Dec. 15] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2813

Flying Officer—
70276 Ralph Alexander LEVY. 1st October, 1943.
70402 John William MOYNIHAN, M.B.E. 1st April, 1949.
71412 John Everitt SEAL. 15th April, 1949.

Pilot Officer—
70523 Eric William SCOTT, B.E.M. 1st April, 1949.

MEDICAL BRANCH
Appointments (Substantive)

The undermentioned officers are granted the substantive rank and seniority shown, with effect from 1st October, 1949 :—

Squadron Leader—
73647 Thomas Gerald HARPUR, M.B., Ch.B. 6th March, 1944.
70353 Donald Galbraith MACNEILL, M.B., Ch.B., D.P.H. 1st March, 1949.

EDUCATION BRANCH
Appointments (Substantive)

The undermentioned officers are granted the substantive rank and seniority shown, with effect from 1st October, 1949 :—

Squadron Leader—
70321 William Clemens THOMAS, B.A., Dip.Ed. 15th November, 1947.

Flight Lieutenant—
70322 Edward LUNN, B.A., B.Sc. 1st July, 1942.
70323 George Eric GUDSELL. 13th August, 1945.
72870 Frank Richard SHORT, B.A. 25th September, 1946.
70324 Leslie Stewart MOODIE. 24th December, 1946.
70359 Royden Matthews JARRETT, B.A. 7th January, 1947.
70325 William John GILMOUR, B.A. 1st July, 1947.
70326 Trevor Lowther Wright MULLINDER, B.A. 4th February, 1948.
70327 Henry Alfred ARMSTRONG. 5th February, 1948.
70328 John Kenneth MOIR. 13th February, 1948.
70329 Nelson Hunter IRWIN. 5th March, 1948.
70356 James Robertson DAY, M.Sc. 4th October, 1948.
72871 Theo Charles RALFE, B.Sc. 6th October, 1948.
72869 Robert Alan MACARTNEY. 15th November, 1948.

WOMEN’S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE
Appointments (Substantive)

The undermentioned officers are granted the substantive rank and seniority shown, with effect from 1st October, 1949 :—

Squadron Officer—
70333 Winifred Prebble SMITH. 15th June, 1946.
70335 Thelma Mary LAWSON. 17th September, 1949.

Section Officer—
70336 Bertha May WILSON. 5th August, 1942.
70338 Beatrice Lilla Sanderson TONKIN. 1st January, 1945.
70339 Mavis Powell GIESEN. 1st January, 1945.
70340 Mabel Charlotte HAASE. 1st January, 1945.
70341 Ernestine Graham HUME. 1st January, 1945.
70342 Eileen Joyce PEAT. 7th March, 1945.
70343 Molly Jean LOVE. 7th March, 1945.
70344 May Catherine MIDDLETON, M.B.E. 7th March, 1945.
70345 Vera HOLT. 7th March, 1945.
70349 Margaret Helen NICKOLLS. 1st May, 1945.
70352 Thelma Mabel DICK. 17th August, 1945.
70346 Dorothy Lois HERVEY. 14th July, 1946.

Assistant Section Officer—
70348 Noel Josephene AGNEW. 10th March, 1948.
73882 Gilda St. Clair BEZAR. 5th June, 1948.
70350 Jean Scott MILNE. 17th July, 1948.

NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE SCIENTIFIC CORPS
Appointments (Substantive)

The undermentioned officers are granted the substantive rank and seniority shown, with effect from 1st October, 1949 :—

Flying Officer—
74147 Roderick Duncan MACDONALD, M.Sc. 9th May, 1949.
74148 Robert Malcolm ALLAN, B.E. 24th May, 1949.
74149 David Allan SPENCE, M.Sc., B.A. 9th August, 1949.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Members of Licensing Committees Appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th December, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Leslie Ray Jordon, Esquire,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Timaru, vice J. J. Heasley, deceased, and

Ernest Joseph Poswillo, Esquire,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Gisborne, vice William Lissant-Clayton, deceased.

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

Coroner Appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 6th December, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Gordon Sinclair, Esquire, J.P.,

of Otatau, to be a Coroner for the Dominion of New Zealand.

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

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 14th 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

Frank Holt, Esquire, Retired, Waipawa,

on the recommendation of the Waipukurau Borough Council, to be a member of the Assessment Court for the Borough of Waipukurau, vice William Isaac Limbrick, Esquire, deceased.

W. A. BODKIN, Minister of Internal Affairs.

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

Commissioner of the Supreme Court Appointed

RONALD WILSON BOYD MORRIS, Esquire, of Glasgow, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Scotland, has this day been appointed by the Right Honourable Sir Humphrey Francis O’Leary, K.C.M.G., Chief Justice of New Zealand, a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in Scotland under the 47th section of the Judicature Act, 1908, for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington, this 8th day of December, 1949.

A. E. REYNOLDS, Registrar, Supreme Court.

Members of Switzer’s Commonage Appointed

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 8th December, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of—

Louis Alexandra Stevenson,
Ronald Frederick Rose,
James Peter Hamer,
Aubrey Douglas Lee,
Harry Brosnan,
William Phillip Collins, and
John Findlay Morrison Richards,

being members of the Committee to provide for the care and management of the Switzer’s Commonage in accordance with the rules and regulations, dated the 7th September, 1925.

D. M. GREIG, Director-General of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 26569 ; D.O. O.L.M. 1460.)

Registrars of Marriages &c., Appointed

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 12th December, 1949.

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

Alexander Morris Fry

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Ross, on and from the 14th day of November, 1949.

Leslie Nelson McElhinney

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Waimate, on and from the 9th day of December, 1949.

William Murray Hill

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Kahukura and Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Tikitiki, on and from the 22nd day of November, 1949.

Thomas Burt

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

Frederick Anderson

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Pukekohe and Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Pukekohe, on and from the 12th day of September, 1949.

Herbert James Keenan

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Pukekohe and Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Pukekohe, on and from the 31st day of October, 1949.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

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