MAR. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 909

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 16th March, 1942.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments and relinquishment 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 27th February, 1942-
NZ 413498 Sergeant Ian William SPEIRS.
NZ 413909 Sergeant Stuart Campbell TAYLOR.
NZ 413913 Sergeant Wilson TWENTYMAN.
NZ 413414 Sergeant Malcolm Robert HEAD.
NZ 413844 Sergeant Ronald Hamilton HARPER.
NZ 413449 Sergeant Raymond Gilmour MELLSOP.
NZ 413851 Sergeant William Henry HOPKINS.
NZ 413045 Sergeant Trevor Vivian DUDING.
NZ 413380 Sergeant Arnold George CHRISTENSEN.
NZ 413073 Sergeant William Hastings HEWITT.
NZ 413942 Sergeant John Leslie MUNRO.
NZ 413535 Sergeant Francis Thomas CULLING-MANNIX.
NZ 413954 Sergeant James WHYTE.

Dated 5th March, 1942-
NZ 404355 Sergeant Roy GRAY.

As AIR GUNNERS.

Dated 2nd March, 1942-
NZ 412905 Sergeant Robert Leslie SCARLETT.
NZ 413258 Sergeant Allen Desmond HEAD.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION I.

Appointment.

As EQUIPMENT OFFICER.

NZ 403489 Sergeant John Alfred HENDERSON is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 23rd February, 1942.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Appointments.

The undermentioned are granted honorary commissions in the rank of Flying Officer. Dated 2nd February, 1942:
Eric Varnham BARDSLEY, B.Sc.
Horatio Nairn FREEMAN, B.A.
Arnold Lloyd GILMORE, B.A.
Arthur Nisbet SAMPSON.
Ben Grant TINDALE, B.A.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH, SECTION II, A.T.C.

Relinquishment.

Flying Officer Norman Stephenson DAVIES relinquishes his commission in the Air Training Corps. Dated 27th February, 1942.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Staff of His Excellency the Governor-General.

Wellington, 26th March, 1942.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments:-

Staff of His Excellency the Governor-General.

The undermentioned to be Honorary Aides-de-Camp to the Governor-General. Dated 26th March, 1942:-
Brigadier A. E. Conway, O.B.E., New Zealand Staff Corps.
Lieutenant-Colonel Clarence Nathaniel Newman, D.S.O., New Zealand Temporary Staff.
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Morton Foster, New Zealand Staff Corps.
Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Bongard, M.C., New Zealand Staff Corps.
Lieutenant-Colonel James Gordon Jeffrey, M.C., V.D., New Zealand Temporary Staff.

Captain Eustace Rotheram, R.N.
Commander Morgan John Yeatman, R.N.
Acting-Commander Alexander David Boyle, R.N.Z.N.
Group Captain Sidney Wallingford, p.s.a.
Wing Commander John Seabrook, A.F.C.
Wing Commander Malcolm Frederick Calder.
Wing Commander Keith Logan Caldwell, M.C., D.F.C.

Honorary Physician—
Colonel I. S. Wilson, M.C., E.D., M.D., F.R.C.S. (Eng.), S.R.A.C.F., N.Z.M.C.

Honorary Surgeon—
Surgeon-Commander Harold Keith Corkill, V.D., M.B., Ch.B. (Edin.), F.R.C.S.E., R.N.Z.N.V.R.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Members of Licensing Committees.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th March, 1942.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

George Wryatt, Esquire,
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Wallace; and

Frederick William Wood, Esquire,
to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Wairarapa.

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

Members of the Pukerau Rabbit Board appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 3933.)

Office of the Minister of Agriculture,
Wellington, 23rd March, 1942.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, on the 19th day of March, 1942, been pleased in pursuance of section 50 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, to appoint-

William Lovejoy,
Archibald Herron, and
Stanley Bell Edwards
to be members of the Pukerau Rabbit Board established under the said Act.

J. G. BARCLAY, Minister of Agriculture.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 18th March, 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, Percy Harold Wylde, Deputy Registrar-General, do hereby appoint

Cyril Gladstone Anderson to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Putaruru.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 18th March, 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, Percy Harold Wylde, Deputy Registrar-General, do hereby appoint

Thora Carolina Madgwick (Miss)
to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Hawera.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 19th March, 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, Percy Harold Wylde, Deputy Registrar-General, do hereby appoint

James Francis Paton to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Pukekohe.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 18th March, 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, Percy Harold Wylde, Deputy Registrar-General, do hereby appoint

William Allan Rathie to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Opotiki.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.