Nov. 13]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

1765

Parliamentary Under-Secretary appointed

Prime Minister's Office,
Wellington, 7th November, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in
terms of the Civil List Amendment Act, 1936, to appoint
Harry Ernest Combs, Esquire,
of Wellington, a Member of the House of Representatives, to be a
Parliamentary Under-Secretary in relation to the Office of the
Minister of Finance.
P. FRASER, Prime Minister.

Consul-General of the Czechoslovak Republic appointed

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 10th November, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified
that the appointment of
Emil Vrisakis, Esquire,
as Consul-General of Greece at Sydney for New Zealand has been
provisionally recognized.
P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th August, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint
Herbert Coyle, Esquire,
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of
Wellington, vice F. D. Kean, deceased.
H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

The Cargo Control Emergency Regulations, 1947.-Appointment of
Member of Cargo Control Committee for the Port of Wellington

PURSUANT to the Cargo Control Emergency Regulations 1947
the Minister of Labour doth hereby appoint
Osborne Cleveland Guy
to be a member of the Cargo Control Committee for the Port of
Wellington, vice Percy Plaice Gardiner.
Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of November, 1947.
A. McLAGAN, Minister of Labour.

Appointment of Superintendent of Mercantile Marine at Mangonui

Marine Department,
Wellington, 10th November, 1947.

BY direction of the Hon. Minister of Marine it is hereby notified
that
John Leonard Anderson
has been appointed Superintendent of Mercantile Marine at Man-
gonui, as from the 23rd October, 1947.
W. C. SMITH, Secretary.

Additional Member of Domain Board Appointed

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 6th November, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in
pursuance of section 46 of the Public Reserves, Domains
and National Parks Act, 1928, to increase the total number of
members of the Wakefield Domain Board from eight to nine and to
appoint
Allan Campbell Wood
as the additional member thereby rendered necessary.
D. M. GREIG, Under-Secretary.
(L. and S. 1/42.)

Deputy of Members of South Auckland Land Sales Committee
appointed

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 6th November, 1947.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-
General in Council, acting pursuant to the provisions of
subsection (3) of section 17 of the Servicemen's Settlement and
Land Sales Act, 1943, has appointed
James Walter Ambrose Stead, of Auckland, Retired,
to be the deputy of John William Kealy, Chairman, and Harry
Oswald Mellsop, member, on the South Auckland Land Sales Com-
mittee.
D. M. GREIG, Under-Secretary for Lands.
(L. and S. 13/207/1.)

Registrars of Marriages, &c., Appointed

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 11th November, 1947.

IT is hereby notified that the following appointments have been
made :
Richard Hewson Barlow
to be Acting Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for
the District of Tauranga, and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths
of Maoris at Tauranga, on and from the 10th day of November, 1947.
William John Chalk
to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for
the District of Kahukura, and Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths
of Maoris at Tikitiki, on and from the 25th day of October, 1947.
Ivan Maynard Willis
to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for
the District of Norsewood, on and from the 16th day of September,
1947.
Douglas Rylands Brown
to be Acting Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for
the District of Levin, and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths
of Maoris at Levin, on and from the 3rd day of November, 1947.
P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

Despatch : Nobel Peace Prize, 1948

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 7th November, 1947.

THE following despatch, received from the Secretary of State for
Commonwealth Relations, is published for general information.
W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.
NEW ZEALAND
Circular despatch C. No. 28.
Commonwealth Relations Office,
Downing Street, 6th October, 1947.
Sir,
With reference to Mr. Bottomley's despatch Circular
C. No. 11 dated the 12th September, 1946, I have the honour to
transmit the accompanying copies of a circular issued by the Nobel
Committee of the Norwegian Parliament regarding nominations for
the Nobel Peace Prize for 1948.
2. It would be appreciated if the conditions of the prize could
be made known to those bodies and persons who are qualified to
nominate candidates.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient, humble servant,
A. HENDERSON,
(for the Secretary of State.)
The Minister of External Affairs,
New Zealand

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
ALL proposals of candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize, which is
to be distributed December 10, 1948, must, in order to be taken
into consideration, be laid before the Nobel Committee of the
Norwegian Parliament by a duly qualified person before the first of
February of the same year.
Any one of the following persons is held to be duly qualified :
(a) Members and late members of the Nobel Committee of the
Norwegian Parliament, as well as the advisers appointed at the
Norwegian Nobel Institute ; (b) Members of Parliament and Members
of Government of the different States, as well as Members of the
Interparliamentary Union ; (c) Members of the International
Arbitration Court at the Hague ; (d) Members of the Council of
the International Peace Bureau ; (e) Members and Associates of
the Institute of International Law ; (f) University professors of
Political Science and of Law, of History and of Philosophy ; and
(g) Persons who have received the Nobel Peace Prize.
The Nobel Peace Prize may also be accorded to institutions or
associations.
According to the Code of Statutes, § 8, the grounds upon which
any proposal is made must be stated and handed in along with such
papers and other documents as may therein be referred to.
According to § 3, every written work to qualify for a prize,
must have appeared in print.
For particulars, qualified persons are requested to apply to
the Office of the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament,
Drammensvei 19, Oslo.