Dec. 2] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1429

Reduction in Seniority

Pilot Officer William Robert MACKRELL was sentenced by General Court-martial to take rank and precedence as if his appointment as Pilot Officer bore date the 6th September, 1943. Dated 12th October, 1943.

Pilot Officer Walter George MORRIN was sentenced by General Court-martial to take rank and precedence as if his appointment as Pilot Officer bore date the 1st November, 1943. Dated 5th November, 1943.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II

Appointments

NZ 1973 Acting Squadron Leader John Henry BOND, on relinquishing his commission in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, is granted a temporary commission as Radar Officer in the rank of Squadron Leader. Dated 1st December, 1943.

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer (on prob.) :

As Signal Officers—
Dated 11th November, 1943—
NZ 405417 L.A.C. Owen SPALDING.
NZ 414054 L.A.C. Daniel Grahame BRYCE.
NZ 411626 L.A.C. Claude Proctor FISK.
NZ 413601 L.A.C. Corselleus Hiram HULLS.

As Armament Officer—
Dated 28th October, 1943—
NZ 40853 Sergeant Reginald Horatio JARRATT.

Promotion

Flying Officer Ferdinand Daniel BITOSSI to be Acting Flight Lieutenant (paid). Dated 17th November, 1943.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Transfer

Pilot Officer William Robert MACKRELL is transferred from the General Duties Branch to the Administrative and Special Duties Branch in his present rank and seniority. Dated 12th October, 1943.

Relinquishment

Flying Officer John Anthony POULSEN is permitted to relinquish his commission. Dated 1st July, 1943.

Corrigendum

In the notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 99, dated the 11th November, 1943, page 1343, under the heading “Administrative and Special Duties Branch—Relinquishments,” for “Pilot Officer Gorrie Maxwell AHLFELD,” read “Pilot Officer Goring Max AHLFELD.”

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st December, 1943.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Athole Heywood William McEwen, Esquire,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Central Otago.

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

Police Gaoler appointed

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 30th November, 1943.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Sergeant Fred Taylor

to be Police Gaoler at Ruatoria, vice Constable J. W. Birch, transferred.

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

Justice of the Peace resigns

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th November, 1943.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation by

David James Edward Macpherson, Esquire,

of Roslyn, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies.

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

Justice of the Peace resigns

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th November, 1943.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation by

William Henry Hopkins, Esquire,

of Palmerston, Otago, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies.

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

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Justice of the Peace authorized to exercise Jurisdiction in Children’s Court

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 30th November, 1943.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to authorize

Norman Fitzherbert, Esquire, J.P.,

to exercise jurisdiction in the Children’s Court established at Putaruru.

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

Inspectors of Clubs appointed

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 25th November, 1943.

IT is hereby notified that—

Charles Harley,
George Frederic Bonisch,
Peter Munro,
John Crowley,
John Southworth, and
Robert Ellison McGettigan

have been appointed, under the Licensing Act, 1908, to be Inspectors of Clubs for the purpose of inspecting and reporting upon chartered clubs as defined by the said Licensing Act, 1908.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

Member of Board of Trustees of the National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum appointed

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 1st December, 1943.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General in Council has been pleased, in pursuance of section 2 (1) (f) of the National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum Amendment Act, 1936, to appoint

Ernest William Hunt, Esquire, of Wellington,

to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum for a term of three years, as on and from 27th November, 1943.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

Minister appointed

Official Secretary’s Office, Government House,
Wellington, 26th November, 1943.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint—

Major the Honourable Clarence Farrington Skinner, M.C., to be Minister of Lands.

(By Command.)

D. E. FOUHY, Official Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 30th November, 1943.

IT is hereby notified that the following appointments have been made :—

Nola Joan Webster Rabe (Miss)

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Coromandel, on and from the 19th day of October, 1943.

Anne Dart Donald (Miss)

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Cust, on and from the 9th day of November, 1943.

Michael Francis Mannion

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Kahukura, on and from the 21st day of October, 1943.

Michael Francis Mannion

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Tolaga Bay, on and from the 13th day of November, 1943.

Frederick James Payne

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Dannevirke, on and from the 23rd day of November, 1943.

Edward Alexander Richmond

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Wyndham, on and from the 23rd day of November, 1943.

Lillian Amelia Burtenshaw (Miss)

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Stewart Island, on and from the 22nd day of November, 1943.

Douglas Anderson

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Wellington at Kilbirnie, on and from the 19th day of November, 1943.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General,