Government Appointments and Resignations




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

Marine Department,
Wellington, 11th July, 1939.

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

Alex Mann, of Kokonga,
Robert Kidd Bain, of Glenham, and
Benjamin Patterson, of Wyndham,

to be Officers for the purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned Act in respect of the Otago Acclimatization District.

P. FRASER, Minister of Marine.

Official Visitor under the Mental Defectives Act, 1911, within the County of Franklin, appointed.

Mental Hospitals Department,
Wellington, 5th July, 1939.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Reverend Jasper Calder

to be an Official Visitor under the Mental Defectives Act, 1911, within the County of Franklin.

P. FRASER,
Minister in Charge of Mental Hospitals.

Appointment of Member of the Flax Plan Industrial Committee under the Industrial Efficiency Act, 1936.

PURSUANT to section 10 of the Industrial Efficiency Act, 1936, I, Daniel Giles Sullivan, Minister of Industries and Commerce, do hereby appoint Frank Wynon Vickerman, Company Director of New Zealand Woolpack and Textiles, Limited, Foxton, to be a member of the Flax Plan Industrial Committee appointed by notice dated the 13th day of January, 1938, in lieu of Samuel Harvey Maddren, resigned.

Given under my hand at Wellington, this 18th day of July, 1939.

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

Members of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th July, 1939,

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Ernest Alfred George, Esquire,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of New Plymouth; and

The Honourable Benjamin Conrad Robbins, M.L.C.,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Tauranga, vice P. McKenna, deceased.

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

Police Gaolers appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 17th July, 1939.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Constable Albert John Jackson

to be Police Gaoler at Raglan, vice Constable Christiansen, transferred; and

Constable Alfred Edward Hinton

to be Police Gaoler at Coromandel, vice Constable Peters, transferred.

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

Justice of the Peace authorized to exercise Jurisdiction in Children's Court.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th July, 1939.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to authorize

Mrs. Agnes Fitzgerald Rutherford McIntosh, J.P.,

to exercise jurisdiction in the Children's Court established at Hamilton.

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

Justice of the Peace resigns.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th July, 1939.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation by

Herbert Wingate, Esquire,

of Longburn, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand.

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

Inspector of Clubs appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 13th July, 1939.

IT is hereby notified that

Percy Courtney Felton

has been appointed under the Licensing Act, 1908, to be an Inspector of Clubs for the purpose of inspecting and reporting upon Chartered Clubs as defined by the said Licensing Act, 1908.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 65/1.)

Appointments in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand).

Navy Office,
Wellington, 12th July, 1939.

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

Paymaster Lieutenant George Howard Norman as Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander, R.N.V.R. (N.Z.), to date 1st July, 1939.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Resignation of Member of the Executive Council.

Official Secretary’s Office, Government House,
Wellington, 18th July, 1939.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation of

The Honourable Mark Fagan,

holding a seat in the Executive Council.

By Command.

D. E. FOUHY, Official Secretary.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 19th July, 1939.

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

Constable Alfred Edward Hinton,

to be Clerk and Bailiff of the Magistrates’ Court at Coromandel for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1928, and Maintenance Officer at the Magistrates’ Court at Coromandel for the purposes of the Destitute Persons Amendment Act, 1926, as from the 5th day of July, 1939.

Arthur Lyall Ray,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Mokai, as from the 27th day of June, 1939.

John Frederick Collis,

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Riverton, as from the 12th day of July, 1939.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.



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🌾 Appointment of Officers under the Fisheries Act, 1908

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
11 July 1939
Appointments, Fisheries Act, Officers, Otago Acclimatization District
  • Alex Mann, Appointed Officer under Fisheries Act
  • Robert Kidd Bain, Appointed Officer under Fisheries Act
  • Benjamin Patterson, Appointed Officer under Fisheries Act

  • P. Fraser, Minister of Marine

🏥 Appointment of Official Visitor under the Mental Defectives Act, 1911

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
5 July 1939
Appointments, Official Visitor, Mental Defectives Act, County of Franklin
  • Jasper Calder (Reverend), Appointed Official Visitor

  • P. Fraser, Minister in Charge of Mental Hospitals

🏭 Appointment of Member of the Flax Plan Industrial Committee

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
18 July 1939
Appointments, Flax Plan Industrial Committee, Industrial Efficiency Act
  • Frank Wynon Vickerman, Appointed member of Flax Plan Industrial Committee
  • Samuel Harvey Maddren, Resigned from Flax Plan Industrial Committee

  • Daniel Giles Sullivan, Minister of Industries and Commerce

⚖️ Appointment of Members of Licensing Committees

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
17 July 1939
Appointments, Licensing Committees, New Plymouth, Tauranga
  • Ernest Alfred George (Esquire), Appointed member of Licensing Committee for New Plymouth
  • Benjamin Conrad Robbins (Honourable), Appointed member of Licensing Committee for Tauranga
  • P. McKenna, Deceased, former member of Licensing Committee for Tauranga

  • H. G. R. Mason, Minister of Justice

⚖️ Appointment of Police Gaolers

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
17 July 1939
Appointments, Police Gaolers, Raglan, Coromandel
  • Albert John Jackson (Constable), Appointed Police Gaoler at Raglan
  • Christiansen (Constable), Transferred from Raglan
  • Alfred Edward Hinton (Constable), Appointed Police Gaoler at Coromandel
  • Peters (Constable), Transferred from Coromandel

  • H. G. R. Mason, Minister of Justice

⚖️ Authorization of Justice of the Peace for Children's Court

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
17 July 1939
Authorization, Justice of the Peace, Children's Court, Hamilton
  • Agnes Fitzgerald Rutherford McIntosh (Mrs.), Authorized to exercise jurisdiction in Children's Court

  • H. G. R. Mason, Minister of Justice

⚖️ Resignation of Justice of the Peace

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
17 July 1939
Resignation, Justice of the Peace, Longburn
  • Herbert Wingate (Esquire), Resigned as Justice of the Peace

  • H. G. R. Mason, Minister of Justice

⚖️ Appointment of Inspector of Clubs

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
13 July 1939
Appointments, Inspector of Clubs, Licensing Act
  • Percy Courtney Felton, Appointed Inspector of Clubs

  • W. E. Parry, Minister of Internal Affairs

🛡️ Promotion in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

🛡️ Defence & Military
12 July 1939
Promotion, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander
  • George Howard Norman (Paymaster Lieutenant), Promoted to Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander

  • F. Jones, Minister of Defence

🏛️ Resignation of Member of the Executive Council

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
18 July 1939
Resignation, Executive Council
  • Mark Fagan (Honourable), Resigned from Executive Council

  • D. E. Fouhy, Official Secretary

🏛️ Appointments in the Public Service

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
19 July 1939
Appointments, Public Service, Magistrates' Court, Registrar of Births and Deaths
  • Alfred Edward Hinton (Constable), Appointed Clerk and Bailiff of Magistrates' Court at Coromandel
  • Arthur Lyall Ray, Appointed Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Mokai
  • John Frederick Collis, Appointed Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Riverton

  • G. T. Bolt, Secretary