APRIL 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 653

Appointment to the Staff of His Excellency the Governor-General.

Government House,
Wellington, 30th March, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to make the following appointment to his staff:—
Major Robert Fitzroy Hamilton Pascoe Stuart-French,
11th Hussars,
to be Military Secretary as on and from the 29th March, 1940, vice Major R. G. G. Byron, 4th/7th Dragoon Guards.
(By command.)
D. E. FOUHY, Official Secretary.

Member of Auckland Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 3rd April, 1940.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has, pursuant to section 49 of the Land Act, 1924, been pleased to reappoint
Henry Pullar Ford
to be a member of the Land Board of the Auckland Land District for a further term of two years as from 6th June, 1940.
THOS. POUND, Assistant Under-Secretary.
(L. and S. 22/748/1.)

Member of Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 20th March, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 49 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, been pleased to make the following appointment:—
Hugh Blanshard Chalmers
to be a member of the Te Puia Domain Board in place of Hugh Ward Chambers.
R. G. MACMORRAN, Under-Secretary for Lands.
(L. and S. 1/672.)

Trustee of Geraldine Racecourse appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 19th March, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 6 of the Geraldine Racecourse Reserve Act, 1881, been pleased to appoint
William Joseph Quirke
of Arowhenua to be a Trustee of the Geraldine Racecourse in place of William Quirke (deceased).
R. G. MACMORRAN, Under-Secretary for Lands.
(L. and S. 54811.)

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 3rd April, 1940.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service:—
Redvers Henry Clive Christie,
to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, and the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, as from the 5th day of March, 1940.
Edgar Howat,
to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, and the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, as from the 1st day of March, 1940.
Ernest Ralph Warren,
to be Bailiff of the Magistrates’ Court at Kaiapoi for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1928, as from the 18th day of March, 1940.
G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

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Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 3rd April, 1940.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service:—
Thomas John Simpson,
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths at Brunner, as from the 23rd day of September, 1939.
Bruce Sutherland,
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths at Waitahuna, as from the 29th day of February, 1940.
Richard William Bates,
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Whangara, as from the 1st day of February, 1940.
Frederick Charles Robinson,
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths at Levin, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Levin, as from the 24th day of February, 1940.
Vernon John Lee,
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Kati Kati, as from the 20th day of February, 1940.
John Neil Little,
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Potaka, as from the 1st day of April, 1940.
G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 2nd April, 1940.

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.
David Higgins Balfour.
Daryl Albert William Codd Apiti.

G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

Pahiatua Borough Council.—Cancellation of Unexercised Loan Authority.

In the matter of Section 118 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926.

WHEREAS the Pahiatua Borough Council has been duly authorized to borrow by way of loan the sum of fourteen thousand pounds (£14,000) by a loan known as “The Municipal Theatre, Council Chambers, and Library Loan, 1938”:
And whereas the Pahiatua Borough Council has by resolution passed on the 20th September, 1939, decided to abandon the proposal to erect a combined municipal theatre, council chambers, and library and it is not now intended to borrow any part of the said sum of fourteen thousand pounds (£14,000):
And whereas the Pahiatua Borough Council has been duly notified in writing by me that it is intended to cancel the loan authority:
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers in that behalf conferred upon me by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, as amended by section 46 of the Finance Act, 1931 (No. 4), and of all other powers me in this behalf enabling, I, Walter Nash, Minister of Finance, do hereby cancel the authority of the Pahiatua Borough Council to borrow any portion of the moneys under the loan authority hereinbefore referred to,
W. NASH, Minister of Finance.

Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, licensed.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 18th March, 1940.

IN pursuance of section 10 of the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to license
Gordon Younger Berry, Esquire,
of Wellington, to act as a Public Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909.
W. LEE MARTIN, Minister in Charge.