Dec. 16] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1499

AS AIR GUNNERS

Dated 1st June, 1943—
NZ 404106 Warrant Officer Jack William WALTERS.
Dated 25th September, 1943—
NZ 41624 Sergeant Leo Patrick McCLOY.
Dated 10th November, 1943—
NZ 411766 Flight Sergeant William Robert KELL.

Promotions

The undermentioned Flying Officer to be Acting Flight Lieutenant (paid). Dated 5th August, 1943 :—
John Tristram PETERS.

The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :—
Dated 2nd October, 1943—
Horace CALLOW. Hugh Graham FINDLATER.
William Alfred HART.
Dated 5th October, 1943 : Summerfield Masterson Moss.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II, GROUP I
Appointment

The undermentioned is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Pilot Officer (on prob.) :—
As Armament Officer—
Dated 25th November, 1943—
NZ 391896 Sergeant Norman Victor Anthony HADRUP.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL BRANCH
Appointments

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer :—
Dated 9th December, 1943—
NZ 1976 Peter Rogerson BYRNE.
NZ 1977 Richard William FLATMAN.
NZ 1980 Lewis GENGE.
NZ 1979 Gavin Fosberry STILWELL.
NZ 1978 Horace Allan SOMMERVILLE.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments and Transfer of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,
Wellington, 11th December, 1943.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments and transfer 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 24th April, 1943—
NZ 412250 Flight Sergeant Lloyd William MARTIN.
Dated 28th September, 1943—
NZ 41569 Flight Sergeant Samuel Levi BRYDON.
Dated 7th October, 1943—
NZ 405063 Sergeant Matthew Arthur RAMSDEN.
Dated 13th October, 1943—
NZ 392010 Flight Sergeant Basil John Francis BRETHERTON.
Dated 14th October, 1943—
NZ 41310 Warrant Officer Robert Walter CODDINGTON.

AS AIR GUNNER

Dated 15th November, 1943—
NZ 427980 Sergeant Mervyn Ernest HOCKEN.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION I
Appointment

The undermentioned is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Pilot Officer :—
As Transport Officer—
Dated 1st December, 1943—
NZ 403365 Sergeant Edward Walter MCKENZIE.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH
Appointments

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer :—
Dated 12th December, 1943—
NZ 1981 David Alexander Grahame DICKSON.
NZ 1983 Trevor Frederick HAMMOND.
NZ 1987 Colin MacIntosh ROBERTSON.

NEW ZEALAND WOMEN’S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE
Transfer

Wing Officer Frances Ida KAIN is transferred to the Reserve. Dated 15th December, 1943.

CORRIGENDUM

In the notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 32, dated 6th May, 1943, page 504, under the heading “General Duties Branch, Appointments—As Air Gunners” for NZ 421332 Sergeant Sommerfield Masterson Moss, read “NZ 421332 Sergeant Sommerfield Masterson Moss.”

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Member of Auckland Land Board reappointed

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 14th December, 1943.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has, pursuant to section 49 of the Land Act, 1924, been pleased to reappoint

Raymond Angelo Grace

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Auckland, for a further term of two years from the 15th day of October, 1943.

R. G. MACMORRAN, Under-Secretary.

(L. and S. 22/748/1.)

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 14th December, 1943.

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

Gabriel Alfred Wilkes

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Riverton, on and from the 7th day of December, 1943.

John Sylva Macdonald

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Hamilton, on and from the 14th day of December, 1943.

Albert Stephen Prisk

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Te Awamutu, on and from the 13th day of December, 1943.

George Leonard Thomas

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Waitahuna, on and from the 17th day of November, 1943.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 8th December, 1943.

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

William John Cummins

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Ohinemuri, on and from the 26th day of November, 1943, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Paeroa, on and from the 26th day of November, 1943.

Cornelius Michael John Kelleher

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Coromandel, on and from the 26th day of November, 1943, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Coromandel, on and from the 26th day of November, 1943.

Joseph Colbourne

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Dannevirke, on and from the 6th day of December, 1943.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

Notification of Exemption from Renter’s Quota under the Cinematograph Films Act, 1928

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

IT is hereby notified that in accordance with the authority contained in section 29 of the Cinematograph Films Act, 1928, exemption has been granted to each of the following named renters in respect of the film-renting season for the year 1942–43 from the provision of the aforesaid Act, which requires every licensed renter to acquire a stated proportion of British films :—

Columbia Pictures Proprietary, Limited.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (N.Z.), Limited.
Paramount Film Service (N.Z.), Limited.
R.K.O. Radio Pictures (A’sia), Limited.
United Artists (A’sia), Limited.
Universal Pictures Proprietary, Limited.
Warner Brothers First National Pictures, Limited.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 64/28.)