Nov. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2315

Royal New Zealand Air Force.-Appointments, Promotions,
&c., of Officers.

Air Department,
Wellington, 21st October, 1938.

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

REGULAR AIR FORCE.
Hugh Procter Blundell is granted a short-service commission
with the rank of Pilot Officer (on probation) and is posted
to the R.N.Z.A.F. Station, Wigram Aerodrome, for duty.
Dated 4th October, 1938.

APPOINTMENT OF ADJUTANTS.
Flight Lieutenant J. R. S. Agar, R.N.Z.A.F., to be Adjutant,
Wellington Territorial Squadron. Dated 19th August,
1938.
Flying Officer A. E. Willis, R.N.Z.A.F., to be Adjutant,
Christchurch Territorial Squadron. Dated 1st October,
1938.
Pilot Officer L. A. Robertson, R.N.Z.A.F., to be Adjutant,
Auckland Territorial Squadron. Dated 11th October,
1938.

STAFF APPOINTMENT.
Flight Lieutenant A. G. Lester to Air Headquarters for Air
Staff duties. Dated 1st August, 1938.

TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE.
Promotion.
Pilot Officer M. R. Greenslade, Unattached List, to be Flying
Officer. Dated 27th September, 1938.
The notice published in Gazette No. 75, dated 6th October,
1938, relative to the undermentioned officer, is hereby
cancelled and the following is substituted :-
The undermentioned officer is posted to the Unattached
List. Dated 15th September, 1938 :-
Pilot Officer I. C. Neale.

Posting.
The undermentioned officers are posted to the Unattached
List. Dated 15th September, 1938 :-
Flying Officer G. C. V. Buckley.
Flying Officer J. H. M. Smith.
The undermentioned officers are posted to the Retired List,
with permission to retain their rank and wear the prescribed
uniform. Dated 15th September, 1938 :-
Squadron Leader P. K. Fowler.
Flight Lieutenant A. W. Nisbet.
Flight Lieutenant K. W. J. Hall.
Flight Lieutenant H. C. Lloyd.
Flying Officer J. M. Buckeridge.
Flying Officer J. W. Craig.
Flying Officer M. A. S. Manhire.
Pilot Officer B. T. Shiel.
Pilot Officer A. E. Upchurch.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Trustee of Timaru Racecourse appointed.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 31st October, 1938.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance
of section 6 of the Timaru Racecourse Reserve Act,
1883, been pleased to appoint
Joseph Gilmore
to be a member of the Board of Trustees constituted under
the said Act, in the place of John Hole (deceased).
FRANK LANGSTONE, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 1/573.)
Appointment of Inspector under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928,
revoked.--(Notice No. Ag. 3618.)
Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 26th October, 1938.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to revoke the appointment of
Leonard Warrington Stevens
as an Inspector for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act,
1928, for the district under the control of the Kiwitea Rabbit
Board.
W. LEE MARTIN, Minister of Agriculture.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.
NOTICE.

ANDREW KELLY, Esquire, of Rabaul, Territory of New
Guinea, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the
Territory of New Guinea, has this day been appointed by the
Right Honourable Sir Michael Myers, G.C.M.G., Chief Justice
of New Zealand, a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of
New Zealand in the Territory of New Guinea under the
47th section of the Judicature Act, 1908, for the purpose of
administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and
affirmations as in the said section mentioned.
Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of October, 1938.

W. W. SAMSON,
Registrar, Supreme Court, Wellington.

Appointments in the Public Service.
Office of the Public Service Commissioners,
Wellington, 28th October, 1938.
THE Public Service Commissioners have made the
following appointments in the Public Service:-
James Theodore Glass,
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at
Kaeo, as from the 26th day of September, 1938.
Ernest Albert Boon,
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Whakatane,
as from the 5th day of September, 1938.
Lennox Fisken Thomson,
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Awarua,
as from the 5th day of September, 1938.
John Bernard Mora,
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Rangiahua,
as from the 5th day of September, 1938.
Archibald Laurie,
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Rakaunui,
as from the 30th day of September, 1938.
Alfred John Francis Worthington,
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Whangarei,
as from the 1st day of October, 1938.
Sidney John Kelly,
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Waiomio,
as from the 5th day of September, 1938.
Hilda Ellen Isabel Dane (Mrs.),
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at
Whangaparaoa, as from the 5th day of September, 1938.
Claude Withell Carter,
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at
Little River, as from the 14th day of October, 1938.
John Sylva Macdonald,
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at
Napier, as from the 17th day of October, 1938.
Graham Claud George Hunter Gulbransen,
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at
Kakahi, as from the 3rd day of October, 1938.
Thomas Hugh Grant,
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at
Kawhia, as from the 4th day of October, 1938.
John Duncan Kerr,
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at
Palmerston North, as from the 17th day of October, 1938.
Albert Edward Hynes,
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at
Dargaville, as from the 4th day of October, 1938.
Sydney Alexander Angell,
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at
Nelson, as from the 20th day of October, 1938.
Patrick Michael Martin,
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at
Napier, as from the 26th day of October, 1938.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.