JULY 3] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 819

The undermentioned to be Captains:—
Lieutenant (temp. Major) W. Langevad, M.B.E., M.M.,
R.N.Z.A., and retains the temporary rank of Major.
Dated 5th December, 1946.

Lieutenants (temp. Captains)—
J. N. Rutland, R.N.Z.A.
K. G. Miles, N.Z.A.S.C.
B. J. Matson, M.M., N.Z. Inf.
C. Taite, N.Z. Inf.
W. T. Davies, N.Z. Inf.
R. H. Smith, R.N.Z.A.
P. W. F. Joplin, R.N.Z.A.
W. A. Simpson, N.Z. Inf.
R. K. G. Porter, R.N.Z.A.
M. Tebbutt, N.Z. Inf.
R. Stanley-Harris, N.Z. Inf.
I. J. Hellyer, N.Z. Inf.
J. S. Manning, N.Z. Inf.

Lieutenant (temp. Major) B. T. Poananga, N.Z. Inf., and
retains the temporary rank of Major.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) C. Allen, N.Z.A.M.C.
Lieutenant A. V. F. Allo, N.Z.A.E.S.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) N. L. Bradley, N.Z.E.
Lieutenant (temp. Major) J. L. Coombes, N.Z.A.O.C., and
retains the temporary rank of Major.

Lieutenants (temp. Captains)—
M. J. Egan, N.Z. Inf.
W. S. Haig, N.Z. Inf.
G. D. Moon, N.Z. Inf.
W. M. Smeeton, N.Z.A.M.C.
R. H. Kerr, N.Z.E.
S. H. Diehl, N.Z.A.M.C.
R. B. G. Chadwick, N.Z. Inf.
A. R. Cockerell, N.Z.A.M.C.

Dated 1st June, 1947.

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants:—
2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) R. Chapman-Taylor,
N.Z.A.E.S.
2nd Lieutenant (temp. Captain) M. T. Dempsey, N.Z.
Postal, and retains the temporary rank of Captain.
2nd Lieutenant (temp. Captain) I. F. Jamieson, N.Z.A.M.C.,
and retains the temporary rank of Captain.
2nd Lieutenant (temp. Major) B. K. Knowles, N.Z.A.E.S.,
and retains the temporary rank of Major.
2nd Lieutenant (temp. Captain) T. J. W. Mallasch,
N.Z.A.P.C., and retains the temporary rank of Captain.
2nd Lieutenant (temp. Captain) T. M. Rouse, N.Z. Inf.,
and retains the temporary rank of Captain.

Dated 29th May, 1947.

GRANTS OF TEMPORARY RANK

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants, N.Z. Inf., to be temp.
Lieutenants:—
C. Wilkinson. E. Mills.

Dated 27th May, 1947.

J. Pearson.    Dated 1st June, 1947.
J. M. Potts.   Dated 2nd June, 1947.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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Awards approved by His Majesty the King

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Air Department,
Wellington, 26th June, 1947.

HIS Majesty the King has granted unrestricted permission for
the wearing of the undermentioned decorations conferred
on the officers concerned in recognition of valuable service rendered
during the war:—

AWARDED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Legion of Merit Degree of Legionnaire

Squadron Leader Laurence Norman Larsen, B.Sc.

Air Medal (Posthumous Award)

Flying Officer John Austin Nicholls.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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Consul of the United States of America at Wellington appointed

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Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified
that His Majesty’s Exequatur empowering

Roswell C. Beverstock, Esquire,

to act as Consul of the United States of America at Wellington
has been issued.

P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.

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Appointment of Honorary Child Welfare Officers under the Child
Welfare Act, 1925

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Education Department,
Wellington, 24th June, 1947.

IN pursuance of section 2 of the Child Welfare Act, 1925, I,
Henry Greathead Rex Mason, Minister of Education, do hereby
appoint the following persons as Honorary Child Welfare Officers
for the purposes of the said Act for the year ending the 31st March,
1948:—

Name. District.
Peterson, Noel Taumarunui.
Burton, Robert Vernon New Plymouth.
Lorden, Reverend Father Denis Hokitika.
Ashcroft, George Edward Balclutha.

M. B. HOWARD,
For the Minister of Education.

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Member of Board of Examiners under the Mining Act, 1926,
appointed

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Mines Department,
Wellington, 1st July, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
approve the appointment of

Robert Alexander Rutherfurd, Esquire,

to be a member of the Board of Examiners under the Mining Act,
1926, for a period of three years as from the 1st July, 1947.

A. McLAGAN, Minister of Mines.

(Mines 17/31.)

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Members of Clerks of Works Registration Board appointed

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PURSUANT to section 3 of the Clerks of Works Act, 1944, the
Minister of Labour doth hereby appoint—

James Alexander Suiter, and

On the recommendation of the New Zealand Institute of
Architects—

Joseph McClatchie Dawson, and

On the recommendation of the New Zealand Institute of Clerks
of Works—

Herbert Walter Martyn-Roberts,
Charles H. Downes, and
Howard Caswall Parsons,

to be members of the Clerks of Works Registration Board for a
term of one year commencing on the 4th day of July, 1947.

Dated at Wellington, this 26th day of June, 1947.

A. McLAGAN, Minister of Labour.

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Appointment of Honorary Fishery Officer

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IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred
upon me by section 29 of the Statutes Amendment Act, 1946,
I, James O’Brien, Minister of Marine, do hereby appoint

David Alfred Yandle, of Motueka,

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

Dated at Wellington, this 16th day of June, 1947.

JAS. O’BRIEN, Minister of Marine.

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Member of the Pirongia Rabbit Board appointed.—(Notice No.
Ag. 4434)

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Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 25th June, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in
pursuance of section 56 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928,
to appoint, on the 18th day of June, 1947—

James Reid

to be a member of the Pirongia Rabbit Board, vice Edward John
Owen, resigned.

EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.

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Members of the Nelson Raspberry Marketing Committee appointed

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PURSUANT to the powers conferred on me by the Nelson
Raspberry Marketing Regulations 1940, made under the
Marketing Act, 1936, and the Agriculture (Emergency Powers)
Act, 1934, I, Edward Cullen, Minister of Marketing, do hereby,
in pursuance of Regulation 3 (b) of the said regulations, appoint—

Northern Ward
Donald Irving Llewellyn,
Alexander William Ryder,

Southern Ward
Percy William Quayle Fargher,
Douglas Owen Griffith,

to be members of the Nelson Raspberry Marketing Committee
established by the said regulations.

Dated at Wellington, this 26th day of June, 1947.

EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Marketing.