Nov. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3451

Consul-General of Belgium at Wellington appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 14th November, 1940.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that the appointment of
M. Armand Nihotte
as Consul-General of Belgium at Wellington for New Zealand and its dependencies and the Mandated Territory of Western Samoa has been recognized.

D. WILSON,
For the Minister of Internal Affairs.

Appointment of Members of the Board of Trustees of the National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General in Council has been pleased, pursuant to section 2 (1) (f) of the National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum Amendment Act, 1936, to appoint
Professor William Percival Evans, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S.N.Z., and
Patrick Marshall, Esquire, M.A., D.Sc., F.G.S., F.R.G.S., F.R.S.N.Z.,
to be members of the Board of Trustees of the National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum as representing the Royal Society of New Zealand for a term of four years from the 4th day of September, 1940.

D. WILSON,
For the Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 114/12.)

The Strike and Lockout Emergency Regulations 1939. Appointment of Emergency Disputes Committee.

IN pursuance of the powers in that behalf conferred upon
me by the Strike and Lockout Emergency Regulations 1939, I, Patrick Charles Webb, Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint the following persons to be an Emergency Disputes Committee for the purposes of the said regulations and refer to that Committee a dispute which has arisen between members of the Wellington Tobacco Workers' Union and W. D. and H. O. Wills (New Zealand), Limited, Petone.
Representatives of the Employers—
Alexander Peter Reid,
Edwin Morgan Hunt, and
William Joseph Mountjoy.
Representatives of the Workers—
Edna May Futter,
John McCulloch, and
Peter Adds.
Chairman—
James Alexander Gilmour, S.M.
Dated at Wellington, this 14th day of November, 1940.

P. C. WEBB, Minister of Labour.

Member of Meringa Rabbit Board appointed.-(Notice No. Ag. 3786.)

Office of the Minister of Agriculture,
Wellington, 13th November, 1940.
PURSUANT to the powers vested in him by section 37 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, the Minister of Agriculture doth hereby appoint
George Robertson Mackintosh,
being a person appointed as an Inspector under Part I of the said Act, to be a member of the Meringa Rabbit Board, established under the said Act.

W. LEE MARTIN, Minister of Agriculture.

Members of the Remount Committee for the Waitaki Service District appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 3787.)

PURSUANT to the powers vested in him by Regulation 2 of the Remount Subsidy Regulations 1938, the Minister of Agriculture hereby appoints
Stuart Martin Dixon, Esquire, and
Colin Charles Douglas, Esquire,
to be members of the Remount Committee for the Waitaki Service District constituted under the said regulations, vice Captain Neil Rattray and John Dench, Esquire.
Dated at Wellington, this 14th day of November, 1940.

W. LEE MARTIN, Minister of Agriculture.

Appointment of Inspector under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, revoked.-{ Notice No. Ag. 3788.)

Office of the Minister of Agriculture,
Wellington, 14th November, 1940.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to revoke the appointment of
Edward Gordon Walker
as an Inspector for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, for the district under the control of the Kiwitea Rabbit Board.

W. LEE MARTIN, Minister of Agriculture.

Inspector under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, appointed.-(Notice No. Ag. 3789.)

Office of the Minister of Agriculture,
Wellington, 14th November, 1940.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
Raymond Churcher
to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, for the district under the control of the Kiwitea Rabbit Board.

W. LEE MARTIN, Minister of Agriculture.

Appointment in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve {New Zealand).

Navy Office,
Wellington, 15th November, 1940.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the appointment of Probationary Sub-Lieutenant Robert Lloyd Stephenson Black, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, for patrol launches, to date 31st October, 1940.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Navy Office,
Wellington, 15th November, 1940.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointments in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand) :- Lieutenant John David Keay, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, to date 4th November, 1940, and to H.M.S. “Philomel ” additional, for duty with the Naval Officer in Charge, Lyttelton, vice Gibson, to date 6th November, 1940.
Lieutenant Ebenezer Wallis Browne, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Achilles ” additional, to date 8th November, 1940.
Sub-Lieutenant Frederick Kendall Gibson, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, for duty at Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Headquarters, Wellington, to date 7th November, 1940, and as Training Officer, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Headquarters, Wellington, to date 8th November, 1940.
Acting Paymaster-Lieutenant George Henry Lloyd Davies, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), promoted to Paymaster-Lieutenant, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), to date 11th August, 1940, and reappointed to H.M.S. “Leander ” in continuation.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.