Aug. 30] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1263

TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointment

As Pilot—

130107 Flying Officer (temp.) Eric Steele DOHERTY, D.F.M., is granted the temporary rank of Flight Lieutenant. Dated 1st July, 1951.

Amendment

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 43, dated 31st May, 1951, page 781, under the heading “Territorial Air Force—General Duties Branch—Termination of Commission,” and relating to “133488 Pilot Officer (on prob.) Bruce Maxwell GODDARD,” is hereby amended to read “Dated 13th May, 1951,” in lieu of “Dated 30th April, 1951.”

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH

Appointment

Secretarial Division—

130144 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Ernest Scott PALLISER, F.R.A.N.Z., A.C.I.S., is transferred from the Reserve of Air Force Officers to the Territorial Air Force and granted a commission for a period of three years in his present rank, with seniority as from 18th July, 1946. Dated 15th June, 1951.

EDUCATION BRANCH

Appointment

130807 Flying Officer (temp.) George Christopher Nevill JOHNSON, M.A., is granted the temporary rank of Flight Lieutenant. Dated 1st July, 1951.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Transfers

130103 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Mervyn Charles Pryce JONES is transferred from the Territorial Air Force to the Reserve of Air Force Officers for a period of four years in the temporary rank of Squadron Leader, with seniority as from 26th January, 1946. Dated 1st May, 1951.

130067 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) John Charles ELMSLY is transferred from the Territorial Air Force to the Reserve of Air Force Officers for a period of four years, in his present rank and seniority. Dated 1st January, 1951.

70084 Flight Lieutenant Ernest James DYER is transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers for a period of four years, in his present rank and seniority. Dated 16th April, 1951.

130627 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) William Moore BURGE is transferred from the Territorial Air Force to the Reserve of Air Force Officers for a period of four years, in his present rank and seniority. Dated 1st June, 1951.

70171 Flight Lieutenant Nelson Keith Haldane RENNER is transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers for a period of four years, in his present rank and seniority. Dated 4th May, 1951.

130077 Flying Officer (temp.) Richard Hilary WOODHOUSE is transferred from the Territorial Air Force to the Reserve of Air Force Officers for a period of four years, in his present rank, with seniority as from 4th May, 1945. Dated 1st June, 1951.

T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

Members of the Fires Appeal Tribunal Appointed

PURSUANT to section 41 of the Forest and Rural Fires Act, 1947, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Osborne Gunning Stevens, Esquire, Deputy Judge of the Court of Arbitration,

William David Armit, and

Francis William Foster

to be members of the Fires Appeal Tribunal constituted under section 41 of the Forest and Rural Fires Act, 1947, for a term of three years from the 20th day of August, 1951, and to appoint the said

Osborne Gunning Stevens, Esquire,

to be Chairman of the said Tribunal.

Dated at Wellington, this 24th day of August, 1951.

HILDA ROSS,

For Minister of Forests.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., Appointed

Registrar-General’s Office,

Wellington, 27th August, 1951.

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

Harlow Halstead

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Hampden on and from the 8th day of August, 1951.

Lewis Edward Muller

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Wharekahika on and from the 3rd day of September, 1951.

George Tuoro Marsden

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Maraenui on and from the 3rd day of September, 1951.

Harold Roy Hopkins

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Awarua on and from the 3rd day of September, 1951.

Wallace David Timbrell

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Kauangaroa on and from the 3rd day of September, 1951.

John Edmond Hunt

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Tangoio on and from the 3rd day of September, 1951.

Reginald John Richardson

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Te Matai on and from the 3rd day of September, 1951.

Ivan Dormar Delaney

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Cust on and from the 31st day of July, 1951.

P. H. WYLDE, Registrar-General.

Plant Declared a Noxious Weed in the Waitemata County (Notice No. Ag. 5108)

Department of Agriculture,

Wellington, 24th August, 1951.

THE following special order, made by the Waitemata County Council on the 21st day of June, 1951, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1950.

SPECIAL ORDER

THAT, in pursuance of the powers conferred upon it by the Noxious Weeds Act, 1950, the Waitemata County Council, doth hereby declare Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), referred to in the First Schedule of the aforementioned Act, to be a noxious weed within the territory under its jurisdiction.

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 70/10/1)

Member of the Maioro Rabbit Board Elected (Notice No. Ag. 5109)

Department of Agriculture,

Wellington, 24th August, 1951.

NOTICE has been received under the hand of the Returning Officer of the Maioro Rabbit Board that—

Herbert Charles Wiklund

has been duly elected as a member of the said Board, vice John Donald Bright, resigned.

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 64/1/62)

Plants Declared to be Noxious Weeds in the Borough of Balclutha (Notice No. Ag. 5110)

Department of Agriculture,

Wellington, 24th August, 1951.

THE following special order, made by the Balclutha Borough Council on the 1st day of August, 1951, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1950.

SPECIAL ORDER

In exercise of the authority contained in section 3 of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1950, the Balclutha Borough Council hereby resolves that the following plants be declared noxious weeds within the Borough of Balclutha :—

Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).

Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus and Rubus laciniatus).

Californian thistle, Canadian thistle, or Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense).

Common Broom (Cytisus scoparius).

Gorse (Ulex, any species).

Hemlock (Conium maculatum).

Lupin (Lupinus arboreus).

Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea).

Spiny broom (Calycotome spinosa).

Sweetbrier (Rosa eglanteria syn. Rosa rubiginosa).

Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes).

Winged thistle (Carduus tenuiflorus and Carduus pycnocephalus).

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 70/10/229)

Plants Declared to be Noxious Weeds in the Borough of Featherston (Notice No. Ag. 5112)

Department of Agriculture,

Wellington, 24th August, 1951.

THE following special order, made by the Featherston Borough Council on the 16th day of August, 1951, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1950.