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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 60

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 4th June, 1940.

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

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Confirmation.

Flight Lieutenant Ian Alastair Scott is confirmed in his rank. Dated 11th May, 1940.

Appointments.

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the General Duties Branch in the rank of Pilot Officer (on probation). Dated 4th May, 1940:—

Alexander Stuart Anderson.
John Cayley Blundell.
William Davenport Brown.
Robert William Douglas Cowper.
Hector Hugh Crawford.
John Tregonwell Davison.
Wilfred Thomas Everist.
William John Finlayson.
Alexander Daniel Greer.
Hilton Rex Hall.
Jack Graeme Hannah.
Henry Michael Hoadley.
Kenneth Charles Lee.
Edward William Girwood McKenzie.
Jack McKenzie.
Keith Stuart Strode Penny.
Dick Middleton Poynter.
John Sinclair Priestley.
Charles Gordon Gladstone Prior.
Walter Gordon Raphael.
Gage Darwent Sise.

Keith Robert Congreve is granted a temporary commission in the General Duties Branch in the rank of Pilot Officer (on probation). Dated 11th May, 1940.

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the General Duties Branch in the rank of Pilot Officer (on probation). Dated 28th May, 1940:—

William Semmens Austin.
Henry Neil Blundell.
Daniel McLean Campbell.
John Francis Carrick.
Edward Walter Gillies Churches.
Geoffrey George Davis.
Alfred William Doel.
Jack Ward Edwards.
Arthur James Falconer.
Harold Thomas Francis.
Leonard Rodney Hewitt.
George Verdun Key.
Gilbert Theodore Kimberley.
Duncan Lyness McGregor-Macdonald.
William Arthur Middleton.
Anthony Vincent Muir.
Jonathan Arthur Neilson.
John Gordon Pattison.
Francis James Rolston.
John Macaulay Sutherland Ross.
Michael Moray Shand.
Arthur Howard Stubbings.
Edward Preston Wells.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH.—SECTION II.

Appointment.

Harold Litchfield Green is granted a temporary commission in the Equipment Branch, Section II, in the rank of Flying Officer, with seniority from 21st May, 1938. Dated 21st May, 1940.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointment in the New Zealand Naval Forces.

Navy Office,
Wellington, 5th June, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointment in the New Zealand Naval Forces:—

Captain Edwin Grave Morris, Royal Navy (Retired), appointed to H.M.S. “Philomel” additional, as Director and Registrar of Naval Reserves (New Zealand) and for Naval Control Service and Port Duties at Wellington in continuation, and as Commanding Officer, Wellington Division of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, to date 2nd May, 1940 (to serve in the rank of Captain and receive a consolidated salary on the pre-existing scale fixed for the appointment of Director of Naval Reserves (A.F.O. 2139/39, footnote †)).

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointment to the Staff of His Excellency the Governor-General.

Army Department,
Wellington, 7th June, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointment.

The undermentioned to be Honorary Aide-de-Camp to the Governor-General. Dated 24th May, 1940:—

Colonel N. W. McD. Weir, N.Z. Staff Corps, Officer Commanding Northern Military District.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 7th June, 1940.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred on me by the Marriage Act, 1908, and the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1924, I, Gilbert Graham Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar-General, do hereby appoint

Harold Skellern

to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Cambridge, on and from the 8th day of May, 1940.

G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1940.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred on me by the Marriage Act, 1908, and the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1924, I, Gilbert Graham Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar-General, do hereby appoint

Donald Bruce Blackwell

to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Motu, on and from the 30th day of May, 1940.

G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 7th June, 1940.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred on me by the Marriage Act, 1908, and the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1924, I, Gilbert Graham Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar-General, do hereby appoint

Charles Ernest Francis Braggins

to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Bay of Islands, on and from the 3rd day of June, 1940.

G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.