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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 53

Promotions

The undermentioned Flight Lieutenants (temp.) to be Acting Squadron Leaders (paid) :—

Dated 30th May, 1944—

William Robert KOFORD, D.S.O., D.F.C.

Jack JOLL, D.F.C., D.F.M.

Transfers

The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Administrative and Special Duties Branch to the General Duties Branch (Air Bombers) in their present rank. Dated 19th May, 1944 :—

Pilot Officer Allen James COSTER.

Pilot Officer James Angus HILDYARD.

Reduction in Seniority

Flying Officer John Gordon STEWART 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 Flying Officer bore date the 21st February, 1944. Dated 10th June, 1944.

Amendment

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 39, dated 18th May, 1944, page 580, under the heading “General Duties Branch—Promotions”, relating to Pilot Officer Edward John Ernest TOMPKINS, is amended to read “Dated 3rd January, 1944”.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION I: EQUIPMENT OFFICERS

Relinquishment

Accountant Duties—

Flying Officer Kenneth Alan STAMMERS is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated 16th June, 1944.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II: TECHNICAL OFFICERS

Relinquishment

Radar Duties—

Flying Officer William Anderson McGILLIVRAY is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated 2nd June, 1944.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointment

The undermentioned, on relinquishing their commissions in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Flying Officer, with seniority as from the 16th January, 1942. Dated 5th September, 1943 :—

NZ 2258 Billy Noel HARDEN.

NZ 2257 Harold Maynard KIMBERLEY.

NZ 2256 Ian James SHAW.

Transfer

Flight Lieutenant Patrick George Edward WILLIAMS is transferred from the Equipment Branch, Section I, to the Administrative and Special Duties Branch in his present rank and seniority. Dated 8th June, 1944.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Transfers

Pilot Officer Robert GIBB is transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I. Dated 17th June, 1944.

Flying Officer Rodger Lindsay Carr MARIA is transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I. Dated 24th June, 1944.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Education Department,

Wellington, 31st May, 1944.

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 year ending the 31st December, 1944 :—

Name. . . . . . District.

Cooper, Henry . . . . . Waihi.

Wishart, Reverend Stanley R. . . . . . Huntly.

Tawera, Tuirina . . . . . Ruatoki.

Leach, George . . . . . Wanganui.

Rix, Captain Douglas J. . . . . . Mosgiel.

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

Member of Licensing Committee appointed

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 16th June, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

William Edmund Williams, Esquire,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Stratford, vice H. S. Sinclair, resigned.

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

Coroner appointed

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 16th June, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Clifford Hart Thomas, Esquire, J.P.,

of Westport, to be a Coroner for the Dominion of New Zealand.

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

Coroner resigns

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 21st June, 1944.

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

Walter Henry Swanger, Esquire,

of Turangi, of his appointment as a Coroner for the Dominion of New Zealand.

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

The Strike and Lockout Emergency Regulations 1939.—Appointment of Emergency Disputes Committee

In the matter of a dispute between the Auckland Freezing-works and Abattoir Employees’ Industrial Union of Workers and the Westfield Freezing Company relating to a dispute arising out of the rate of payment to shacklers employed at the Westfield Freezing-works.

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Strike and Lockout Emergency Regulations 1939, the Minister of Labour doth hereby appoint the following persons to be an Emergency Disputes Committee for the purpose of deciding such dispute, and doth refer such dispute to such committee accordingly :—

Workers’ Representatives

Mr. W. Gordon.

Mr. D. McKenna.

Employers’ Representatives

Mr. A. G. Bryan.

Mr. A. G. Ridley.

Chairman

Mr. J. A. Gilmour, S.M.

Dated at Wellington, this 15th day of June, 1944.

P. C. WEBB, Minister of Labour.

Appointments in the Public Service

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,

Wellington, 20th June, 1944.

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

William John Cooper

to be Registrar of Brands for the Auckland Branding District for the purposes of the Stock Act, 1908, on and from the 12th day of April, 1944.

Alexander Speakman Louisson

to be Deputy Registrar at Invercargill of the Supreme Court of New Zealand for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908, and Assistant Clerk of the Magistrates’ Court at Invercargill for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1928, on and from the 31st day of May, 1944.

Harold John Worthington

to be Deputy Registrar at Dunedin of the Supreme Court of New Zealand and Deputy Sheriff for the District of Otago for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908, on and from the 29th day of March, 1944.

Samuel Geoffrey Haddon

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Poultry Act, 1924, on and from the 1st day of June, 1944.

Robert Scott

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Manuherikia, on and from the 24th day of May, 1944.

Avis Joyce Dinah Leslie (Miss)

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Taneatua, on and from the 26th day of May, 1944.

Edwin Henry Ophir Sarah

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Patea, on and from the 31st day of May, 1944.

Donald Win Papps

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Takaka, on and from the 1st day of June, 1944.

Roy William Hamlyn

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Ruatoki, on and from the 12th day of June, 1944.

L. A. ATKINSON, Secretary.