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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 52

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 20th May, 1942.

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

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH.
Appointments.
As Pilots.

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 1st May, 1942 :—
NZ 404334 Sergeant Hansford Ward CHAMBERS.
NZ 403119 Flight Sergeant James Ralph FARROW.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II.
Appointments.
As Signals Officers.

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 1st May, 1942 :—
NZ 36114 Warrant Officer Enoch Walter CLUTTERBUCK.
NZ 437009 Flight Sergeant Ronald George DELAHUNTY.
NZ 37168 Acting Flight Sergeant George Oscar PERROTT.
NZ 38113 Acting Flight Sergeant Trevor James COOMBE.
NZ 401036 Acting Flight Sergeant William John FYFE.
NZ 38117 Sergeant Peter Myles IAWIN.

As Radio Officer.

NZ 405027 L.A.C. Francis Harrington HERBERT is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Pilot Officer (on prob.). Dated 7th May, 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 as Flying Officers, 3rd Year. Dated 1st April, 1942 :—
NZ 1518 Arthur Colin ESPINER, M.Sc.
NZ 1519 Cyril Wallace SMITH, B.A.
NZ 1320 John Irvine BROCKETT, M.A.
NZ 1621 William Harry ENTWISTLE, M.A., B.Sc., Ph.D.

Adjustment in Rank.

The temporary commissions in the rank of Flying Officer granted to the undermentioned are adjusted as under :—
Dated 12th January, 1942—
As Flying Officer, 4th Year—
Murray Davy NARX, B.A., M.Sc.

As Flying Officers, 3rd Year—
William James ADAMS, B.Sc.
Jack Howard CLARKE, B.Sc.

Dated 1st April, 1942—
As Flying Officer, 3rd Year—
Major George IRWIN, M.A.

Transfers.

NZ 1522 Flying Officer Ian Alpin McGREGOR is transferred from the Reserve of Officers, Class B, Section I, to the Administrative and Special Duties Branch in the rank of Flying Officer. Dated 25th May, 1942.

Squadron Leader William James Milne NANCARROW is transferred from the Administrative and Special Duties Branch to the Reserve of Officers, Class B, Section I. Dated 15th May, 1942.

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

The undermentioned are granted commissions in the Air Training Corps in the ranks shown. Dated 9th May, 1942 :—
As Flying Officer—
Angus MacDONALD HYSLOP.

As Pilot Officers—
Arthur ALMOND.
Donald Arthur CAIR.
Jack HAISMAN.
Albert David JACKSON.
Graham Henry Wilson ANDREWS.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Emergency Precautions Services.—Regional Commissioners and District Controllers appointed.

National Service Department,
Wellington, 20th May, 1942.

PURSUANT to Regulation 3 of the Emergency Reserve Corps Regulations 1941, Amendment No. 2, the Minister of National Service has been pleased to make the following appointments of Regional Commissioners and District Controllers for the purposes of the said regulations :—

A. REGIONAL COMMISSIONERS.
Northern Region—
Colonel Francis Leveson-Gower West, LL.M.
Central Region—
Colonel Charles Victor Ciochetto, M.C., M.M.
Southern Region—
Colonel William Thompson Churchward.

B. DISTRICT CONTROLLERS.
Auckland-North Auckland District—
John Andrew Charles Allum, Esquire, Mayor of Auckland.
Waikato District—
Harold David Caro, Esquire, Mayor of Hamilton.
Bay of Plenty District—
Lionel Roberts Wilkinson, Esquire, J.P., Mayor of Tauranga.
Poverty Bay District—
Noel Henry Bull, Esquire, Mayor of Gisborne.
Hawke’s Bay District—
Thomas William Hercock, Esquire, Mayor of Napier.
Taranaki District—
Percy Vernon Esmond Stainton, Esquire, J.P., of New Plymouth.
Wanganui-Manawatu-Horowhenua District—
Thomas Leonard Seddon, Esquire, Mayor of Feilding.
Wairarapa District—
Thomas Jordan, Esquire, Mayor of Masterton.
Wellington District—
Thomas Charles Atkinson Hislop, Esquire, C.M.G., Mayor of Wellington.
Nelson-Marlborough District—
Edgar Rollo Neale, Esquire, Mayor of Nelson.
West Coast, South Island District—
George Ralph Harker, Esquire, of Greymouth.
Canterbury District—
Ernest Herbert Andrews, Esquire, Mayor of Christchurch.
South Canterbury District—
Percy Barnes Foote, Esquire, J.P., Acting-Mayor of Timaru.
Otago District—
Andrew Henson Allen, Esquire, J.P., Mayor of Dunedin.
Southland District—
Horace James Macalister, Esquire, LL.B., of Invercargill.

R. SEMPLE, Minister of National Service.

Judge of the Mining Assessment Court for the County of Vincent appointed.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in terms of section 26 of the Rating Act, 1925, to appoint
H. J. Dixon, Esquire, Stipendiary Magistrate, Dunedin,
to be the Judge of the Mining Assessment Court for the County of Vincent.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 100/58.)

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 27th May, 1942.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service :—
John Robertson
to be an Inspector of Sea-fishing for the purposes of Part I of the Fisheries Act, 1908, on and from the 7th day of April, 1942.

Robert Hugh Newbold
to be Deputy General Manager of the State Fire Insurance Office for the purposes of the State Fire Insurance Act, 1908, and its amendments, on and from the 20th day of May, 1942.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.