Feb. 10] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 561

Appointments and Relinquishments of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,
Wellington, 4th February, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointments and relinquishments of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force :—

REGULAR AIR FORCE
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Appointment

As Pilot—

4212616 Thomas Robin RABONE, on relinquishing his commission in the Reserve of Air Force Officers, is granted a short-service commission in the temporary rank of Flying Officer, with seniority as from 7th May, 1946. Dated 4th January, 1949.

MEDICAL BRANCH
Appointment

1828 Joseph George HARKNESS, M.B., Ch.B., on relinquishing his commission in the Reserve of Air Force Officers, is granted an extended-service commission for a period of three years in the rank of Flight Lieutenant, with seniority as from 21st July, 1939. Dated 1st February, 1949.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
Relinquishments

The undermentioned officers relinquish their commissions :—

1828 Flight Lieutenant Joseph George HARKNESS, M.B., Ch.B. Dated 1st February, 1949.

4212616 Flying Officer Thomas Robin RABONE. Dated 4th January, 1949.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Member of Invercargill Licensing Trust Appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 3rd February, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

George Francis Morison Stewart, Esquire,

to be a member of the Invercargill Licensing Trust for the residue of a term of four years expiring on the 29th day of April, 1952, the said George Francis Morison Stewart having been nominated by the Invercargill City Council for appointment in place of John Pickard, deceased, pursuant to section 4 of the Invercargill Licensing Trust Act, 1944.

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

Justice of the Peace Resigns

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 3rd February, 1949.

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

Michael Alexander Kinney, Esquire,

of Hyde, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand and its dependencies.

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

Member of the Wedderburn Rabbit Board Appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4597)

PURSUANT to section 37 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, the Minister of Agriculture doth hereby appoint

John Alexander Miller,

being an Inspector appointed under Part I of the said Act, to be a member of the Wedderburn Rabbit Board.

Dated at Wellington, this 4th day of February, 1949.

EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Members of the Wedderburn Rabbit Board Appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4599)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 9th February, 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 7th day of February, 1949—

Harold William Davis,
Leo Charles Spedderi Dougherty,
David John Rickard Duncan,
Hugh Graham McLeod, and
William John Mawhinney

to be members of the Wedderburn Rabbit Board.

EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Registrars of Marriages &c., Appointed

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 7th February, 1949.

IT is hereby notified that the following appointments have been made :—

Georgina Rutherford (Miss)

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Otoko Pa, on and from the 1st day of February, 1949.

Raymond Humphrey Taylor

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Raukokore, on and from the 1st day of February, 1949.

Ebenezer McIvor Prosser

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Whakawhitira, on and from the 1st day of February, 1949.

John Menzies Clarke

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Mangapehi and Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Mangapehi, on and from the 18th day of January, 1949.

Geoffrey James Annear

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Mohaka, on and from the 1st day of February, 1949.

Frederick George Ryan

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Te Araroa, on and from the 20th day of January, 1949.

Harold Innes Dowrick

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Te Pupuke, on and from the 1st day of February, 1949.

John Hill Opie

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Motiti Island, on and from the 1st day of February, 1949.

Donald Phillips McMurray

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Rangiahua, on and from the 1st day of February, 1949.

Hector Leslie Gordon

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Waitahanui, on and from the 1st day of February, 1949.

Ephraim Leo Dickie

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Eltham, on and from the 21st day of January, 1949.

George John Robertshaw

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Otahuhu at Papatoetoe, on and from the 27th day of January, 1949.

Geoffrey Charles Gordon

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 27th day of January, 1949.

Phyllis Gertrude Penny (Miss)

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Cromwell, on and from the 24th day of January, 1949.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

Special Order Made by the Patea County Council Declaring That Sections 121 and 131 of the Counties Act, 1920, Shall not Apply to That Council

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 3rd February, 1949.

THE following special order made by the Patea County Council is published in accordance with the provisions of the Counties Amendment Act, 1931.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

SPECIAL ORDER

“That, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 2 of the Counties Amendment Act, 1931, the Patea County Council hereby resolves and declares, by way of special order, as follows: That sections 121 and 131 of the Counties Act, 1920, shall not apply to the Council of the County of Patea, such order to take effect as from and including the 1st day of April, 1949.”

I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly made.

U. WALKER, County Clerk.

Patea, 18th January, 1949.