Dec. 8] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2789

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Relinquishments

The undermentioned officers relinquish their commissions:—

405607 Flight Lieutenant William Trevor McKeown, B.A. Dated 31st October, 1949.

421049 Flight Lieutenant Harold Bert Hayward. Dated 18th October, 1949.

422294 Flight Lieutenant Alfred Cleal Wendell Lawrence, M.A. Dated 1st November, 1949.

RETIRED LIST

Amendment

With reference to the notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 59, dated 9th October, 1947, page 1437, relating to “N.Z. 1010 Squadron Leader (temp. Wing Commander, Acting Group Captain) Thomas James Denton, O.B.E.,” for “Dated 21st September, 1947,” substitute “Dated 24th October, 1947.”

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointing Maori Wardens Under the Maori Social and Economic Advancement Act, 1945

Pursuant to section 11 of the Maori Social and Economic Advancement Act, 1945, I do hereby appoint the persons named in the first column of the Schedule hereunder to be Maori Wardens for the Tribal Districts shown in the second column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE

Hare Reihana .. .. Kawakawa Tribal District.
Neri Peita .. .. Kawakawa Tribal District.
Hanita Brown .. .. Kawakawa Tribal District.
Fred Tarau .. .. Kawakawa Tribal District.
Mathew Davis .. .. Kawakawa Tribal District.
G. te Tai .. .. Kawakawa Tribal District.
Te Whango Witehira .. .. Western Kaikohe Tribal District.
Tupu Erueti .. .. Western Kaikohe Tribal District.
Anaru Moon .. .. Western Kaikohe Tribal District.
Haimona Kamira .. .. Western Kaikohe Tribal District.
Ruwhiu Kopa .. .. Western Kaikohe Tribal District.
Perei Tane .. .. Western Kaikohe Tribal District.
Pereiha Ngatote .. .. Western Kaikohe Tribal District.
Hohua Para .. .. Western Kaikohe Tribal District.
Pita Tiatoa .. .. Eastern Kaikohe Tribal District.
Pokai Taurua .. .. Eastern Kaikohe Tribal District.
Keith te Kiri .. .. Rotorua Borough Tribal District.
Kere Neha .. .. Tuwharetoa No. 3 Tribal District.
Sam Houpapa .. .. Tuwharetoa No. 3 Tribal District.
Tamati Mihaka .. .. Ngarauru Tribal District.
Te Hoe Palmer .. .. Matakana Tribal District.
Thakara Paora Walker .. .. Ranginui Tribal District.
Cairo M. Huntley .. .. Marlborough Kaikoura Tribal District.

Dated at Wellington, this 2nd day of December, 1949.

P. FRASER, Minister of Maori Affairs.

(M.A. 35/1/10.)

Member of Licensing Committee Appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th November, 1949.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Edwin Edwards, Esquire,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Hauraki, vice George Rodgers, resigned.

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

Justice of the Peace Appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1949.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

David William Coleman, Esquire,

of Gisborne, to be a Justice of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand and its dependencies.

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

Justice of the Peace Resigns

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1949.

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

William Bayley Bray, Esquire,

of Leeston, 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.

The Licensing Trusts Act, 1949.—Appointment of Day of First Election of Members of Ashburton Licensing Trust and of Returning Officer for the First Election

Pursuant to section 10 of the Licensing Trusts Act, 1949, I, Henry Greathead Rex Mason, Minister of Justice for New Zealand, do hereby appoint Wednesday, the 8th day of February, 1950, as the day of the first election of members of the Ashburton Licensing Trust; and further do hereby appoint Reginald Charles Major, Town Clerk of the Borough of Ashburton, to be the Returning Officer for the Ashburton Licensing Trust District, for the purposes of the said first election of members.

Dated at Wellington, this 29th day of November, 1949.

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

Resignation of a Member of the Assessment Court for the Farm-land List for the Borough of Waipukurau

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 6th December, 1949.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation of

Percy Frederick Wall, Esquire,

as a member of the Assessment Court constituted under the Urban Farm Land Rating Act, 1932, for the Borough of Waipukurau.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 103/2/56.)

Member of Assessment Court for the Farm-land List for the Borough of Waipukurau Appointed

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 6th December, 1949.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in terms of section 10 of the Urban Farm Land Rating Act, 1932, to appoint

George Edward Granger, Esquire, Carpenter, Waipukurau,

to be a member of the Assessment Court for the Borough of Waipukurau, vice Percy Frederick Wall, Esquire, resigned.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 103/2/56.)

Member of Assessment Court for the Farm-land List for the City of Palmerston North Appointed

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 6th December, 1949.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in terms of section 10 of the Urban Farm Land Rating Act, 1932, to appoint

Albert Edward Johnson, Esquire, Retired Locomotive Foreman, of Palmerston North

to be a member of the Assessment Court for the City of Palmerston North, vice John William Whittaker, Esquire, deceased.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 103/2/13.)

Members of Assessment Court for Farm-land List for City of Invercargill Appointed

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 6th December, 1949.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in terms of section 10 of the Urban Farm Land Rating Act, 1932, to appoint—

John William Ritchie, Esquire, Retired Farmer, of Invercargill

to be a member of the Assessment Court for the City of Invercargill;

and also to appoint—

Alfred William Jones, Esquire, Land and Estate Agent and Valuer, of Invercargill, on the recommendation of the Invercargill City Council, to be a member of the said Assessment Court.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(L.A. 103/2/57.)

Registrar of Births and Deaths &c., Appointed

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 30th November, 1949.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Ferguson Nunn Smith

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Fortrose at Niagara, on and from the 1st day of October, 1949.

W. E. PARRY,
Minister in Charge of Registrar-General’s Office.