SEPT. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2593

Industrial and Provident Societies Act, 1908.—Public Auditor appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Duties Office,
Wellington, C. I, 21st September, 1939.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Arthur Allan Quenel Solomon

a public auditor for the purposes of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act, 1908.

W. NASH, Minister of Stamp Duties.

Members of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 27th September, 1939.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Raymond Ferner, Esquire, S.M.,

to be a member of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Bay of Islands, Marsden, and Kaipara, vice G. N. Morris, Esquire, S.M.; and

George Galloway Chisholm, Esquire, S.M.,

to be a member of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Motueka, Buller, and Westland, vice R. Ferner, Esquire, S.M., as from 6th September, 1939.

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

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 25th September, 1939.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Robert Ernest Cairns, Esquire,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Lyttelton.

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

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th September, 1939.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

(Miss) Laura Josephine Dowling

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Hyde, on and from the 1st August, 1939.

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

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

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 25th September, 1939.

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.
Coe, George Henry .. Ashburton .. Ashburton.
Milner, Norman Leslie .. Ashburton .. Ashburton.
Sarney, William Henry .. Ashburton .. Ashburton.
Hovell, Selwyn Moananui .. Waihi .. Auckland.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

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

Appointment in the New Zealand Naval Forces.

Navy Office,
Wellington, 21st September, 1939.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointment in the New Zealand Naval Forces :—

Mr. Halson Philpott, Warrant Telegraphist, N.Z.N.F., H.M.S. “Philomel,” to “Philomel” for duty at Navy Office (temporarily), to date 14th August, 1939, and “Philomel” for duty at Navy Office and Wellington W/T Station, to date 3rd September, 1939.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Promotions in the Royal Naval Reserve (New Zealand).

Navy Office,
Wellington, 20th September, 1939.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following promotions in the Royal Naval Reserve (New Zealand) :—

Sub-Lieutenant Peter Corbett Saunders R.N.R.(N.Z.), to Lieutenant R.N.R.(N.Z.), to date 1st August, 1939.
Sub-Lieutenant John Leslie Watson R.N.R.(N.Z.), to Lieutenant R.N.R.(N.Z.), to date 14th June, 1939.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Promotion in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand).

Navy Office,
Wellington, 20th September, 1939.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following promotion in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand) :—

Leading Signalman David Lennox Millar, O.N. 0/7301, as Probationary Sub-Lieutenant R.N.V.R.(N.Z.), to date 4th September, 1939.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Resignations, and Retirements of Officers of the New Zealand Military Forces.

Army Department,
Wellington, 21st September, 1939.

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.

Colonel R. Miles, D.S.O., M.C., Regiment of Royal N.Z. Artillery, relinquishes the appointment of General Staff Officer (Staff Duties), is appointed Quartermaster-General, and retains the appointment of Third Military Member of the Army Board. Dated 12th September, 1939.

Colonel O. H. Mead, D.S.O., N.Z. Staff Corps, relinquishes the appointment of Adjutant and Quartermaster-General, is appointed Adjutant-General, and retains the appointment of Second Military Member of the Army Board. Dated 12th September, 1939.

THE WAIKATO MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant R. R. Atkinson to be Captain. Dated 1st June, 1939.

REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Lieutenant W. H. Thodey, from the Hawke’s Bay Regiment, to be Lieutenant, with seniority from the 7th July, 1933, and is posted to the 15th Heavy Battery. Dated 13th September, 1939.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants and are posted to the 13th Heavy Battery. Dated 9th September, 1939 :—

Joseph Thomas Molloy.
William Henry Blyth.
Alec Geoffrey Smith.

Ewen Kennedy Clarke to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster and is posted to the 13th Heavy Battery. Dated 12th September, 1939.