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Appointment of Officer under Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 10th February, 1941.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Administrator
of the Government has, in pursuance of the provisions
of the Fisheries Act, 1908, and of the Official Appointments
and Documents Act, 1919, appointed

James Henry Burgess, of Staveley,

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

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Marine.

Revocation of Fisheries Appointment.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 3rd February, 1941.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Administrator
of the Government has revoked the appointment of

Arthur Needham, of Tangimoana,

as an Inspector of Sea-fishing for the purposes of Part I of
the Fisheries Act, 1908.

D. WILSON,
For the Minister of Marine.

Appointments and Promotions in the New Zealand Naval Forces.

Navy Office,
Wellington, 11th February, 1941.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to approve the following appoint-
ments and promotions in the New Zealand Naval Forces :-

Sub-Lieutenant K. H. Webb, Royal Naval Volunteer
Reserve (New Zealand), promoted to Lieutenant, Royal
Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), to date 8th
January, 1941.

Surgeon Lieutenant F. W. Helmore, M.B., Y.R.C.S.E.,
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), to
H.M.S. "Tamaki," to date 3rd February, 1941.

Probationary Temporary Surgeon Lieutenant B. W. Nixon,
M.B., B.Ch., Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand),
to H.M.S. "Achilles," vice Helmore, to date
3rd February, 1941.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments and Promotion of Officers of the Royal New
Zealand Air Force.

Air Department,
Wellington, 5th February, 1941.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has
been pleased to approve of the following appointments
and promotion 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 prob.). Dated 30th November,
1940 :-

Frederick Alan Partridge, A.F.M.
John James McDowell.
George Selwyn Martin.

Promotion.

Squadron Leader Frederic Rusden Newell to be Acting
Wing Commander, and is appointed N.Z. Liaison Officer,
Air Ministry, London, vice Wing Commander Sidney Wal-
lingford. Dated 15th January, 1941.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II.

Appointment.

Frank Lionel Goldsmith is granted a temporary commission
in the rank of Flying Officer. Dated 1st January, 1941.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Appointment.

James William Adams, B.Sc., is granted an honorary
commission in the rank of Flying Officer. Dated 30th
January, 1941.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force-

Air Department,
Wellington, 7th February, 1941.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to approve of the following appoint-
ments 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 prob.). Dated 8th February,
1941 :-

John Reginald McGrane.
John Angus Ferguson.
Maurice Edgar von Tunzelman.
Maechei Anthony Ensor.
Vernon Wellington Raymond.
Edgar Thomas Kippenberger.
James Finlay Cruickshank.
Maxwell William McCormick.
Edwin Lee Houghton.
Frank William Brandt.
John Strand.
Delwyn Stanley Norris Constance.
John Marshall Waddell.
David Laurence Bade.
Reginald William Baker.
Roderick Urquhart McCracken.
Thomas William McClure Leckie.
Allan Frederick McGruer.
Dennis Miller.
Stuart William Stott Beedie.
Robert Duncan McVicker.
Francis Reece.
James Fraser Craig.
Sylvester Roger Oliffe Richmond.
Donald Brook.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Appointment.

Warwick Ritchie Crawford Lawrence is granted a temporary
commission in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 1st
February, 1941.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Trustees of Havelock Commonage appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 4th February, 1941.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has, in pursuance of section 4 of the Havelock Common-
age Act, 1908, been pleased to appoint

Joseph Arthur Crane,
Robert James Pennell, and
Andrew Wightman (junior)

to be Trustees of the Havelock Commonage in place of
Frederick Ellis, deceased, Alfred Bowden Rowe, and Andrew
Wightman (senior), who have resigned.

FRANK LANGSTONE, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 1/356.)

Police Gaoler appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 6th February, 1941.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to appoint

Sergeant Cornelius Murphy

to be Police Gaoler at Thames, vice Sergeant F. C. Harrison.

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

Coroner resigns.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th February, 1941.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to accept the resignation by

James Henry Rankin, Esquire, J.P.,

of Motueka, of his appointment as a Coroner for the Dominion
of New Zealand.

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