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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 72

Edward Jack Johnston is granted a temporary commission
in the Administrative and Special Duties Branch in the
rank of Flight Lieutenant. Dated 10th June, 1940.
John Henley James Stevenson is granted a temporary
commission in the Administrative and Special Duties
Branch in the rank of Flight Lieutenant. Dated 19th
June, 1940.
Warrant Officer Sydney Alexander Noble, M.B.E., M.M.,
is granted a temporary commission in the Administrative
and Special Duties Branch in the rank of Flying Officer,
with seniority from 15th June, 1938. Dated 15th June,
1940.

Relinquishment of Appointment.

Flying Officer (Honorary) Harry Langtry, R.M.S.M.,
relinquishes his appointment as Musical Director and is
transferred to the Retired List with permission to retain
his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 31st
March, 1940.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Navy Office,
Wellington, 8th July, 1940.

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

Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant Frank Leslie Rees, Royal
Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), promoted to
the rank of Paymaster-Lieutenant, Royal Naval
Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), to date 1st July,
1940.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 10th July, 1940.

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

Cyril Comer,

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at
Waiuku, as from the 12th day of June, 1940.

William Stanley Baimbridge,

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at
Dunedin, as from the 6th day of June, 1940.

James Jones,

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and
Deaths and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at
Palmerston, as from the 13th day of June, 1940.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

Waterfront Control Commission Emergency Regulations 1940.—
Appointment of Wellington Wharf Superintendents.

IN pursuance of the powers in that behalf conferred upon
me by the Waterfront Control Commission Emergency
Regulations 1940, I, Patrick Charles Webb, Minister of
Labour, do hereby appoint

Edward Alfred Rate, and
Reuben Holroyd

to be Wharf Superintendents at the Port of Wellington.

Dated at Wellington, this 5th day of July, 1940.

P. C. WEBB, Minister of Labour.

Waterfront Control Commission Emergency Regulations 1940.—
Appointment of Waterfront Controller and Wharf
Superintendent for the Ports of Otago and Southland.

IN pursuance of the powers in that behalf conferred upon
me by the Waterfront Control Commission Emergency
Regulations 1940, I, Patrick Charles Webb, Minister of
Labour, do hereby appoint

Alexander Rathbone

to be the Waterfront Controller for the Ports of Otago and
Southland ; and

David Copland

to be the Wharf Superintendent for the Ports of Otago and
Southland.

Dated at Wellington, this 5th day of July, 1940.

P. C. WEBB, Minister of Labour.

Waterfront Control Commission Emergency Regulations 1940.—
Appointment of Waterfront Controller and Wharf
Superintendent for the Ports of Canterbury.

IN pursuance of the powers in that behalf conferred upon
me by the Waterfront Control Commission Emergency
Regulations 1940, I, Patrick Charles Webb, Minister of
Labour, do hereby appoint

Harry Aynsley Brockett

to be the Waterfront Controller for the Ports of Canterbury ; and

William Baillie Laing

to be the Wharf Superintendent for the Ports of Canterbury.

Dated at Wellington, this 5th day of July, 1940.

P. C. WEBB, Minister of Labour.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 8th July, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

Charles William Frederick Skill, Esquire,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District
of Wairarapa.

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

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

Education Department,
Wellington, 8th July, 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.
Holmes, Miss Christy .. .. Otaki.
Horne, Mrs. Ethel C. .. .. Woodville.

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

Appointment of Inspector of Sea-fishing.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 2nd July, 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

Alexander Bisset, of Waihi,

to be an Inspector of Sea-fishing for the purposes of Part I
of the first-mentioned Act.

D. G. McMILLAN, Minister of Marine.

Probation Officer appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 2nd July, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

Leslie Roy Bright

to be Probation Officer under the Offenders Probation Act,
1920, and the Crimes Amendment Acts, 1910 and 1920, for
the Borough of Gisborne.

D. G. McMILLAN,
Minister in Charge of Prisons,
for the Minister of Justice.

Appointment of Deputy District Public Trustee.

NOTICE is hereby given that in pursuance of the power
and authority vested in me by section 3 of the Public
Trust Office Amendment Act, 1921–22, I, the Public Trustee
of the Dominion of New Zealand, have appointed Charles
James Hay of the Public Trust Office, Waipukurau, to be
deputy of the District Public Trustee, Waipukurau, during
the absence of such District Public Trustee from his head-
quarters from any cause, and all previous warrants appointing
any deputy of the said District Public Trustee have been
revoked.

Dated at Wellington, this 3rd day of July, 1940.

E. O. HALES, Public Trustee.