Relinquishments

The undermentioned officers relinquish their commissions :—
Dated 7th September, 1947 : NZ 411575 Flight Lieutenant
Vernon Hector Waggstaff Groves.
Dated 16th September, 1947 : NZ 4213261 Flying Officer
Joshua Raymond Hicks.

Amendment

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 87, dated
12th December, 1946, page 1870, under the heading “Reserve of
Air Force Officers—Transfers,” relating to NZ 4216242 Flight
Lieutenant Raymond Mansell Davies,” is amended to read
“NZ 4216247 Flight Lieutenant Raymond Mansell Davies. Dated
15th January, 1947.”

RETIRED LIST

NZ 1010 Squadron Leader (temp. Wing Commander, Acting
Group Captain) Thomas James Denton, O.B.E., is placed on the
Retired List with the rank of Group Captain. Dated 21st September,
1947.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 6th October, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint

Arthur Morice Goulding, Esquire, S.M.,
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of
Wellington, vice J. L. Stout, Esquire, S.M., as from 1st October,
1947.

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

Appointment of Member of Auckland Revaluation Committee

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 30th September, 1947.

PURSUANT to the powers and authorities conferred on me by
section 216 of the Land Act, 1924, I, Clarence Farringdon
Skinner, Minister of Lands for the Dominion of New Zealand, do
hereby appoint

Sydney Marshall, of Omokoroa, Farmer,
to be a member of the Revaluation Committee for the Auckland
Land District, vice Samuel Steele, deceased.

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 32/1.)

Trustee of the Wanganui Racecourse Reserve appointed

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 7th October, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the
Wanganui and Rangitikei Racecourses Act, 1862, and the
Acts Interpretation Act, 1924, been pleased to appoint
Anthony Maurice Earle
to be a trustee of the Wanganui Racecourse Reserve, in place of
Maurice Earle, deceased.

D. M. GREIG, Under-Secretary for Lands.
(L. and S. 1/1184.)

Appointments in the Public Service

Office of the Public Service Commission,
Wellington, 29th September, 1947.

THE Public Service Commission has made the following appointments in the Public Service :

Kenneth George Coles
to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Apiaries Act, 1927, on
and from the 4th day of August, 1947.

Ray Goddard
to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Apiaries Act, 1927, on
and from the 4th day of August, 1947.

Geoffrey Wesley Manning
to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Apiaries Act, 1927, on
and from the 4th day of August, 1947.

Clifford Lomas Cox
to be Deputy Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Gisborne Land
District for the purposes of the Land Act, 1924, on and from the
22nd day of September, 1947.

William Shattock Jones
to be Clerk of the Magistrates’ Court at Pahiatua for the purposes
of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1928, and Maintenance Officer at
Pahiatua for the purposes of the Destitute Persons Amendment
Act, 1926, on and from the 1st day of October, 1947.

Leslie William Louisson
to be Maintenance Officer at the Magistrates’ Court at Waitara for
the purposes of the Destitute Persons Amendment Act, 1926, on
and from the 16th day of September, 1947.

New Registrars of Births and Deaths of Maoris

Raymond Spencer Ridgley
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Rakaumanga,
on and from the 7th day of July, 1947.

Leslie George Spiller
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Te Mahia, on and
from the 14th day of July, 1947

Karl Thomas Hansen
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Raupunga, on
and from the 14th day of July, 1947.

George John Robertshaw
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Helensville,
on and from the 3rd day of September, 1947.

Richard Melbourne Marsh
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Anaura Bay, on
and from the 8th day of September, 1947.

Claude Melvin Harford
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Te Mahia, on and
from the 8th day of September, 1947.

Thomas McGregor Dick
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Moehau, on and
from the 8th day of September, 1947.

Charles William Devonshire
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Tanea, on and
from the 8th day of September, 1947.

George Eric Wight
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Otukou, on and
from the 8th day of September, 1947.

Phoebe Garrey (Miss)
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Ohautira, on and
from the 8th day of September, 1947.

Leslie George Spiller
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Lake Ohia, on
and from the 8th day of September, 1947.

Thomas Alan Tait
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Rakaumanga,
on and from the 8th day of September, 1947.

Leonard Hans Ihle
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District
of Waitara, on and from the 10th day of September, 1947, and
Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Waitara, on and from
the 10th day of September, 1947.

Charles Gordon McGregor
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the
District of Apiti, on and from the 11th day of September, 1947.

Albert Ernest Lockett
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the
District of Rongotea, on and from the 12th day of September, 1947.

John Joseph King
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Nelson,
on and from the 15th day of September, 1947.

L. A. ATKINSON, Secretary.

By-laws under the Rotorua Borough Act, 1922

WHEREAS by section 8 of the Rotorua Borough Act, 1922,
all electric light and power works theretofore provided,
erected, or constructed by the Crown in or in connection with the
Town of Rotorua remain vested in the Department of Tourist and
Health Resorts, as incorporated by the Rotorua Town Act, 1907,
and the Rotorua Borough Act, 1922 :

And whereas in respect of these works the said Department
has and may exercise all the powers for the time being conferred
by law on Borough Councils, except the power to borrow money by
way of special loan or to make and levy any rate:

And whereas by licences granted by the Governor-General in
Council, as published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 5th November,
1931, and 1st October, 1936, respectively, the said Department is
authorized to generate electricity and erect electric lines within
the Borough of Rotorua and portion of the County of Rotorua as
set out in the Schedules of the said licence:

Now, therefore, the said Department, in pursuance of the
powers hereinbefore recited and all other powers thereunto enabling
it, doth hereby amend By-law 35 made on the 24th day of January,
1944, and published in the Gazette on the 27th day of the same
month, at page 59, by revoking the following words in the part
headed “(A) Domestic”—namely, the words “(c) If a switch, or
the means of control, is supplied by the Department the consumer
shall pay rent for such at the rate of Is. per month,” and doth hereby
declare that such revocation shall take effect on and after the
1st day of November, 1947.

Given under the common seal of the Department of Tourist
and Health Resorts, as incorporated under the Rotorua Town Act, 1907, and the Rotorua Borough Act, 1922,
and under the hand of the Minister in Charge of the said
Department, this 7th day of October, 1947.

W. E. PARRY,
Minister in Charge of Tourist and Health Resorts.