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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 62

Members of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th July, 1941.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Richard Ivan Lamb, Esquire, and
Cyril Victor Lester, Esquire,

to be members of the Licensing Committee for the District of Avon.

H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Stipendiary Magistrate appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th July, 1941.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Frederick Knight Hunt, Esquire,

to be a Stipendiary Magistrate to exercise criminal and civil jurisdiction within New Zealand for the period from the 1st day of August, 1941, to the 31st day of August, 1941.

H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Appointment of Consul of Switzerland at Wellington provisionally recognized.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 29th July, 1941.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that the appointment of

Monsieur Walter Schmid

as Swiss Consul at Wellington has been provisionally recognized.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 68/65.)

Appointment of Trustees of the Eureka Drainage District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 11th July, 1941.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in terms of section 10 (3) of the Land Drainage Act, 1908, to appoint the following gentlemen to be trustees of the Eureka Drainage District:—

Charles V. Masters and Leslie G. Harris, Eureka Subdivision.
Charles G. Yeates, Newstead Subdivision.
Royston W. Pardy, Tauwhare Subdivision.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

Waterfront Control Commission Emergency Regulations 1940.—Appointment of Wharf Superintendent for the Port of Auckland.

IN pursuance of the powers in that behalf conferred upon me by the Waterfront Control Commission Emergency Regulations 1940, I, Patrick Charles Webb, Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint

Thomas Henry Solomon

to be a Wharf Superintendent for the Port of Auckland.
Dated at Wellington, this 10th day of July, 1941.

P. C. WEBB, Minister of Labour.

Appointments, Promotions, Transfer, and Relinquishments of Temporary Rank of Officers on Active Service with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force Overseas.

Army Department,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1941.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to confirm the following appointments, promotions, transfer, and relinquishments of temporary rank of officers on active service with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force overseas, vide List No. 21:—

APPOINTMENTS.

Commands and Staff.

Brigadier J. Hargest, D.S.O., M.C., V.D., relinquished command of the detached Force in United Kingdom and resumed command of the 5th N.Z. Infantry Brigade. Dated 5th March, 1941.

Lieutenant-Colonel A. S. Falconer, D.S.O., M.C., relinquished temporary command of the 5th N.Z. Infantry Brigade and resumed command of the 23rd (Canterbury-Otago) Battalion. Dated 5th March, 1941.

Major A. B. W. Ross, 19th (Wellington) Battalion, is appointed Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General (temp.), Headquarters, 2nd N.Z. Division, and is seconded. Dated 1st March, 1941.

Major A. P. MacDuff, 20th (Canterbury-Otago) Battalion, is appointed to command a Base Reception Depot, and is seconded. Dated 18th March, 1941.

Major N. A. Rattray, 26th (Canterbury-Otago) Battalion, is appointed Liaison Officer with a Force Headquarters, and is seconded. Dated 20th March, 1941.

Major B. J. Mathewson, 20th (Canterbury-Otago) Battalion, from 2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force Base, is appointed Liaison Officer with a Headquarters, and is seconded. Dated 31st March, 1941.

Captain J. B. White, Railway Construction and Maintenance Group, is appointed Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General, Headquarters, 2nd N.Z. Division, and is seconded. Dated 10th March, 1941.

Captain J. H. R. Luxford is appointed to command the Medium Machine Gun Training Company. Dated 10th March, 1941.

Captain A. J. Crisp 19th (Wellington) Battalion, relinquishes the temporary appointment of Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General, Headquarters, 2nd N.Z. Division, and ceases to be seconded. Dated 1st March, 1941.

PROMOTIONS.

Commands and Staff.

Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) K. W. Fraser, commanding 5th Field Regiment, N.Z. Artillery, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 26th February, 1941.

2nd Divisional Cavalry.

Captain E. R. Harford to be Major to complete establishment. Dated 23rd February, 1941.

Lieutenant L. B. Ballantyne to be Captain, vice Captain R. R. Atkinson appointed Adjutant, Composite Training Depot, and is seconded while attached to a Long-range Patrol. Dated 26th February, 1941.

Lieutenant I. L. Bonifant to be Captain, vice Captain L. B. Ballantyne seconded. Dated 20th February, 1941.

Infantry.

(Auckland Group.)

Captain (temp. Major) C. A. Le Lievre to be Major, vice Major J. M. Allen seconded. Dated 10th December, 1940.

Captain (temp. Major) W. H. Alexander to be Major, vice Major R. V. Closey, M.C., E.D., seconded, and remains seconded. Dated 27th February, 1941.

Captain G. J. Howcroft, M.C., to be Major, vice Major W. H. Alexander seconded. Dated 27th February, 1941.

Lieutenant B. T. J. Jones to be Captain, vice G. J. Howcroft, M.C. Dated 27th February, 1941.

(Canterbury-Otago Group.)

Captain S. J. Kelly, to be Major, vice Major F. E. Dornwell seconded. Dated 9th November, 1940.

Captain T. J. G. Pugh to be Major, vice Major P. W. G. Spiers, M.B.E., M.C., V.D., seconded. Dated 16th December, 1940.

27th (Machine Gun) Battalion.

Lieutenant E. S. McLean to be Captain, vice Captain A. J. Neil seconded. Dated 24th February, 1941.

N.Z. Medical Corps.

Captain S. G. de Clive-Lowe, M.B., Ch.B., to be Major to complete establishment. Dated 12th March, 1941.

Captain F. P. Furkert, M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.S. (Eng.), to be Major to complete establishment. Dated 12th March, 1941.

N.Z. Ordnance Corps.

2nd Lieutenant H. A. Bauchop to be Lieutenant. Dated 24th March, 1941.

GRANTS OF TEMPORARY RANK.

Commands and Staff.

Lieutenant-Colonel A. S. Falconer, D.S.O., M.C., is granted the temporary rank of Brigadier while commanding the 5th N.Z. Infantry Brigade. Dated 5th October, 1940.

Major D. F. Leckie is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel while commanding the 23rd (Canterbury-Otago) Battalion. Dated 26th August, 1940.

Captain J. A. Worsnop is granted the temporary rank of Major while attached to Headquarters Staff in England. Dated 14th October, 1940.