21 JAN.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 103

General Court-martial Warrant Issued Under the Authority
of the Chief of the Air Staff

To: The Air Officer Commanding for the time being of the
Royal New Zealand Air Force Headquarters, London.

WHEREAS I am empowered by Warrant of His Excellency
the Governor-General dated the 24th day of December
1953 to direct my Warrant to any officer under my command
not below the rank of Squadron Leader, giving him a general
authority to convene General Courts-martial for the trial of
any person subject to the Royal New Zealand Air Force Act
1950 under his command who is charged with any offence for
which that person may be tried by court-martial, and in respect
of the proceedings of such courts-martial (excepting the
proceedings which I in my discretion direct him to reserve for
my confirmation or other decision or the proceedings which
he thinks fit so to do) to exercise the powers of a confirming
officer according to law:

Now, therefore, by virtue of the said Warrant, I do hereby
authorize and empower you from time to time, as occasion may
require, to convene General Courts-martial for the trial of any
person under your command who is charged with an offence
for which that person may be tried by court-martial, whether
such offence was committed before or after the date of this
Warrant or the date of your appointment to the above office:

And I do also hereby empower you in respect of any such
courts-martial to confirm the findings and sentences thereof
and to cause any such sentence to be put in execution according
to law:

Provided always that if by the sentence of any general
court-martial a commissioned officer has been sentenced to
suffer death, imprisonment, or to be cashiered, or dismissed
from Her Majesty’s service, or an airman has by any court-
martial been sentenced to suffer death or imprisonment for a
period in excess of two years, you shall in such case, as also
in the case of any other court-martial in which you shall think
fit so to do, transmit the proceedings thereof to me for my
confirmation or other decision thereon:

And I do hereby further empower you to appoint a fit
person to execute the office of Judge Advocate at any court-
martial for the more orderly proceedings of same:

And for so doing, this shall be to you, as all others whom
it may concern, a sufficient warrant.

Given under my hand at Wellington, this 15th day of
January 1954.

D. V. CARNEGIE, Air Vice-Marshal,
Chief of the Air Staff, Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Revocation of Authority by the Chief of the Air Staff for the
Convening of General Courts-martial

To: Air Commodore Malcolm Frederick CALDER, C.B.E.,
formerly Air Member for Personnel but now Air
Officer Commanding, Royal New Zealand Air Force
Headquarters, London.

WHEREAS I am empowered by Warrant of His Excellency
the Governor-General dated the 24th day of December
1953 to direct my Warrant to any officer of the Air Force not
below the rank of Squadron Leader, giving him a general
authority to convene General Courts-martial for the trial of
any person who is subject to the Royal New Zealand Air Force
Act 1950, and also to exercise (subject to the provisions of
the said Warrant) in respect of the proceedings of such courts-
martial the power of confirming the findings or sentences
thereof according to law, or of directing him to reserve for
my confirmation the proceedings of all or any such courts-
martial:

And whereas on the 25th day of February 1952 authority
was delegated to you to convene courts-martial and to confirm
the findings and sentences thereof, such delegation being
published in New Zealand Gazette No. 19 on the 6th day of
March 1952 at page 355:

And whereas the circumstances which gave rise to such
delegation no longer exist:

Now, therefore, I hereby cancel and revoke the said
delegation of authority.

Given under my hand at Wellington, this 15th day of
January 1954.

D. V. CARNEGIE, Air Vice-Marshal,
Chief of the Air Staff, Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Revocation of Authority by the Chief of the Air Staff for the
Convening of General Courts-martial

To: Group Captain Francis Ross DIX, O.B.E., formerly
Assistant Air Member for Personnel but now Director
of Training, Royal New Zealand Air Force Head-
quarters, Wellington.

WHEREAS I am empowered by Warrant of His Excellency
the Governor-General dated the 24th day of December
1953 to direct my Warrant to any officer of the Air Force not
below the rank of Squadron Leader, giving him a general
authority to convene General Courts-martial for the trial of
any person who is subject to the Royal New Zealand Air
Force Act 1950, and also to exercise (subject to the provisions
of the said Warrant) in respect of the proceedings of such
courts-martial the power of confirming the findings or sentences
thereof according to law, or of directing him to reserve for
my confirmation the proceedings of all or any such courts-
martial:

And whereas on the 25th day of February 1952 authority
was delegated to you to convene courts-martial and to confirm
the findings and sentences thereof, such delegation being
published in New Zealand Gazette No. 19 on the 6th day of
March 1952 at page 355:

And whereas the circumstances which gave rise to such
delegation no longer exist:

Now, therefore, I hereby cancel and revoke the said
delegation of authority.

Given under my hand at Wellington, this 15th day of
January 1954.

D. V. CARNEGIE, Air Vice-Marshal,
Chief of the Air Staff, Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Inspector for the Purposes of the Meat Act 1939 Appointed
(Notice No. Ag. 5570)

PURSUANT to subsection (2) of section 4 of the Meat Act
1939, the Minister of Agriculture hereby appoints

Kenneth Albert Oulaghan, Esquire, B.V.Sc.,

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Meat Act 1939.

Dated at Wellington, this 23rd day of December 1953.

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 62/3/117)

Members of the New Zealand Meat Producers Board Appointed
(Notice No. Ag. 5575)

PURSUANT to paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
2 of the Meat Export Control Act 1921–22, His Excellency
the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint on the 11th
day of January 1954,

Arthur Bartrum Baker, Esquire, and
Charles Thomas Ruddenklau, Esquire,

to be members of, and representatives of the New Zealand
Government on, the New Zealand Meat Producers Board
established under the said Act, vice David Allan and Alan
Grant.

Dated at Wellington, this 15th day of January 1954.

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 67/10/15)

Member of the Longridge Rabbit Board Appointed
(Notice No. Ag. 5573)

PURSUANT to section 37 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act 1928,
the Minister of Agriculture hereby appoints

William Herbert Smith,

being an Inspector appointed under Part I of the said Act,
to be a member of the Longridge Rabbit Board.

Dated at Wellington, this 23rd day of December 1953.

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 64/1/251)

Member of Licensing Committee Appointed

PURSUANT to section 49 of the Licensing Act 1908, His
Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint:

Edward Thomas Bartosh, Esquire, J.P., of Otaki,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the Licensing
District of Otaki vice Ernest Nelson Cunningham, Esquire,
deceased.

Dated at Wellington, this 6th day of January 1954.

T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.

Member of the Council of Legal Education Appointed

PURSUANT to section 2 of the New Zealand University
Amendment Act 1930, His Excellency the Governor-
General has been pleased to appoint

The Honourable Harold Eric Barrowclough, C.B., D.S.O.,
M.C., E.D., Chief Justice of New Zealand,

to be a member of the Council of Legal Education.

Dated at Wellington, this 8th day of January 1954.

R. M. ALGIE, Minister of Education.

Appointment of Harbourmaster at Queenstown

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Harbours Act 1950 and
the Official Appointments and Documents Act 1919, His
Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Alexander Munro

to be the Harbourmaster at Queenstown for the purposes of
the Harbours Act 1950.

Dated at Wellington, this 5th day of January 1954.

W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Marine.

(M. 12/772)