JAN. 12]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Appointments, Promotion, and Relinquishment of Commissions of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,
Wellington, 16th December, 1949.

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

REGULAR AIR FORCE
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Promotion

70044 Squadron Leader Percival Patrick O'BRIEN, B.Com., to be Wing Commander (temp.). Dated 1st December, 1949.

TECHNICAL BRANCH
Appointment
Engineer Division-

73650 Flying Officer (temp.) Victor HJORRING, M.B.E., relinquishes his temporary commission and is granted a permanent commission for a period of six years in his present rank and seniority. Dated 31st March, 1949.

TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Relinquishment

130086 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Richard Stansfield Derek KEARNS, D.S.O., D.F.C., D.F.M., relinquishes his commission. Dated 30th November, 1949.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH
Appointment
Special Duties Division-

130941 John Anderson DALE, 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 9th September, 1943. Dated 23rd August, 1949.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
Relinquishment

40708 Flying Officer John Anderson DALE relinquishes his commission. Dated 23rd August, 1949.

CORRIGENDUM

With reference to the notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 72, dated 1st December, 1949, page 2743, under the heading “Regular Air Force—Education Branch—Appointments,” for “Heny Alfred ARMSTRONG” substitute “Henry Alfred ARMSTRONG.”

T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

Appointing the Co-operative Dairy Companies Tribunal

Stamp Duties Department,
Wellington, 11th January, 1950.

PURSUANT to section 17 of the Co-operative Dairy Companies Act, 1949, the Minister of Stamp Duties doth hereby appoint the undermentioned persons to be the Chairman and members respectively of the Co-operative Dairy Companies Tribunal established under the said Act:-

Horace Arthur Foy, of Wellington (Chairman).
William Edward Hale, of Maramarua.
Ernest Claude Adams, LL.M., of Wellington.

CHAS. M. BOWDEN, Minister of Stamp Duties.

Member of the Town-planning Board Appointed

Ministry of Works,
Wellington, 20th December, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased in pursuance of section 6 of the Town Planning Act, 1926, to appoint Hubert Reynolds Bach, Esquire, to be a member of the Town-planning Board in place of Frederick William Furkert, Esquire, C.M.G., deceased.

W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Works.

Appointment of Honorary Fishery Officer

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 29 of the Statutes Amendment Act, 1946, I, William Stanley Goosman, Minister of Marine, do hereby appoint Hans Otto Lauritz Hansen, of Palmerston North, to be an Honorary Fishery Officer for the purposes of Part I of the Fisheries Act, 1908, to hold office until the 31st day of March, 1950. Dated at Wellington, this 21st day of December, 1949.

W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Marine.

Honorary Ranger of Beaches Appointed

IN pursuance of the provisions of the Harbours Act, 1923, I, William Stanley Goosman, Minister of Marine, do hereby appoint John Martin of Kaikoura to be Honorary Ranger of Beaches for the purposes of the Harbours Act, 1923, as from the lst day of January, 1950.
As witness my hand this 29th day of December, 1949.

W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Marine.

Registrars of Marriages, &c., Appointed

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 9th January, 1950.

IT is hereby notified that the following appointments have been made :
Charles Frederick Lundy to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Invercargill, on and from the 23rd day of December, 1949.
Alexander Speakman Louisson to be Acting Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Invercargill, on and from the 1st day of January, 1950.
Terence James Sharkey to be Acting Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Pahiatua, on and from the 5th day of January, 1950.
John William Park Oliver to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Norsewood, on and from the 12th day of December, 1949.
Leonard Lawrence Lafferty to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Raglan and Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Raglan, on and from the 9th day of December, 1949.
William Allan Connor to be Acting Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Waimate, on and from the 4th day of January, 1950.
William Nelson Calder to be Acting Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Dannevirke and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Dannevirke, on and from the 9th January, 1950.
Robert Hilton Raymond Dixon to be Acting Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Dargaville and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Dargaville, on and from the 4th day of January, 1950.
Hector Gordon McKenzie McLaggan to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Inglewood, on and from the 16th day of December, 1949.
Winton Robert Rigg to be Acting Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Taumarunui and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Taumarunui, on and from the 9th day of January, 1950.
George Beattie Johnston to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Otepopo, on and from the 7th day of December, 1949.
Stewart Ingram Walden to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Foxton and Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Foxton, on and from the 5th day of December, 1949.
Richard Stephen Rusbatch to be Acting Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Cromwell, on and from the 23rd day of January, 1950.
Thomas John Donaldson to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Arrow, on and from the 29th day of December, 1949.
P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

Additional Member of Pungarehu Domain Board Appointed

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 10th January, 1950.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased in pursuance of section 46 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, to increase the total number of members of the Pungarehu Domain Board from seven to eight and to appoint Martin Keith Corbett as the additional member thereby rendered necessary.

D. M. GREIG, Director-General.
(L. and S. H.O. 1/239; D.O. 8/1/33.)