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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 1]

Member of Advisory Council of Scientific and Industrial Research appointed.

Department of Scientific and Industrial Research,
Wellington, 12th December, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance and by virtue of the powers conferred upon him by section 6 of the Scientific and Industrial Research Act, 1926, to appoint

Dr. Robert Roy Douglas Milligan, M.B., Ch.B. (Univ. of N.Z.),

to be a member of the Advisory Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, vice Professor John Malcolm, resigned, the appointment to take effect as from 1st January, 1939.

D. G. SULLIVAN,
Minister of Scientific and Industrial Research.

Coroner appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th January, 1939.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Albert Francis James Heath, Esquire,

of Lumsden, to be a Coroner for the Dominion of New Zealand.

FRANK LANGSTONE,
For the Minister of Justice.

Coroner appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 30th December, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

John Scott Moir, Esquire,

of Levin, to be a Coroner for the Dominion of New Zealand vice G. D. Hamilton, Esquire, resigned.

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

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 30th December, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Felix Hector Levien, Esquire, S.M.,

to be a Member of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Ouchunga and Franklin as from the 1st January, 1939.

W. LEE MARTIN,
For the Minister of Justice.

Vice-Consul of the United States of America in Wellington appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that the appointment of

Robert M. Newcomb, Esquire,

as Vice-Consul of the United States of America in Wellington has been provisionally recognized.

F. JONES,
For the Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 68/11.)

Acting Consul-General of the Republic of China at Wellington appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that the appointment of

Feng Wang, Esquire,

as Acting Consul-General of the Republic of China at Wellington has been recognized.

F. JONES,
For the Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 68/12.)

Appointment in the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy.

Navy Office,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1938.

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

Lieutenant Edward Adams Nicholson, Royal Navy, to H.M.S. “Leander” (s) additional, to date 24th November, 1938, and as Squadron (s) and W/T Officer, vice Dawnay, from date of joining.

H. G. R. MASON,
For the Minister of Defence.

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

Navy Office,
Wellington, 4th January, 1939.

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

Sub-Lieutenant Bernard Theodore Giles to the rank of Lieutenant, R.N.V.R. (N.Z.D.), to date 12th December, 1938.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Army Department,
Wellington, 24th December, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, and transfers of Officers of the New Zealand Military Forces:—

STAFF.

Colonel I. T. Standish, C.M.G., D.S.O., A.D.C. to the King, Regiment of Royal N.Z. Artillery, relinquishes the appointment of Officer Commanding, Central Military District, Wellington. Dated 31st December, 1938.

Colonel E. Puttick, D.S.O., A.D.C., New Zealand Staff Corps, relinquishes the appointments of Adjutant and Quartermaster-General and Second Military Member of the Army Board, and is appointed Officer Commanding, Central Military District, Wellington. Dated 1st January, 1939.

Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Colonel) O. H. Mead, D.S.O., A.D.C., New Zealand Staff Corps, relinquishes the appointment of Officer Commanding, Northern Military District, Auckland, and is appointed Adjutant and Quartermaster-General and Second Military Member of the Army Board and retains the temporary rank of Colonel whilst so employed. Dated 1st January, 1939.

Lieutenant-Colonel N. W. McD. Weir, New Zealand Staff Corps, relinquishes the appointment of General Staff Officer, Northern Military District, Auckland, is appointed Officer Commanding, Northern Military District, Auckland, and is granted the temporary rank of Colonel whilst so employed. Dated 1st January, 1939.

Major L. Potter, New Zealand Staff Corps, relinquishes the appointment of Commandant, Central Military District School of Instruction, Trentham, is appointed General Staff Officer, Northern Military District, Auckland, and is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel whilst so employed. Dated 1st January, 1939.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Members of Survey Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 6th January, 1939.

PURSUANT to the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section 3 of the Surveyors Registration Act, 1928, I, Frank Langstone, Minister of Lands for the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint as from the 1st day of January, 1939, the undermentioned persons to be members of the Survey Board constituted by the said Act:—

George Henry Bullard,
Maurice Crompton-Smith,
Archibald Hugh Bogle, and
Charles Kirkpatrick Grierson,

the last-mentioned two persons having been nominated by the Surveyors’ Institute as required by the said Act.

FRANK LANGSTONE, Minister of Lands.