AUG. 19] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 997

RESIGNATIONS

The undermentioned resign their commissions in the Home Guard :—

Temp. Major A. E. Rhodes. Dated 28th May, 1943.

Temp. Lieutenants—

I. D. Wood. Dated 15th February, 1943.

J. B. Black. Dated 31st May, 1943.

W. J. Matthews. Dated 26th June, 1943.

J. L. Foster. Dated 2nd July, 1943.

R. B. Giller. D. T. Wiley. Dated 5th July, 1943.

H. J. Wilson. Dated 7th July, 1943.

J. W. Wren. O. Finlayson. Dated 9th July, 1943.

T. E. Wilson. Dated 10th July, 1943.

F. Church. Dated 12th July, 1943.

S. C. Carter. Dated 14th July, 1943.

Temp. 2nd Lieutenants—

E. F. Hamilton. Dated 5th May, 1943.

E. W. Davenport. Dated 30th June, 1943.

C. R. Hemus. Dated 7th July, 1943.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Honorary Aides-de-Camp to His Excellency the Governor-General

Navy Office,

Wellington, 7th August, 1943.

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

STAFF OF HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL

Commodore William Keith Dene Dowding, D.S.C., Royal Navy, to be Honorary Naval Aide-de-Camp on his staff, vice Commodore E. Rotherham, Royal Navy, whose period of appointment in the Royal New Zealand Navy has expired.

Temporary Acting Commander Thomas Sandford Critchley, Royal New Zealand Navy, to be Honorary Naval Aide-de-Camp on his staff.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 11th August, 1943.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Douglas Crighton McKechnie, Esquire,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Temuka, vice Richard Maddren, Esquire, resigned.

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

Member of Licensing Committee appointed

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 16th August, 1943.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Frederick William Roland Graham, Esquire,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of the Bay of Plenty, vice Myles Doyle, Esquire, resigned.

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

Acting-Consul of Denmark at Christchurch appointed

Department of Internal Affairs,

Wellington, 11th August, 1943.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that the appointment of

Alan Clifford Perry, Esquire,

as Acting-Consul of Denmark at Christchurch has been provisionally recognized.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 68/90.)

Member of the Waimatuku Rabbit Board appointed.—(Notice No. No. Ag. 4029)

Office of the Minister of Agriculture,

Wellington, 13th August, 1943.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of section 56 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, to appoint, on and from the 4th day of August, 1943—

David Guthrie Strang

to be a member of the Waimatuku Rabbit Board, vice Linton James Strang, resigned.

J. G. BARCLAY, Minister of Agriculture.

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Appointments to Armed Forces Appeal Boards

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in me by the National Service Emergency Regulations 1940, I, Angus McLagan, Minister of National Service, do hereby give notice that I have appointed—

Fred. Morton Lockwood, Esquire, to be a deputy member of No. 5A Armed Forces Appeal Board, with headquarters at Wellington, as from the 21st day of July, 1943 ; and Ross Reginald Burridge, Esquire, to be a member (and to be Chairman), of No. 7A Armed Forces Appeal Board, with headquarters at Masterton, as from the 28th day of July, 1943.

Such persons respectively to hold office during my pleasure.

Given under my hand at Wellington, this 6th day of August, 1943.

A. McLAGAN, Minister of National Service.

Members of Switzer’s Commonage appointed

Department of Lands and Survey,

Wellington, 10th August, 1943.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of—

Louis Alexandra Stevenson,

Edward Martin,

James Gilbert Richards,

David Rowe,

Thomas Moffatt,

James Peter Hamer, and

Ronald Frederick Rose

being members of the Committee to provide for the care and management of the Switzer’s Commonage in accordance with the rules and regulations dated the 7th September, 1925.

R. G. MACMORRAN, Under-Secretary of Lands.

(L. and S. 26569.)

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed

Registrar-General’s Office,

Wellington, 17th August, 1943.

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

Mary Evelyn Hopping (Miss)

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Awakino, on and from the 27th day of July, 1943.

Alfred George Shirley

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Maungaturoto, on and from the 2nd day of August, 1943.

Alma Joyce Davies (Miss)

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

William John Harrison

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Norsewood, on and from the 28th day of July, 1943.

Agnes Hosie McLaren (Miss)

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Nokomai and Switzers, on and from the 2nd day of August, 1943.

John Daniel Goodall

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Motueka, on and from the 16th day of August, 1943.

Mary Veronica Dowling (Miss)

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Hyde, on and from the 6th day of August, 1943.

Rua McCorkindale (Miss)

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Tuapeka Mouth, on and from the 16th day of August, 1943.

William Arthur Herriot Williams

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Mangaweka, on and from the 5th day of August, 1943.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

Approval of Testing Officer under the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940

IN terms of Regulation 5 of the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940, the Minister of Transport doth hereby approve, until further notice, of the person named in column 2 of the Schedule hereunder being a Testing Officer under the said regulations for the authority specified in column 1 of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE

Column 1. Column 2.

Akaroa County Council . . . . Gordon Lodge, Le Bons Bay.

Dated at Wellington, this 11th day of August, 1943.

JAS. O’BRIEN, Minister of Transport.

(TT. 9/4/3.)