FEB. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 599

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Appointment.

NZ 1429 Ernest Victor BRUCE is granted a temporary
commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant. Dated 6th
February, 1942.

Transfer and Promotion.

Pilot Officer (on prob.) George Verdun KAY, attached
R.A.F., is transferred from the General Duties Branch to
the Administrative and Special Duties Branch, is confirmed
in his rank, and is granted the temporary rank of Flying
Officer. Dated 28th May, 1941.

Promotions.

The undermentioned Pilot Officers (on prob.) are confirmed
in their rank and are granted the rank of Flying Officer:—
Dated 18th January, 1942—
William Francis DOWNS.

Dated 4th February, 1942—
Robert George THOMSON.
William Coleman THOMSON.
Cuthbert James ALLISON.
David Stewart YOUNG.
Henry Peter RASMUSSEN.
Sidney Hugh KIRKCALDY.
Francis Vivian PULLING.
Sydney George McDOUGALL.
Nevill Arthur Lyte STICHBURY.

Confirmation.

Pilot Officer (Acting Flying Officer) Harold Arthur Charles
DAVY is confirmed in the rank of Flying Officer. Dated
4th February, 1942.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments and Reduction in Seniority of Officers of the
Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Department,
Wellington, 20th February, 1942.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to approve of the following appointments and reduction
in seniority 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 :—

AS PILOTS.

Dated 16th January, 1942—
NZ 413467 Sergeant James Victor PATRICK.
NZ 413400 Sergeant George Arthur FARIS.
NZ 413515 Sergeant Lloyd Allan TRIGG.
NZ 413047 Sergeant Wilbert Dale (GREENFIELD).
NZ 41153 Sergeant Bert Allan CHAMBERS.
NZ 413520 Sergeant Ian Henry Cooper WALBRAN.
NZ 413385 Sergeant Maurice Norman CRONIN.
NZ 413095 Sergeant Thomas James Albert LONG.
NZ 413462 Sergeant Robert Clayton NEWCOME.
NZ 413527 Sergeant Frank Lancelot Martyn WHIBLEY.
NZ 413461 Sergeant John Stevenson NEWCOME.
NZ 413453 Sergeant Douglas Bernhardt MOLLGAARD.
NZ 413469 Sergeant Stanley Bailey PERYMAN.

AS AIR GUNNER.

Dated 29th September, 1941—
NZ 41639 Sergeant Harold James CRAWFORD.

Reduction in Seniority.

NZ 401164 Pilot Officer Harold Roger BLAKE, attached
R.A.F., is sentenced by General Court-martial to take rank
and precedence as if his appointment as Pilot Officer bore
date the 26th April, 1941.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Trustee of the Costley Training Institution Trust Board
appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 19th February, 1942.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General, in pursuance of
section 2 of the Costley Training Institution Act
Amendment Act, 1907, has been pleased to appoint
George William Sanders
to be an additional trustee of the Costley Training Institution
Trust Board, Auckland.

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

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 25th February, 1942.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
Harold Edgar Stevens, Esquire,
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District
of Central Otago.

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

Justice of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th February, 1942.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
Arthur Lennie Bignell, Esquire,
of Rongotai Aerodrome, Wellington, to be a Justice of the
Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand and its dependencies.

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

Courthouse appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 25th February, 1942.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
The Courthouse, Don Street, Invercargill,
to be a place wherein a Magistrates' Court shall be held.

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

Appointment of Inspector of Sea-fishing.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 16th February, 1942.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-
General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the
Fisheries Act, 1908, and of the Official Appointments and
Documents Act, 1919, appointed
James Hotham Wyatt, of Mititai,
to be an Inspector of Sea-fishing for the purposes of Part I
of the first-mentioned Act.

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Marine.

Appointment of Inspector of Sea-fishing.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 16th February, 1942.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-
General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the
Fisheries Act, 1908, and of the Official Appointments and
Documents Act, 1919, appointed
Alexander McLennan, of Coromandel,
to be an Inspector of Sea-fishing for the purposes of Part I
of the first-mentioned Act.

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Marine.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 25th February, 1942.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following
appointments in the Public Service :—
George William Brown
to be an Official Assignee for the Supreme Court District
of Wellington for the purposes of the Bankruptcy Act, 1908,
on and from the 19th day of February, 1942.

Percy Harold Wylde
to be Deputy of the Registrar-General under the Births and
Deaths Registration Act, 1924, and Deputy of the Registrar-
General under the Marriage Act, 1908, as provided by
section 2 (1) of the Marriage Amendment Act, 1912, on and
from the 18th day of February, 1942.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.