OCT. 5.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

2655

SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS.

William Johnston Shanley is granted a temporary commission for administrative duties in the rank of Flight Lieutenant, in the Equipment Branch, Section I. Dated 25th September, 1939.

Sidney John Hearn, B.Com., A.R.A.N.Z., is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Flying Officer (Honorary Flight Lieutenant), with seniority from 1st October, 1935, in the Equipment Branch, Section I. Dated 22nd September, 1939.

John Bernard McGuire is granted a temporary commission in the Equipment Branch, Section I, in the rank of Pilot Officer, and is posted to the Wellington General Reconnaissance Squadron. Dated 25th September, 1939.

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS.

The special terms of appointment of the undermentioned officers are cancelled, and they will continue to hold temporary commissions in the Equipment Branch, Section I. Dated 4th September, 1939:

Flight Lieutenant Roderick Andrew Anderson, M.C.

Flight Lieutenant William James Milne Nancarrow.

Flight Lieutenant Edward Gordon Gedge, M.C.

Flight Lieutenant Frederick James Facer.

Flight Lieutenant Clarence Noble Rabone.

REAPPOINTMENT TO GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH.

The notice relative to Flying Officer Lionel Mountjoy Squire (T.A.F.), in New Zealand Gazette No. 56, of 27th July, 1939, is hereby cancelled. Dated 30th September, 1939.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Member of Remount Committee for the Bay of Islands Service District appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 3693.)

Pursuant to regulation 2 of the Remounts Subsidy Regulations, 1938, I, William Lee Martin, Minister of Agriculture, hereby appoint Arthur Conrad Hingston, Esquire,

to be a member of the Remount Committee for the Bay of Islands Service District, vice William Alfred Pearson, Esquire, resigned.

Dated at Wellington, this 2nd day of October, 1939.

W. LEE MARTIN, Minister of Agriculture.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,

Wellington, 3rd October, 1939.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned person has been appointed to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the district set opposite his name, viz.:-

Name.

District.

Arthur John McMahon ... Springburn.

G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,

Wellington, 4th October, 1939.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service:

William Harte,

to be Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Napier for the purposes of the Electoral Act, 1927, and its amendments, and Returning Officer for the Napier Licensing District for the purposes of the Licensing Act, 1908, and its amendments, as from the 20th day of September, 1939.

Duncan Cecil Ernest Webster,

to be Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Timaru for the purposes of the Electoral Act, 1927, and its amendments, and Returning Officer for the Timaru Licensing District for the purposes of the Licensing Act, 1908, and its amendments, as from the 18th day of September, 1939.

Alban Whitaker,

to be Registrar of Marriages for the District of Masterton under the Marriage Act, 1908, Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Masterton under the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1924, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Masterton under the Maori Births and Deaths Registration Regulations, 1935, as from the 15th day of September, 1939.

Cuthbert Lawrence Cutler,

to be Registrar of Marriages for the District of Dargaville under the Marriage Act, 1908, Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Dargaville under the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1924, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Dargaville under the Maori Births and Deaths Registration Regulations, 1935, as from the 11th day of September, 1939.

Thomas McCulloch Brooks,

to be Registrar of Marriages for the District of Taihape under the Marriage Act, 1908, Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Taihape under the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1924, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Taihape under the Maori Births and Deaths Registration Regulations, 1935, as from the 7th day of September, 1939.

Thomas Morgan,

to be Registrar of Marriages for the District of Whakatane under the Marriage Act 1908, Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Whakatane under the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1924, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Whakatane under the Maori Births and Deaths Registration Regulations, 1935, as from the 15th day of September, 1939.

Arnold Hector Norrie,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Whareponga, as from the 4th day of September, 1939.

Charles William Constable Metge,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Parinui, as from the 4th day of September, 1939.

William Morris Dane,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Matawai, as from the 4th day of September, 1939.

Aziyade Winge,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Manaia, as from the 4th day of September, 1939.

Ronald Herschel Walker,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Te Kao, as from the 4th day of September, 1939.

Walter Haymes,

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Greymouth, as from the 5th day of September, 1939.

Harold Ernest Tonge,

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Thames, as from the 19th day of September, 1939.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

The Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, and its Amendments.- Prohibiting the Sale within the Borough of Cromwell of certain Goods comprised in the Trade of a Grocer.

WHEREAS a petition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the grocers' shops within the Borough of Cromwell has been forwarded to me, desiring that the sale of certain goods comprised in the trade of a grocer—namely, baking powder, blue, breakfast foods, candles, celery salt, cocoa, coffee, condiments, cordial extracts, cornflour, custard powder, essences, fish pastes, flour, hops, icing sugar, jellies, junket crystals, marmite, matches, meat extracts, meat pastes, peanut butter, salt, shredded suets, soap (other than toilet soap), soda, soups, spices, starch, sugar, tea, and vegetable extracts; the following tinned or potted goods: baked beans, gherkins, horse radish, olives, oysters, salad cream, sandwich spread, and spaghetti; and (unless home-made) jams—be prohibited during such time as the said shops are required to be closed in pursuance of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22:

And whereas, I, Frederick Jones, acting for the Minister of Labour, am satisfied that the sale of the said goods is comprised in the said trade within the said borough, and that the signatures to such petition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the said shops within the said borough:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 33 of the said Act, I do hereby direct that on and after the 23rd day of October, 1939, the sale of the said goods within the said borough shall be and is hereby prohibited as follows: On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays after the hour of 5.15 p.m., on Fridays after the hour of 8 p.m., and on Saturdays after the hour of 1 p.m.

Dated at Wellington, this 28th day of September, 1939.

F. JONES,

For the Minister of Labour.