Aug. 2] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 983

of the proceedings of such courts-martial the power of confirming
the findings and sentences thereof according to law, or of directing
him to reserve for my confirmation the proceedings of all or any
such courts-martial, and also in the case of such officer exercising
command outside New Zealand empowering him to appoint a fit
person to execute the office of judge-advocate at such courts-martial
for the more orderly proceedings of the same :

Now, therefore, by virtue of the said Warrant, I do hereby
authorize and empower you from time to time as occasion may
require to convene general courts-martial for the trial of any person
for the time being under or within the territorial limits of your
command who is subject to the Air Force Act, 1937, and the
regulations made thereunder, and who shall be charged with any
offence for which such person may be tried by courts-martial, whether
such offence shall have been committed before or after the date of
this Warrant :

And I do hereby empower you in respect of the proceedings of
any court-martial to confirm the findings and sentences thereof
according to law :

Provided always that if by sentence of any general court-
martial a commissioned officer has been sentenced to suffer death,
penal servitude, or imprisonment, or to be cashiered or dismissed
from the Air Force, or an airman has by any court-martial been
sentenced to suffer death or penal servitude, you shall in such cases,
and also in the case of any other court-martial in which you shall
think fit so to do, transmit the proceedings of any such court-martial
to me for my confirmation or other decision thereon :

And I do hereby further empower you to appoint a fit person to
execute the office of judge-advocate at any court-martial for the
more orderly proceedings of the same :

And, for so doing, this shall be to you, as to all others whom it
may concern, a sufficient Warrant.

Given under my hand at Wellington, this 23rd day of July, 1945.

L. M. ISITT,
Air Vice-Marshal, Chief of the Air Staff,
Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Delegation by the Chief of the Air Staff of Authority for the Convening
of General Courts-martial

TO GROUP CAPTAIN (ACTING AIR COMMODORE) RONALD BURNS
BANNERMAN, C.B.E., D.F.C., A.D.C., Air Force Member
for Personnel, Royal New Zealand Air Force.

WHEREAS I am empowered by Warrant of His Excellency
the Governor-General bearing date 16th day of July, 1945,
to direct my Warrant to any officer of the Air Force not below the
rank of Squadron Leader, giving him a general authority to convene
general courts-martial for the trial of any persons subject to the
Air Force Act, 1937, and the regulations made thereunder, and also
to exercise (subject to the provisions of the said Warrant) in respect
of the proceedings of such courts-martial the power of confirming
the findings and sentences thereof according to law, or of directing
him to reserve for my confirmation the proceedings of all or any
such courts-martial :

Now, therefore, by virtue of the said Warrant, I do hereby
authorize and empower you from time to time as occasion may
require to convene general courts-martial for the trial of any person
who is subject to the Air Force Act, 1937, and the regulations made
thereunder, and who shall be charged with any offence for which
such person may be tried by court-martial, whether such offence
shall have been committed before or after the date of this Warrant :

And I do hereby empower you in respect of the proceedings of
any court-martial to confirm the findings and sentences thereof
according to law :

Provided always that if by sentence of any general court-martial
a commissioned officer has been sentenced to suffer death, penal
servitude, or imprisonment, or to be cashiered or dismissed from the
Air Force, or an airman has by any court-martial been sentenced to
suffer death or penal servitude, you shall in such case, and also in
the case of any other court-martial in which you shall think fit so
to do, transmit the proceedings of any such court-martial to me for
my confirmation or other decision thereon.

And, for so doing, this shall be to you, as to all others whom it
may concern, a sufficient Warrant.

Given under my hand at Wellington, this 23rd day of July, 1945.

L. M. ISITT,
Air Vice-Marshal, Chief of the Air Staff,
Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Officiating Ministers for 1945.—Notice No. 21

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 31st July, 1945.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the
following names of officiating ministers within the meaning of
the said Act are published for general information :—

The Methodist Church of New Zealand
The Reverend Arthur Henry Voyce.

Baptists
Pastor Joseph Thompson.

