1096
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 35

Rangers under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 10th May, 1938.

IT is hereby notified that in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 35 of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, the under-mentioned persons have been appointed rangers under and for the purposes of that Act for the acclimatization districts mentioned :—

Name. Address. Acclimatization District.
Smith, Daniel .. Coldstream R.D. Ashburton.
Burch, Herbert Arthur .. Eastbourne .. All districts.
Kaiwhata, Paul Taradale Hawke’s Bay.
Marshall, Peter Puketapu Hawke’s Bay.
Hayes, Gerald .. Pupuke Mangonui-Whangaroa.
Jones, Walter Hilton Waipapakauri .. Mangonui-Whangaroa.
Garth, Edward Ruatoria Waiapu.
Dowling, Leonard Francis Wanganui Wanganui.
Jordan, William Greytown Wellington.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 46/15/31.)

Consul-General of Japan at Wellington for New Zealand appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 5th May, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that the appointment of

Kiichi Gunji, Esquire,

as Consul-General of Japan at Wellington for New Zealand and its dependencies and Western Samoa has been recognized.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 68/58.)

Acting Consul of Belgium at Christchurch appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 10th May, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that the Acting Consul of Belgium in New Zealand has appointed

Joseph George Davidson Ward, Esquire,

as Acting Consul of Belgium at Christchurch during the temporary absence of the Consul.

F. JONES,
For the Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 68/56.)

Appointment of a Licensing Authority under the Cinematograph Operators Licensing Regulations, 1938.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 12th May, 1938.

PURSUANT to the powers conferred on me by the Cinematograph Films Act, 1928, as amended by section 18 of the Statutes Amendment Act, 1936, and the Cinematograph Operators Licensing Regulations, 1938, I, William Edward Parry, Minister of Internal Affairs, doth hereby appoint—

Roy Maltby Girling Butcher, Esquire, Chief Inspector under the Explosive and Dangerous Goods Amendment Act, 1920, as Chairman ;
Robertson McGregor Stewart, Esquire, representing the Film Exchanges Association of New Zealand ;
George Gregory, Esquire, representing the New Zealand Federated Motion Picture Projectionists’ Industrial Association of Workers ;
Herbert Francis Lamb, Esquire, representing the New Zealand Motion Picture Exhibitors’ Association ; and
Findlay Forbes Gilmore, Esquire, an electrical engineer having no financial interest in the film industry

to be members of a licensing authority for the purposes of the said regulations to be called the Cinematograph Film Operators’ Licensing Board.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 64/29/1.)

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

Army Department,
Wellington, 5th May, 1938.

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 :—

STAFF AND COMMANDS.

The appointment of Major-General J. E. Duigan, C.B., D.S.O., N.Z. Staff Corps, as Chief of the General Staff, is extended to 31st March, 1939.

The period of command of Lieutenant-Colonel R. A. H. Fulton, M.B., Otago University Medical Company, N.Z.M.C., is extended to 14th March, 1939.

Lieutenant L. W. Thornton, Regiment of Royal N.Z. Artillery, having returned to New Zealand after undergoing a course of instruction in Australia, is appointed Assistant Artillery Instructor, Central Military District, Wellington. Dated 13th April, 1938.

Lieutenant H. E. Gilbert, Regiment of Royal N.Z. Artillery, having returned to New Zealand after undergoing a course of instruction in Australia, is appointed Assistant Artillery Instructor, Northern Military District, Auckland. Dated 12th April, 1938.

THE AUCKLAND (EAST COAST) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant T. W. Shanks is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), Area 3. Dated 6th April, 1938.

THE WELLINGTON REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant J. B. Andrews, 1st Battalion, resigns his commission. Dated 8th April, 1938.

THE CANTERBURY REGIMENT.

John Eric Shirley Greenall to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) and is posted to the 3rd Cadet Battalion. Dated 13th April, 1938.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

The undermentioned Lieutenants, 3rd Field Ambulance, to be Captains :—

S. Hunter, M.B., F.R.C.S. Edin. Dated 11th May, 1937.

H. E. W. Robertson, M.B. Dated 10th October, 1937.

Lieutenant A. G. Couston, L.R.C.P. & S. Edin., L.R.F.P. & S. Glasg. ceases to be attached to the Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry and is posted to the Northern Military District (unattached). Dated 30th March, 1938.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

N.Z. Military Forces.—Temporary Rank relinquished.

Army Department,
Wellington, 5th May, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the following :—

REGIMENT OF ROYAL NEW ZEALAND ARTILLERY.

Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) G. B. Parkinson relinquishes the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 1st April, 1938.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Members of the East Coast Rabbit Board elected.—(Notice No. Ag. 3550.)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 3rd May, 1938.

NOTICE has been received under the hand of the Returning Officer of the East Coast Rabbit Board, established under the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, that—

Edward Massey Hutchinson,
Mervyn Lester Holden,
Charles Granville Holdsworth,
Edward Martin Monckton,
Margrave Thomas Trafford,

have been duly elected as members of the said Board.

FRANK LANGSTONE,
For the Minister of Agriculture.