Appointment of Deputy of Member and Deputy Chairman of
Land Valuation Committee

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint
Frank Felix Reid, Esquire,
Stipendiary Magistrate, to be the deputy of Lindsay Merritt
Inglis, Esquire, Stipendiary Magistrate, a member of the
Westland Land Valuation Committee and to be the Deputy
Chairman.
Dated at Wellington, this 13th day of March 1953.
T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.

Waterfront Industry Emergency Regulations 1946, Amendment
No. 10--Appointment of Wanganui Port Conciliation
Committee

Pursuant to the Waterfront Industry Emergency Regulations 1946, Amendment No. 10, the Minister of Labour
both hereby appoint the following persons to be the Port
Conciliation Committee for the Port of Wanganui for a term
expiring on 28th day of February 1954:-
William Mowat Falconer, Chairman; and
Geoffrey Guy Burgess, Jack Francis Millward, and Charles
Sydney Smith (nominated by New Zealand Port
Employers' Association, Incorporated) and Ernest
James Blair (nominated by General Manager of
Railways); and
Graham Alexander McCormick, Victor Neilson, James
Shaw Ramsbottom, and Keith White (nominated by
Wanganui Waterside Employees' Industrial Union of
Workers).
Dated at Wellington, this 16th day of March 1953.
W. SULLIVAN, Minister of Labour.

Member of Medical Council Reappointed

Pursuant to the Medical Practitioners Act 1950, His
Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
reappoint
Edward George Sayers, M.B., Ch.B. Univ. N.Z., D.T.M.
and H. (Lond.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.A.C.P.
to be a member of the Medical Council under the Medical
Practitioners Act 1950 for a period of three years from 15
March 1953.
J. R. MARSHALL, Minister of Health.

Commissioner of Police and Assistant Commissioner Appointed

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint-
Assistant Commissioner Eric Henry Compton,
to be Commissioner of Police in terms of section 3 of the
Police Force Act 1947, and
Superintendent Percy James Nalder,
to be Assistant Commissioner of Police in terms of section 2
of the Police Force Amendment Act 1951, the appointment
in each case to take effect on and from 11 March 1953.
W. H. FORTUNE, Minister in Charge of Police.
11 March 1953.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court Appointed

Pursuant to section 47 of the Judicature Act 1908, the
Right Honourable Sir Humphrey Francis O'Leary,
K.C.M.G., has this day appointed
Malcolm Halkeston MacDougal, Esquire, of London,
England,
to be a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand
in London for the purpose of administering and taking all
such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as mentioned in the
said section.
Dated at Wellington, this 6th day of March 1953.
W. PARKER, Registrar,
Supreme Court.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court Appointed

Pursuant to section 47 of the Judicature Act 1908, the
Right Honourable Sir Humphrey Francis O'Leary,
K.C.M.G., has this day appointed
John Austin Trentham, Esquire, of Birmingham, England,
a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Judicature, England, to
be a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in
Birmingham, for the purpose of administering and taking all
such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as mentioned in the
said section.
Dated at Wellington, this 6th day of March 1953.
W. PARKER, Registrar,
Supreme Court.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., Appointed

Pursuant to the Marriage Act 1908, the Births and
Deaths Registration Act 1951, and the Maori Births and
Deaths Registration Regulations 1935, it is hereby notified
that the following appointments have been made:-

George Charles Henry Curry
to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of
Putaruru and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths and of
Births and Deaths of Maoris at Putaruru on and from the
11th day of December 1952.

David John McCorkindale
to be Registrar of Marriages for the District of Putaruru and
Registrar of Births and Deaths and of Births and Deaths of
Maoris at Putaruru on and from the 11th day of February
1953

Wallace Gifford McKinnon
to be Registrar of Marriages for the District of Mangonui
and Registrar of Births and Deaths and of Births and Deaths
of Maoris at Mangonui on and from the 21st day of February
1953.

Frank Gordon Thompson
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths and of Births and
Deaths of Maoris at Taneatua on and from the 19th day of
February 1953.

Harry Bruce Hart
to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of
Mangaweka and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at
Mangaweka on and from the 4th day of March 1953.

Merle Raewyn Pretious (Miss)
to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of
Mangawai and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at
Mangawai on and from the 24th day of February 1953.

John Henry Dark
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths at Sumner on and from
the 19th day of January 1953.

James McIntosh
to be Registrar of Marriages for the District of Rawene and
Registrar of Births and Deaths and of Births and Deaths of
Maoris at Rawene on and from the 17th day of February
1953.

Malcolm Edward Titchener
to be Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths and of Births
and Deaths of Maoris at Otahuhu on and from the 25th day
of February 1953.

Douglas George Hayter
to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of
Te Kuiti and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths and of
Births and Deaths of Maoris at Te Kuiti on and from the
16th day of March 1953.

Rudolf Hans Hacuser
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Rangitukia
on and from the 2nd day of March 1953.

Bartholomew Geraghty
to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of
Tuakau and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths and of
Births and Deaths of Maoris at Tuakau on and from the
4th day of March 1953.

John Cameron Pirrit Leathem
to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of
Kohukohu and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths and
of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Kohukohu on and from
the 6th day of February 1953.

John Cameron Pirrit Leathem
to be Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths and of Births
and Deaths of Maoris at Awanui on and from the 4th day
of March 1953.

Dated at Wellington, this 16th day of March 1953.
S. T. BARNETT, Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service

The Public Service Commission has made the following
appointments in the Public Service:-

Richard Lane Halke
to be Registrar of the Magistrate's Court at Wairoa for the
purposes of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1947, and Maintenance Officer of the Magistrate's Court at Wairoa for the
purposes of the Destitute Persons Amendment Act 1926, on
and from the 9th day of March 1953.

Reginald Campbell Ruffin
has been appointed an Inspector of Quarries for the purposes
of the Quarries Act 1944, and an Inspector of Mines for the
purposes of the Mining Act 1926, on and from the 23rd day
of February 1953.