SEPT. 28]

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
Appointments

130896 Ralph Kenneth JOHNSON is granted a commission for a period of five years in the rank of Wing Commander, with seniority as from lst June, 1944. Dated Ist January, 1950.

130947 John Allan HETHERTON, D.F.C., is granted a commission in the rank of Squadron Leader, with seniority as from 16th April, 1946. Dated 22nd February, 1950.

Promotion

414707 Flying Officer Allan WEALLEANS to be Flight Lieutenant. Dated 1st June, 1950.

Transfer

130624 Flying Officer Robert Clive SHORTHOUSE is transferred from the Active List of the Territorial Air Force to the Reserve of Air Force Officers. Dated 1st September, 1950.

Relinquishments

The undermentioned officers relinquish their commissions :—

401260 Squadron Leader Patrick Bernard DIEXAN. Dated 30th August, 1950.

4211809 Flying Officer Peter Jackson KEDDELL. Dated 15th August, 1950.

415363 Flying Officer Brian Joseph RITCHIE. Dated 12th April, 1949.

425947 Flying Officer Bruce Edwin SMITH, D.F.C. Dated 15th August, 1950.

T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

Director of the Timaru Milk Treatment Corporation Appointed

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of subclause (3) of regulation 6 of the Timaru Milk Treatment Corporation Regulations 1946, to appoint

Robert Wilson

to be a Director of the Timaru Milk Treatment Corporation as a representative of consumers, in place of

Alfred Ernest Stanley Hanan, deceased.

T. L. MACDONALD,
Acting for the Minister of Marketing.

Appointment of Members of the Potato Board

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of section 4 (1) of the Potato Growing Industry Act, 1950, to appoint as the first members of the Potato Board :—

(a) Jack Hean Claridge (an officer of the Public Service);

(b) Harry Christmas, Henry James Roberts Somerville, and John Robertson Virtue (nominees of the New Zealand Grain, Seed, and Produce Merchants' Federation, Incorporated); and

(c) Gilbert Hunter Blair, Thomas Leonard Hayman, and Frederick Christoph Jurgens (nominees of the Federated Farmers of New Zealand, Incorporated).

Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of September, 1950.

T. L. MACDONALD,
Acting for Minister of Marketing.

Police Gaoler Appointed

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 18th September, 1950.

Sergeant Edward Ernest Strawbridge

to be Police Gaoler at Kaitaia, vice Sergeant H. J. Harrington, transferred.

T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.

Appointment of Honorary Officers

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 the persons named in the following Schedule to be Honorary Officers for the acclimatization districts shown in such Schedule for the purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908, such persons to hold office until the 31st March, 1953.

Dated at Wellington, this 21st day of September, 1950.

SCHEDULE

ROTORUA ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT

Ranginui Tahau.

EAST COAST ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT

Robert Chapman Arthur Tombleson.

W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Marine.

Appointment of Honorary Officers

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 the persons named in the following Schedule to be Honorary Officers for the acclimatization districts shown in such Schedule for the purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908, such persons to hold office until the 31st March, 1953.

Dated at Wellington, this 22nd day of September, 1950.

SCHEDULE

TAUPO TROUT FISHING DISTRICT

Allan Percy Jane.

Dudley Martin.

George Herbert Nicholas.

William Arthur Spragg.

Raymond Lindsay Thompson.

Percival Stafford White.

NORTH CANTERBURY ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT

Annat Lionel Moffatt.

W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Marine.

Appointment of Transport Licensing Authorities

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 88 of the Transport Act, 1949, the Minister of Transport doth hereby severally appoint the persons whose names and addresses are set forth in the second column of the Schedule hereto to be the District Licensing Authorities of the Transport Districts, the names of which are set forth opposite their respective names in the first column of the said Schedule, for a term commencing on the 1st day of October, 1950, and expiring on the 30th day of September, 1953.

SCHEDULE

First Column.
Transport Districts.

Second Column.
Persons Appointed.

Name. Address.

No. 1 Transport District Douglas George Morrison Whangarei.
No. 2 Transport District Edward John Phelan . Auckland.
No. 3 Transport District Frederick Parsons . Te Awamutu.
No. 4 Transport District Valentine Claude Florey Rotorua.
No. 5 Transport District Cecil Eustace Hayward Hastings.

Pledger

No. 6 Transport District Thomas Templeton Stratford.

Murray

No. 7 Transport District Clifford Lyle Bishop .. Eastbourne.
No. 8 Transport District Harold Mill Tremewan Nelson.
No. 9 Transport District John Arthur Bretherton Christchurch.
No. 10 Transport District William George Baird .. Dunedin.
No. 11 Transport District William Francis Clouston Invercargill.

Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of September, 1950.

W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Transport.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., Appointed

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 25th September, 1950.

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

Cyril Leonard Coad

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Kaharoa on and from the 4th day of September, 1950.

John William Germain

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Springburn on and from the 8th day of September, 1950.

Myrtle Rita Adamson (Mrs.)

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Blueskin on and from the 1st day of September, 1950.

Robert Desmond Inglis Malcolm

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 25th day of September, 1950.

Stanley Picton Davies

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Huntly and Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Huntly on and from the 14th day of September, 1950.

P. H. WYLDE, Registrar-General.