Brethren
Mr. Elias Dunning Kerr.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

Notice to Persons affected by Applications for Licenses under Part III
of the Industrial Efficiency Act, 1936

Taking of Fish for Sale

L. Rides, 16 Eliot Street, New Plymouth, and A. G. Williams,
540 Devon Street West, New Plymouth, have applied for licenses
to permit them to operate their 48 ft. 36 h.p. vessel “Swansea”
(not yet registered), using set-nets, long lines, hand-lines, and
crayfish-pots, catches to be landed at New Plymouth.

J. H. Kenton, P.O. Box 7, Port Chalmers, has applied for a
variation of his existing license in respect of the “Elaine,” DN. 70,
so as to permit him to use trawl-nets in addition to his present
methods of fishing, catches to be landed at Port Chalmers.

A. Robertson, Charles Street, Westshore, Napier, has applied
for a variation of his existing license in respect of the “Dawn II,”
NR. 187, so as to permit him to operate his 48 ft. 36 h.p. fishing-
vessel “Waimana” (not yet registered), using trawl-nets, drag-
nets, long lines, hand-lines, and crayfish-pots, catches to be landed
at Napier.

Manufacture for Sale of Footwear

Vivian Slippers, Ltd., 24 Bond Street, Wellington, have applied
for an extension of their existing license so as to permit the manu-
facture of women’s footwear of the sandal type by the machine-sewn,
riveted, and cemented processes.

Radio-manufacturing Industry

Green and Cooper, Ltd., 43 Taranaki Street, Wellington,
have applied for a variation of their existing radio-manufacturing
license so as to permit the manufacture of an unlimited number of
radio receiving-sets.

Persons considering themselves materially affected by the
decision of the Bureau of Industry on these applications should make
any desired representations in writing not later than the 16th August,
1945, to G. L. O’Halloran, Secretary, Bureau of Industry, G.P.O.
Box 3025, Wellington.

G. L. O’HALLORAN, Secretary.

Notice of Annulment of Adoption under Part IX of the Native Land
Act, 1931

Native Land Court,
Gisborne, 20th June, 1945.

IT is hereby notified that the order of adoption as set out in the
Schedule hereunder has been annulled by an order of the Native
Land Court under the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1931.

R. J. THOMPSON, Registrar.

SCHEDULE

Date of Adoption Order : 19th March, 1943.
Date of Annulling Order : 1st May, 1945.
Adopting parents : Tumarae Kiri and Matewai Kiri.
Adopted child : Lizzie Kiri.

Whakaaturanga o te whakakorenga i te tangohanga o teta hi Tamaiti
Whangai i raro i Wahi IX o te Ture Whenua Maori, 1931

Kooti Whenua Maori,
Kihipane, 20 o nga ra o Hune, 1945.

He whakaaturanga tenei kia mohiotia ai kua whakakorea e te
Kooti Whenua Maori i raro i nga ritenga o te Ture Whenua
Maori, 1931, te ota whakamana i te tangohanga o teta hi tamaiti
whangai e whakaaturia nei e te Kupu Apiti i raro iho nei.

TAMIHANA, Kai-rehita.

KUPU APITI

Ra o te Ota Tangohanga Tamaiti Whangai : 19th March, 1945.
Ra o te Whakakorenga o taua Ota : 1st May, 1945.
Matua whangai : Tumarae Kiri raua ko Matewai Kiri.
Tamaiti whangai : Rihi Kiri.

Notice to Mariners No. 14 of 1945

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 30th July, 1945.

NEW ZEALAND.—NORTH ISLAND.—AUCKLAND HARBOUR

Fog-signal established

Position : 275° 26 ft. from red lights on Stanley Bay Wharf.
Lat., 36° 49′·8 S. ; long., 174° 46′·8 E. (approx.).

Abridged Description : Fog whis.

Details : A fog whistle with high-pitched note giving a con-
tinuous series of short blasts has been established in the above
position.

Chart affected : No. 1970.

Publications : Admiralty List of Lights, Part X, 1942,
No. 1954; New Zealand Pilot, 1930, page 168; New Zealand
Nautical Almanac and Tide-tables, Part II, page 198.

Authority : Auckland Harbour Board, 24/7/45.

B. W. MILLIER, Acting-Secretary.

(M. 3/13/460.)