974
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 23

Members of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 7th April, 1937.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Ernest Bertram Davies, Esquire,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of New Plymouth, vice J. R. Hill, Esquire, deceased; and

Thomas Anderson, Esquire,

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

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

Coroner appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 7th April, 1937.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Frederick Knight Hunt, Esquire, of Auckland,

to be a Coroner for the Dominion of New Zealand.

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

Acting Judge of the Court of Arbitration appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 5th April, 1937.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

The Honourable Erina Harvey Northcroft,

a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, to act as Judge of the Court of Arbitration during the illness of the Honourable Edward Page, pursuant to section 64 (3) of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1925.

P. C. WEBB,
Acting Minister of Labour.

Appointments in Air Department.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, with effect from the 1st April, 1937 :—

Headquarters Staff, Royal New Zealand Air Force—

Wing Commander the Honourable Ralph Alexander Cochrane, A.F.C., Royal Air Force, to be Chief of the Air Staff.

Wing Commander Thomas Martin Wilkes, M.C., A.D.C., to be Chief Staff Officer—Equipment.

Squadron Leader Leonard Monk Isitt, A.D.C., to be Chief Staff Officer—Personnel.

Flight Lieutenant Arthur de Terrotte Nevill, B.Sc., A.M.I.Ae.E., p.s.a., to be Staff Officer—Air Staff and Intelligence.

Flight Lieutenant Thomas James Denton to be Staff Officer—Equipment.

Flight Lieutenant William Man, to be Staff Officer—Personnel.

Civil Aviation—

Wing Commander Thomas Martin Wilkes, M.C., A.D.C., R.N.Z.A.F., to be Controller of Civil Aviation.

Jack Mulcock Bucke ridge, Esquire, to be Senior Assistant to the Controller of Civil Aviation.

Roy Champion Kean, Esquire, A.M.I.Mech.E., to be Chief Inspector of Aircraft.

Air Secretary—

Thomas Abram Barrow, Esquire, A.R.A., N.Z.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Navy Office,
Wellington, 5th April, 1937.

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

Richard Eric Salter, Leading Signalman, Official Number 7191, as Probationary Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.V.R. (N.Z.D.), to date 23rd March, 1937.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Navy Office,
Wellington, 5th April, 1937.

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

Albert Michael Halliday entered as Probationary Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.R. (N.Z.D.), to date 1st April, 1937.

John Leslie Watson entered as Probationary Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.R. (N.Z.D.), to date 1st April, 1937.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments and Cancellation of Appointments in the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy.

Navy Office,
Wellington, 5th April, 1937.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointments and cancellation of appointments in the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy :—

Cancellation of Appointments.

Captain Robert Don Oliver, D.S.C., Royal Navy. Appointment to H.M.S. “Achilles,” additional, as Second Naval Member of the New Zealand Naval Board is cancelled.

Paymaster Commander Edward Loftus Tottenham, Royal Navy. Appointment to H.M.S. “Achilles,” additional, as Secretary to Commodore Commanding New Zealand Station, as Naval Secretary and Member of the New Zealand Naval Board is cancelled.

Appointments.

Captain Robert Don Oliver, D.S.C., Royal Navy, as Second Naval Member of the New Zealand Naval Board.

Paymaster Commander Edward Loftus Tottenham, Royal Navy, as Naval Secretary and Member of the New Zealand Naval Board.

Lieutenant-Commander John Studdert Head, Royal Navy, to H.M.S. “Philomel,” additional, to date 18th March, 1937, as Staff Officer (Operations and Intelligence), Wellington, in continuation of present appointment.

Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander Wilfred Graham Hewson, Royal Navy, to H.M.S. “Philomel,” additional, to date 18th March, 1937, as Assistant Naval Secretary, in continuation of present appointment.

Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander Jack Kenneth Highton, Royal Navy, H.M.S. “Achilles,” additional, to be Acting Secretary to the Commodore Commanding the New Zealand Station, to date 5th January, 1937.

Paymaster Lieutenant Herbert Russell Sleeman, New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy, to H.M.S. “Philomel,” additional, to date 18th March, 1937, as Assistant Naval Secretary (Accounts), in continuation of present appointment.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 27th March, 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.

Captain M. E. Johnson, M.C., N.Z. Staff Corps, relinquishes the appointment of Adjutant, The Otago Mounted Rifles, Dunedin, dated 24th February, 1937, and is appointed Staff Officer i/c. (temp.) No. 9 Regimental District, Nelson, dated 26th February, 1937.

Captain S. C. V. W. Sugden, N.Z. Staff Corps, relinquishes the appointment of Staff Officer i/c. (temp.) No. 9 Regimental District, Nelson, dated 25th February, 1937, and is appointed Adjutant, The Nelson-Marlborough Mounted Rifles, and Area Officer, Area 9c, Blenheim, dated 26th February, 1937.

Lieutenant F. McIntosh, M.C., N.Z. Staff Corps, relinquishes the appointments of Adjutant, The Nelson-Marlborough Mounted Rifles, and Area Officer, Area 9c, Blenheim, dated 16th February, 1937, and is appointed Adjutant, 3rd Field Ambulance, and Area Officer, Area 10A, Christchurch, dated 23rd February, 1937.

Lieutenant F. L. H. Davis, N.Z. Staff Corps, relinquishes the appointments of Adjutant, 3rd Field Ambulance, and Area Officer, Area 10A, Christchurch, dated 22nd February, 1937, and is appointed Adjutant, The Otago Mounted Rifles, Dunedin, dated 25th February, 1937.