SEPT. 27] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1185

The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I:—
Dated 12th August, 1945: Squadron Leader Stephen Garland LESTER.
Dated 25th September, 1945: Squadron Leader Adam Gordon BEGG.
Dated 20th August, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Eric David MCNEILL.
Dated 27th August, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Keith Henry DOCKERY.
Dated 30th August, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Stanley Stuart MCMINN.
Dated 1st September, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Ronald William MCCARTHY.

Dated 11th September, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Joseph George HARKNESS, M.B., Ch.B.
Flight Lieutenant Jack Hamilton BRADY.

Dated 20th August, 1945: Flying Officer Ian Leslie WALTON.
Dated 22nd August, 1945: Flying Officer Alan Glynne LEWIS.
Dated 24th August, 1945: Flying Officer Herbert Vaughan MOUNTFORT.
Dated 25th August, 1945: Flying Officer Osborne James HAWKINS.
Dated 26th August, 1945: Flying Officer Allan George HALL.
Dated 27th August, 1945: Flying Officer Alexander Henry HEIR.

Dated 28th August, 1945—
Flying Officer Charles Edward SHAW.
Flying Officer Charles Alfred INNES.

Dated 29th August, 1945—
Flying Officer Alfred Leslie GEE.
Flying Officer James Anderson FRASER.

Dated 30th August, 1945: Flying Officer John Francis HANNA.
Dated 31st August, 1945: Flying Officer William Ward KAYE.
Dated 1st September, 1945: Flying Officer Neville Francis Roderick JOYNT.

Dated 5th September, 1945—
Flying Officer William John FARR.
Flying Officer Maurice William ARMSTRONG.

Dated 7th September, 1945—
Flying Officer Kenneth JACKSON.
Flying Officer Victor Athol WELCH.

Dated 10th September, 1945: Flying Officer Charles Herbert FENWICK.
Dated 11th September, 1945: Flying Officer George Chaulk BAUDINET.
Dated 12th September, 1945: Flying Officer Marcus Attlee INGLE.

Dated 14th September, 1945—
Flying Officer John Griffin Purcell TAPPER.
Flying Officer Ernest Norman LEECH.

Dated 15th September, 1945: Flying Officer Robert Button SEABROOK.
Dated 19th September, 1945: Flying Officer Ian George COULDBREY.
Dated 14th September, 1945: Pilot Officer Graham Samuel Ward HAWKINS.

Amendments

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 37, dated 31st May, 1945, page 613, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” relating to “Flying Officer John Herbert KEMNITZ,” is amended to read “Flight Lieutenant John Herbert KEMNITZ.”

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 45, dated 28th June, 1945, page 843, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” relating to “Flying Officer Roderick William MACMILLAN,” is amended to read “Flight Lieutenant Roderick William MACMILLAN.”

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointment to the Staff of His Excellency the Governor-General

Wellington, 17th August, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint Acting Wing Commander Gavin Hannay Forrest, M.B., Ch.B., to be Honorary Physician, vice Acting Wing Commander John Eaton Hardwick-Smith, M.B., Ch.B. (Cantab.). Dated 14th August, 1945.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Controller and Auditor-General appointed

Prime Minister’s Office,
Wellington, 26th September, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

John Porteous Rutherford, Esquire,

to be Controller and Auditor-General under the Public Revenues Act, 1926, vice Cyril George Collins, Esquire, resigned.

P. FRASER, Prime Minister.

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Officers of the Police Force appointed

Police Department,
Wellington, 21st September, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint—

Sub-Inspector Percy Courtney Felton and
Sub-Inspector Michael Joseph Angland

to be Inspectors, and

Senior Sergeant Herbert Henry Russell and
Senior Sergeant Francis Forsythe

to be Sub-Inspectors of the New Zealand Police Force, the appointment in each case to take effect on and from 15th September, 1945.

P. FRASER,
Minister in Charge of Police Department.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 19th September, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Andrew Doig, Esquire, J.P.,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Wanganui, vice Tom Spencer Russell, Esquire.

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

Member of the Waipa Rabbit Board appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4219)

Office of the Minister of Agriculture,
Wellington, 20th September, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of section 56 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, to appoint, on the 14th day of September, 1945—

James Herbert Onion

to be a member of the Waipa Rabbit Board, vice William Archibald Henderson, resigned.

B. ROBERTS, Minister of Agriculture.

Appointments in the Public Service

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 25th September, 1945.

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

Sydney Herbert Fitchett

to be Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court of New Zealand at Palmerston North for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908, and Assistant Clerk of the Magistrates’ Court at Palmerston North for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1928, on and from the 11th day of July, 1945.

Cecil Pretoria Simmonds

to be Substitute Registrar of Electors for the Electoral District of Gisborne for the purposes of the Electoral Act, 1927, and its amendments, on and from the 18th day of September, 1945.

John Bird Wright

to be a Commissioner of the High Court at Western Samoa, for the purposes of section 64 of the Samoa Act, 1921, on and from the 1st day of August, 1945.

Patrick Michael Martin

to be Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Nelson for the purposes of the Electoral Act, 1927, and its amendments, and Returning Officer for the Nelson Licensing District for the purposes of the Licensing Act, 1908, and its amendments, on and from the 20th day of July, 1945.

William Timms

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Te Iringa, on and from the 1st day of August, 1945.

Cyril Leon Coad

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Whareponga, on and from the 1st day of August, 1945.

Muriel Diserens

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Kaharoa, on and from the 1st day of August, 1945.

Roy Mortimer Green

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Granity, on and from the 20th day of August, 1945.

Ernest Baden Anderson

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Otaki, on and from the 27th day of August, 1945.

May Jamison (Miss)

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Te Haroto, on and from the 3rd day of September, 1945.

Francis Albert Foote

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Westport, on and from the 7th day of September, 1945.

Alexander Gordon Hogg

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Pahiatua, on and from the 11th day of September, 1945.

Martin Keeling Kennedy Bourke

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Helensville, on and from the 17th day of September, 1945.

L. A. ATKINSON, Secretary.