MAR. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 323

Appointment of Issuing Officer for the Purpose of issuing Licenses to fish for Trout under the Taupo Trout-fishing Regulations, 1929.

PURSUANT to the provisions of Regulation 2 (2) of the Taupo Trout-fishing Regulations, 1929, the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, doth hereby authorize—

Elixer Lodge and Store (W. H. Dustin, Manager), Turangi, to be an issuing officer for the purpose of issuing licenses to fish for trout under the Taupo Trout-fishing Regulations, 1929, vice Elixer Lodge and Store (C. B. Lempriere, Manager), Turangi.

Dated at Wellington, this 23rd day of February, 1939.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 79/8.)

Appointments in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand Division).

Navy Office,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1939.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to confirm the appointments of the following officers of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand Division) :—

Acting Commander Frank Edward Taylor as Commander, R.N.V.R. (N.Z.D.), to date 1st February, 1939.

Acting Lieutenant-Commander James Andrew Smyth as Lieutenant-Commander, R.N.V.R. (N.Z.D.), to date 1st February, 1939.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Army Department,
Wellington, 25th February, 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 :—

THE NELSON-MARLBOROUGH MOUNTED RIFLES.

Carroll Robert Nathan to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 2nd January, 1939.

REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Captain O. N. Johnston, 3rd Field Battery, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), Area 1. Dated 15th February, 1939.

THE AUCKLAND REGIMENT (COUNTESS OF RANFURLY’S OWN).

Captain W. D. James, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), Area 1. Dated 15th February, 1939.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants and are posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 1st December, 1938 :—

Walter John Daniel.
Leslie Nolan Wallace.

THE HAURAKI REGIMENT.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants, seconded 1st Composite Battalion, to be Lieutenants :—

A. A. Yeoman. Dated 27th August, 1938.
J. G. Mackay. Dated 29th August, 1938.
S. W. Parfitt. Dated 30th August, 1938.

2nd Lieutenant D. W. Christie, 2nd Cadet Battalion, resigns his commission. Dated 13th February, 1939.

THE NORTH AUCKLAND REGIMENT.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants, seconded 1st Composite Battalion, to be Lieutenants :—

C. Williams. Dated 2nd September, 1938.
J. B. Cranswick. Dated 3rd September, 1938.
W. R. C. Saul. Dated 4th September, 1938.

THE HAWKE’S BAY REGIMENT.

Captain J. Leggat, 1st Cadet Battalion, to be Major. Dated 1st September, 1938.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Lieutenant F. B. Edmundson, M.B., ceases to be posted to the Otago University Medical Company, and is posted to the Northern Military District (unattached). Dated 13th February, 1939.

Lieutenant D. Y. Allan, M.B., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Central Military District. Dated 17th February, 1939.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Reverend H. N. Wright, V.D., Chaplain, 2nd Class (Church of England), is transferred to the Reserve List, Class II, Area 10. Dated 13th February, 1939.

The Reverend H. M. Cocks, Chaplain, 4th Class (Church of England), to be Chaplain, 3rd Class. Dated 7th November, 1937.

The Reverend H. G. Goring, Chaplain, 4th Class (Baptist), to be Chaplain, 3rd Class. Dated 16th February, 1939.

The Reverend H. M. Cocks, Chaplain, 3rd Class (Church of England), is transferred to the Reserve List, Class I, Area 10. Dated 22nd October, 1938.

The Reverend R. G. McDowall, Chaplain, 4th Class (Presbyterian), is transferred from Area 11 to Area 1. Dated 13th February, 1939.

The undermentioned to be Chaplains, 4th Class (Church of England) :—

The Reverend Eric Alfred Osmers, Area 10. Dated 22nd October, 1938.

The Reverend William Atkinson Scott, Area 2. Dated 13th February, 1939.

The Reverend Ellis Avenel Addis, Area 2. Dated 16th February, 1939.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.

N.Z. Medical Corps.

Captain H. Hutson, M.D., F.R.C.S., Edin., is posted to the Retired List with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 9th February, 1939.

N.Z. Chaplains Department.

The Reverend F. V. Fisher, Chaplain, 3rd Class (Church of England), Reserve List, Class II, is transferred from Area 11 to Area 10. Dated 10th February, 1939.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c, appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 28th February, 1939.

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.
Rupert Edmund Burke .. Ngaruawahia (at Taupiri).
John Thomas Boyle .. Blackstone.
Frederick James Rees Gledhill Taihape.
Sydney Richard Wallace .. Runanga.

• Births and Deaths only.

G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, as to the Statutory Closing-day in the Waiapu County.

NOTICE is hereby given that in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, and in terms of notice in writing duly received by me from the Chairman of the Waiapu County Council, I, William Edward Parry, acting for the Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint Saturday as the statutory closing-day for shops in the Waiapu County on and from the 13th day of March, 1939. This notice is in substitution for the notice gazetted on 23rd February, 1939, in so far as that notice appointed Thursday as the statutory closing-day for shops in the said county, such appointment having been made in error.

Dated at Wellington, this 1st day of March, 1939.

W. E. PARRY,
For the Minister of Labour.