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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 57

Officers authorized to take and receive Statutory Declarations

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General

By his Deputy,

MICHAEL MYERS

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the three-hundred-and-first section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1927, I, Cyril Louis Norton Newall, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that the persons whose names are set out in the Schedule hereto, being officers in the service of the Crown holding the offices stated opposite their names respectively in the said Schedule, are authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under the three-hundred-and-first section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1927.

SCHEDULE

Lionel Frederick Hickman, Postmaster, Brightwater.
William Hayward Subritzky, Postmaster, Newton.
Harold James Smith, Postmaster, Richmond.
Thomas Leslie Earnshaw, Postmaster, Stratford.
John Manson Sutherland, Postmaster, Taihape.
Francis Patrick Cleary, Chief Postmaster, Thames.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 3rd day of July, 1944.

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

Appointments, Promotions, and Relinquishments of Temporary Rank of Officers on Active Service with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Middle East)

Army Department,
Wellington, 30th June, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to confirm the following appointments, promotions, and relinquishments of temporary rank of officers on active service with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Middle East), vide List No. 143 :—

PROMOTIONS

N.Z. Artillery

Lieutenant W. D. Lund to be Captain, with seniority as from 24th November, 1942, next after Captain M. P. Ritchie. Dated 21st February, 1944.

Lieutenant E. Butcher to be Captain, with seniority as from 23rd December, 1943, next after Captain L. F. Raven. Dated 21st February, 1944.

Lieutenant J. A. Edwards to be Captain, with seniority as from 24th December, 1943, next after Captain L. de V. Gilbert, M.C. Dated 21st February, 1944.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :—

H. Y. Gray. Dated 27th December, 1943.
R. R. Menendez. Dated 6th March, 1944.
J. H. Newcomb. Dated 10th April, 1944.

N.Z. Signals

2nd Lieutenant J. W. Smith to be Lieutenant. Dated 1st May, 1944.

GRANTS OF TEMPORARY RANK

N.Z. Armoured Corps

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be temp. Captains :—

J. D. K. Logan. Dated 21st April, 1944.
R. B. F. Eastgate. Dated 22nd April, 1944.

N.Z. Artillery

Major E. T. Kensington to be temp. Lieutenant-Colonel whilst commanding a regiment. Dated 30th April, 1944.

The undermentioned Captains to be temp. Majors :—

L. T. Mark. Dated 18th April, 1944.
K. Frechtling. Dated 22nd April, 1944.

Lieutenant L. P. Harker to be temp. Captain. Dated 18th April, 1944.

N.Z. Engineers

Captain J. A. Goodsir, M.C., to be temp. Major. Dated 26th April, 1944.

N.Z. Signals

Lieutenant J. D. Snow to be temp. Captain. Dated 20th April, 1944.

N.Z. Infantry

Major P. R. Pike, M.C., to be temp. Lieutenant-Colonel whilst commanding a battalion. Dated 23rd April, 1944.

Captain G. T. Kain to be temp. Major. Dated 22nd April, 1944.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be temp. Captains :—

P. J. Humphries. Dated 6th April, 1944.
J. R. McGruther. Dated 18th April, 1944.
H. B. Hay. Dated 22nd April, 1944.

N.Z. Medical Corps

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (Quartermasters) to be temp. Lieutenants :—

J. B. Cowan. J. S. Turner. J. R. Bentley.
R. F. White. J. H. Skinner.

Dated 25th April, 1944.

N.Z. Dental Corps

The undermentioned Captains to be temp. Majors :—

J. G. Brown. T. B. Allan.

Dated 22nd April, 1944.

TEMPORARY RANK RELINQUISHED

N.Z. Armoured Corps

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) L. I. Carlyle relinquishes the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 22nd April, 1944.

N.Z. Artillery

Captain (temp. Major) R. A. C. Hollis relinquishes the temporary rank of Major. Dated 22nd April, 1944.

N.Z. Army Service Corps

Captain (temp. Major) J. Pool relinquishes the temporary rank of Major. Dated 30th April, 1944.

APPOINTMENTS TO COMMISSIONS

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants :—

1282 Richard Holland Thevenard, N.Z.A.C.
1228 Grainger Thomas Kerr, N.Z.A.C.
1169 James Llewellyn Schaab, N.Z.A.C.
1094 Russell Trevor Bright, N.Z.A.C.
1165 Colin Burrows McIntosh, N.Z.A.C.
473396 Colin Stanley Nottage, N.Z. Inf.

Dated 27th April, 1944.

12596 Alan Wetherill, N.Z. Inf.
33726 Brian Sefton Banks, N.Z. Inf.
62496 James Wilson Clotworthy, N.Z. Inf.
62018 Douglas William Hulton, N.Z. Inf.

Dated 2nd May, 1944.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, Relinquishments of Temporary Rank, Relinquishments of Commissions, and Retirements of Officers of the New Zealand Military Forces

Army Department,
Wellington, 4th July, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, relinquishments of temporary rank, relinquishments of commissions, and retirements of officers of the New Zealand Military Forces :—

N.Z. PERMANENT STAFF

W.O. I (temp. Captain and Quartermaster) P. A. M. Brant relinquishes the temporary rank of Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 26th June, 1944.

REGIMENT OF ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY

Temp. Lieutenant and Quartermaster E. R. Hancock to be temp. Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 1st June, 1944.

W.O. I Edward Arthur Heaphy to be temp. Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Dated 1st April, 1944.

N.Z. TEMPORARY STAFF

Temp. Major A. A. Luckham, C.B.E., is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Major. Dated 4th July, 1944.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 48, dated 8th June, 1944, relative to the posting to the Retired List of temp. Captain S. T. Dibble, D.C.M., M.M., for “ Dated 31st May, 1944”, substitute “ Dated 1st July, 1944”.

Temp. Lieutenant L. J. Olds to be temp. Captain. Dated 1st June, 1944.

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant P. M. Brooker to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 1st June, 1944.

William Stanley Spence to be temp. 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 1st July, 1944.

TERRITORIAL FORCE

N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS

2nd N.Z. Armoured Regiment

Temp. Major R. A. C. Selby, E.D., is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Major. Dated 24th June, 1944.

3rd N.Z. Armoured Regiment

Temp. Lieutenant P. E. Kelland relinquishes his commission on appointment to a commission in the Royal N.Z. Air Force. Dated 11th June, 1944.