Dec. 1] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2743

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 26th November, 1949.

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

REGULAR AIR FORCE
EDUCATION BRANCH
Appointments

2528 Henry Alfred ARMSTRONG is granted a short-service commission in the temporary rank of Flight Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 5th February, 1948.

2136 John Kenneth MOIR, on relinquishing his commission in the Reserve of Air Force Officers, is granted an extended-service commission for a period of five years in the temporary rank of Flight Lieutenant. Dated 13th February, 1948.

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 20, 15th April, 1948, under the heading “EDUCATION BRANCH—Appointments” and relating to the above-mentioned officers, is hereby cancelled.

TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE
TECHNICAL BRANCH
Appointments

Armament Division—

130754 Robert Leith BEGG, on relinquishing his commission in the Reserve of Air Force Officers, is granted a commission for a period of five years in the temporary rank of Flying Officer, with seniority as from 27th November, 1943. Dated 1st October, 1949.

AIR TRAINING CORPS
Relinquishment

Flying Officer Terence Leslie SKERMAN relinquishes his commission. Dated 10th October, 1949.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
Relinquishment

391951 Flying Officer Robert Leith BEGG relinquishes his commission. Dated 1st October, 1949.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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Vacation of Office by Parliamentary Under-Secretary

Prime Minister’s Office,
Wellington, 18th November, 1949.

PURSUANT to the Civil List Amendment Act, 1936, it is hereby notified that—

David William Coleman, Esquire, Parliamentary Under-Secretary in relation to the office of the Minister of Works, vacated his office on the 16th day of November, 1949, by reason of having ceased to be a Member of the House of Representatives.

P. FRASER, Prime Minister.

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Deputy Member of Land Valuation Committee Resigns

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th November, 1949.

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

Warrington McCarten Taylor, Esquire,

of his appointment as a Deputy Member of the Otago Land Valuation Committee.

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

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Member of Licensing Committee Appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th November, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Douglas Hamilton Hall, Esquire,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Waimarino, vice G. S. Steadman, Esquire, left the district.

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

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Stipendiary Magistrate Authorized to Exercise Jurisdiction in Children’s Court

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to authorize

Michael Bernard Scully, Esquire, S.M.

to exercise jurisdiction in the Children’s Court established at Wellington.

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

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Appointment of Officers Under the Child Welfare Act, 1925

Education Department,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1949.

IN pursuance of section 2 of the Child Welfare Act, 1925, I, Terence Henderson McCombs, Minister of Education, do hereby appoint:—

Ashton, Ailsa Tui,
Badley, Cecil Charles,
Barlow, Marjorie Veronica Langford,
Barrance, Margaret Elsie,
Baxter, Hilda Jessie,
Doak, Elsie Valmai,
Fannin, Elizabeth Jean,
Luckock, John Gould,
Miller, Valerie Francis,
McKay, Pamela Margaret,
Vause, Nonie Gabriel Rosemary,
White, Marjory Elizabeth,

as Child Welfare Officers for the purpose of the said Act.

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

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Child Welfare Act, 1925.—Revoking Appointments of Child Welfare Officers

Education Department,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1949.

IN pursuance of the powers vested in me by the Child Welfare Act, 1925, I, Terence Henderson McCombs, Minister of Education, do hereby notify that, on account of the undermentioned persons having ceased to be members of the Education Department, their appointments as Child Welfare Officers made under section 2 of the said Act have been revoked as from the date hereof:—

Chisholm, Anabel,
Noell, Joyce Ada Gladys,
Sproule, William James.

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

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Member of the North Canterbury Nassella Tussock Board Appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4804)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 25th November, 1949.

PURSUANT to section 25 of the Nassella Tussock Act, 1946, the Minister of Agriculture doth hereby appoint

Colin Campbell Leitch, Esquire, C.A.C. Dip.Ag.,

to be a member of the North Canterbury Nassella Tussock Board vice Richard Patrick Connell, deceased.

EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.

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Appointments in the Public Service

Office of the Public Service Commission,
Wellington, 28th November, 1949.

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

John Charles Whittle Gospodnetich

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Dairy Industry Act, 1908, on and from the 1st day of November, 1949.

Martin Kennedy,
Hugh Osmond Thomson,
Francis Merlin Warren,
Malcolm Kittson Boon,

to be Assistant Registrars of Incorporated Societies under section 2 of the Incorporated Societies Amendment Act, 1922, on and from the 15th day of November, 1949.

Thomas Patrick John Williams

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Apiaries Act, 1927, on and from the 1st day of November, 1949.

Donald Rose

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Stock Act, 1908, on and from the 10th day of August, 1949.

V. W. THOMAS, Secretary.