Arthur Michael Rickett, NZ 652876, PO, is promoted to the
rank of Sub-Lieutenant (on probation) with seniority of 31
May 1971, for a period terminating 30 May 1983, to date 31
May 1971.

Anthony Roy Penellum, NZ 17307, PO WTR, is promoted
to the rank of Sub-Lieutenant (on probation) with seniority
of 31 May 1971, for a period terminating 30 May 1983, to date
31 May 1971.

Ensign G. H. Divehall, appointment terminated, to date 27
April 1971.

Acting Sub-Lieutenant C. G. Lloyd relinquishes the acting
rank of Sub-Lieutenant, to date 26 May 1971.

Acting Sub-Lieutenant D. F. Kerr relinquishes the acting
rank of Sub-Lieutenant, to date 5 May 1971.

Midshipman M. O'C. Toon, appointment terminated, to date
7 May 1971.

Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service

Temporary Second Officer M. E. Jarius, relinquishes the
temporary rank of Second Officer, to date 26 May 1971.

ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE

Roger Thomas Weston, R.D., ex R.N.R., is appointed to the
R.N.Z.N.V.R. as Lieutenant Commander with seniority of 7
April 1969 for a period terminating 7 April 1982, to date 1
April 1971.

ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE (SPECIAL
BRANCH)

Lieutenant (SP) N. E. Heath, appointment terminated, to
date 31 March 1971.

Dated at Wellington this 3rd day of June 1971.

DAVID S. THOMSON, Minister of Defence.

Members of New Zealand Wheat Board Appointed

PURSUANT to the Wheat Board Act 1965, His Excellency the
Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Richard Dan Evans, of Kaiapoi, and
Gordon Clive Allen, of Dunedin

to be members of the New Zealand Wheat Board for a term
of 3 years commencing on the 1st day of February 1971.

Dated at Wellington this 31st day of May 1971.

N. L. SHELTON, Minister of Industries and Commerce.

The Coal Mines Act 1925—Warrant of Appointment to the
Coal Mines Council

PURSUANT to the Coal Mines Act 1925, I, Norman Leslie
Shelton, Minister of Mines, for the Dominion of New Zealand,
do appoint Claude Clayton Hester, of Wellington, to be a
member of the Coal Mines Council for the purposes of the
said Act as from the 1st day of April 1971 to the 31st day of
March 1972.

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of April 1971.

NORMAN L. SHELTON, Minister of Mines.

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

PURSUANT to section 2 of the Child Welfare Act 1925, the
Minister of Education hereby reappoints:

