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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 116

Industrial and Provident Societies Act, 1908.—Public Auditor appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Duties Office,
Wellington, 8th November, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

George Howard Norman

a public auditor for the purposes of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act, 1908.

W. NASH, Minister of Stamp Duties.

Appointments in the Royal Naval Reserve (New Zealand).

Navy Office,
Wellington, 7th November, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointments in the Royal Naval Reserve (New Zealand) :

C. McLeod, Esquire, appointed Temporary Lieutenant, Royal Naval Reserve (New Zealand) (to serve under T. 124 Agreement), to date 10th October, 1940, and appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, for mine-sweepers, with the acting rank of Lieutenant-Commander.

E. Reader, Esquire, appointed Temporary Lieutenant, Royal Naval Reserve (New Zealand) (to serve under T. 124 Agreement), to date 10th October, 1940, and appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, for mine-sweepers.

E. H. Willson, Esquire, appointed Temporary Lieutenant, Royal Naval Reserve (New Zealand) (to serve under T. 124 Agreement), to date 15th October, 1940, and appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, for mine-sweepers.

B. C. Roberts, Esquire, appointed Temporary Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Naval Reserve (New Zealand) (to serve under T. 124 Agreement), to date 10th October, 1940, and appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, for mine-sweepers.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments in the New Zealand Naval Forces and Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand).

Navy Office,
Wellington, 7th November, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointments in the New Zealand Naval Forces and Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand) :

Commodore William Edward Parry, C.B., to relinquish appointment of Commodore Commanding New Zealand Squadron and command of H.M.S. “Achilles,” to date 15th October, 1940, and to continue in the appointment as 1st Naval Member of the New Zealand Naval Board and Chief of the Naval Staff with the rank of Commodore 2nd Class.

Captain Hugh Merriman Barnes, A.D.C., Royal Navy, appointed to H.M.S. “Achilles” in command, vice Parry, to date 15th October, 1940.

Lieutenant-Commander Douglas Alfred Bingley, Royal Navy (Retired), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” in command, and as Naval Officer in Charge, Auckland, Superintendent, H.M. Dockyard, Devonport, King’s Harbourmaster, Auckland, and Director of Naval Recruiting, temporarily, vice Barnes, to date 14th October, 1940, and as Naval Control Service Officer, Auckland, in continuation. To serve in the acting rank of Commander.

Lieutenant-Commander Edward Adams Nicholson, Royal Navy, appointment for Squadron duties terminated, to date 15th October, 1940, and appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, for duty in Navy Office, Wellington, as Signal, W/T, and A/S Officer, to date 16th October, 1940.

Lieutenant-Commander Richard Everley Washbourn, D.S.O., Royal Navy, appointment for Squadron duties terminated, to date 15th October, 1940, and reappointed to H.M.S. “Achilles” (G) in continuation.

Lieutenant-Commander Philip Percival Mancha Green, Royal Navy, appointment for Squadron duties terminated, to date 15th October, 1940, and reappointed to H.M.S. “Achilles” (T) in continuation.

Lieutenant George Gerard Cowburn, D.S.C., Royal Navy, appointment for Squadron duties terminated, to date 15th October, 1940, and reappointed to H.M.S. “Achilles” (N) in continuation.

Commander (E) Henry William Head, Royal Navy, appointment for Squadron duties terminated, to date 15th October, 1940, and reappointed to H.M.S. “Achilles” (E) in continuation.

Captain John Lampen, Royal Marines, appointment for Squadron duties terminated, to date 15th October, 1940, and reappointed to H.M.S. “Achilles” in continuation.

Surgeon-Lieutenant (D) David Millar Page, B.D.S., Royal Navy, appointment for Squadron duties terminated, to date 15th October, 1940, and appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel,” to date 16th October, 1940.

Paymaster-Commander Hugh Thomas Isaac, Royal Navy, appointment for Squadron duties terminated, to date 15th October, 1940, and reappointed to H.M.S. “Achilles” in continuation.

Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander Gerald Horace Ashby, Royal Navy, appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, for duty in Navy Office, Wellington, as Secretary to Commodore W. E. Parry, C.B., to date 16th October, 1940.

Lieutenant Ernest Walter Garner, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, as Commanding Officer of the Auckland Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, vice Hull, to date 1st November, 1940.

Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander Arnold Perry, M.B., F.R.C.S.E., Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointment for Squadron duties terminated, to date 15th October, 1940, and reappointed to H.M.S. “Achilles” in continuation.

Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (E) John Stuart Henderson, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, appointed to H.M.S. “Achilles” as part complement, to date 30th September, 1940.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Promotion and Appointments of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Department,
Wellington, 7th November, 1940.

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

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Promotion.

Flying Officer Stanley Gilbert Quill to be Acting Flight Lieutenant. Dated 1st November, 1940.

ADMINISTRATION AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Appointments.

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Flying Officer (on probation). Dated 1st October, 1940 :

Ernest William Amand.
Norman Alfred Avery.
Herbert Roger Baley.
Harold Willis de Castro.
Albert George Lowe.
William Robert Butland Mann.
Eric William Jim Milton.
Edmund Wellesley Reeves.
Ralph Arundel Stedman (Retired List).

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer (on probation). Dated 1st October, 1940 :

Jack Lister Brathwaite, M.C.
Ernest William De Suza.
Francis Edwin Hosking.
Roy Emile Jack.
Murdoch Campbell Paterson.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.