Aug. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2243

14TH (N.Z.) FORESTRY COMPANY, N.Z.E.
2nd Lieutenant E. S. Tuck to be Lieutenant.

15TH (N.Z.) FORESTRY COMPANY, N.Z.E.
2nd Lieutenant W. Austin to be Lieutenant.

18TH (N.Z.) ARMY TROOPS COMPANY, N.Z.E.
Lieutenant A. J. Learmonth to be Captain.
2nd Lieutenant J. B. Wallace to be Lieutenant.
2nd Lieutenant J. A. Goodsir to be Lieutenant.

19TH (N.Z.) ARMY TROOPS COMPANY, N.Z.E.
2nd Lieutenant F. W. O. Jones to be Lieutenant.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Department,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1940.

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

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Appointments.
The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions
in the rank of Pilot Officer (on probation). Dated 24th
August, 1940:-
Francis Dewar Bethwaite.
Richard James Bolland.
Robert Bruce Cruickshank.
Leonard Stewart Dunley.
Anthony Brownlow Horrocks.
Thomas Everton Kirk.
James Robert Penniket.
Gilbert Peter Lewis Redstone.
Clive Walter Scott.
Maxwell Barrington Stevens.
Eric Edgar Stewart.
Kenneth Newman Struthers.
Henry Arthur Saye Telford.
James Williamson Thomson.
Thomas Drummond Webster.
Donald Percy Winstone.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 20th August, 1940.

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

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Promotions.
Flight Lieutenant Aubrey Arthur Ninnis Breckon to be
Acting Squadron Leader. Dated 5th August, 1940.
Flying Officer John Adams to be Acting Flight Lieutenant.
Dated 26th May, 1940.
Flying Officer Frederick John Lucas to be Acting Flight
Lieutenant. Dated 4th August, 1940.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH.-SECTION I.

Confirmations.
The undermentioned officers are confirmed in their rank:-
Flying Officer Arnold Eric Cockburn.
Flying Officer Norman Stanley Irvine.
Flying Officer Alfred John Ladbrook Jackson.
Flying Officer Thomas Bertrand Pledger.
Flying Officer Donald George Sinclair.
Flying Officer Allan Edward Upchurch.

Dated 9th August, 1940.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Confirmations.
The undermentioned officers are confirmed in their rank:-
Flight Lieutenant Frederick Charles Facer.
Flight Lieutenant Clarence Noble Rabone.

Dated 9th August, 1940.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Officers of Police Force appointed.

Police Department,
Wellington, 20th August, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

Sub-Inspector Edward John Carroll, and
Sub-Inspector Daniel Joseph O'Neill
to be Inspectors; and

Senior Detective William Higgins Dunlop,
Senior Sergeant Gerald Harry Lambert, and
Senior Detective Sydney Grainger Hall
to be Sub-Inspectors,
in the New Zealand Police Force, the appointment in each
case to take effect on and from 1st August, 1940.

P. FRASER,
Minister in Charge of Police Department.

Probation Officer appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

Miss Ella Henderson Merrin
to be Probation Officer under the Offenders Probation Act,
1920, and the Crimes Amendment Acts, 1910 and 1920,
for the City of Wellington, the Boroughs of Lower Hutt,
Petone, and Eastbourne, and the Town District of Johnsonville.

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

Members of Licensing Committee appointed.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been
pleased to appoint

Francis Miller, Esquire, J.P.,
Arthur Douglas Ford, Esquire, J.P., and
Arthur Lansdel Gray, Esquire, J.P.,
to be members of the Licensing Committee for the
District of Riccarton.

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

Member of Remount Committee for the Rangitikei Service
District appointed.--(Notice No. Ag. 3769.)

PURSUANT to Regulation 2 (3) of the Remounts Subsidy
Regulations, 1938, I, William Lee Martin, Minister of
Agriculture, hereby appoint

Sidney Rangatira Hammond, Esquire,
to be a member of the Remount Committee for the Rangitikei Service District, vice Alan Marshall, resigned.

Dated at Wellington, this 20th day of August, 1940.

W. LEE MARTIN, Minister of Agriculture.

Revocation of Fisheries Appointments.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 22nd August, 1940.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the GovernorGeneral has, in pursuance of the provisions of the
Fisheries Act, 1908, and of the Official Appointments and
Documents Act, 1919, revoked the appointments of

Thomas Joseph Surgenor, of Glenavy, and
Ernest Ralph Warren, of Kaiapoi,
as Inspectors of Sea-fishing for the purposes of Part I of
the first-mentioned Act.

D. G. McMILLAN, Minister of Marine.