Dec. 19] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1575

Dated 17th December, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Mervyn Ryburn BREED, D.F.C.
Pilot Officer Lewis Godfrey LARSEN.

Dated 20th December, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Thomas Chaplin HILLS.

Relinquishment

Flight Lieutenant Alexander Thomas ROWE is permitted to relinquish his commission. Dated 1st October, 1945.

Amendment

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 70, dated 8th November, 1945, page 1397, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” relating to “Flight Lieutenant Brian Lancelot HAYBITTLE,” is amended to read “Dated 12th November, 1945.”

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Honours and Awards approved by His Majesty the King

Office of the Minister of Defence,
Wellington, 9th November, 1945.

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 Raymond Edwin Glensor (NZ 403442), of Wellington.

Flight Lieutenant Terence Patrick Ryan (NZ 2335), of England.

Flight Lieutenant Frank Desmond Win (NZ 404982), of Christchurch.

Flying Officer Willis Livingstone Combs (NZ 413026), of Wellington.

Flying Officer Albert Joseph Jeeves (NZ 4211321), of Auckland.

Flying Officer John Rees Layton (NZ 425914), of Christchurch.

Flying Officer Mate Alexander Milich (NZ 429666), of North Auckland.

Flying Officer Brian Anderson Murray (NZ 425927), of Timaru.

Flying Officer Maurice Edward Parker (NZ 414332), of Auckland.

Flying Officer Douglas Ross Sadgrove (NZ 425292), of Auckland.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Honours and Awards approved by His Majesty the King

Office of the Minister of Defence,
Wellington, 13th November, 1945.

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

Flight Lieutenant Jack Irvine (NZ 414984), of New Plymouth.

16th November, 1945

Acting Flight Lieutenant Ernest Joseph Abraham (NZ 428061), of Palmerston North.

Flying Officer Mervyn Leslie Thomas Harper (NZ 426172), of Invercargill.

Flying Officer Alexander Dunbar Simpson (NZ 427055), of Wanganui.

Flying Officer Raymond Sinclair Tait (NZ 4213951), of Hamilton.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Industrial and Provident Societies Act, 1908.—Public Auditor appointed

Head Office, Stamp Duties Office,
Wellington, 7th December, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

William Roland Pierce Jaques

a public auditor for the purposes of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act, 1908.

W. NASH, Minister of Stamp Duties.

Appointment of Members of the Sheffield Bobby Calf Pool Committee

PURSUANT to the Bobby Calf Marketing Regulations 1939,* notice is hereby given that the following persons, namely—

Ernest Everett Hawke,
Leslie Payne Hawke,
George Sutherland,
John Thomas Mason, and
Harold Hutcherson White,

are duly appointed to be the first members of the Sheffield Bobby Calf Pool Committee established under the said regulations.

Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of December, 1945.

B. ROBERTS, Minister of Marketing.

• Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/17, page 96.

Appointment of Officer for the Purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908

Marine Department,
Wellington, 14th December, 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

John Lee, of Midhirst,

to be an officer for the purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned Act in respect of the Stratford Acclimatization District.

W. C. SMITH, Secretary.

Member of Otago Land Sales Committee appointed

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 18th December, 1945.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General in Council, acting pursuant to the provisions of subsection two of section seventeen of the Servicemen’s Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943, has appointed

Edwin Sincock, of Dunedin, Agent,

to be a member of the Otago Land Sales Committee in place of Robert Walls, resigned.

R. G. MACMORRAN, Under-Secretary for Lands.

(L. and S. 13/207/1.)

Deputy of Member of Otago Land Sales Committee appointed

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 18th December, 1945.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General in Council, acting pursuant to the provisions of subsection three of section seventeen of the Servicemen’s Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943, has appointed

Warrington McCarten Taylor, of Dunedin, Solicitor,

to be the deputy on the Otago Land Sales Committee of Edwin Sincock, a member of that committee.

R. G. MACMORRAN, Under-Secretary for Lands.

(L. and S. 13/207/1.)

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 18th December, 1945.

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

Percy William Jones Cockerill

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Timaru, on and from the 7th day of December, 1945.

Edwin Henry Ophir Sarah

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Patea, on and from the 3rd day of December, 1945.

John William Corboy

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of New Plymouth, on and from the 17th day of December, 1945.

Richard Raymond Chapman

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Waverley, on and from the 7th day of December, 1945.

John Crosby

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Owhango, on and from the 19th day of November, 1945.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 13th December, 1945.

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

Henry Francis Fuller

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Porangahau, on and from the 18th day of October, 1945, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Porangahau, on and from the 18th day of October, 1945.

Albert Henry Morgan

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Upper Hutt, on and from the 20th day of November, 1945.

Ian MacIntosh Milne

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Stewart Island, on and from the 28th day of November, 1945, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Half-moon Bay, on and from the 28th day of November, 1945.