AUG. 3.]

Appointment of Officer for Purposes of Part II of the Fisheries
Act, 1908.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 25th 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

Norman Heaton Pike,
of Poronui Station, Rangitaiki, to be an officer for the
purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned Act in respect of
the Rotorua Acclimatization District.

P. FRASER, Minister of Marine.

Appointment of Officer for Purposes of Part II of the Fisheries
Act, 1908.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 25th 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

Henry Lascelles,
of Tuatapere, to be an officer for the purposes of Part II of
the first-mentioned Act in respect of the Southland Acclima-
tization District.

P. FRASER, Minister of Marine.

Appointment of Licensing Authorities in terms of the Transport Licensing Amendment Act, 1936.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the Transport Licensing Amendment
Act, 1936, I, Robert Semple, Minister of Transport, do hereby appoint the licensing authorities described in
the Schedule hereto for a term commencing on the 1st day of August, 1939, and expiring on the 31st day of July,
1940.

SCHEDULE.

Description of Licensing Authority.

District Licensing Authority for Number 1
Transport District

District Licensing Authority for Number 2
Transport District

District Licensing Authority for Number 3
Transport District

District Licensing Authority for Number 4
Transport District

Personnel of Licensing Authority.

Name.

Edward John Phelan ..
John Philip Oscar Skoglund
Thomas Herbert Langford
Stanley Victor Raines ..

Occupation.

District Licensing Authority
District Licensing Authority
District Licensing Authority
District Licensing Authority

Address.

Auckland.
Wellington.
Christchurch.
Dunedin.

Dated at Wellington, this 28th day of July, 1939.
(TT. 1/5.)

R. SEMPLe, Minister of Transport.

Royal New Zealand Air Force.--Appointments, Transfers, &c.,
of Officers and formation of a Temporary Unit.

Air Department,
Wellington, 28th July, 1939.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to approve the following appointments, transfers, &c.,
of Officers and formation of a temporary unit of the Royal
New Zealand Air Force:

REGULAR AIR FORCE.

Formation and Designation of a Temporary Unit.

A temporary unit in the United Kingdom is formed, to be
called the New Zealand Squadron, with headquarters at the
Royal Air Force Station, Marham, King's Lynn, Norfolk,
England. Dated 1st June, 1939.

Transfers.

The undermentioned officers are granted short service
commissions in the Royal New Zealand Air Force for a
period of five years on transfer from the Royal Air Force:-

Flying Officer John Noel Collins, R.A.F. (on probation).
Dated 5th July, 1939.

Flying Officer John Adams, R.A.F. (on probation). Dated
10th July, 1939.

Pilot Officer William Harcourt Coleman, R.A.F. (on
probation). Dated 7th July, 1939.

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Appointment of Inspector of Sea-fishing.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 25th 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

Albert John Jackson,
of Raglan, to be an Inspector of Sea-fishing for the purposes
of Part I of the first-mentioned Act.

P. FRASER, Minister of Marine.

Industrial and Provident Societies Act, 1908.-Public Auditor
appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Duties Office,
Wellington, 27th July, 1939.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

Andrew Sinclair
a Public Auditor for the purposes of the Industrial and
Provident Societies Act, 1908.

H. G. R. MASON,
For the Minister of Stamp Duties.

Appointments.

The following are granted short service commissions in the
Royal New Zealand Air Force for a period of five years on
appointment:-

Wilfred Maurice Chalk Williams, in the rank of Pilot
Officer (on probation). Dated 17th July, 1939.

Trevor Owen Freeman, in the rank of Pilot Officer (on
probation). Dated 17th July, 1939.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.

Appointments.

The undermentioned are granted commissions in the rank
of Flying Officer (on probation) in the Royal New Zealand Air
Force Reserve of Officers, Section II, Class B:-

Donald Pool,
Lionel Esmond Cook,
John Howell McFadden,
dated 18th July, 1939.

Transfer.

Flight Lieutenant Gerard James Wilde, A.F.C., is transferred
to the Retired List, with permission to retain his rank and
wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 24th July, 1939.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.