Mar. 21] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 417

4311346 Flying Officer Vernon Leslie Alexander POWELL is transferred from the Reserve of Air Force Officers and is granted a commission in the Territorial Air Force for a period of four years in the temporary rank of Flying Officer, with seniority as from 5th May, 1945. Dated 1st January, 1951.

131683 Flying Officer Mervyn Desmond Cox is transferred from the Reserve of Air Force Officers and is granted a commission in the Territorial Air Force for a period of four years in the temporary rank of Flying Officer, with seniority as from 24th October, 1948. Dated 1st December, 1950.

130818 Ronald Arthur SLADE is granted a commission in the Territorial Air Force for a period of five years in the temporary rank of Pilot Officer (on prob.). Dated 1st December, 1950.

130717 Albert Frederick McCook is granted a commission in the Territorial Air Force for a period of four years in the temporary rank of Pilot Officer (on prob.). Dated 1st December, 1950.

130817 Peter Hamilton Scott is granted a commission in the Territorial Air Force for a period of five years in the temporary rank of Pilot Officer (on prob.). Dated 1st December, 1950.

AIR TRAINING CORPS

Promotions

Pilot Officer Sidney Broadley WHITLOCK, B.A., to be Flying Officer.

Pilot Officer Ian Stevenson KERR, B.Sc., to be Flying Officer. Dated 1st December, 1950.

Resignations

Flight Lieutenant Walter FORD resigns his commission. Dated 9th January, 1951.

Flying Officer Ormonde Doel resigns his commission. Dated 31st December, 1950.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Appointment

4216589 Pilot Officer Harley Wesley SPRAGG, B.A., is granted the temporary rank of Flying Officer. Dated 1st February, 1951.

Resignations

The undermentioned officers resign their commissions:—

402209 Flight Lieutenant Maurice Bernard NEVILLE, F.R.Met.S., A.R.A.N.Z. Dated 1st December, 1950.

413030 Flight Lieutenant James CORBISHLEY. Dated 18th January, 1951.

402790 Flying Officer Norman Eric Northcott SMITH. Dated 20th January, 1951.

4212751 Flying Officer John Edward GREER. Dated 8th January, 1951.

T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

Member of the New Zealand Poultry Board Appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4973)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 13th March, 1951.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of subsection (5) of section 3 of the Poultry-runs Registration Act, 1933, to appoint on the nomination of the Otago Southland Provincial Association of Registered Poultry-keepers (Incorporated)

David Christie, Esquire,

to be a member of the New Zealand Poultry Board established under the said Act, vice George Lorimer McLatchie, Esquire, resigned.

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 78/3/74.)

Probation Officer Appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th March, 1951.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Marion Morley

to be a Probation Officer under the Offenders Probation Act, 1920, and the Crimes Amendment Act, 1910, for the City of Invercargill, vice Anne Sawyer, transferred.

T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.

Probation Officer Appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th March, 1951.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Mavis Pauling

to be a Probation Officer under the Offenders Probation Act, 1920, and the Crimes Amendment Act, 1920, for the City of Napier, vice Olive Orsborn, transferred.

T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.

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Member of the Island Council of Niue Appointed

P URSUANT to section 65 of the Cook Islands Act, 1915, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Sani

to be a member of the Island Council of Niue, to hold office as from the 1st January, 1951, vice Moana, resigned.

F. W. DOIDGE,
Minister of Island Territories.

Appointment of Directors of the State Advances Corporation of New Zealand

Office of the Minister for State Advances,
Wellington, 20th March, 1951.

I T is notified that, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by section 9 of the State Advances Corporation Act, 1936, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, has appointed

Frederick William Eric Mitchell, Esquire,

Harold Alexander Charles North, Esquire, and

Herbert Clinton Savage, Esquire,

to be Directors of the State Advances Corporation of New Zealand, to hold office during pleasure, such appointment to take effect on and from the 1st day of February, 1951;

and has appointed

Leonard Allen Alexander, Esquire,

to be a Director of the State Advances Corporation of New Zealand to hold office during pleasure, such appointment to take effect on and from the 1st day of March, 1951.

J. R. MARSHALL, Minister for State Advances.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., Appointed

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 19th March, 1951.

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

Arthur James Bannister

to be Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Otahuhu and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Otahuhu, on and from the 23rd day of February, 1951.

Jack Kenneth Thompson

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Mangapehi, on and from the 5th day of February, 1951.

George Burt

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Granity at Millerton, on and from the 22nd day of February, 1951.

P. H. WYLDE, Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service

Office of the Public Service Commission,
Wellington, 15th March, 1951.

T HE Public Service Commission has made the following appointments in the Public Service:—

Raymond Stewart McKenzie

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Stock Act, 1908, and the Dairy Industry Act, 1908, on and from the 13th day of March, 1951.

Nelson Henry Amos

to be Registrar of Electors for the Electoral District of Franklin for the purposes of the Electoral Act, 1927, on and from the 17th day of January, 1951.

V. W. THOMAS, Secretary.

Varying a Notice Declaring Parts of the Arawa No. 1 Tribal District to be Tribal Committee Areas Under the Maori Social and Economic Advancement Act, 1945

P URSUANT to section 14 of the Maori Social and Economic Advancement Act, 1945, I, Ernest Bowyer Corbett, Minister of Maori Affairs, do hereby vary the notice dated the 21st day of February, 1948, and published in the New Zealand Gazette at page 223, declaring the parts of the Arawa No. 1 Tribal District to be tribal committee areas for the purposes of the said Act, by deleting the description of the Pukehina-Otamarakau Tribal Committee Area and substituting therefor the descriptions appearing in the Schedule hereto.