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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 2

Dated 17th November, 1943 : John Henry George GORVIN.
Dated 18th November, 1943 : Richard Lethbridge JONES.
Dated 21st November, 1943 : Charles Cameron ROBERTSON.
Dated 27th November, 1943 : Geoffrey Forbes BALE.

Dated 28th November, 1943—
John Keillor AITKEN.
Ernest Peter TAYLOR.
Fred Marsden CLARKE.
Sidney Neil MUNRO.
Alan Oswald RODGERS.
Brian BONIFANT.
Charles Stewart BLAIR.

Dated 1st December, 1943—
George Willis KIDD.
John Desmond GREGORY.
Desmond Thomas UMBERS.

Dated 2nd December, 1943 : Wilfred Eric ELDER, D.F.C., D.F.M.
Dated 3rd December, 1943 : John Hancock SCOTT.
Dated 4th December, 1943 : Wallace Wentworth PEET.

Reduction in Seniority

Pilot Officer Gordon Henry MEACHER was sentenced by Field General Court-martial to take rank and precedence as if his appointment as Pilot Officer bore date the 19th September, 1943.

The notice relating to the above officer and appearing in New Zealand Gazette No. 91, dated 21st October, 1943, page 1230, under the heading “General Duties Branch—Promotions,” is cancelled.

Dismissal

Flying Officer Howard Clifton MATHISON was sentenced by General Court-martial to be dismissed the Service. Dated 28th November, 1943.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II, GROUP I
Promotions

The undermentioned Pilot Officers (on prob.) are confirmed in their rank and are granted the temporary rank of Flying Officer :—
Dated 27th November, 1943 : John Langford BARLOW.
Dated 3rd December, 1943 : John Roger NIXON.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH
Appointments

NZ 1989 Squadron Leader Maurice Robert Desmond TREWBY, 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 Squadron Leader, with seniority as from 12th July, 1943. Dated 1st December, 1943.

NZ 1997 Flying Officer Frederick Lewis GRAY, on relinquishing his commission in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Flying Officer, with seniority as from 2nd July, 1942. Dated 1st January, 1944.

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

Dated 6th January, 1944—
NZ 1999 Ernest Clive SOUTHWICK.
NZ 2000 Harold William FORD.

Dated 8th January, 1944—
NZ 2004 Richard Donald CLARK.
NZ 2005 Albert Norman McINTOSH.
NZ 2006 Wilfred Samuel TAYLOR.
NZ 2007 John Harry Deacon WICKHAM.
NZ 2008 Owen Quin CASEY.

Dated 9th January, 1944—
NZ 2001 James Alan BURNET.
NZ 2002 William Joseph RUTLEDGE.
NZ 2003 Biren SPIRO.

METEOROLOGICAL SECTION

The undermentioned is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 6th December, 1943 :—
NZ 42843 Warrant Officer Douglas Charles MELDRUM.

Transfer

Flight Lieutenant Robert Dudley Hawthorn HILL is transferred to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I. Dated 29th January, 1944.

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

Ronald Murray Hamilton REID is granted an Air Training Corps commission in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 1st November, 1943.

NEW ZEALAND WOMEN’S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE
Transfers

Assistant Section Officer Janet Kathleen GERARD is transferred to the Reserve. Dated 16th December, 1943.
Assistant Section Officer Valda Joyce ROGERS is transferred to the Reserve. Dated 17th December, 1943.

Relinquishment

Assistant Section Officer Althea Aroha CORNES is permitted to relinquish her commission. Dated 6th January, 1944.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Trustees of Savings-bank appointed

The Treasury,
Wellington, 14th January, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint—

George Ernest Canham, Esquire,
Thomas Henry Biddlecombe Ewens, Esquire,
Edward George Pearce, Esquire,
Arthur Maxton Thomson, Esquire,

to be trustees of the New Plymouth Savings-bank.

D. G. SULLIVAN,
For the Minister of Finance.

Coroner appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th January, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Edgar Larkin, Esquire, J.P.,
of Ohakune, to be a Coroner for the Dominion of New Zealand.

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

Member of Licensing Committee appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th January, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

George William Peebles, Esquire,
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Egmont.

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

Appointment of Member of Board of Trustees of the National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 19th January, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General in Council has been pleased to appoint the following person to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum, pursuant to section (2) (1) (f) of the National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum Amendment Act, 1936 :—

Stanley Walter Fearn, Esquire, A.R.I.B.A., F.N.Z.I.A.,
as representing the Wellington Branch of the New Zealand Institute of Architects for a term of three years from the 11th day of November, 1943.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 114/12.)

Appointment of Inspector of Sea-fishing for the Purposes of Part I of the Fisheries Act, 1908

Marine Department,
Wellington, 14th January, 1944.

BY direction of the Hon. Minister of Marine, it is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fisheries Act, 1908, and of the Official Appointments and Documents Act, 1919, appointed

William Edward Cyril Bruce, of Kehukohu,
to be an Inspector of Sea-fishing for the purposes of Part I of the first-mentioned Act.

L. B. CAMPBELL, Secretary.

Appointments in the Public Service

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 11th January, 1944.

The Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service :—

James Mackie Clark Laing
to be an Inspector of Machinery for the purposes of the Inspection of Machinery Act, 1928, and a Surveyor of Ships for the purposes of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, on and from the 8th day of November, 1943.

Herbert Arthur Lamb
to be an Inspector of Machinery for the purposes of the Inspection of Machinery Act, 1928, and a Surveyor of Ships for the purposes of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, on and from the 9th day of December, 1943.

Richard Thomas Stitt
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Kaitaia at Awanui, on and from the 5th day of May, 1943, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Awanui, on and from the 5th day of May, 1943.

James Theodore Glass
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Opunake, on and from the 24th day of November, 1943.