MAY 25] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 703

Members of Licensing Committees Appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1950.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

William Grant, Esquire,

to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Timaru, vice D. Grant, deceased; and

Ernest Loader, Esquire,

to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Waimarino, vice Francis Raymond Barrington, resigned.

T. C. WEBB, Minister of Justice.

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

Arthur Merlin Harding, of Devonport,

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, 1953.

Dated at Wellington, this 19th day of May, 1950.

W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Marine.

Revocation of Appointment of Certain Garage-proprietors for Issue of Warrants of Fitness

IN terms of Regulation 11 of the Traffic Regulations 1936, and all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I, William Stanley Goosman, Minister of Transport, do hereby revoke the approval of the person and firm described in the Schedule hereto for the purpose of the issue of warrants of fitness for motor-vehicles.

SCHEDULE

John Charles Howey, Pleasant Point Motors, Pleasant Point. (Approval No. 1990).

Dated at Wellington, this 20th day of May, 1950.

W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Transport.

Officers of the Police Force Appointed

Police Department,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1950.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint—

Senior-Sergeant Denis Raymond Sugrue,
Senior-Sergeant Andrew Johnston,
Senior-Sergeant William George Bennett, and
Senior-Detective Percy James Nalder

to be Sub-Inspectors

in the New Zealand Police Force, the appointment in each case to take effect on and from the 17th May, 1950.

W. H. FORTUNE,
Minister in Charge of Police Department.

Officers of the Police Force Appointed

Police Department,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1950.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint—

Inspector Thomas Edward Holmes

to be a Superintendent; and

Sub-Inspector William John Kenneth Brown,
Sub-Inspector John Edwards, and
Sub-Inspector George Henry Lionel Holt

to be Inspectors

in the New Zealand Police Force, the appointment in each case to take effect on and from the 3rd May, 1950.

W. H. FORTUNE,
Minister in Charge of Police Department.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., Appointed

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1950.

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

Alexander Speakman Louisson

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Gisborne and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Gisborne, on and from the 22nd day of May, 1950.

Frederick James Shearer

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Te Aroha, on and from the 4th day of May, 1950.

John Cameron Pirrit Leathem

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Kaikohe, at Okaihau, on and from the 2nd day of May, 1950.

Arthur Frederic Owen Clarke

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Invercargill, on and from the 15th day of May, 1950.

Thomas Mitchell

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Gore, on and from the 15th day of May, 1950.

Hugh Anderson

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Gore, on and from the 22nd day of May, 1950.

Samuel Eoin Percy

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Hastings and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Hastings, on and from the 18th day of May, 1950.

Cecil Pretoria Simmonds

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Wanganui and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Wanganui, on and from the 11th day of May, 1950.

John Courtney Quinlan

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Tauranga and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Tauranga, on and from the 16th day of May, 1950.

John Maxwell Cochran

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Ngawha, on and from the 22nd day of May, 1950.

Sydney Herbert Fitchett

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Rotorua and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Rotorua, on and from the 30th day of May, 1950.

Charles Leslie Albert Stevenson

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Hamilton and Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Hamilton, on and from the 19th day of May, 1950.

Phyllis Marie Foster (Miss)

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Colac Bay, on and from the 8th day of May, 1950.

Ronald Joseph Wentzel

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Tokatoka, an and from the 8th day of May, 1950.

William James Toms

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Cromwell, on and from the 22nd day of May, 1950.

P. H. WYLDE, Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service

Office of the Public Service Commission,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1950.

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

William Emory Lynch

to be Deputy of the Chief Surveyor for the Taranaki Land District for the purposes of section 11 of the Land Act, 1948, on and from the 2nd May, 1950.

Samuel Eoin Percy

to be Registrar of the Magistrates' Court at Hastings for the purposes of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1947, and Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the Licensing District of Hastings for the purposes of the Licensing Act, 1908, on and from the 18th day of May, 1950.

Cecil Pretoria Simmonds

to be Registrar at Wanganui of the Supreme Court of New Zealand and Sheriff for the District of Wanganui and Rangitikei for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908; Registrar of the Magistrate's Court at Wanganui for the purposes of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1947; Official Assignee at Wanganui for the Supreme Court District of Wanganui for the purposes of the Bankruptcy Act, 1908; Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Wanganui for the purposes of the Licensing Act, 1908; and Registrar and Marshal at Wanganui of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in respect of the jurisdiction as a colonial Court of Admiralty under the Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act, 1890, on and from the 11th May, 1950.

Arthur Frederic Owen Clarke

to be Deputy Registrar at Invercargill, of the Supreme Court of New Zealand and Deputy Sheriff for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908, and Deputy Registrar of the Magistrate's Court at Invercargill for the purposes of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1947, on and from the 15th day of May, 1950.

Ernest Claude Adams

to be Registrar-General of Land for the purposes of section 4 (1) of the Land Transfer Act, 1915, on and from the 28th April, 1950.

V. W. THOMAS, Secretary.