Oct. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2485

As AIR NAVIGATORS.

Dated 31st August, 1942—
NZ 403562 Flight Sergeant Charles Wynne Brunson Kelly.

Dated 11th September, 1942—
NZ 42307 Sergeant Eric Redshaw.
NZ 415032 Sergeant David Maurice Adamson.
NZ 42294 Sergeant William Vincent Fitzgerald.
NZ 42306 Sergeant Edward Guy Pierce.
NZ 416198 Sergeant John Johnston.
NZ 42304 Sergeant John Frederick Arthur Needham.
NZ 415572 Sergeant Harold Norman Burrows.
NZ 416469 Sergeant Lindsay Stewart Dixon.
NZ 415403 Sergeant Norman Benjamin Blakey.
NZ 421313 Sergeant Nelson Hugh Bawden.
NZ 421322 Sergeant Alexander Grey.
NZ 416445 Sergeant Cyril Francis Blanchard.
NZ 416579 Sergeant William Turner.
NZ 42300 Sergeant George McKay Ross.
NZ 42311 Sergeant Leslie Blair Strachury.
NZ 415308 Sergeant Ivor Michael Godby.
NZ 391873 Sergeant Alister Ernest Boulton.
NZ 42291 Sergeant Henry George Fuller Cox.
NZ 42300 Sergeant Ronald David Lamb.
NZ 42285 Sergeant Hubert Crawford Barlow.
NZ 416498 Sergeant Bernard Lionel Jackson.
NZ 415335 Sergeant Alexander John McDonald.
NZ 414679 Sergeant Charles Henry Gerard Redwood.
NZ 415006 Sergeant Robert Anderson Nimmo.
NZ 416649 Sergeant Adrian Philip Wedding.

Dated 17th October, 1942—
NZ 41669 L.A.C. Harold James Evans.

As AIR GUNNERS.

Dated 18th July, 1942—
NZ 403570 Flight Sergeant William John Dodds.

Dated 18th September, 1942—
NZ 40102 A.C. 1 Noel Russell Ellison.

Reduction in Seniority.

Pilot Officer Douglas Graham Kennedy was dealt with summarily under section 47 of the Air Force Act and was sentenced to take rank and precedence as if his appointment as Pilot Officer bore date the 1st October, 1942.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II.

Appointment.

As RADIO OFFICER.

NZ 411623 L.A.C. Trevor Hamilton Dantell is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Pilot Officer (on prob.). Dated 29th July, 1942.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Appointments.

NZ 1725 Pilot Officer Maurice William Dean-Freeman Thompson relinquishes his Air Training Corps commission and is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 15th September, 1942.

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions (Meteorological Branch) in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 14th September, 1942 :—
NZ 421604 A.C. 1 Paul Burbidge Lynch, M.Agr.Sc.
NZ 424685 A.C. 1 Gordon Douglas Allison Anderson, M.Sc.
NZ 422896 A.C. 1 Lewis Peter James Chapman, B.Sc.
NZ 423972 A.C. 1 Edward Frank Dodson, M.Sc.
NZ 422444 A.C. 1 Ronald William McNaught, M.A.
NZ 424085 A.C. 1 John Felix de Lisle, M.Sc.
NZ 423851 A.C. 1 Robert John Hyslop, B.Sc.
NZ 421611 A.C. 1 Ian Russell Scott, B.Sc.
NZ 423931 A.C. 1 Ernest David Andrews, M.Sc.
NZ 422212 A.C. 1 Edward Robert Simpson, B.Sc.
NZ 421527 A.C. 1 Robert Julian Lancaster, M.Sc.
NZ 422506 A.C. 1 Arthur Nicol, M.A.
NZ 422747 A.C. 1 Frederick Norman Terry, B.A.
NZ 424691 A.C. 1 Colin George Frederick Simkin, M.A.
NZ 424637 A.C. 1 Edgar Coye, M.Sc.
NZ 424688 A.C. 1 Neville Robert Lewers, B.A.
NZ 422475 A.C. 1 Edward Gillman Pressley, B.A.

Adjustment in Rank.

The temporary commission in the rank of Flying Officer granted to William Norman House is adjusted to read as Flying Officer, 2nd Year. Dated 1st April, 1942.

Reductions in Seniority.

Flight Lieutenant Reginald John Bartle was dealt with summarily under section 47 of the Air Force Act and was sentenced to take rank and precedence as if his appointment as Flight Lieutenant bore date the 1st October, 1942.

Pilot Officer Frederick Jones was dealt with summarily under section 47 of the Air Force Act and was sentenced to take rank and precedence as if his appointment as Pilot Officer bore date the 1st October, 1942.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Trustee of the Costley Training Institution Trust Board appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 28th September, 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

Stanley Reid

to be an additional trustee of the Costley Training Institution Trust Board, Auckland.

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

Appointment of Honorary Child Welfare Officers under the Child Welfare Act, 1925.

Education Department,
Wellington, 9th October, 1942.

IN pursuance of section 2 of the Child Welfare Act, 1925, I, Henry Greathead Rex Mason, Minister of Education, do hereby appoint the following persons as Honorary Child Welfare Officers for the purposes of the said Act for the period ending the 31st December, 1942 :—

Name. District.
Handy, Reverend Francis Joshua .. Thames.
Lyons, Reverend Father Edward .. Thames.
McHardie, Charles Geoffrey .. Ohura.
McHardie, Mrs. Rewa Mary .. Ohura.
Gower, Richard Atwood .. Otaki.
Mann, Reverend John .. Akaroa.
Smith, Captain Selwyn .. Waimate.

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

Justices of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 9th October, 1942.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Fred Rowe Logan, Esquire, and
William John Buchanan, Esquire,

of Ongaonga, to be Justices of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies.

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

Member of Manuherikia Rabbit Board appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 3975.)

Office of the Minister of Agriculture,
Wellington, 14th October, 1942.

IT is hereby notified that the Manuherikia Rabbit Board has, pursuant to the Local Elections and Polls Emergency Regulations 1942, appointed

Robert Duncan Reid

to be a member of the said Board, vice Cassimir Joseph Spain.

J. G. BARCLAY, Minister of Agriculture.

Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 8th October, 1942

BY virtue of the powers conferred on me by the Maori Births and Deaths Registration Regulations 1935, I hereby appoint

Edna May Towler (Miss)

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

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, etc., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 9th October, 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

Robert Henry Foulkes

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

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, etc., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 8th October, 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 James Young

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

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.