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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 51

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 14th May, 1942.

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

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Appointment.

AS AIR GUNNER.

NZ 403036 Sergeant William Maxwell WILSON is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 21st February, 1942.

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—
Wilfred Thomas EVERIST.

Dated 28th June, 1941—
Richard BARRETT.

Dated 27th July, 1941—
Graham Howe FRANCIS.
George Montgomerie MARSHALL.
Richard Arthur Rumbold WHITE.
John Rae HUTCHESON.

Dated 21st December, 1941—
John McBeath KERR.

Dated 1st March, 1942—
Valentine ALLPORT.

Dated 22nd March, 1942—
Geoffrey Stanton SHARP.

Dated 12th April, 1942—
John Frederick KNIGHT.
Bruce Gibb WALLACE.
Stephen Delancy WATTS.

Dated 26th April, 1942—
Harold Roger BLAKE, D.F.C.

Pilot Officer Winston Brooke MACKLEY, D.F.C., to be Flying Officer (temp.). Dated 27th April, 1942.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II.

Appointment.

AS RADIO OFFICER.

NZ 404132 L.A.C. Neville Westbury BROWN is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Pilot Officer (on prob.). Dated 29th April, 1942.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Relinquishments and Appointments.

The undermentioned officers of the Educational Branch relinquish their honorary commissions and are granted temporary commissions in the ranks shown. Dated 1st May, 1942 :-

As Flight Lieutenant, Acting Squadron Leader—
NZ 1523 Joseph Langmuir HUNTER, M.A.

As Flying Officer, 5th Year, Acting Flight Lieutenant—
NZ 1524 Lionel Allan Cromwell WARNER, M.Sc.

As Flying Officer, 4th Year, Acting Flight Lieutenant—
NZ 1525 Louis Herbert LIDGARD, M.Sc., B.For.Sc.

As Flying Officers, 4th Year—
NZ 1526 Arthur Kenneth DIXON, M.Sc.
NZ 1527 Raymond Keith GUNN, B.A.
NZ 1528 George Bently BEATH, M.A.
NZ 1529 Horatio Nairn FREEMAN, B.A.

As Flying Officers, 3rd Year—
NZ 1530 Ronald Sydney JONES, M.Sc.
NZ 1531 Donald Alfred SMITH, M.A.
NZ 1532 William Clemens THOMAS, B.A.
NZ 1533 Eric Varnham BARDSLEY, B.Sc.

As Flying Officers, 2nd Year—
NZ 1534 John Herbert RIMMER.
NZ 1535 Harold William Boon WEBBER.
NZ 1536 Arthur Nisbet SAMPSON.
NZ 1537 Ben Grant TINDALE, B.A.

As Flying Officers—
NZ 1538 Allen Frank PAPESCH, B.Sc.
NZ 1539 James Francis SHARKEY, M.A.
NZ 1540 Malcolm Palmer BYRNES, M.A.
NZ 1541 Arnold Lloyd GILMORE, B.A.

NZ 1542 Flying Officer Jack Beaumont HEPWORTH, B.Sc. (Educational Branch), relinquishes his commission in the Air Training Corps and is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Flying Officer, 3rd Year. Dated 1st May, 1942.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary representing the United States of America.

Prime Minister’s Office,
Wellington, 15th May, 1942.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that on the 24th day of April, 1942, at Government House, Auckland—

The Honourable Patrick Hurley

presented his letters of credence as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary representing in New Zealand the interests of the United States of America.

P. FRASER, Prime Minister.

(I.A. 158/407/1.)

Appointment of Members of Police Appeal Board.

Police Department,
Wellington, 7th May, 1942.

PURSUANT to the Police Appeal Board Election Regulations 1942, it is hereby notified that Constable William Arthur Calwell and Detective-Sergeant William Robert Murray have been appointed members of the Board of Appeal constituted by section 65 of the Statutes Amendment Act, 1941, for a period of three years from the 7th day of May, 1942, they having been duly elected in accordance with the provisions of section 66 of the said Act.

P. FRASER,
For the Minister of Justice.

Deputy Official Assignee resigns.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th May, 1942.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation by

Arthur Wilson Woodward, Esquire,

of Oamaru, of his appointment as a Deputy Official Assignee.

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

Coroner appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th May, 1942.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Arthur Taylor, Esquire, J.P.,

of Westport, to be a Coroner for the Dominion of New Zealand.

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

Coroner resigns.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th May, 1942.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation by

George Edward John Taylor, Esquire,

of Westport, of his appointment as a Coroner for the Dominion of New Zealand.

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

Justice of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th May, 1942.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Flight Lieutenant Stephen Roy Neal,

of the R.N.Z.A.F. Station, Rongotai, Wellington, to be a Justice of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand and its dependencies.

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

Justice of the Peace resigns.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th May, 1942.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation by

Richard Johnson, Esquire,

of Ashhurst, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand.

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