Feb. 24] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 193

Radar Duties—
Dated 8th January, 1944— Athol Douglas SMERDON. Donald Jack STRADWICK.
Dated 14th January, 1944: James GLENDINNING.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointments

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

Dated 5th February, 1944—
NZ 2035 Geoffrey Neville DYER.
NZ 2036 John Bernard Clifton NICHOLLS.
NZ 2037 Stanley Grenville Wilfred LONG.
NZ 2044 Lawrence David COONEY.
NZ 2039 Derek Olsen TURNER.
NZ 2040 Brian Nicolls Hunter LAIRD.
NZ 2041 Trevor Brooks MILLS.
NZ 2042 Ian Carl JOHANSON.
NZ 2043 Ralph Herbert WATERMAN.
NZ 2038 Douglas Edward AMES.

Promotions

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

Dated 16th October, 1943: Reginald Roderick DEANE.
Dated 15th January, 1944: Robert Henry PATTERSON.

Relinquishments

Acting Squadron Leader William Swanson Read BLOOMFIELD is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated 21st January, 1944.

Flight Lieutenant Hubert Wentworth DUFFY is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated 15th February, 1944.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

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Air Department,
Wellington, 18th February, 1944.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, and reversion of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force :—

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointments

NZ 2059 Flight Lieutenant Maurice Craig KINDER, A.F.C., on relinquishing his commission in the Reserve of Air Force Officers (United Kingdom), is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant, with seniority as from the 3rd September, 1941. Dated 29th November, 1943.

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

As PILOTS

Dated 22nd June, 1943—
NZ 411431 Warrant Officer Colin MONCUR.

Dated 4th September, 1943—
NZ 412726 Flight Sergeant Claude Theodore Vignoles PAGE.

Dated 27th September, 1943—
NZ 421032 Flight Sergeant Rawdon Lambton CARTER.

Dated 27th October, 1943—
NZ 414723 Flight Sergeant Raymond John CAMMOCK.

Dated 12th November, 1943—
NZ 391019 Flight Sergeant Lowry James PORTER.

Dated 14th November, 1943—
NZ 415759 Flight Sergeant Douglas Gerald HANNIGAN.
NZ 413826 Flight Sergeant Colin Windsor DRYLAND.

Dated 29th November, 1943—
NZ 415205 Flight Sergeant Gordon STEPHENS.

Dated 16th December, 1943—
NZ 417075 Flight Sergeant Kevin McCARTHY.

Dated 23rd January, 1944—
NZ 422310 Flight Sergeant Kenneth Watson ORCHISTON.
NZ 42401 Flight Sergeant Douglas Ellwood HAWKER.
NZ 421792 Flight Sergeant Owen Patrick Fewster TAYLOR.

Dated 24th January, 1944—
NZ 421134 Flight Sergeant Eric Walter YOUNG.

Dated 1st February, 1944—
NZ 412644 Warrant Officer Kenneth Charles BACON.

AS NAVIGATORS

Dated 26th October, 1943—
NZ 42288 Flight Sergeant Lionel Horace BURRIDGE.

Dated 18th January, 1944—
NZ 412277 Flight Sergeant John Trevor STEELE.

Dated 28th January, 1944—
NZ 427434 Sergeant Jack Wallace FLOOD.

AS AIR BOMBER

Dated 23rd December, 1943—
NZ 421699 Flight Sergeant William Francis GARLICK.

As WIRELESS OPERATORS/AIR GUNNERS

Dated 5th October, 1943—
NZ 405534 Flight Sergeant Eric Thomas BOYLE.

Dated 22nd October, 1943—
NZ 421282 Flight Sergeant Claude Cyril McCORMACK.

Dated 17th January, 1944—
NZ 4213726 Sergeant George Raymond HART.
NZ 429209 Sergeant Thomas Ernest SHAW.
NZ 422060 Sergeant Maxwell Albert NOLAN.
NZ 427242 Sergeant Julian Robert ADAMS.

AS AIR GUNNERS

Dated 16th December, 1943—
NZ 413267 Flight Sergeant George Richard McLAREN.

Dated 19th December, 1943—
NZ 413792 Flight Sergeant Ronald Frederick READER.

Promotions

The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants (temp.) :—

Dated 5th July, 1943: Eric Lindsay GRAY.
Dated 6th September, 1943: William Guy HORNE.

Reversion

Acting Flight Lieutenant George Munro BERTRAM reverts to the temporary rank of Flying Officer. Dated 14th November, 1943.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II: TECHNICAL OFFICERS

Appointments

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer (on prob.) :—

Radar Duties—

Dated 27th January, 1944—
NZ 401337 Corporal Maxwell TOVEY.

Dated 3rd February, 1944—
NZ 414067 L.A.C. Leonard James GOODWIN.
NZ 411637 L.A.C. Radolphus Trevor JENSEN.

Armament Duties—

Dated 23rd February, 1944—
NZ 401620 Sergeant William David BROWN.
NZ 40826 Sergeant Clifford Maurice CRAWFORD.
NZ 391354 Sergeant Cyril John HECTOR.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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Visiting Justice appointed

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Prisons Department,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1944.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

John Hector Luxford, Esquire, S.M.,

to be a Visiting Justice to His Majesty’s Prison at Auckland.

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

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Member of Board of Examiners under the Coal-mines Act, 1925, reappointed

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Mines Department,
Wellington, 17th February, 1944.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to reappoint

Frederick Carson, Esquire,

to be a member of the Board of Examiners under the Coal-mines Act, 1925, for a period of three years as from the 1st February, 1944.

P. C. WEBB, Minister of Mines.

(Mines N. 17/31.)

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Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed

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Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1944.

I T is hereby notified that the following appointments have been made :—

Nola Joan Webster Rabe (Miss)

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Matata, on and from the 2nd day of February, 1944.

Gabriel Alfred Wilkes

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Riverton, on and from the 16th day of February, 1944.

John Michael Feehly

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Waikouaiti, on and from the 29th day of December, 1943.

Leonard Lawrence Lafferty

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Rangiriri, on and from the 8th day of February, 1944.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.