Oct. 11] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1269

His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve
the following honours and awards to members of the Royal New
Zealand Air Force :—

Air Force Cross

Wing Commander John Howard Marcus Smith (NZ 2389), of
Petersborough, England.

Acting Squadron Leader Graeme Vivian Donald (NZ 2167), of
Masterton.

Flight Lieutenant Donald Geoffrey Aurisch (NZ 2352), of Christ-
church.

Flight Lieutenant Richard Bruce Berney, D.F.M. (NZ 40750), of
Ekatahuna.

Flight Lieutenant Martyn Eric Nairn (NZ 403982), of Wellington.

Flight Lieutenant Richard Fuller Worsley (NZ 41634), of Christ-
church.

Flying Officer Gordon William Burness, D.F.M. (NZ 416191), of
Timaru.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Deputy of the Controller and Auditor-General appointed

Prime Minister’s Office,
Wellington, 10th October, 1945.

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

Thomas Treahy, Esquire,

on the recommendation of the Controller and Auditor-General, to
be the Deputy of the Controller and Auditor-General under the
Public Revenues Act, 1926.

W. NASH,
For the Prime Minister.

Director of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand appointed

Treasury Department,
Wellington, 26th September, 1945.

IT is hereby notified that by Order in Council dated the 26th
September, 1945—

John Gavin Duncan, Esquire, of Wellington,

was reappointed a Director of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.

W. NASH, Minister of Finance.

The Tobacco-growing Industry Act, 1935.—Members of Tobacco
Board appointed

Department of Industries and Commerce,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
reappoint, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and
authorities of section 3 of the Tobacco-growing Industry Act, 1935—

Edwin Morgan Hunt and Torvald Pettersen Husheer as
representatives of manufacturers, and Frederick Allan
Hamilton as representative of growers,

all of whom retired on the 31st July, 1945, in pursuance of section 4
of the above Act, and to appoint—

Richard Wheatley Staplefield Stevens as representative of
growers in place of Bertie Thomas Rowling,

who retired on the 31st July, 1945, in pursuance of section 4 of the
above Act.

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

Members of Opticians Board reappointed under the Opticians Act,
1928

Department of Health,
Wellington, 4th October, 1945.

IT is notified for general information that His Excellency the
Governor-General has been pleased to reappoint—

Garnet Wilson Harty, M.B., Ch.B. (Univ. Edin., 1903),
F.R.C.S. (Edin., 1905),
Thomas Gray Young, F.S.M.C., F.B.O.A., and
Henry Searle Gilberd, F.S.M.C.,

to be members of the Opticians Board in terms of the Opticians
Act, 1928, the appointments to date from the 1st July, 1945.

A. H. NORDMEYER, Minister of Health.

Appointment of Director of Forestry

State Forest Service,
Wellington, 8th October, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the
power and authority vested in him by the Forests Act,
1921–22, been pleased to appoint

Alexander Robert Entrican

to be Director of Forestry under the said Act for a further period
commencing on the 1st day of July, 1945.

C. F. SKINNER, Commissioner of State Forests.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 9th October, 1945.

IT is hereby notified that the following appointments have been
made :—

Henry Moulds Barrett

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for
the District of Waihi, on and from the 2nd day of October, 1945.

Howard Gerald Sievert

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for
the District of Pongaroa, on and from the 20th day of September,
1945.

Lyel Allan Reichenbach

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for
the District of Reefton, on and from the 11th day of September,
1945.

Douglas Will Holley

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for
the District of Wanaka, on and from the 11th day of September,
1945.

Arthur Malcolm Gilfred Cummings

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for
the District of Te Aroha, on and from the 18th day of September,
1945.

Walter Stephen Smith

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of
Otahuhu, on and from the 25th day of September, 1945.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 26th September, 1945.

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

Sydney Herbert Fitchett

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Palmerston
North, on and from the 12th day of July, 1945.

John Cameron Pirrit Leathem

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Rawene,
on and from the 22nd day of August, 1945.

Thomas McGregor Dick

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

Stuart Eykyn Kettlewell

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

L. A. ATKINSON, Secretary.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries, Borough of
Tauranga

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 8th October, 1945.

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His
Excellency the Governor-General, under the Municipal Cor-
porations Act, 1933, praying that the area described in the Schedule
hereto may be excluded from the County of Tauranga and included
in the Borough of Tauranga.

All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written
objections to or petitions against the proposed alteration of
boundaries which they desire to lodge within one month from the
first publication of this notice, such objections or petitions to be
addressed to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE

AREA PROPOSED TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE COUNTY OF TAURANGA
AND INCLUDED IN THE BOROUGH OF TAURANGA

All that area in the Auckland Land District, bounded by a line
commencing at a point being the northern corner of Allotment 61,
Suburbs of Tauranga, and running south-easterly generally along
the south-western side of Hospital Street, being the south-western
boundary of the Borough of Tauranga, as described in New Zealand
Gazette, 1882, page 295, and crossing intersecting public roads to
the shores of the Tauranga Harbour; thence south-westerly generally
along the said shores to the north-eastern corner of part Lot 3 on
D.P. 3066, being part Allotment 20, Te Papa Parish, and being the
north-eastern corner of the land comprised and described in
certificate of title, Vol. 809, folio 129 (Auckland Land Registry);
thence north-westerly generally along the north-eastern boundary
of the said part Lot 3, to and along the south-western side of
Courtney Street and the south-eastern side of Cameron Road to a
point being the production south-easterly of the north-eastern
boundary of Allotment 37, Suburbs of Tauranga aforesaid; thence
along a right line across the said Cameron Road, to and along the
said north-eastern boundary, being the south-western side of Sellars
Street, and a right line across Cook Street, to and along its south-
western and western sides and the south-western side of Faulkner
Street to a point being the production south-westerly of the south-
eastern boundary of Allotment 49, Suburbs of Tauranga aforesaid ;
thence north-easterly along a right line across the said Faulkner
Street, to and along the said south-eastern boundary and the south-
eastern boundary of Allotment 523, Te Papa Parish, to the point
of commencement.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 103/5/71.)