Nov. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3039

Relinquishment of Appointments on the Staff of His Excellency
the Governor-General.

Government House,
Wellington, 6th November, 1939.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to approve of the relinquishment of the appointments
of the following officers on His Staff :—

Major Richard Geoffrey Gordon Byron, 4th/7th Dragoon
Guards,
Lieutenant Samuel Richard Le Hunte Lombard-Hobson,
Royal Navy,

as on and from the 5th day of September, 1939.

By Command—
D. E. FOUHY, Official Secretary.

Member of Executive Council appointed.

Executive Council Chambers,
Wellington, 8th November, 1939.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

The Honourable David Wilson, M.L.C.,

to be a member of the Executive Council of the Dominion of
New Zealand; and the above-named gentleman has taken
the oath of office accordingly.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

The Tobacco-growing Industry Act, 1935.—Members of
Board appointed.

Department of Industries and Commerce,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1939.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General in Council has been
pleased to reappoint, in pursuance and exercise of
the powers and authorities of section 3 of the Tobacco-
growing Industry Act, 1935,—

Edwin Morgan Hunt, and
Cecil Conrad Nash

as representatives of manufacturers, and

James Faulkner Balck

as a representative of growers, all of whom retired at the
31st July, 1939, in pursuance of section 4 of the above Act,
and to appoint

Frederick Allan Hamilton

as a representative of growers in place of George William
Relat who also retired at the 31st July, 1939, in pursuance
of section 4 of the above Act.

D. G. SULLIVAN,
Minister of Industries and Commerce.

Appointments to and Retirements from High Commissioner’s
Staff, London.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 1st November, 1939.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General in Council has been
pleased to appoint and/or retire as the case may be,
in terms of section 9 of the High Commissioner Act, 1908,
the following persons as officers in the office of the High
Commissioner for New Zealand in London as on and from
the date or dates specified opposite the name of each
respectively :—

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 141/2.)

Appointments, Transfers, &c., of Officers of the Royal New
Zealand Air Force.

Air Department,
Wellington, 31st October, 1939.

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

APPOINTMENTS.

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH.

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions
in the ranks and on the dates shown :—

Eric Neville Griffiths, in the rank of Flying Officer. Dated
16th October, 1939.

Edward Alexander Barker, in the rank of Pilot Officer.
Dated 12th October, 1939.

Special Appointment.

ADMINISTRATIVE.

Robert Goodenough Sherwood Hale is granted a temporary
commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant, Equip-
ment Branch, Section I. Dated 7th October, 1939.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH.—SECTION I.

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions
in the Equipment Branch, Section I, in the rank of Flying
Officer :—

Gilbert Alexander Hutchinson (Honorary Flight Lieu-
tenant);

Herbert John Roberts ;

Dated 20th October, 1939.

Roy Charles Robinson ;

Albert Henry Ernest Markholm ;

Dated 16th October, 1939.

Kenneth William Barclay Anderson ;

Robert Charles Carter ;

Vincent John Clarke ;

Louis William Garrard ;

Edward Edric Ormerod Heath ;

Ian Charles Nairn ;

Thomas Colin Smart ;

John Paul Vallis ;

Ross Bongard Waters ;

Edward Trevor Stroude Withers ;

Dated 20th October, 1939.

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions
in the Equipment Branch, Section I, in the rank of Flying
Officer :—

Maurice Beehan Furlong ;

Owen Evans ;

Dated 26th October, 1939.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH.—SECTION II.

Arthur Herbert Thomas Brazier is granted a temporary
commission in the Equipment Branch, Section II, in
the rank of Flying Officer. Dated 1st November, 1939.

TRANSFERS.

Flight Lieutenant Philip Ernest Hudson, R.A.F.O., is
granted a temporary commission in his present rank in
the General Duties Branch. Dated 25th September,
1939.

CONFIRMATIONS.

The undermentioned are confirmed in their ranks on the
dates shown :—

Flying Officer Kenneth Gordon Smith. Dated 4th October,
1939.

Pilot Officer Hugh Proctor Blundell. Dated 14th October,
1939.

AMENDMENTS.

Notice published in the Gazette No. 130 of 19th October,
1939 :—

For date of appointment of Arthur Montague Harvie and
Errol Howard Brown, read 9th October, 1939, for 10th
November, 1939.

For date of appointment of Cyril Henry Plumtree and
Clarence Robert Parker, read 16th October, 1939, for 10th
November, 1939.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.