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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 42

Appointments, Promotions, and Transfers of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Department,
Wellington, 17th April, 1942.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, and transfers 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 :-

As Pilot.

Dated 7th April, 1942—
NZ 403429 Flight Sergeant Alfred William Gordon COCHRANE.

As Air Observers.

Dated 4th April, 1942—
NZ 391389 Flight Sergeant Maxwell Gyles TURNER, D.F.M.
NZ 411896 Sergeant Thomas HINDE.
NZ 411966 Sergeant Geoffrey YOUNG.
NZ 411225 Sergeant Lister Charles MULHOLLAND.
NZ 411926 Sergeant Noel John MOON.
NZ 412225 Sergeant Grahame Cyril Ralph GOODWIN.
NZ 411956 Sergeant Harry Barnard TUCKER.
NZ 413714 Sergeant William Allan MURRAY.
NZ 413721 Sergeant Alan Edmund Wilkie BRADMORE.
NZ 413850 Sergeant James Lyders SPEEDY.
NZ 413717 Sergeant Richard John SOTHAM.
NZ 41399 Sergeant Roy Reginald RAYNER.
NZ 411878 Sergeant Leslie Gerald FOWLER.

Promotions.

The undermentioned Pilot Officers (on prob.) are confirmed in their rank and are granted the temporary rank of Flying Officer :-

Dated 5th May, 1941—
Walter Gordon RAPHAEL.

Dated 23rd September, 1941—
Edward Cecil BARR.

Dated 26th October, 1941—
Robert Sidney MASTERS.
Patrick Stewart MCBRIDE.

Dated 28th October, 1941—
Raymond John NEWTON.

Dated 22nd November, 1941—
Richard George HARTSHORN.

Dated 21st December, 1941—
Laurence St. George DOBBIN.
Derek Harold HAMMOND.
Sydney Campbell PARKES.

Dated 18th January, 1942—
Albert Owen HAWKINS.
Frederick William LETCHFORD.

Transfer.

NZ 1496 Pilot Officer George Clifton LEWIS is transferred from the Reserve of Officers, Section I, Class A, to the General Duties Branch in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 20th April, 1942.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH.
Appointments.

NZ 1497 Albyn James QUILL, LL.B., is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 20th April, 1942.

NZ 411308 L.A.C. Ronald William MOIR, M.Sc. (Meteorological Branch), is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 20th April, 1942.

Transfers.

NZ 1498 Flight Lieutenant Cheviot Wellington Dillon BELL is transferred from the Reserve of Officers, Section I, Class B, to the Administrative and Special Duties Branch in the rank of Flight Lieutenant. Dated 23rd February, 1942.

NZ 1499 Flying Officer Colin Marshall GORDON is transferred from the Reserve of Officers, Section I, Class B, to the Administrative and Special Duties Branch in the rank of Flying Officer. Dated 20th April, 1942.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH, SECTION II (A.T.C.).
Appointments.

The undermentioned are granted commissions in the Air Training Corps in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 15th April, 1942 :-

Peter Leslie HUNTER.
Leonard Francis Walter LOWELL.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Head Office, Stamp Duties Office,
Wellington, 16th April, 1942.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Norman Arthur Vercoe

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

H. G. R. MASON,
For the Minister of Stamp Duties.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st April, 1942.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Ernest George Appleton

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Kaipara.

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

Justice of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th April, 1942.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Philip McManaway, Esquire,

of Queen Mary Hospital, Hanmer Springs, to be a Justice of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand and its dependencies.

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

Consul of the United States of America at Wellington appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 16th April, 1942.

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

Thomas S. Horn, Esquire,

as Consul of the United States of America at Wellington has been provisionally recognized.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 63/71.)

Members of the Lower Hutt Fire Board appointed and Date of First Meeting.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 21st April, 1942.

THE undermentioned persons have been appointed or elected as members of the Lower Hutt Fire Board, constituted under the Fire Brigades Act, 1926 :-

Appointed by the Governor-General—
H. V. Horlor.

Elected by the fire-insurance companies—
A. L. Garbett.
C. W. Miller.

Elected by the Lower Hutt City Council—
W. C. Gregory.
F. Campbell.

In accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of section 53 of the Fire Brigades Act, 1926, it is hereby notified that the first meeting of the Board will be held in the Lower Hutt City Council Chambers at 7.30 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 29th day of April, 1942.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 76/31/6.)

Members of Rabbit Boards appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 3940.)

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—

1. William George Bonner, being an Inspector under Part I of the said Act, to be a member of the Hairini, Kihikihi, Mangapiko, West Waikato, Waikato Central, Waipa, Wharepuhunga, Pukeatua, Tuhikarama, and the Pirongia Rabbit Boards established under the said Act, vice George Baines Melrose (deceased), and

2. Osman Oliver Mackley, being an Inspector under Part I of the said Act, to be a member of the Waimatua, Edendale, and the Wyndham Rabbit Boards established under the said Act.

Dated at Wellington, this 16th day of April, 1942.

J. G. BARCLAY, Minister of Agriculture.