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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 103

Major W. F. Tracy, M.C., from the Reserve of Officers,
The Southland Regiment, to be Major, and is posted
to the 3rd Battalion. Dated 11th September, 1940.
Edward Bentley Davison (late N.Z.E.F.), to be Lieutenant,
and is posted to the 3rd Battalion with seniority next
below Lieutenant A. G. S. Gibbs. Dated 2nd September,
1940.
Douglas Endell Wanklyn (late N.Z.E.F.), to be Lieutenant,
and is posted to the 3rd Battalion, with seniority next
below Lieutenant E. B. Davison. Dated 12th September,
1940.
2nd Lieutenant J. P. Wells, 11th Company, to be Lieutenant.
Dated 23rd September, 1940.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Hugh Keith, L.R.C.P., Edin., L.R.C.S., Edin., I.F.P. and
S., Glasg., to be Captain, Central Military District, and
is seconded for duty with the Royal N.Z. Air Force.
Dated 12th September, 1940.
Captain W. P. P. Gordon, M.B., Ch.B., Retired List, to be
Captain, Central Military District (unattached), with
seniority from 1st September, 1940. Dated 20th
September, 1940.
Captain R. J. Maunsell, M.B., Ch.B., from the Reserve of
Officers, to be Captain, Central Military District, and is
seconded for duty with the Royal N.Z. Air Force. Dated
30th September, 1940.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Rev. J. D. Jensen, Chaplain, 4th Class (Baptist), is
transferred from Area 1 to Area 3. Dated 21st
September, 1940.
The Rev. C. C. Hoskin, Chaplain, 4th Class (Congregational),
is transferred from Area 3 to Area 5. Dated 26th
September, 1940.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Department,
Wellington, 30th September, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to approve of the following promotion and appoint-
ments of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force:—

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Promotion.

Flying Officer Trevor Owen Freeman to be Acting Flight
Lieutenant. Dated 8th September, 1940.

Appointments.

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions
in the Reserve of Officers, Section I, Class A, in the ranks
as shown. Dated 1st September, 1940:—

Oscar Garden to be Flight Lieutenant, with seniority
from the 1st September, 1937.
Flight Lieutenant Christopher Griffiths, R.A.F.O., in the
rank of Flight Lieutenant, with seniority from the
1st September, 1940.
Charles Ayrey McDonald is granted a temporary commission
in the rank of Flying Officer in the Reserve of Officers,
Section II, Class A, with seniority from the 1st Septem-
ber, 1937.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Appointment.

Alfred John Calder is granted an Honorary Commission
in the rank of Flying Officer. Dated 15th September,
1940.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Justice of the Peace resigns.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd October, 1940.

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

Charles Armstrong McCall, Esquire,

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

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

Appointment of Honorary Child Welfare Officers under the
Child Welfare Act, 1925.

Education Department,
Wellington, 2nd October, 1940.

IN pursuance of section 2 of the Child Welfare Act, 1925,
I, Henry Greathead Rex Mason, Minister of Education,
do hereby appoint the following persons as Honorary Child
Welfare Officers for the purposes of the said Act, for the
period ending 31st December, 1940:—

Name. District.
Starnes, Rev. John Edgecumbe.
Hogg, Rev. Henry Whakatane.
Conway, Walter Hugh New Plymouth.
Rangiihu, Rev. Hamiora Torere - Hick’s Bay.
Spensley, Miss Kate Alice Wadford Palmerston North.
Sandford, Mrs. Eleanor Raetihi.
Pitcaithley, Graham Ross Wellington.

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

Member of Waipa Rabbit Board appointed.—(Notice
No. Ag. 3778.)

Office of the Minister of Agriculture,
Wellington, 30th September, 1940.

PURSUANT to the powers vested in me by section 37
of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, I, William Lee
Martin, Minister of Agriculture, do hereby appoint

George Baines Melrose,

being an Inspector under Part I of the said Act, to be a
member of the Waipa Rabbit Board established under the
said Act.

Dated at Wellington, this 30th day of September, 1940.

W. LEE MARTIN, Minister of Agriculture.

Visiting Justice appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 2nd October, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

William Pannett Nicoll, Esquire, J.P.,

to be a Visiting Justice to His Majesty’s Prison at New
Plymouth.

D. G. McMILLAN, Minister in Charge of Prisons.

Visiting Justice appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 2nd October, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

John Henry Hall, Esquire, J.P.,

to be a Visiting Justice to His Majesty’s Prison at Gisborne.

D. G. McMILLAN, Minister in Charge of Prisons.

Visiting Justice appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 7th October, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint

Edward Parlane, Esquire, J.P.,

to be a Visiting Justice to the Paparua Prison, Templeton.

D. G. McMILLAN, Minister in Charge of Prisons.

Official Visitor appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 7th October, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

John William Roberts, Esquire,

to be an Official Visitor to the Paparua Prison, Templeton.

D. G. McMILLAN, Minister in Charge of Prisons.