APRIL 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 901

Appointment of Officer under Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 29th March, 1938.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fisheries Act, 1908, and of the Official Appointments and Documents Act, 1919, appointed—

Robert Henario Roigard, of Greymouth,

to be an officer for the purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned Act in respect of the Westland Acclimatization District.

P. FRASER, Minister of Marine.

Stipendiary Magistrate appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 6th April, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Rex Clifford Abernethy, Esquire,

a Barrister of the Supreme Court of New Zealand to be a Stipendiary Magistrate, to exercise criminal and civil jurisdiction within New Zealand.

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

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 6th April, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Rex Clifford Abernethy, Esquire, S.M.,

to be a member of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Wallace and Awarua, vice W. H. Freeman, Esquire, S.M., transferred.

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

Officer authorized to exercise Jurisdiction in Children’s Court.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 6th April, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Rex Clifford Abernethy, Esquire, S.M.,

to exercise jurisdiction in the Children’s Court established at Invercargill.

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

Appointments, Promotions, &c., in the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Department,
Wellington, 31st March, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, &c., of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force :—

REGULAR AIR FORCE.

Appointments.

Robert John Henry Seal is granted a commission in the Stores and Accounting Branch with the rank of Flying Officer (on probation) and is posted to the Royal New Zealand Air Force Base, Auckland. Dated 14th February, 1938.

Resignation.

Flying Officer K. G. Smith resigns his commission and is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 1st March, 1938.

TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE.

The notice published in Gazette No. 12, dated 24th February, 1938, relative to the undermentioned officer is hereby cancelled and the following is substituted :—

John te Herekiekie Grace to be Flying Officer (on probation) and is posted to the Wellington Territorial Squadron. Dated 1st January, 1938.

Promotions.

Flying Officers L. F. P. Taylor and G. Carter, A.M.I.Ae.E., of the Wellington Territorial Squadron are promoted to the rank of Flight Lieutenant. Dated 1st January, 1938.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 5th April, 1938.

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.
John Laurence Black Arrow.
Edward Mark Best Okarito.
Martin Samuel Hessian Middlemarch.
John Norman Rauch Morrinsville.
David Neil Sinclair Kawhia.

G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioners,
Wellington, 31st March, 1938.

THE Public Service Commissioners have made the following appointments in the Public Service :—

Donald Frederick McLeay,

to be Officer in Charge of Kaipara Harbour for the purposes of the Harbours Act, 1923, and Superintendent of Mercantile Marine for the purposes of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, for the Harbour of Kaipara, as from the 23rd day of March, 1938.

James Hayes Finlay,

to be Assistant Clerk of the Magistrates’ Court at Hamilton for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1928, and Deputy Registrar at Hamilton of the Supreme Court of New Zealand for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908, as from the 16th day of March, 1938.

Albert Edward Johnson,

to be Clerk of the Magistrates’ Court at Opotiki for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1928; Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of the Bay of Plenty for the purposes of the Licensing Act, 1908; Registrar of Marriages for the District of Opotiki under the Marriage Act, 1908; Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Opotiki under the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1924; Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Opotiki under the Maori Births and Deaths Registration Regulations dated 4th February, 1935; Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Bay of Plenty for the purposes of the Electoral Act, 1927, and its amendments; and Returning Officer for the Bay of Plenty Licensing District for the purposes of the Licensing Act, 1908, and its amendments; as from the 7th day of March, 1938.

Harold Vincent Jerred,

to be Assistant Clerk of the Magistrates’ Court at Auckland for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1928, as from the 14th day of March, 1938.

William Charles Mason,

to be Deputy Sheriff for the District of Auckland; Deputy Registrar at Auckland of the Supreme Court of New Zealand for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908; and Local Patent Officer at Auckland for the purposes of section 15 of the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1921–22; as from the 11th day of March, 1938.

Charles Murray Whyte,

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Raetihi, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Raetihi, as from the 1st day of April, 1938.

Robert Leslie Innis,

to be Chief Surveyor for the Auckland and North Auckland Land Districts for the purposes of the Land Act, 1924, and Chief Drainage Engineer for the purposes of the Hauraki Plains Act, 1926, as from the 1st day of April, 1938.

Hector McLennan Ross,

to be Deputy Chief Surveyor for the Auckland and North Auckland Land Districts for the purposes of the Land Act, 1924, as from the 1st day of April, 1938.

William Shattock Jones,

to be Clerk of the Magistrates’ Court at Christchurch for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1928, and Clerk of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Christchurch, Riccarton, and Avon, for the purposes of the Licensing Act, 1908, as from the 23rd day of March, 1938.