SEPT. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2805

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Rev. Noel Francis Benham to be Chaplain, 4th Class (Church of England), Area 11. Dated 15th August, 1941.

The undermentioned to be Chaplains, 4th Class, Church of England, Area 9. Dated 19th August, 1941 :-

The Rev. William St. Andrew Osborne-Brown.
The Rev. Herbert John Flatt.

N.Z. DENTAL CORPS.

Max Frederick Benfield, B.D.S., to be Lieutenant. Dated 3rd September, 1941.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Promotions, Appointment, and Reduction in Seniority of Officers of the New Zealand Air Force.

Air Department, Wellington, 10th September, 1941.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointment, promotions, and reduction in seniority of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force :-

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Promotion.

Flight Lieutenant Francis William PETRIE, A.M.I.C.E. (T.A.F.), to be Squadron Leader (temp.). Dated 15th September, 1941.

Reduction in Seniority.

Pilot Officer Robert Hamish BALFOUR (Temporary Commission), was dealt with summarily by the Chief of the Air Staff under section 47 of the Air Force Act, and sentenced to take rank and precedence as if his appointment as Pilot Officer bore date the 1st July, 1941.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Appointment.

Major George Irwin, M.A., is granted an Honorary Commission in the rank of Flying Officer. Dated 18th August, 1941.

Promotions.

Pilot Officer Ernest William De Suza (Temporary Commission), to be Flying Officer (temp.). Dated 1st September, 1941.

Flying Officer Fraser John Edward Baillie (Honorary Commission), to be Flight Lieutenant. Dated 1st September, 1941.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Department, Wellington, 12th September, 1941.

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

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Appointments.

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer :-

Dated 27th April, 1941-

NZ 39926 Sergeant Winston Brooke Mackley.

Dated 10th June, 1941--

NZ 40194 Sergeant Robert Ian McChesney.

Dated 28th June, 1941--

NZ 40647 Sergeant Kenneth Sydney Jenner.

Dated 5th July, 1941--

NZ 40716 Sergeant John William Coates.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Appointment.

NZ 1386 Flight Lieutenant Donald Clyde Inglis, D.C.M. (Reserve of Officers), is re-employed in the temporary rank of Flight Lieutenant. Dated 15th September, 1941.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Department,

Wellington, 15th September, 1941.

His Excellency the Governor-General is respectfully advised to approve of the following appointments of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force :-

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Appointments.

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 1st September, 1941 :-

NZ 41588 Sergeant Alexander Reid Hirst.

NZ 402065 Sergeant Wallace Haig Woodgate Spencer.

NZ 41619 Sergeant William Mathias Dowle.

NZ 404646 Sergeant Raymond Joseph Ernest Peterson.

NZ 41986 Sergeant William Tinsley Hawkins.

NZ 41325 Sergeant Frederick Charles Hackett.

NZ 404944 Sergeant John Reginald Reenberg.

NZ 40752 Sergeant Dean Frederick Sherrar Bullen.

NZ 41938 Sergeant William Russell Rattray.

NZ 41932 Sergeant William James Parton.

NZ 41927 Sergeant Thomas Walter Monaghan.

NZ 41929 Sergeant James Fyfe Niven.

NZ 41860 Sergeant Howard Arthur John Allured.

NZ 402468 Sergeant Bruce Edward Gibbs.

NZ 41863 Sergeant Alan William Asmuss.

NZ 41997 Sergeant Frederick Burns Richardson.

NZ 41874 Sergeant Cecil William Phair Carter.

NZ 405242 Sergeant William James Dooley.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Appointment.

James Leslie Mills Waygood, M.Sc., is granted an Honorary Commission in the rank of Flying Officer. Dated 23rd September, 1941.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Trustee of Christchurch Racecourse appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 2nd September, 1941.

His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 6 of the Christchurch Racecourse Reserve Act, 1878, been pleased to appoint

Arthur Telford Donnelly

to be a member of the Board of Trustees constituted under the said Act, in place of George Gould, deceased.

J. G. BARCLAY, For the Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 54812.)

Member of the Lake Wakatipu Rabbit Board appointed.--(Notice No. Ag. 3874.)

Office of the Minister of Agriculture, Wellington, 12th September, 1941.

Pursuant to the powers vested in me by section 37 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, I, James Gillispie Barclay, Minister of Agriculture, do hereby appoint

Allan Wilfred John Apps,

being an Inspector appointed under Part I of the said Act, to be a member of the Lake Wakatipu Rabbit Board established under the said Act, vice Roland James McIntyre. Dated at Wellington, this 12th day of September, 1941.

J. G. BARCLAY, Minister of Agriculture.

Member of the Remount Committee for the Western Southland Service District appointed.--(Notice No. Ag. 3875.)

Office of the Minister of Agriculture, Wellington, 12th September, 1941.

Pursuant to the powers vested in me by Regulation 2 of the Remounts Subsidy Regulations 1938, I, James Gillispie Barclay, Minister of Agriculture, hereby appoint

Angus Macdonald

to be a member of the Remount Committee for the Western Southland Service District for the purposes of the said regulations, vice James Luke Hazlett, resigned.

J. G. BARCLAY, Minister of Agriculture.