SEPT. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2365

THE NELSON, MARLBOROUGH, AND WEST COAST REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant K. K. Gascoigne, from the Reserve of Officers, to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is attached to the Nelson-Marlborough Mounted Rifles. Dated 9th August, 1940.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temp.) and are posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 30th August, 1940:

• William Antony Reed.
• Bernard Wellesley Jermyn Brown.
• Richard Spencer Duncan.
• Herbert McKenzie Johnston.
• Samuel Frederick Shuttleworth.
• George Frederick Howes.
• Robert Eric Simpson.
• Norman Harry Pavitt.
• Ken Athol Webley.
• Sydney Jack Gadd.
• Herbert Thomas Henry Taylor.
• Edgar Alfred Bastings.
• William Dudding Williams.
• James Wilson Walker.

THE NEW ZEALAND SCOTTISH REGIMENT.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temp.) and are posted to the Christchurch Detachment. Dated 16th August, 1940:

• Frederick Arthur Gunn.
• Gerald Oliphant Morrison.

NATIONAL MILITARY RESERVE.

Lawrence Patrick Kavanagh to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, 1st Battalion. Dated 1st September, 1940.

N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS.

John Beaver to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.) and is posted to the 1st Composite Company. Dated 21st August, 1940.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains. Dated 16th August, 1940:

• G. J. Frengley, M.B., Ch.B.
• C. W. Isaac, M.B., Ch.B.
• H. C. Tod, M.B., Ch.B.
• D. J. Goodwin, M.B., Ch.B.
• G. D. Lindsay, M.B., Ch.B.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 13th September, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, transfers, &c., of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force:

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Permanent Commissions.

The undermentioned Royal New Zealand Air Force officers are granted permanent commissions in the Royal New Zealand Air Force:

• Squadron Leader Francis Ross Dix, A.
• Flight Lieutenant Charles Campbell Hunter, S*., w.s.

Dated 1st September, 1940.

Promotion.

Pilot Officer Ernest Laurie Page (T.A.F.) to be Flying Officer (temporary). Dated 21st June, 1940.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH.-SECTION I.

Transfer.

Flying Officer Henry Hogg McLean (temporary commission) is transferred from the Administrative and Special Duties Branch to the Equipment Branch, Section I, and is granted the temporary rank of Flight Lieutenant. Dated 16th September, 1940.

Confirmations.

Flying Officer Bruce Roden Furkert is confirmed in his rank. Dated 1st September, 1940.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH.-SECTION II.

Appointment.

Warrant Officer Alfred Charles Gordon Baldwin is granted a temporary commission in the Equipment Branch, Section II, in the rank of Flying Officer. Dated 1st September, 1940.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Appointment.

Francis Eugene Fennessy is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Flying Officer. Dated 1st September, 1940.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Members of the Flax Plan Industrial Committee under the Industrial Efficiency Act, 1936.

PURSUANT to section 10 of the Industrial Efficiency Act, 1936, I, Daniel Giles Sullivan, Minister of Industries and Commerce, do hereby appoint Ronald Macdonald, Flaxmiller, Waikuku, and Donald Reich Ogilvy, Company-manager, Foxton, to be members of the Flax Plan Industrial Committee appointed by notice dated the 13th day of January, 1938, in lieu of Alfred Gibbs Long, and Bernard Bedingfield Wood, resigned.

Given under my hand at Wellington, this 12th day of September, 1940.

D. G. SULLIVAN,
Minister of Industries and Commerce.

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

Education Department,
Wellington, 12th September, 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.
Peebles, Mrs. Daisy ... ... ... ... ... ... Wairoa.
Rolland, Albert F. ... ... ... ... ... ... Nuhaka.

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

Members of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th September, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Frederick George Twiss, Esquire, to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Nelson, and

Frederick King, Esquire, to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Hawke's Bay.

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

Inspector of Clubs appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 12th September, 1940.

IT is hereby notified that

Andrew Gilbride McHugh has been appointed under the Licensing Act, 1908, to be an Inspector of Clubs for the purpose of inspecting and reporting upon chartered clubs as defined by the said Licensing Act, 1908.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 65/1.)

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 18th September, 1940.

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

Colin Shand Caddie, to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Otaua, as from the 3rd day of September, 1940.

Beryl Gladys Broadhurst, to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Maraenui, as from the 3rd day of September, 1940.

Albert Seymour O'Neil, to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Oruanui, as from the 3rd day of September, 1940.

John McDonald Shaw, to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Waiorongo-mai, as from the 3rd day of September, 1940.

Albert Frederick Rolland, to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Nuhaka, as from the 3rd day of September, 1940.

Frederick William Raukawa Cumpty, to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Awarua, as from the 3rd day of September, 1940.

Lester Allen Earnshaw, to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Takapau, as from the 4th day of September, 1940.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.