Aug. 11] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1683

The Hawkes Bay Regiment—
Temp. Major M. S. Carrie, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Major, with seniority from 17th January, 1947. Dated 1st May, 1949.
Captain D. Chambers, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Captain, with seniority from 13th March, 1947. Dated 1st May, 1949.
Lieutenant B. A. Treseder, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Lieutenant with seniority from 21st November, 1948. Dated 1st May, 1949.

The Canterbury Regiment—
Lieutenant (temp. Major) R. J. Stevens, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Major, with seniority from 1st May, 1947. Dated 1st May, 1949.
Captain W. J. Heslop, M.B.E., from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Captain, with seniority from 15th August, 1945. Dated 1st May, 1949.
Temp. Captain N. H. R. Young, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Captain, with seniority from 10th February, 1947. Dated 1st May, 1949.
Lieutenant W. A. Barcock, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 29th August, 1946. Dated 1st May, 1949.
Lieutenant P. T. Mahon, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 9th October, 1948. Dated 1st May, 1949.
Lieutenant L. G. Young, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 5th November, 1948. Dated 1st May, 1949.
Lieutenant A. R. Guthrey, M.C., from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 1st December, 1948. Dated 1st May, 1949.
2nd Lieutenant E. H. Williams, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority from 29th March, 1948. Dated 1st May, 1949.

General List—
The Royal N.Z. Artillery—
Captain J. F. Churstein, from the Retired List, to be Captain, with seniority from 12th April, 1947. Dated 1st May, 1949.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Extension of Engagement of an Officer of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,
Wellington, 3rd August, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following extension of engagement of an officer of the Royal New Zealand Air Force :—

REGULAR AIR FORCE
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Extension of Commission

As Pilot—
70094 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Ronald Arthur MANNERS is granted an extension of his commission, in his present rank and seniority, for a period of three years. Dated 1st April, 1949.

CORRIGENDUM

With reference to the notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 41, dated 7th July, 1949, page 1459, under the heading “Regular Air Force—General Duties Branch—Extension of Commission,” relative to 70160 Flying Officer (temp.) John William Prideaux Cook, M.B.E., for “As Signaller,” substitute “As Pilot.”

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Chairman of Land Valuation Committee Resigns

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th August, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation by

Charles Byers Barrowclough

of his appointment as Chairman of the Otago Land Valuation Committee, as on and from 15th August, 1949.

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

Member of Land Valuation Committee Appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th August, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Garth Gallaway, Esquire,

of Dunedin, to be a Member of the Otago Land Valuation Committee, and to be Chairman of that Committee, as on and from 15th August, 1949.

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

Member of Licensing Committee Appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 5th August, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

John Alfred Duffill, Esquire

to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Patea, vice J. B. Murdoch, deceased.

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

Probation Officer Appointed

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 9th August, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Sister Catherine Graham Weir

to be a Probation Officer under the Offenders Probation Act, 1920, for the Borough of Hastings, as from 1st August, 1949.

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

Lower Clutha River Trust: Appointment of Commissioner

WHEREAS by a Warrant dated the 28th day of February, 1948, and published in Gazette No. 12 of the 4th day of March, 1948, William Leslie Bell, Esquire, of Dunedin, Civil Engineer, was appointed a Commissioner of the Lower Clutha River Trust in terms of section 3, subsection (1), of the Lower Clutha River Improvement Act, 1938 :

And whereas the said William Leslie Bell has now resigned, and it is considered expedient to appoint another Commissioner in lieu of the said William Leslie Bell :

Now, therefore, the Minister of Works, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 3, subsection (1), of the Lower Clutha River Improvement Act, 1938, doth hereby cancel the appointment of the said William Leslie Bell to be a Commissioner of the Lower Clutha River Trust, and doth hereby appoint

Archibald Gavin Park, Esquire,

of Dunedin, Civil Engineer, to be a Commissioner of the Lower Clutha River Trust, such appointment to take effect as from the eleventh day of August, 1949.

As witness my hand at Wellington, this 5th day of August, 1949.

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Works.

(P.W. 48/15/1.)

Taieri River Trust: Appointment of Commissioner

WHEREAS by a Warrant dated the 15th day of March, 1948, and published in Gazette No. 15 of the 18th day of the same month, William Leslie Bell, Esquire, District Engineer, Public Works Department, Dunedin, was appointed a Commissioner of the Taieri River Trust in terms of section 3 of the Taieri River Improvement Act, 1920 :

And whereas the said William Leslie Bell has now resigned, and it is considered expedient to appoint another Commissioner in lieu of the said William Leslie Bell :

Now, therefore, the Minister of Works, pursuant to section 3 of the Taieri River Improvement Act, 1920, doth hereby cancel the appointment of the said William Leslie Bell to be a Commissioner of the Taieri River Trust, and doth hereby appoint

Archibald Gavin Park, Esquire,

District Engineer, Ministry of Works, Dunedin, to be a Commissioner of the Taieri River Trust.

As witness my hand at Wellington, this 5th day of August, 1949.

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Works.

(P.W. 48/68.)

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

Education Department,
Wellington, 3rd August, 1949.

IN pursuance of section 2 of the Child Welfare Act, 1925, I, Terence Henderson McCombs, Minister of Education, do hereby appoint the following person as an Honorary Child Welfare Officer for the purpose of the said Act for the year ending 31st March, 1950 :—

Name. District.
Daly, Reverend Father Thomas . . . . . . Greymouth.

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