Aug. 28] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1047

Dated 31st July, 1947—
NZ 403991 Squadron Leader Walter Jack RUNCIMAN, A.F.C., D.F.M.
NZ 41860 Flight Lieutenant Howard Arthur John ALLDRED.
NZ 411399 Flight Lieutenant Owen Leslie HARDY, D.F.C.
NZ 411005 Flight Lieutenant Allan Frank CRANE.
NZ 413045 Flight Lieutenant Trevor Vivian DUDDING.
NZ 417492 Flight Lieutenant Charles Norman GALL, D.F.C.
NZ 413899 Flight Lieutenant William John SIMPSON, D.F.C.
NZ 405800 Flight Lieutenant Louis Basil LAWSON, D.F.C.
NZ 415365 Flight Lieutenant Victor Gordon ROBERTS.
NZ 412681 Flying Officer John Malcolm HAMILTON.
NZ 413953 Flying Officer Maxwell Nicholas SPARKS.
NZ 638010 Flying Officer Laurence Charles CHEGWIDDEN.
NZ 391019 Flying Officer Lowry James PORTER.
NZ 415713 Flying Officer Herbert William Bernard PATERSON.
NZ 414366 Flying Officer Francis Lincoln WELFORD, D.F.C.
NZ 421026 Flying Officer Kevin Michael COTTER, D.F.C.
NZ 414994 Flying Officer Edward Roch MCDONNELL.
NZ 422268 Flying Officer Ian Ronald DONALDSON.
NZ 405776 Flying Officer Leslie Herbert SIMES.
NZ 416449 Flying Officer Eben Watson BRIGGS.
NZ 416697 Flying Officer Alan Thomas POWELL, D.F.C.
NZ 392072 Flying Officer Dugald John SHUKER.
NZ 422442 Flying Officer Alistair Bruce STRUTHERS.
NZ 4213953 Flying Officer Allan Francis THOMPSON.
NZ 4215173 Flying Officer Colin Roger BELL.
NZ 421014 Pilot Officer Leslie James Sim BROWN, M.M.
NZ 4211710 Pilot Officer Warren John King HART.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed

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

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

John Frank Johnson, Esquire

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Marsden, vice A. H. Curtis, deceased.

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

Member of Licensing Committee appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 26th August, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Walter Thomas Lester, Esquire,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Lyttelton.

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

Coroner appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 26th August, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Victor Eugene Le Prou, Esquire, J.P.,
of Taumarunui, to be a Coroner for the Dominion of New Zealand.

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

Member of the New Zealand Wool Board appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4444)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 19th August, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 3 of the Wool Industry Act, 1944, to reappoint, from the 31st August, 1947—

Hubert Maxwell Christie, Esquire,

as a member of and one of the representatives of the New Zealand Government on the New Zealand Wool Board established under the said Act.

EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Member of the Motunau Rabbit Board appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4445)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 19th August, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of section 56 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, to appoint, on the 14th day of August, 1947—

Clutha Nantes Mackenzie

to be a member of the Motunau Rabbit Board, vice David Stewart Mackenzie, resigned.

EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Members of the Hop Marketing Committee appointed

PURSUANT to the powers conferred on him by the Hop Marketing Regulations 1939, made under the Marketing Act, 1936, and the Agriculture (Emergency Powers) Act, 1934, the Minister of Marketing doth hereby, in pursuance of Regulation 2 (b) of the said regulations, appoint—

Henry Conrad Beuke,
Jeffrey MacGlashen Inglis,
Samuel Edward O’Hara,
Laurie Alan Palmer, and
Bertie Thomas Rowling

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

Dated at Wellington, this 22nd day of August, 1947.

EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Marketing.

Appointment of Honorary Officers

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 the persons named in the following Schedule to be Honorary Officers for the acclimatization district shown in such Schedule for the purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908, such persons to hold office until the 31st March, 1950.

Dated at Wellington, this 22nd day of August, 1947.

SCHEDULE

HAWERA ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT

John Meruig Jones.
Victor Russell Nairn.

JAS. O’BRIEN, Minister of Marine.

Official Visitors under the Mental Defectives Act, 1911, within the Provincial District of Wellington appointed

Mental Hospitals Department,
Wellington, 15th August, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Mr. Rawiri Puaha

to be an Official Visitor under the Mental Defectives Act, 1911, within the Provincial District of Wellington.

M. B. HOWARD,
Minister in Charge of Mental Hospitals.

Official Visitors under the Mental Defectives Act, 1911, within the Provincial District of Canterbury appointed

Mental Hospitals Department,
Wellington, 18th August, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Mrs. Rosley Stewart Trevella

to be an Official Visitor under the Mental Defectives Act, 1911, within the Provincial District of Canterbury.

M. B. HOWARD,
Minister in Charge of Mental Hospitals.

Member of Opticians Board reappointed under Section 42 of the Statutes Amendment Act, 1938

Department of Health,
Wellington, 20th August, 1947.

IT is notified for general information that his Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to reappoint Edward Raymond Boyd, S.D.O. (N.Z.), to be a member of the Opticians Board in terms of section 42 of the Statutes Amendment Act, 1938, the appointment to date from the 1st day of July, 1947.

M. B. HOWARD, Minister of Health.

Member of Marlborough Land Board appointed

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 25th August, 1947.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has, pursuant to section 47 of the Land Act, 1924, been pleased to appoint

Geoffrey Lionel Rogers

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Marlborough for a term of three years from the 20th day of August, 1947.

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

(L. and S. 22/748/5.)