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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 37

Award of a Foreign Decoration

Office of the Minister of Defence,
Wellington, 4th May, 1945.

HIS Majesty the King has granted unrestricted permission for the wearing of the undermentioned decoration conferred on the officer indicated in recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with the war:—

CONFERRED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Air Medal

Flying Officer John Austen Perress Nicholls (NZ 413463), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Paraparaumu Beach.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Honours and Awards approved by His Majesty the King

Office of the Minister of Defence,
Wellington, 8th May, 1945.

HIS Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve the following immediate awards to members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force in recognition of gallantry and devotion to duty in air operations against the enemy:—

Distinguished Flying Cross

Acting Squadron Leader Keith James Macdonald (NZ 40981), of Auckland.

Flying Officer Robert Duff Bremner (NZ 424417), of Taihape.

His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve the following awards to members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force in recognition of gallantry and devotion to duty in air operations against the enemy:—

Distinguished Flying Cross

Acting Squadron Leader Martin Robert Draycott Hume (NZ 405335), of Wellington.

Flight Lieutenant Laurie Gasson (NZ 416106), of Napier.

Flight Lieutenant Robert Gordon Kleimeyer (NZ 411985), of Australia.

Flight Lieutenant Graeme Frederick Reed (NZ 402215), of Auckland.

Flight Lieutenant Owen David Staple (NZ 421110), of Rotorua.

Flight Lieutenant Walter Hughes Wasey (NZ 413521), of Auckland.

Acting Flight Lieutenant John Harry Stafford (NZ 421783), of Rotorua.

Flying Officer Douglas Forrester Clarke (NZ 417018), of Auckland.

Flying Officer Raymond Jack Danzey (NZ 416464), of Auckland.

Flying Officer Neville Douglas Freeman (NZ 412675), of Auckland.

Flying Officer Cornelious James Sheddan (NZ 412358), of Canterbury.

Pilot Officer John Henry Thomas Wood (NZ 426235), of North Auckland.

NZ 4212875 Warrant Officer William John Walsh, of Okaiawa.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Economic Stabilization Emergency Regulations 1942.—Appointment of Wages Commissioner

IN pursuance of the authority vested in me under the Economic Stabilization Emergency Regulations 1942, I, Daniel Giles Sullivan, Minister of Industries and Commerce, do hereby appoint Leicester Chisholm Webb, of Wellington, Director of Stabilization, to be a Wages Commissioner for the purposes of the said regulations.

Dated at Wellington, this 15th day of May, 1945.

D. G. SULLIVAN,
Minister of Industries and Commerce.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 25th May, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

James Thomas Benjamin Taaffe, Esquire, J.P.,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Bay of Islands, vice A. A. Potter, deceased.

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

Waikato Coal-mines Control Emergency Regulations 1942.—Appointment of Member of Board of Control

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by the Waikato Coal-mines Control Emergency Regulations 1942, I, James O'Brien, acting for the Minister of Mines, do hereby appoint

George Lawson, Northern Miners’ Union,

to be a member of the Waikato Coal-mines Control Board, vice John Devlin.

Dated at Wellington, this 28th day of May, 1945.

JAS. O’BRIEN,
For the Minister of Mines.

(Mines N. 14/19/2.)

Amendment No. 10 of the Warrant constituting Goods Transport Control Districts and Taxi-cab Control Districts and appointing Committees therefor

PURSUANT to the Transport Control Emergency Regulations 1942, the Minister of Transport doth hereby amend as follows the Schedule to the Warrant constituting Goods Transport Control Districts and Taxi-cab Control Districts and appointing Committees therefor, dated the 2nd day of September, 1942, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the 10th day of September, 1942, at page 2173, as amended by Warrants dated respectively the 25th day of November, 1942, the 15th day of February, 1943, the 31st day of March, 1943, the 8th day of April, 1943, the 20th day of May, 1943, the 24th day of August, 1943, the 28th day of April, 1944, the 4th day of September, 1944, and the 1st day of December, 1944, and published respectively in the New Zealand Gazette on the 26th day of November, 1942, at page 2811, the 11th day of March, 1943, at page 299, the 8th day of April, 1943, at page 432, the 15th day of April, 1943, at page 446, the 27th day of May, 1943, at page 606, the 9th day of September, 1943, at page 1103, the 4th day of May, 1944, at page 432, the 14th day of September, 1944, at page 1121, and the 7th day of December, 1944, at page 1492:—

(a) By adding to Part II the following district and committee:—

(b) By revoking the present constitution of the Rotorua Taxi-cab Control Committee and substituting therefor the following:—

“P. A. Kusabs.

“L. Ewert.

“S. Smith.

“A. M. Pallister.

“E. Harker.

“All of Rotorua.”

Dated at Wellington, this 29th day of May, 1945.

JAS. O’BRIEN, Minister of Transport.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 29th May, 1945.

IT is hereby notified that the following appointments have been

Richard Raymond Chapman

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Waverley, on and from the 8th day of May, 1945.

Gladys Mona Matthews (Miss)

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Kaitaia at Awanui, on and from the 12th day of May, 1945.

William Frederick Leggott

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Picton, on and from the 14th day of April, 1945.

William Alfred Davies

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Mount Benger, on and from the 14th day of March, 1945.

Arthur Lionel Williams

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Waimate Plains, on and from the 14th day of April, 1945.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 29th May, 1945.

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

Reginald James Morley

to be a Meat Grader for the purposes of the Meat Act, 1939, and the Board of Trade (Meat Grading) Regulations 1943, on and from the 1st day of March, 1945.

Margaret Marshall (Miss)

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Taheke, on and from the 5th day of March, 1945.

Ronald Paget Martin

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Te Kaha, on and from the 6th day of May, 1945.

Norman Wesley Boyle

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Huntly, on and from the 26th day of April, 1945.

L. A. ATKINSON, Secretary.