JULY 29] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 901

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION I
Promotion
Flight Lieutenant Cecil William FRANKS to be Acting Squadron Leader (paid). Dated 1st June, 1943.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II
Appointments
The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions as R.D.F. Officers in the rank of Pilot Officer (on prob.) :—
Dated 14th June, 1943—
NZ 404144 Corporal Angus McMillan TART.
Dated 8th July, 1943—
NZ 402498 Corporal Walter John WAINWRIGHT.
NZ 413619 Corporal Athol Douglas SMERDON.
NZ 411657 Corporal Donald Jack STRADWICK.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH
Promotion
Pilot Officer George Ernest KING is confirmed in his rank and granted the temporary rank of Flying Officer. Dated 5th May, 1943.

CHAPLAINS BRANCH
NZ 1881 The Rev. Peter BATTERSBY is granted a temporary commission as chaplain in the relative rank of Flight Lieutenant. Dated 15th July, 1943.

CORRIGENDUM
In New Zealand Gazette No. 49 dated 1st July, 1943, page 727, under the heading “Equipment Branch, Section I—Promotions,” for “Act. F/Lt. Eric Francis Carrick KENNERDY,” read “Act. F/Lt. Eric Francis Carrick KENNEDY.”

A. G. OSBORNE,
For the Minister of Defence.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 27th July, 1943.

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

Mervyn Simmonds
to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Invercargill, on and from the 12th day of July, 1943.

Molly Richmond (Mrs.)
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Runanga, on and from the 15th day of July, 1943.

Daniel Lynch
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Gore at Riversdale, on and from the 14th day of July, 1943.

John Thomas Harraway
to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Ohaeawai, on and from the 16th day of July, 1943.

John Renalda Bolitho
to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Richmond, on and from the 13th day of July, 1943.

Lorna Elsie Hodgkinson (Miss)
to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Motupiko, on and from the 9th day of July, 1943.

Dujam Joseph Radich
to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Matata, on and from the 8th day of July, 1943.

George John Robertshaw
to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Mercer, on and from the 17th day of July, 1943.

Norman Lindsay Anderson
to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Putaruru, on and from the 20th day of July, 1943.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 27th July, 1943.

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

Charles Frederick Lundy
to be Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Patea for the purposes of the Electoral Act, 1927, and its amendments, and Returning Officer for the Patea Licensing District for the purposes of the Licensing Act, 1908, and its amendments, on and from the 1st day of July, 1943.

Arthur Evan Dobbie
to be Registrar of Marriages for the District of Invercargill for the purposes of the Marriage Act, 1908, and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Invercargill for the purposes of the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1924, on and from the 12th day of July, 1943.

Walter Cyril Fraser Edgar
to be Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Dunedin West for the purposes of the Electoral Act, 1927, and its amendments, and Returning Officer for the Dunedin West Licensing District for the purposes of the Licensing Act, 1908, and its amendments, on and from the 20th day of July, 1943.

Cyril James Young
to be Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Rangitikei for the purposes of the Electoral Act, 1927, and its amendments, and Returning Officer for the Rangitikei Licensing District for the purposes of the Licensing Act, 1908, and its amendments, on and from the 12th day of July, 1943.

Margaret Rose Tutbury (Mrs.)
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Te Teko, on and from the 1st day of June, 1943.

Henry Thomas Rimmer
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Mohaka, on and from the 14th day of June, 1943.

Ailsa Carroll McInerney (Miss)
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Herekino, on and from the 17th day of June, 1943.

Allen Bruce Philpott
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Manaia, on and from the 21st day of June, 1943.

Leonard Victor Wordsworth
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Whakarara, on and from the 1st day of July, 1943.

William John Harrison
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Porangahau, on and from the 6th day of July, 1943.

Trevor James Otway
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Hikurangi, on and from the 7th day of July, 1943.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

Native Interpreter’s License revoked

Native Department,
Wellington, 3rd July, 1943.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to revoke the license granted to

Keiha Newton, of Auckland,
authorizing him to act as an interpreter of the First Grade under the Native Land Act, 1931, and the regulations thereunder.

H. G. R. MASON, Native Minister.

The Sale of Meat-meal Control Order 1943

PURSUANT to the Primary Industries Emergency Regulations 1939,* the Minister of Agriculture doth hereby make the following Order.

ORDER

1. This Order may be cited as the Sale of Meat-meal Control Order 1943, and shall come into force on the 31st day of July, 1943.
2. In this Order the term “meat-meal” includes any preparation that is manufactured wholly or mainly from such portions of slaughtered stock as are generally regarded as being unsuitable for human consumption, and that is represented by the manufacturer to be intended or suitable for use as a food for stock or poultry.
3. No person who has acquired any meat-meal from a manufacturer or from any other person shall add to such meat-meal any ingredient with a view to selling it as a fertilizer or otherwise than as a food for stock or poultry.
4. (1) No person shall sell by retail any meat-meal except on production of an order signed by or on behalf of the purchaser.
   (2) Every such order shall contain a statement to the effect that the meat-meal to which the order relates is required by the purchaser as food for stock or poultry kept by him and will be used exclusively for that purpose.
   (3) No person shall use for any purpose, other than the feeding of stock or poultry kept by him, any meat-meal acquired by him pursuant to this clause.

Dated at Wellington, this 26th day of July, 1943.

J. G. BARCLAY, Minister of Agriculture.

(Notice No. Ag. 4025.)
*Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/164, page 728.

Plant declared to be a Noxious Weed in the Hawke’s Bay County.— (Notice No. Ag. 4024)

Office of the Minister of Agriculture,
Wellington, 21st July, 1943.

THE following special order made by the Hawke’s Bay County Council on the 12th day of July, 1943, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928.

SPECIAL ORDER

IN pursuance of section 4 of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, the Hawke’s Bay County Council hereby declares fennel to be a noxious weed within the jurisdiction of the said Council.

J. G. BARCLAY, Minister of Agriculture.