JAN. 11] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 17

Coroner Resigns

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

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

Arthur John Tong, Esquire, J.P.,

of Waharoa, of his appointment as a Coroner for the Dominion of New Zealand.

T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.

Coroner Appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st December, 1950.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Harry Vincent Denize, Esquire,

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

T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.

Police Gaoler Appointed

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 4th January, 1951.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Constable Sidney George Olliffe

to be Police Gaoler at Dunedin, vice Senior-Sergeant D. Vaughan, transferred.

T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.

Removal of Name from Commission of the Peace

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 19th December, 1950.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in terms of section 8 of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1927, to direct the removal of the name of

Thomas Henry Walden,

of Matakana, from the Commission of the Peace; and it is hereby notified that such name has been removed accordingly, and that such removal will take effect on and from the 19th day of December, 1950.

T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.

Appointment of Commissioners of the High Court of the Cook Islands

Department of Island Territories,
Wellington, 3rd January, 1951.

PURSUANT to section 104 of the Cook Islands Act, 1915, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

James Neville Coombs, of Penrhyn, and

Noel Bernard Stanaway, of Mauke,

to be Commissioners of the High Court of the Cook Islands to hold office as from the 26th day of October and the 14th day of December, 1950, respectively.

F. W. DOIDGE, Minister of Island Territories.

Staff of the Legation of France at Wellington Appointed

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 20th December, 1950.

IT is hereby notified for public information that

André Boyer de Fonscolombe, Esquire,

has been appointed to the staff of the Legation of France at Wellington as First Secretary, in place of Henry Rollet, Esquire.

F. W. DOIDGE, Minister of External Affairs.

Consul of United States of America at Auckland Appointed

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 5th January, 1951.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that His Majesty’s exequatur, empowering Elbert R. Williams, Esquire, to act as Consul of the United States of America at Auckland has been issued.

F. W. DOIDGE, Minister of External Affairs.

Vice-Consul of Portugal at Wellington Appointed

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1950.

IT is hereby notified for public information that

Ian Duff Reid, Esquire,

has been appointed to act as Vice-Consul of Portugal at Wellington.

F. W. DOIDGE, Minister of External Affairs.

Appointment of Honorary Child Welfare Officer Under the Child Welfare Act, 1925

Education Department,
Wellington, 21st December, 1950.

IN pursuance of section 2 of the Child Welfare Act, 1925, I, Ronald Macmillan Algie, Minister of Education, do hereby appoint the following person as an Honorary Child Welfare Officer for the purposes of the said Act, for the year ending 31st March, 1951:—

Name. District.
Talbot, Reverend Richard Edward . . . . Hastings.

HILDA ROSS,

For the Minister of Education.

Members of Domain Boards Appointed

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 13th December, 1950.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 49 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, been pleased to make the following appointments:—

William Whyte, the younger

to be a member of the Pukemiro Domain Board in place of Richard Baldwin, resigned.

James Robert Stewart, and

Frank Eckersley

to be members of the Waimangaroa Domain Board in place of Joseph Oates and Oscar James Lunn, resigned.

Robert Albert Adams, and

John Bradford Grant

to be members of the Patea Domain Board in place of Gordon Stuart Fraser and Seddon Edwards, resigned.

Harry John Russ

to be a member of the Wangapeka Domain Board in place of Henry William Fawcett, resigned.

D. M. GREIG, Director-General.

(L. and S. 1/673.)

Registrar of Marriages, &c., Appointed

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 8th January, 1951.

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

Lancelot William Aidan Fieldes

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

Lionel Peter Gavin

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Gisborne and Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Gisborne on and from the 21st day of December, 1950.

James Lawrence Phelan

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Balfour on and from the 5th day of December, 1950.

Arthur Leonard Wakeford

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Mangaroa on and from the 6th day of December, 1950.

Edward Daniel Churcher

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Wanganui and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Wanganui on and from the 28th day of December, 1950.

John Mellerick Lodge

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Pukekohe and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Pukekohe on and from the 8th day of December, 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 3rd day of January, 1951.

John Alfrey Tait

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Hokitika and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Hokitika on and from the 3rd day of January, 1951.

Thomas Alexander Jacobson

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Pahiatua and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Pahiatua on and from the 28th day of December, 1950.

Arthur James Bannister

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

P. H. WYLDE, Registrar-General.

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