MAY 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1297

Changes in the Organization of Units of the Territorial Force.

Army Department,
Wellington, 2nd May, 1941.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve, under section 6 (a), Defence Act, 1909, of the following changes in the organization of units of the Territorial Force. Dated 23rd April, 1941 :—

N.Z. ARTILLERY.

(1) The existing organization of the 2nd Field Regiment is abolished, and the regiment is reorganized as follows :—

2nd Field Regiment, with headquarters at Wellington, comprising—

3rd Battery (Wellington)—
“ A ” Troop (Wellington).
“ B ” Troop (Wellington).
“ C ” Troop (Wellington).

4th Battery (Wellington)—
“ D ” Troop (Wellington).
“ E ” Troop (Wellington).
“ F ” Troop (Wellington).

(2) The headquarters of the 8th Medium Battery (Army Reserve), 8th Medium Regiment, are transferred from Wellington to Palmerston North, and the battery will consist of—

“ C ” Troop (Palmerston North).
“ D ” Troop (Palmerston North).
“ E ” Troop (Palmerston North).

(3) The following changes are made in the 12th Field Regiment, (Army Reserve) :—

(i) The headquarters of the regiment are transferred from Wellington to Napier.

(ii) The 37th Battery, which previously had detachments at Wellington and Napier, will consist of “ A,” “ B,” and “ C ” Troops, each with headquarters at Napier.

(4) With reference to the notice published in New Zealand Gazette No. 127, dated 19th December, 1940, the following alterations will be made in the Army Reserve :—

(a) Delete “ Headquarters, Army Reserve, Wellington.”

(b) Delete “ Headquarters, 4th New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade (Motorized), Palmerston North.”

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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Appointments of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Department,
Wellington, 1st May, 1941.

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. Dated 3rd May, 1941 :—

Clifford John Harold Le Couteur.
Hugh Maxwell McGill.
Richard Thomas Momsey.
Stanley David Steel.
Donald Arthur Anderson.
Lloyd Harry Butler.
Gordon Loversidge Bonham.
John Leonard McPhail.
Eric James Garnett.
Harold Francis Christensen.
Bryan Cranstone Scott.
Robert James Prentice.
William Bernard Pettet.
Robert Francis Hoyle.
Neil Frederick McLean.
Clyde McGregor Simpson.
Ronald Leon Giles Williams.
Charles Alexander Watchlin.
William Robert Kofoed.
Dennis Hugh Hobbs.
Louis George William Volzke.
Harold Eric Hunter.
Bruce St. John Campbell Thomson.
Max Kiri Nelson.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH.
Appointment.

Francis James Deegan is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 1st May, 1941.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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Member of the Canteen Board appointed.

Marketing Department,
Wellington, 9th April, 1941.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, pursuant to Regulation 2:2 of the Defence Canteen Emergency Regulations 1939, to appoint Mr. R. P. Fraser to be a member of the Canteen Board, vice Mr. F. R. Picot—resigned.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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Member of Maori Purposes Fund Board appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 30th April, 1941.

PURSUANT to the provisions of subsection (2) (f) of section 7 of the Maori Purposes Fund Act, 1934-35, His Excellency the Governor-General in Council has appointed

Gilbert Archey, Esquire,

to be a member of the Maori Purposes Fund Board.

FRANK LANGSTONE, Native Minister.

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Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 1st May, 1941.

BY virtue of the powers conferred on me by the Maori Births and Deaths Registration Regulations 1935, I, Gilbert Graham Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar-General, do hereby appoint

Thomas Hodges

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Ratana.

G. G. HODGKINS,
Deputy Registrar-General.

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Deputy Registrar of Marriages, etc., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 28th April, 1941.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred on me by the Marriage Act, 1908, and the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1924, I, Gilbert Graham Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar-General, do hereby appoint

Frank Douglas Dyer

to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Waiwera at Silverdale.

G. G. HODGKINS,
Deputy Registrar-General.

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Deputy Registrar of Marriages, etc., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 28th April, 1941.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred on me by the Marriage Act, 1908, and the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1924, I, Gilbert Graham Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar-General, do hereby appoint

Robert William Kavanagh

to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Lumsden.

G. G. HODGKINS,
Deputy Registrar-General.

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Deputy Registrar of Marriages, etc., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 2nd May, 1941.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred on me by the Marriage Act, 1908, and the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1924, I, Gilbert Graham Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar-General, do hereby appoint

William Arthur Herriot Williams

to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Mangaweka.

G. G. HODGKINS,
Deputy Registrar-General.