MAY 9] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 657

Dated 10th April, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Edward Francis THURSTON.
Flying Officer Wallace Arthur TONG, D.F.C.
Flying Officer William Henry BURNELL.

Dated 11th April, 1946—
Flying Officer Fredrick Edward HALL, D.F.C.
Flying Officer George Ronald Victor YATES.

Dated 12th April, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Frank TRANSOM.
Flying Officer Douglas Bryce TWEEDIE.
Pilot Officer Ian Thomas KEMP.

Dated 13th April, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Selwyn Thomas PRESTNEY.
Flight Lieutenant Sidney Alfred CLARK, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Bryan Elliott YOUNG.
Flying Officer George Henry Richmond TREASURE, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Michael Collins McVEIGH.

Dated 14th April, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Edward Greer FLEMING.
Flight Lieutenant John Lawrence BLAIR.
Flight Lieutenant Thomas Alfred PENN.

Dated 15th April, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Ronald James JAMIESON.
Flight Lieutenant Thomas Walter MONAGHAN.
Flight Lieutenant Charles Cameron ROBERTSON.
Flight Lieutenant Ronald Ernest BRAIN.
Flight Lieutenant Rawdon Lambton CARTER.
Flying Officer Noel Stewart HALLAHAN.

Dated 16th April, 1946—
Squadron Leader John Allan HETHERTON, D.F.C.
Squadron Leader Mortimer Tuke VANDERPUMP, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant William Hoyte FRY.
Flight Lieutenant Ernest Harry ANDREWS.
Flying Officer Edwin Walter John POWE.

Dated 17th April, 1946—
Squadron Leader Brian Trevor SHANNON.
Flight Lieutenant Alan John RHODES, D.F.M.
Flight Lieutenant Arthur Raymond ROWSELL, D.F.M.
Flight Lieutenant Harold Brassey NEWTON, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant Donald Richard CONNING.
Flying Officer Claude Henry Ian PEASE.

Dated 18th April, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Archibald Carlisle CALLANDER.
Flight Lieutenant Charles Henry LATTIMER, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant Colin Trevor WILTON.

Dated 22nd April, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant David Franklin LIVINGSTONE, D.F.C.

Dated 25th April, 1946—
Flying Officer Eric Charles MUNT.

The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I:—

Dated 2nd December, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Edward Guy PIERCE.

Dated 10th December, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Richard Arthur Rumbold WHITE.

Dated 20th February, 1946—
Flying Officer David John Robert WILCOX.

Dated 23rd February, 1946—
Wing Commander Frederic MCCARTHY.

Dated 27th March, 1946—
Squadron Leader Stanley Charles SHEA.

Dated 1st April, 1946—
Squadron Leader Donald CAMPBELL.

Dated 5th April, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Joseph Frederick BAND.

Dated 7th April, 1946—
Squadron Leader Evan Rollinson SIMPSON.

Dated 24th April, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Mark Joseph ROSE.

Dated 29th April, 1946—
Squadron Leader Edward Trevor Stroude WITHERS.

Dated 21st May, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Selwyn Milburn GRAHAM.

Cancellations

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 76, dated 6th December, 1945, page 1519, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” so far as it relates to “Flight Lieutenant Edward Guy PIERCE,” is cancelled.

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 79, dated 13th December, 1945, page 1547, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” relating to “Flight Lieutenant Richard Arthur Rumbold WHITE,” is cancelled.

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 10, dated 21st February, 1946, page 242, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” so far as it relates to “Flying Officer Allan Cecil EARL,” is cancelled.

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 13, dated 7th March, 1946, page 301, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” relating to “Flying Officer David John Robert WILCOX,” is cancelled.

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 15, dated 14th March, 1946, page 332, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” so far as it relates to “Flying Officer John Beresford OWEN,” is cancelled.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Vice-Consul of the United States of America at Wellington appointed

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 6th May, 1946.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the appointment of

Herbert Willard Lyda, Esquire,

as Vice-Consul of the United States of America at Wellington has been provisionally recognized.

P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.

Arrangements for First Election, &c., Taupo Town District

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 2nd May, 1946.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

George Sutherland, Esquire, of Taupo,

to be Returning Officer and person to prepare the roll of electors for the first election of a Board of Commissioners for the Taupo Town District; also to appoint Saturday, the 1st day of June, 1946, as the day, and Rickitt’s Hall, Taupo, as the place, for holding such first election; and also to appoint Wednesday, the 19th day of June, 1946, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, as the time, and the office of the Taupo Road Board, Titiraupenga Street, Taupo, as the place, for holding the first meeting of the Board of Commissioners so elected.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

Judge of Assessment Court for Boroughs of Manurewa and Papakura appointed

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 7th May, 1946.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased, in terms of section 26 of the Rating Act, 1925, to appoint

Felix Hector Levien, Esquire,

Stipendiary Magistrate, of Auckland, to be Judge of the Assessment Court for the boroughs of Manurewa and Papakura.

B. ROBERTS,
For the Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 100/57.)

Members of Rabbit Boards appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4279)

PURSUANT to the powers vested in him by section 37 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, the Minister of Agriculture doth hereby appoint the persons whose names are set forth in the Schedule hereto, being persons appointed as Inspectors under Part I of the said Act, to be members of the respective Rabbit Boards set opposite the name of each such person in the said Schedule, and, in further pursuance of the said powers, doth hereby revoke the appointment of Alexander Kinghorn, as a member of the Central Hawke’s Bay, Southern Hawke’s Bay, Pahiatua, Puketoi, Akitio, and Pongaroa Rabbit Boards.

SCHEDULE

Name of Appointee. Name of Rabbit Board.
George Duncan Shand . . Kekerangu Rabbit Board.
William Henry August . . Waipawa-Ngaruroro Rabbit Board.
{Central Hawke’s Bay Rabbit Board.
{Southern Hawke’s Bay Rabbit Board.
{Pahiatua Rabbit Board.
Philip John Lamason . . {Puketoi Rabbit Board.
{Akitio Rabbit Board.
{Pongaroa Rabbit Board.

Dated at Wellington, this 30th day of April, 1946.

B. ROBERTS, Minister of Agriculture.

Member of the Meringa Rabbit Board appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4280)

Office of the Minister of Agriculture,
Wellington, 6th May, 1946.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased, in pursuance of section 56 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, to appoint, on the 29th day of April, 1946—

Selby Le Cornu Filleul

to be a member of the Meringa Rabbit Board established under the said Act, vice Frederick William Gemmell, resigned.

B. ROBERTS, Minister of Agriculture.