Labour, Wellington, 2nd September, 1937.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint The Honourable Patrick Joseph O'Regan to be the Judge of the Court of Arbitration, under the provisions of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1925, as from the 1st day of September, 1937, vice the Honourable Mr. Justice Page (deceased).
H. G. R. MASON, Acting for the Minister of Labour.

Justice of the Peace resigns.
Department of Justice, Wellington, 2nd September, 1937.
His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation by Edward Boocock, Esquire, of Wellington, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand.
H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Member of Assessment Court for the Farm-land List for the Borough of Whangarei appointed.
Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 2nd September, 1937.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in terms of section 10 of the Urban Farm Land Rating Act, 1932, to appoint George Singer Black Morrison, Esquire, Retired Farmer, of Whangarei, as a member of the Assessment Court for the Borough of Whangarei, vice Mr. A. J. McKay, deceased.
W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 1933/223/3.)

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Resignations, and Retirements of Officers of the N.Z. Military Forces.
Department of Defence, Wellington, 7th September, 1937.

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:—

STAFF.
Lieutenant-Colonel (temp.) F. J. Shanks relinquishes the appointment of Acting Director of Signals and the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on the return to New Zealand of Colonel G. McNamara, C.B.E. Dated 17th August, 1937.

THE CANTERBURY YEOMANRY CAVALRY.
Lieutenant I. A. Scott is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 10. Dated 24th August, 1937.

QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S (WELLINGTON WEST COAST) MOUNTED RIFLES.
Lieutenant R. S. Hosking to be Captain. Dated 27th April, 1937.

THE WELLINGTON EAST COAST MOUNTED RIFLES.
Captain W. H. Ebbitt, M.C., E.D., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 7. Dated 2nd August, 1937.

THE NELSON-MARLBOROUGH MOUNTED RIFLES.
Captain C. St. G. M. C. Parsons to be Major. Dated 15th August, 1937.

REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.
Major J. Dash ceases to be attached to The Taranaki Regiment and is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 8. Dated 23rd August, 1937.
Captain A. T. Rawle ceases to be posted to the 20th Light Battery and is posted to the 18th Anti-aircraft Battery. Dated 3rd August, 1937.
Lieutenant A. E. Lambourn, 17th Medium Battery, to be Captain. Dated 31st May, 1937.
Bryan Lansdowne Burns to be 2nd Lieutenant and is posted to the 12th Field Battery. Dated 7th July, 1937.
2nd Lieutenant B. A. Abbott ceases to be posted to the 3rd Field Battery and is posted to the 16th Light Battery. Dated 24th August, 1937.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.
2nd Lieutenant W. R. McComb, 1st Field Company, resigns his commission on appointment to a commission in the Royal Air Force. Dated 22nd August, 1937.

THE NORTH AUCKLAND REGIMENT.
Major and Quartermaster M. R. Downey, E.D., 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 10. Dated 3rd August, 1937.

THE WAIKATO REGIMENT.
Lieutenant G. G. Brough, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 3. Dated 13th August, 1937.

THE WELLINGTON REGIMENT.
Lieutenant W. H. Roberts, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant with seniority from 29th August, 1933, and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 23rd July, 1937.
Lieutenant M. C. Fairbrother, from The Hawke's Bay Regiment, to be Lieutenant, and is posted to the 1st Battalion, with seniority from 19th September, 1931, next below Lieutenant A. H. Maciver. Dated 23rd August, 1937.
2nd Lieutenant J. B. Andrews, from The Canterbury Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant with seniority from 16th October, 1934, and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 5th August, 1937.

The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) are confirmed:—
J. I. Beckett, 1st Cadet Battalion.
R. C. Tuck, 1st Cadet Battalion.
W. A. Ritchie, 3rd Cadet Battalion.

THE HAWKE'S BAY REGIMENT.
Lieutenant M. C. Fairbrother, 1st Battalion, ceases to be seconded for service in Samoa and is transferred to The Wellington Regiment. Dated 23rd August, 1937.