Feb. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 199

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

Head Office, Stamp Duties Office,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Arthur Hugh Ward

a public auditor for the purposes of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act, 1908.

W. NASH, Minister of Stamp Duties.

Probation Officer appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 1st February, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Winifred Lee

to be a Probation Officer under the Offenders Probation Act, 1920, for the City of Invercargill.

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

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

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 5th February, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to authorize

William Thomas, Esquire, J.P.,

to exercise jurisdiction in the Children’s Court established at Taumarunui.

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

Resignation of Member of Assessment Court for Farm-land List for Borough of Carterton accepted.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 30th January, 1940.

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

William Howard Booth, Esquire, Settler, of Carterton,
as a member of the Assessment Court for the Borough of Carterton, constituted under the Urban Farm Land Rating Act, 1932.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

Member of Assessment Court for Farm-land List for Borough of Carterton appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 30th January, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General, has been pleased, in terms of section 10 of the Urban Farm Land Rating Act, 1932, to appoint

James Steel, Esquire, Retired, of Carterton,
on the recommendation of the Carterton Borough Council to be a member of the Assessment Court for the Borough of Carterton, vice William Howard Booth, Esquire, resigned.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand).

Navy Office,
Wellington, 6th February, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following confirmations in rank and promotions in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand) :—

Probationary Sub-Lieutenant Peter Petersen, R.N.V.R. (N.Z.), confirmed in the rank of Sub-Lieutenant R.N.V.R. (N.Z.), to date 12th December, 1938.

Lieutenant Alister Barclay Gilfillan, R.N.V.R. (N.Z.), promoted to Lieutenant-Commander, R.N.V.R. (N.Z.), to date 20th January, 1940.

Probationary Sub-Lieutenant Richard Eric Salter, R.N.V.R. (N.Z.), confirmed in the rank of Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.V.R. (N.Z.), to date 23rd March, 1937.

Surgeon-Lieutenant Eric Snow McPhail, R.N.V.R. (N.Z.), promoted to Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander, R.N.V.R. (N.Z.), to date 7th January, 1940.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Royal Naval Reserve (New Zealand).

Navy Office,
Wellington, 6th February, 1940.

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

Sub-Lieutenant Charles Alexander Woods, R.N.R. (N.Z.), promoted to Lieutenant R.N.R. (N.Z.), to date 11th December, 1939.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Promotions and Transfers of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Department,
Wellington, 1st February, 1940.

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

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Transfer.

Flying Officer Gordon Kenneth Dundas Mackenzie (T.A.F.), Administrative and Special Duties Branch, is transferred to the General Duties Branch in his present rank. Dated 16th January, 1940.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Transfer.

Flying Officer John te Kerekiekie Grace (T.A.F.), is transferred from the Equipment Branch, Section I, to the Administrative and Special Duties Branch, and retains his present seniority. Dated 16th January, 1940.

Seniority.

The appointment of Flying Officers Maurice Beehan Furlong and Owen Evans to their temporary Commissions in the Equipment Branch, Section I, is to be dated 20th September, 1939, for the purposes of seniority. Dated 19th January, 1940.

Promotions.

Pilot Officers Montague Frederick Foate (Reserve of Officers), Hardie Ker Tait (Temporary Commission), Owen Wares (Temporary Commission), and William Robert Esquilant (Temporary Commission), to be Flying Officers as from the 1st January, 1940.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointment in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 7th February, 1940.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service :—

Jack Nugent Keats,

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths at Te Anga, as from the 17th day of January, 1940.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

By-law of the Sumner Borough Council confirmed under the By-laws Act, 1910.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 1st February, 1940.

THE following certificate has been executed on the sealed copy of the by-law made by the Sumner Borough Council on the 19th day of December, 1939.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION.

In pursuance of the By-laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm the above-written by-law and declare that the same came into force on the 1st day of January, 1940.

Dated this 1st day of February, 1940.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.