Nov. 8] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1677

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Transfers

1185 Frederick Robert William ANDREWS is transferred to the Technical Branch, Signals Division, for a period of four years in the rank of Squadron Leader, with seniority as from 1 October 1942. Dated 15 June 1951.

130318 John Roy BUTCHER is transferred from the General Duties Branch to the Administrative and Supply Branch, Secretarial Division, in the rank of Squadron Leader, with seniority as from 16 July 1945. Dated 1 January 1949.

133522 Lloyd Miller NOBLE, M.A., is transferred from the General Duties Branch to the Administrative and Supply Branch, Secretarial Division, for a period of four years in the rank of Flight Lieutenant, with seniority as from 14 January 1946. Dated 1 June 1951.

130769 Hugh Brian O’CONNOR is transferred to the Administrative and Supply Branch, Equipment Division, for a period of four years, and is promoted to the rank of Flying Officer. Dated 1 January 1949.

130122 Flying Officer (temp.) Eric Alexander MCMILLAN is transferred from the Territorial Air Force to the Reserve of Air Force Officers in his present rank and seniority. Dated 1 May 1951.

130123 Pilot Officer (temp.) Ivan Andrew RITCHIE is transferred from the Territorial Air Force to the Reserve of Air Force Officers in his present rank and seniority. Dated 1 May 1951.

T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

Promotions of Officers of Royal New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,
Wellington, 5 November 1951.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following promotions of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force :—

REGULAR AIR FORCE

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Promotions

As Pilots—

The undermentioned Pilot Officers (on prob.) are promoted to the rank of Flying Officer :—

71360 Jack Philip HUMPHRIES.
72513 Lewis Frederick INNES.
72517 James Bruce WHYTE.

Dated 18 June 1951.

72302 Edmund Chester ARUNDEL.
72284 Noel Smeaton FRASER.
72260 Gordon Charles JONES-PRITCHARD.

Dated 10 August 1951.

72069 Ian George TILLSON.
72515 Desmond Daniel MCCAMBRIDGE.
72269 Bryan Norman McCOOK.
72250 Cyril Melrose WATERS.
72498 Albert Gordon SHEARER.
72055 Ernest Ronald SHORT.

Dated 10 October 1951.

As Navigators—

The undermentioned Pilot Officers (on prob.) are promoted to the rank of Flying Officer :—

72264 Robert Francis LAFFERTY.

Dated 10 August 1951.

72286 Martial Alexander Ross GASPARD.
72253 Sydney Arthur WILLIAMS.

Dated 10 October 1951.

TECHNICAL BRANCH

Promotions

Engineer Division—

The undermentioned Pilot Officers (on prob). are promoted to the rank of Flying Officer :—

72297 John Eaglesham HETRICK.
70616 Errol Horace LAW.
70658 James Robert MCKNIGHT.

Dated 10 October 1951.

Armament Division—

The undermentioned Pilot Officers (on prob.) are promoted to the rank of Flying Officer :—

70511 John Edgar Winton ROBINSON.
72196 Albert Joseph JAMES.

Dated 10 October 1951.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH

Promotions

Secretarial Division—

The undermentioned Pilot Officers are promoted to the rank of Flying Officer :—

70650 John Trevor Denis DACEY.
70812 Alfred Edwin SEVERN.

Dated 18 June 1951.

Special Duties Division—

70517 Pilot Officer Selwyn Clifford COLE is promoted to the rank of Flying Officer. Dated 10 October 1951.

T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

Member of the Kawarau Rabbit Board Appointed (Notice No. Ag. 5168)

PURSUANT to section 56 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act 1928, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint, on the 24th day of October, 1951—

George Herbert Wardell

to be a member of the Kawarau Rabbit Board, vice John Gillies Beaton, resigned.

Dated at Wellington, this 30th day of October 1951.

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 64/1/200)

Members of Licensing Committees Appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 30 October 1951.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint, pursuant to section 42 of the Licensing Act 1908, the persons named in the Schedule hereto to be members of the Licensing Committees for the licensing districts respectively named in the Schedule opposite the name of each such person.

SCHEDULE

John William Kealy, Esquire, S.M. .. Otahuhu.
Malcolm Cort Astley, Esquire, S.M. .. Tamaki and Remuera.
Leonard George Herston Sinclair, Esquire, S.M. Rodney and North Shore.
William Stanley Spence, Esquire, S.M. .. Franklin.
Fredric McCarthy, Esquire, S.M. .. Onehunga.

T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.

Judge of the Supreme Court Appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 26 October 1951.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty, has been pleased to appoint

Alfred Kingsley North, Esquire, K.C.,

to be a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.

Member of New Zealand Patriotic Fund Board Appointed

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Patriotic and Canteen Funds Act 1947, Percy Thomson, Esquire, M.B.E., of Stratford, has been appointed on the nomination of the Taranaki Provincial Patriotic Council, to be a member of the New Zealand Patriotic Fund Board, vice Henry Steuart Thorngate Weston, Esquire, resigned.

Dated at Wellington, this 5th day of November 1951.

W. A. BODKIN, Minister of Internal Affairs.

Appointment of Honorary Child Welfare Officers Under the Child Welfare Act 1925

Education Department,
Wellington, 2 November 1951.

IN pursuance of section 2 of the Child Welfare Act 1925, I, Ronald Macmillan Algie, Minister of Education, do hereby appoint the following persons as Honorary Child Welfare Officers for the purposes of the said Act, for the period ending 31 March 1952 :—

Name. District.
Doherty, Reverend Father B. .. Dargaville.
Law, Miss Joyce .. Auckland.
Austin, Thomas .. Hamilton.
Weipers, Miss Agnes .. Gisborne.
Hudd, Miss Cecily .. Napier.
Harris, Kelly .. New Plymouth.
Gill, Miss Olive .. Palmerston North.
Bennett, Charles .. Levin.
Garrett, Ephra .. Wellington.
Unger, Heinz R. .. Wellington.
Mathews, Miss Kathleen .. Christchurch.

HILDA ROSS,
For the Minister of Education.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., Appointed

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 5 November 1951.

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

Arthur Wright Evans

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Tuatapere and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Tuatapere on and from the 23rd day of October 1951.

Arthur James Bannister

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Rangitikei and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Marton on and from the 24th day of October 1951.