Batty, Anthony Stuart, Kaeo;
Hawthorn, Thomas Ronald, Kaitaia;
Hazelzet, Rev. Father J. J., Panguru;
Senn, Mrs Daisy Joan, Kaitaia;
Beachen, Robert Brian, Dargaville;
Blundell, Trevor Percival, Horeke;
Banyard, Captain Stanley R., M.B.E., Auckland;
Dreaver, Mrs Mary J., Auckland;
Downey, Very Rev. Father L. V., M.B.E., Auckland;
Jones, Sister Ivy, M.B.E., J.P., Auckland;
Jordon, Ivan C., Auckland;
Orr, Rev. Albert Everil, M.B.E., Auckland;
Robertson, Rev. Alan Douglas, M.B.E., Auckland;
Rogers, Brigadier Hannah G., M.B.E., Auckland;
McCarthy, Rev. Father Desmond, Auckland;
Murdoch, Mrs Betty J., Papatoetoe;
Vuglar, Gray, Paeroa;
Williams, Mrs Mary Ellen, J.P., Waihi;
Ludwig, Mrs Margaret A., J.P., Thames;
Hedges, Mrs Edith A., Waitakaruru;
Eisenhut, Mrs Phyllis Edwina, Patumahoe;
Harris, Mrs Audrey Gwen, Huntly;
Robins, Rev. Lewis Mervyn, B.A., DIP.R.E., Clevedon;
Church, Wilfred Trevor, J.P., Hamilton;
Croasdale, John James, Otorohanga;
Croasdale, Mrs Rosina Mary, Otorohanga;
Dallinger, Mrs Nina Katherine, Cambridge;
Drabble, Ian James, J.P., Hamilton;
Edwards, Mrs Eileen Rose, Tokoroa;
Holdaway, Rev. Graeme, Kihikihi;
Lyons, Rev. Father John, Hamilton;
Martelletti, Mrs Hanora Mary, Tirau;
Muir, Mrs Agnes K. H., Ngaruawahia;
Neal, Rev. Barry Wilkin, Ngaruawahia;
Neal, Mrs Moira Frances, Ngaruawahia;
Paki, Sonny, Huntly;
Parker, Frederick John, Te Kuiti;
Poutapu, William, Ngaruawahia;
Smith, Rev. Neville Arthur, Morrinsville;
Foster, James G., Tauranga;
Foster, Jinnietta J., Tauranga;
Bracken, Rev. Father Patrick Lorenzo, Pio Pio;
Maxwell, Wiremu, Opotiki;
Rua, George Hillman, Waimana;
Morley, Rev. Charles Henry, Kawerau;
Hunia, John Himiona, Te Teko;
McKenna, Rev. Father Daniel, Rotorua;
Ludgate, Clement H., Rotorua;
Meihana, Arthur, Rotorua;
Miller, Mrs Dawn O., Ohakune;
Smith, Benjamin Clark William, Patea;
Dobson, Mrs Francis Mary, Raetihi;
Dennis, Francis Buchanan, Manutuke;
Gardner, John W., Wainui;
Goddard, Miss Maude L., Tolaga Bay;
Jennings Hugh, Ruatoria;
Kaua, Pita T., Gisborne;
Ruru, John, Puha;
McConnell, Robert N., Te Araroa;
Lucas, Mrs Dorothy Rose, Greenmeadows;
Magill, Robert Patrick, Napier;
Petuha, Henry, Porangahau;
Boyd, Rev. Edward Petrie, Dannevirke;
Taylor, Bernard John, Raupunga;
Brown, Rev. Clifford, Marton;
Hornblow, John Firth, Foxton;
Lines, Jack Harold, Levin;
McDonnell, Ian Alexander, Palmerston North;
Mason, Allen Livesy, Feilding;
Rushworth, Rev. Jack Broxholme, Feilding;
Hyde, Claude, Marton;
Usmar, Rev. Lyndon R., Pahiatua;
McLeod, Alexander McKenzie, Featherston;
Fergusson, John Henry, Carterton;
Couch, Ben, Featherston;
Cuncliffe, Brian L. F., Martinborough;
Blair, Haddin Frank, Greytown;
Hawkins, George Heiti, Martinborough;
Tamihana, Rev. Rewi, Petone;
Lake, Wallace Robert A., Wellington;
Kaarup, Mrs Alestar Mavis Wellington;
Preece, Alfred, Chatham Islands;
Arnott, Norman Montyque, Chatham Islands;
Cox, Cyril James, M.B.E., J.P., Nelson;

Pursuant to section 2 of the Child Welfare Act 1925, the
Minister of Education hereby appoints:

Chambers, Mrs Dorothy Noeline, Napier;
Mushet, Major Alvan, Wanganui;
Cooper, Rev. Ian, Te Awamutu;
McCarlie, Graham Charles, Omaio;
McNabb, Major Noel Pearce, Ashburton;
Richards, Rev. Lawrence Gilbert, Kaikoura;
Doogan, Rev. Father Hugh Francis, Paraparaumu;
Sanders, Sister Olive, Wellington;
Smith, Rev. James H., Wellington; and
Kapua, Mrs Blanche Parry, Taupo,

to be honorary child welfare officers for the purposes of the
said Act for the period ending 31 March 1972.

Dated at Wellington this 8th day of June 1971.

D. N. McKay, for Minister of Education.