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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 58

TECHNICAL BRANCH
Appointments
Engineer Division—
73634 Flying Officer (temp.) Philip Mills Anker relinquishes his temporary commission and is granted a permanent commission for a period of eight years in his present rank and seniority. Dated 31st March, 1949.
73635 Flying Officer (temp.) Wilfred Gordon Anstris relinquishes his temporary commission and is granted a permanent commission for a period of ten years in his present rank and seniority. Dated 31st March, 1949.

Promotions
Engineer Division—
70203 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Cecil David Melville Kingsford to be Squadron Leader (temp.) with seniority as from 1st February, 1944.
The undermentioned Flying Officers (temp.) to be Flight Lieutenants (temp.) with seniority as from lst October, 1945—
70218 Ronald Robert Smith, M.B.E.
70217 Thomas Richard Read.
70219 Richard Langsford Brewer, M.B.E.
Dated Ist September, 1949.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH
Promotion
Equipment Division—
70307 Flying Officer (temp.) Ulysses Ian Dalgleish Runciman to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.) with seniority as from lst September, 1948. Dated 1st September, 1949.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
Relinquishment
413837 Flight Lieutenant Norman Gardiner, D.F.C., relinquishes his commission. Dated 12th September, 1949.
F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Shorthand Reporters Appointed
NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of section 2 of the Shorthand Reporters' Act, 1908, to make the following appointments—
Amy Brewer,
Albert Alexander Edwards,
Jack McLean,
Grace Thomson Conway,
Lilian Jane Perkins,
Irma Lillian Harrison,
Agnes Victoria Hill,
Kathleen Gibson,
Helen Joan Cooper,
Tui Sylvia Wakelin,
Doris Ethel Balsdon,
Marion Trimble,
Ronald McKenzie Murray,
Nancye Erna Burt, and
Myrtle Irene Shewan
to be shorthand reporters under the Shorthand Reporters' Act, 1908.
Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of September, 1949.
P. FRASER, Prime Minister.

Commissioner of Maori Land Court Appointed
Department of Maori Affairs,
Wellington, 27th September, 1949.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint Norman William Smith, Esquire, of Wellington, to be a Commissioner of the Maori Land Court.
P. FRASER, Minister of Maori Affairs.

Coroner Resigns
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 3rd October, 1949.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation by Arnold Menary Dunning, Esquire, of Kohukohu, of his appointment as a Coroner for the Dominion of New Zealand.
H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Members of the Albury Rabbit Board Appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4781)
Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 30th September, 1949.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of section 29 of the Rabbit Nuisance Amendment Act, 1947, to appoint on the 29th day of September, 1949— John Ballantyne,
Sidney Kelynack,
Ernest William Kerr,
John Mowat, and
John Joseph Page
to be members of the Albury Rabbit Board.
EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.
(Ag. 64/1/201.)

Member of the Albury Rabbit Board Appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4782)
PURSUANT to section 37 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, the Minister of Agriculture doth hereby appoint King George Gray, being an Inspector appointed under Part I of the said Act, to be a member of the Albury Rabbit Board.
Dated at Wellington, this 30th day of September, 1949.
EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.
(Ag. 64/1/201.)

Members of the Maruia Rabbit Board Appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4783)
Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 30th September, 1949.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of section 29 of the Rabbit Nuisance Amendment Act, 1947, to appoint on the 29th day of September, 1949— William Blackadder,
John James Esler,
Charles Albert Gibbs,
Francis Robert McWha, and David Warwick Thomson
to be members of the Maruia Rabbit Board.
EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.
(Ag. 64/1/220.)

Member of the Maruia Rabbit Board Appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4784)
PURSUANT to section 37 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, the Minister of Agriculture doth hereby appoint James Fleming, being an Inspector appointed under Part I of the said Act, to be a member of the Maruia Rabbit Board.
Dated at Wellington, this 30th day of September, 1949.
EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.
(Ag. 64/1/220.)

Registrars of Marriages, &c., Appointed
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 3rd October, 1949.
IT is hereby notified that the following appointments have been made :— Douglas George Hayter to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of New Plymouth and Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at New Plymouth, on and from the 26th day of September, 1949.
Arthur James Bannister to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Geraldine, on and from the 5th day of September, 1949.
Douglas Victor Jenkin to be Acting Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Opotiki and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Opotiki, on and from the 3rd day of October, 1949.
William Raymond Crane to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Mount Benger at Miller's Flat, on and from the 16th day of September, 1949.
Angus Graham to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Tuatapere and Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Tuatapere, on and from the 21st day of September, 1949.
P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.