APRIL 24] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 489

High Commissioner for New Zealand in Canada appointed

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 8th April, 1947.

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

James Thorn, Esquire,

to be High Commissioner for New Zealand in Canada under and for the purposes of the External Affairs Act, 1943, to hold the said office as on and from the 8th day of April, 1947, to the 7th day of April, 1950.

P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.

High Commissioner for New Zealand in Australia reappointed

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 16th April, 1947.

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

James Gillispie Barclay, Esquire,

to be High Commissioner for New Zealand in Australia under and for the purposes of the External Affairs Act, 1943, to hold the said office as on and from the 15th day of April, 1947, to the 14th day of April, 1950.

P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.

Probation Officer appointed

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 21st April, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

James Oliver Brown

to be Probation Officer under the Offenders Probation Act, 1920, and the Crimes Amendment Act, 1910, for the City of Invercargill and the Borough of South Invercargill as and from the 1st May, 1947.

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

Probation Officer appointed

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 21st April, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Charles Cubitt Neeve, Esquire,

to be Probation Officer under the Offenders Probation Act, 1920, and the Crimes Amendment Act, 1910, for the Borough of Te Awamutu.

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

King’s Counsel appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Oswald Chettle Mazengarb, Esquire, of Wellington, and Alfred Kingsley North, Esquire, of Auckland,

to be King’s Counsel, the Honourable the Chief Justice having concurred in such appointment as provided in regulations made by Order in Council dated the 21st day of January, 1907.

H. G. R. MASON, Attorney-General.

Member of the Veterinary Services’ Council appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4409)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 18th April, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of subsection (2) of section 5 of the Veterinary Services Act, 1946, to appoint

Alfred Arnold Blakely, Esquire, B.V.Sc.,

to be a member of and a representative of the Dominion Federation of Farmers’ Veterinary Services (Inc.) on the Veterinary Services’ Council, vice Allan Leslie, M.R.C.V.S., resigned.

EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Member of the Te Kuiti Rabbit Board appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4410)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of section 56 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, to appoint, on the 5th day of April, 1947—

Noel Keith Boddie

to be a member of the Te Kuiti Rabbit Board, vice George Smart, deceased.

EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Member of the Reporoa Rabbit Board appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4411)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of section 56 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, to appoint, on the 9th day of April, 1947—

Richard James Wilkinson

to be a member of the Reporoa Rabbit Board, vice Hugh Bennett Martin, resigned.

EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Deputy of Chairman of Gisborne Land Sales Committee appointed

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1947.

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

Arthur Trevor Coleman, of Gisborne, Solicitor,

to be the deputy on the Gisborne Land Sales Committee of Harry Dawson Chrisp, the Chairman of that Committee.

D. M. GREIG, Under-Secretary for Lands.

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

Member of Auckland Land Board reappointed

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1947.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has, pursuant to section 49 of the Land Act, 1924, been pleased to reappoint

Henry Pullar Ford

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Auckland for a further term of three years from the 6th day of June, 1947.

D. M. GREIG, Under-Secretary.

(L. and S. 22/748/1.)

Appointment of Honorary Fishery Officer

Marine Department,
Wellington, 21st April, 1947.

IT is hereby notified that the Hon. Minister of Marine has, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by section 29 of the Statutes Amendment Act, 1946, appointed

Albert McIntyre, of Hokitika,

to be an Honorary Officer for the purposes of Part I of the Fisheries Act, 1908, to hold office until the 31st day of March, 1950.

W. C. SMITH, Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1947.

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

Thomas Raymond Hutton

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Pongaroa, on and from 15th day of March, 1947.

Kathleen Letitia Redditt (Miss)

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Orepuki, on and from the 1st day of April, 1947.

Mary Elizabeth McLister (Miss)

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Stewart Island, on and from the 1st day of April, 1947.

Henry Joseph Davern

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Rawene, on and from the 3rd day of April, 1947.

Alfred James Harvey

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Weber, on and from 11th day of April, 1947.

James Wilson Richmond

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Pleasant Point, on and from 8th day of April, 1947.

Reginald Noel Silby

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Waimate Plains, on and from 10th day of March, 1947.

Capel Hamilton Kent

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Buller, on and from the 15th day of April, 1947.

Robert Edward Kelly

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Dunedin, on and from the 1st day of May, 1947.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.