MAR. 22]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
Transfers
The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I:
Dated 23rd February, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant James Robert PENNIKET.
Dated 3rd March, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Norman DUMONT, D.F.C.
Dated 13th March, 1945-
Flight Lieutenant Robert Douglas CAMPBELL,
Flight Lieutenant Leslie Bertram MALPAS.
Dated 16th March, 1945-
Flight Lieutenant Cecil Owen HookER.
Flight Lieutenant Maurice Damien CULLINANE, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant Francis Henry GREENAWAY, M.B.E.
Flight Lieutenant Robin Keith CRAW, D.F.C.
Dated 17th March, 1945-
Flight Lieutenant John George GREY, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant James Francis ADAMS.
Dated 19th March, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Lindsay Johnston DRUMMOND, D.F.C.
Dated 9th April, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Hugh James WRIGHT.
Dated 6th March, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Thomas THOMSON.
Dated 12th March, 1945 : Flying Officer George Christopher Nevill JOHNSON.
Dated 16th March, 1945-
Flying Officer Brian de Labrosse LINNELL.
Flying Officer David Walker FINDLAY, D.F.C.
Dated 18th March, 1945 : Flying Officer William Alfred HOWES.
Dated 19th March, 1945 : Flying Officer David Sutherland GRAY.
Dated 12th April, 1945 : Flying Officer Charles Mita Hikairo PINKER, D.F.C.
Dated 13th April, 1945 : Flying Officer Samuel John FOURNEAU, D.F.C.
Dated 20th April, 1945 : Flying Officer John Smaill FRANCE.
Dated 4th May, 1945 : Flying Officer Alexander Geoffrey SUTHERLAND.
The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I :-
Dated 19th February, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Rev. Arthur Russell ALLERTON, M.C.
Dated 16th March, 1945-
Flying Officer Albert Samuel CARTER.
Flying Officer Colin DERBY.
Dated 17th March, 1945-
Flying Officer George Ernest KING.
Flying Officer Harold Graham TITTERTON.
Dated 15th March, 1945 : Flying Officer Valentine George MORRIS.
F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 19th March, 1945.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint Ernest MacDonald, Esquire, to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Waitaki.
H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Appointment of Clerk of Magistrates' Court to whom Statements of Liquor shall be sent under Section 147 of the Licensing Act, 1908
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th March, 1945.
HEREBY notify that in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) (b) of section 147 of the Licensing Act, 1908, and section 45 of the Licensing Amendment Act, 1910, I have appointed, as from the 1st April, 1945, the Clerk for the time being of the Magistrates' Court at Taumarunui to be the Clerk to whom shall be sent all statements of liquor sent or taken into the areas of Native land named in the Schedule hereto, such appointment being in substitution of the appointment dated 28th November, 1910, and published in the Gazette of 1st December, 1910, at page 4123.
W. E. PARRY,
For the Minister of Justice.
SCHEDULE
AREAS OF NATIVE LAND
KAWHIA, as described in New Zealand of 1894, page 712.
Upper Wanganui, as described in New Zealand Gazette of 1887, page 436.

Trustee of Geraldine Racecourse appointed
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 14th March, 1945.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 6 of the Geraldine Racecourse Reserve Act, 1881, been pleased to appoint
Robert Gordon Charters
of Geraldine, to be a trustee of the Geraldine Racecourse in place of William Joseph Quirke, resigned.
R. G. MACMORRAN, Under-Secretary for Lands.
(L. and S. 54811.)

Appointment of Officers for the Purposes of the Fisheries Act, 1908
Marine Department,
Wellington, 21st March, 1945.
BY direction of the Hon. Minister of Marine, it is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fisheries Act, 1908, and of the Official Appointments and Documents Act, 1919, appointed-
Herbert Carrol Seccombe, of Mahurangi Heads, to be an Inspector of Sea-fishing for the purposes of Part I of the first-mentioned Act.
William Henry Thomson, of Awamangu, to be an officer for the purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned Act in respect of the Otago Acclimatization District.
B. W. MILLIER, Acting-Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 20th March, 1945.
IT is hereby notified that the following appointments have been made :-
William Robert Miller to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Wairoa, on and from the 12th day of March, 1945.
Nora Mary Arnott (Mrs.) to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Rangitikei, on and from the 16th day of March; 1945.
John Douglas Surman to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Mercury Bay, on and from the 1st day of March, 1945.
Percy William Jones Cockerill to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Timaru, on and from the 26th day of February, 1945.
P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service
Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 7th March, 1945.
THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service:-
Stanley Herbert Webb to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Tauranga-Taupo, on and from the 5th day of February, 1945.
Henry Thomas Rimmer to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Waiomatatini, on and from the 5th day of February, 1945.
Harold Innes Dowrick to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Mohaka, on and from the 5th day of February, 1945.
Marie Mete Kingi (Mrs.) to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Matahiwi, on and from the 12th day of February, 1945.
John Cameron Pirrit Leathem to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Kawakawa, on and from the 22nd day of February, 1945.
John Albert Russell to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Heriot, on and from the 1st day of March, 1945.
William Fred Cobb to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Tauranga, on and from the 9th day of March, 1945.
L. A. ATKINSON, Secretary.