6 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 1

Extensions of Commissions

The under-mentioned officers are granted extensions of their commissions until the date shown:

Squadron Leader Denys Staples Hamilton, D.F.C. (131467), 24 November 1964.

Squadron Leader (temp.) Henry Richard Dean, D.F.C. (72867), 19 February 1963.

Flight Lieutenants:

Bruce Alexander Sinclair (133863), 20 September 1964.

Donald Louis Clow, D.F.C. (130068), 19 October 1964.

William Hastings Hewitt (133354), 19 October 1964.

Russell William Gash (130554), 4 November 1964.

William Alfred Hardham, D.F.C., A.F.C. (133640), 8 November 1964.

Douglas Watson Lockhart, M.SC. (133826), 2 December 1964.

Flying Officers:

Mervyn Leslie Thomas Harper, D.F.C. (131469), 3 November 1964.

George Stanley Robertson (132772), 22 November 1964.

Flying Officer (temp.) John Joseph Brunt, M.B., CH.B. (133638), 19 July 1963.

Termination of Commission

The commission of Pilot Officer John Frank Watson, A.R.A.N.Z., A.I.I.A.N.Z. (591004), is terminated, with effect from 30 November 1960.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of December 1960.

DEAN J. EYRE, Minister of Defence.

(Air 12/11/9)

Appointment to the Staff of His Excellency the Governor-General

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to make the following appointment to his staff:

To be Comptroller of the Household:

Major Iain Maxwell Erskine, Grenadier Guards, vice Colonel John Bryden Harrison, O.B.E.

By Command—

D. C. WILLIAMS, Official Secretary.

Government House, Wellington, 9 January 1961.

Member of the Timber Preservation Authority Appointed

PURSUANT to the Timber Preservation Regulations 1955,* the Minister of Industries and Commerce hereby appoints

Roger Douglas Evison, of Wellington, Engineer (nominated by the New Zealand Institution of Engineers Incorporated),

to be a member of the Timber Preservation Authority.

Dated at Wellington this 19th day of December 1960.

J. R. MARSHALL,

Minister of Industries and Commerce.

S.R. 1955/46

Timber Preservation Regulations: Appointment of Timber Preservation Authority Officer

PURSUANT to the Timber Preservation Regulations 1955,* notice is hereby given that

Alec Robert Thorpe,

an officer of the New Zealand Forest Service, is hereby authorised to act as a Timber Preservation Authority Officer and to exercise powers specified in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of regulation 10 (i) of the said regulations.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of November 1960.

P. N. HOLLOWAY,

Minister of Industries and Commerce.

Visiting Justice to Penal Institution Appointed

PURSUANT to section 10 (2) of the Penal Institutions Act 1954,

Guy Macallan, Esquire, J.P.,

of New Plymouth, is appointed to be a Visiting Justice to the New Plymouth Prison.

Dated at Wellington this 30th day of December 1960.

J. R. HANAN, Minister of Justice.

Coroner Appointed

PURSUANT to section 2 of the Coroners Act 1951, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

William Searle Sheppard, Esquire,

of Hastings, to be a Coroner for New Zealand.

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of December 1960.

J. R. HANAN, Minister of Justice.

Coroner Appointed

PURSUANT to section 2 of the Coroners Act 1951, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Murdo Alexander Matheson, Esquire, J.P.,

of Middlemarch, to be a Coroner for New Zealand.

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of December 1960.

J. R. HANAN, Minister of Justice.

Member of Licensing Committee Appointed

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

Alfred James Parris, Esquire, J.P.,

of Scarborough, No. 1 R.D., Timaru, to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the Licensing District of Timaru, vice John Melville Jenkins, Esquire, resigned.

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of December 1960.

J. R. HANAN, Minister of Justice.

Appointment of Officer Authorised to Attest the Signatures of Maoris

PURSUANT to sections 222 and 464 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

William Parkes Swainson, Field Supervisor, Paeroa,

being an officer in the service of the Crown employed by the Department of Maori Affairs in the position set out opposite his name, as an officer authorised to attest the signatures of Maoris to instruments of alienation of Maori land and to instruments by way of security within the meaning of the Chattels Transfer Act 1924.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of December 1960.

J. R. HANAN, Minister of Maori Affairs.

(M.A. 19/1/126)

Members of the Whakatohea Maori Trust Board Appointed

PURSUANT to section 14 (2) of the Maori Trust Boards Act 1955, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint the following persons to be members of the Whakatohea Maori Trust Board to represent the sub-tribe of the Whakatohea Tribe set opposite their respective names:

Harry Williams ....... } ....... Ngaitama

Joseph Ross ....... } ....... Ngati Rua

Peter Baker ....... } ....... Ngati Patu

Jack Papuni ....... } ....... Ngati Ngahere

Apanui Tairua ....... } ....... Ngatiira

Frank Matchitt ....... } ....... Te Upokorehe

William Oakes ....... }

Ngakohu Pera ....... }

Jack Karauna ....... }

Joseph Edwards ....... }

Dated at Wellington this 15th day of December 1960.

J. R. HANAN, Minister of Maori Affairs.

(M.A. 26/18/2)

Additional Member of the Strath Taieri Rabbit Board Appointed (Notice No. Ag. 7187)

PURSUANT to section 25 of the Rabbits Act 1955, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Alexander Lancelot Cameron

to be a member of the Strath Taieri Rabbit Board.

Dated at Wellington this 21st day of December 1960.

WILLIAM H. GILLESPIE, Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 20891)