APRIL 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 651

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

Marine Department,
Wellington, 20th March, 1940.

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

Leslie Sutton Richards, of Hairini, Te Awamutu,

to be an officer for the purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned Act in respect of the Auckland Acclimatization District.

P. C. WEBB,
For the Minister of Marine.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 27th March, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

William Joseph Moynihan, Esquire,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Otaki, vice W. H. Bowden, deceased.

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

Appointments to and Retirements from High Commissioner's Staff, London.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 20th March, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General in Council has been pleased to appoint and/or retire as the case may be, in terms of section 9 of the High Commissioner Act, 1908, the following persons as officers in the office of the High Commissioner for New Zealand in London as on and from the date or dates specified opposite the name of each respectively :—

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 141/2.)

Trustee of Wiri Drainage District appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 27th March, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in terms of section 10 (3) of the Land Drainage Act, 1908, to appoint

Kenneth Grant McKerras, Esquire,

to be a Trustee for the Wiri Drainage District.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

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

Navy Office,
Wellington, 20th March, 1940.

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

Lieutenant Cecil Rivers Carlyon, Royal Naval Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Achilles,” to date 30th March, 1940.

Lieutenant Gillespie Hume Edwards, Royal Naval Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, for Gunnery, Torpedo, Signal, and Divisional Courses (lent to H.M.A.S. “Cerberus”), to date 12th March, 1940.

Lieutenant John Henry Seelye, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, for temporary duty as Assistant District Intelligence Officer, Port Chalmers, and for duty at Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Headquarters, Dunedin, vice Allan, to date 9th March, 1940.

Lieutenant Sidney Warren Hicks, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, for training (lent to H.M.A.S. “Cerberus”), to date 12th March, 1940.

Lieutenant John Neat Allan, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, for training (lent to H.M.A.S. “Cerberus”), to date 12th March, 1940.

Lieutenant John Rlythe Stephenson, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, for training (lent to H.M.A.S. “Cerberus”), to date 12th March, 1940.

Sub-Lieutenant Cyril Howard Hilliard, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, for training (lent to H.M.A.S. “Cerberus”), to date 11th March, 1940.

Probationary Sub-Lieutenant Owen Alfred Poole, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, for training (lent to H.M.A.S. “Cerberus”), to date 12th March, 1940.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments to the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

Army Department,
Wellington, 1st April, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments to the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force and that the officers be seconded from the units shown after their names. All ranks are temporary :—

2ND N.Z. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.

2nd. N.Z. Divisional Cavalry Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant N. P. Wilder (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 6th March, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant D. W. H. Neilson (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 6th March, 1940.

4th Field Regiment, N.Z. Artillery.

2nd Lieutenant R. J. Stanford (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 6th March, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant A. A. Angell (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 6th March, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant J. H. Quigley (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 6th March, 1940.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 1, of the 11th January, 1940, relative to 2nd Lieutenant Nathan, for “N. J. Nathan” substitute “M. J. Nathan.”

5th Field Regiment, N.Z. Artillery.

Major K. W. Fraser (13th Heavy Battery, N.Z.A.). Dated 29th February, 1940.

Lieutenant W. A. Knox (Retired List). Dated 8th November, 1939.

2nd Lieutenant R. J. Brewster (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 6th March, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant J. F. Spring (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 6th March, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant D. C. Allison (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 6th March, 1940.