Jan. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 147

Ante-dating, Relinquishments, and Appointment of Officers in the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Department,
Wellington, 20th January, 1941.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following ante-dating, relinquishments, and appointment of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force :—

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Ante-date of Seniority.

The seniority of the undermentioned Flying Officers is ante-dated as hereunder :—

Dated 4th September, 1940.
George Maximillian Hare (T.A.F.).
Geoffrey Peter Keller (T.A.F.).
William Robert Browning Watson (Reserve of Officers).

Dated 16th September, 1940.
Eric Francis Holdaway (Temporary Commission).
Norman Alexander Suttie (Temporary Commission).

Dated 3rd October, 1940.
John Ronald Day (Temporary Commission).
Douglas Alexander Greig (Temporary Commission).
Maurice Leonard Pirie (Temporary Commission).

Dated 9th October, 1940.
Edward Hindmarsh Garrick (T.A.F.).
Errol Howard Brown (Temporary Commission).

Dated 15th October, 1940.
Colin Alfred Merrington (Temporary Commission).
John Desmond Paterson (Temporary Commission).
Wilfred Opawa Rutherford (Temporary Commission).

Dated 16th October, 1940.
Clarence Robert Parker (Temporary Commission).
Cyril Henry Plumtree (Temporary Commission).

Dated 19th October, 1940.
Guy Rogers (Temporary Commission).

The seniority of the undermentioned Flying Officers is altered to 5th December, 1940 :—
Robert Fletcher (Temporary Commission).
Sholto Russell Duncan (Temporary Commission).

Relinquishment.

Pilot Officer Arthur Howard Stubbings relinquishes his commission. Dated 31st January, 1941.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH.—SECTION I.

Relinquishment.

Flying Officer Owen Wares relinquishes his commission. Dated 7th January, 1941.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Appointment.

Alastair McGregor Scott is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 23rd December, 1940.

Cancellation.

The entry on page 1795 of the New Zealand Gazette No. 77, of 1st August, 1940, relating to the granting of a temporary commission in the Reserve of Officers, Section I, Class A, to Flight Lieutenant William John Craig, R.A.F.O., is hereby cancelled.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 27th January, 1941.

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

Clifford George Lakeman

to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Auckland at Birkenhead.

G. G. HODGKINS,
Deputy Registrar-General.

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Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c. appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 27th January, 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

Lyall McKenzie Percy Heenan

to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Arrow at Arrowtown.

G. G. HODGKINS,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 27th January, 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

Raymond Karl Hansen

to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Tokatoka at Te Kopuru.

G. G. HODGKINS,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 21st January, 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

Thomas Cecil Wickens

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

G. G. HODGKINS,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 27th January, 1941.

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

Cornelius Edward Sweeney

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Kawhia, on and from the 4th day of January, 1941.

Garth Patchett

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Te Teko, on and from the 8th day of January, 1941.

Charles Baden Purcell

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Huntly, on and from the 9th day of January, 1941.

Leonard Joseph Blake

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Mokai, on and from the 15th day of January, 1941.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

Redefining Boundaries of the Borough of Oamaru, the County of Waitaki, and the Papakaio Riding of the County of Waitaki.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd January, 1941.

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 147 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1933, the boundaries of the Borough of Oamaru are hereby defined as set out in the First Schedule hereto, the boundaries of the said borough having been altered by Order in Council made under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1933, dated the 13th day of November, 1940, and published in Gazette No. 116 of the 14th day of November, 1940 :

And also, in pursuance of the provisions of the said section 147 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1933, the boundaries of the County of Waitaki affected by the said Order in Council are hereby defined as set out in the Second Schedule hereto :