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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Appointment and Promotions of Officers in the Royal New
Zealand Air Force.

Air Department,
Wellington, 28th January, 1942.

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

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Appointment.

AS AIR OBSERVER.

NZ.391844 Sergeant John Ritchie Morrison is granted
a temporary commission in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated
15th January, 1942.

Promotions.

The undermentioned Pilot Officers (on prob.) attached to
the Royal Air Force are confirmed in their rank and are granted
the temporary rank of Flying Officer as from the dates
shown:—

Dated 4th May, 1941—
William Davenport Brown.

Dated 5th May, 1941—
Alexander Stuart Anderson.
Hector Hugh Crawford.
Alexander Daniel Greer.
Hilton Rex Hall.
Edward William Girwood McKenzie.
Jack McKenzie.
Dick Middleton Poynter.
Gage Darwent Sise.

Dated 6th May, 1941—
John Tregonwell Davison.

Dated 28th May, 1941—
William Semmens Austin.
Henry Neil Blundell.
Alfred William Doel.
Leonard Rodney Hewitt.
Duncan Lyness McGregor-Macdonald.
Jonathan Arthur Neilson.
Michael Moray Shand.

Dated 26th June, 1941—
Angus Bruce Baird.

Dated 28th June, 1941—
Frank Albert Andrews.
Basil Gordon Collyns.
William Thorpe Eiry.
Clarence William Evans.
Kenneth Stanley Peterson.
Douglas Mitchell Whitney.

Dated 27th July, 1941—
Donald Belton Collie.
Graham Wellesley Hamlin.
Freeman Jesse Steel.

Dated 24th August, 1941—
Richard James Bollard.
Clive Walter Scott.
Ian Wingate Terry.

Dated 23rd September, 1941—
Norton Stockley Atkinson.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 4th February, 1942.

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

George Clarke Clouston
to be Clerk of the Magistrates’ Court at Opunake for the
purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1928, and
Maintenance Officer at the Magistrates’ Court at Opunake
for the purposes of the Destitute Persons Amendment Act,
1926, on and from the 22nd day of December, 1941.

Arthur Frederic Owen Clarke
to be Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer for the
Electoral District of Egmont for the purposes of the Electoral
Act, 1927, and its amendments, and Returning Officer for
the Egmont Licensing District for the purposes of the
Licensing Act, 1908, and its amendments, Clerk of the
Licensing Committee for the District of Egmont for the
purposes of the Licensing Act, 1908, Clerk of the Magistrates’
Court at Eltham for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts
Act, 1928, and Maintenance Officer at the Magistrates’
Court at Eltham for the purposes of the Destitute Persons
Amendment Act, 1926, on and from the 16th day of December,
1941.

Constable John McAlpine
to be Clerk and Bailiff of the Magistrates’ Court at Bulls
for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1928, and
Maintenance Officer at the Magistrates’ Court at Bulls for
the purposes of the Destitute Persons Amendment Act, 1926,
on and from the 23rd day of January, 1942.

Harold Ernest Tonge
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at
Thames, on and from the 15th day of January, 1942.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 30th January, 1942.

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, Keith Doidge
Cameron Morrison, Deputy Registrar-General, do hereby
appoint

Wallace Eric Brough
to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births
and Deaths for the District of New Plymouth.

K. D. C. MORRISON,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 30th January, 1942.

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, Keith Doidge
Cameron Morrison, Deputy Registrar-General, do hereby
appoint

Patrick Michael Reilly
to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births
and Deaths for the District of Kurow.

K. D. C. MORRISON,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 30th January, 1942.

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, Keith Doidge
Cameron Morrison, Deputy Registrar-General, do hereby
appoint

Hector Miles Kennedy
to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births
and Deaths for the District of Wakatipu.

K. D. C. MORRISON,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Revocation of Appointment of certain Garage-proprietors for
issue of Warrants of Fitness.

IN terms of Regulation 11 of the Traffic Regulations 1936,
and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I,
Robert Semple, Minister of Transport, do hereby revoke the
approval of the person and firm described in the Schedule
hereto for the purposes of the issue of warrants of fitness for
motor-vehicles.

SCHEDULE.

Pryde and Co., Garage-proprietors, Theodocia Street,
Timaru. (Approval No. 1172.)

Dated at Wellington, this 28th day of January, 1942.

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Transport.

National Service Emergency Regulations 1940—Declaration
of Essential Undertaking (No. 23).

IN pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by Regula-
tion 9 of the National Service Emergency Regulations
1940, the Minister of National Service doth declare the
undertaking of New Zealand Woolpacks, Limited, at Foxton,
to be an essential undertaking for the purposes of those
regulations.

Dated this 21st day of January, 1942.

D. WILSON,
For the Minister of National Service.