JULY 27] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 923

Dated 6th June, 1944—
NZ 421707 Flight Sergeant Howard Matthew HALLAM.
Dated 9th June, 1944—
NZ 411554 Sergeant Maurice Raymond BLANK.
Dated 22nd June, 1944—
NZ 424503 Flight Sergeant Ian George NICKLIN.
Dated 3rd July, 1944—
NZ 414987 Warrant Officer Edward Mangahuka KARATAU.
Dated 9th July, 1944—
NZ 433847 Corporal Allan Francis Sheasby HORGAN.
NZ 2267 Norman Victor FARRELL.
NZC 439296 L.A.C. John Beswick WILKINSON.
NZ 438677 Sergeant Peter Chidley COOTE.
NZ 436882 L.A.C. Donald James SUCKLING.
NZ 435829 L.A.C. Athol Sprott CARRINGTON.
NZ 438012 Warrant Officer Arthur Aran HOFFMAN.
NZ 436659 L.A.C. Stephen George CARTER.
NZ 436828 Corporal Laurence Henry BRITTAIN.
NZ 436948 Sergeant Stafford Eric BROOKS.
NZ 2187 Robert William STEELE.
NZ 432866 L.A.C. George Ernest LINDSAY.
NZ 436865 Corporal Maxwell Wilson DOWNES.
NZ 436883 Sergeant Graham Turpie ROLLO.
NZC 439173 L.A.C. Laurence Tremain HIGGS.
NZ 436814 Sergeant Jim Victor THAME.
NZ 2188 Ronald William Arthur YORKE.
NZ 438728 Warrant Officer Eric John NANCEKIVELL.
NZ 432107 L.A.C. Douglas Lindsay HASLETT.
NZ 2276 Garth Hopton TWIGDEN.
NZ 2273 Donald MUNRO.
NZ 2268 Henry BOWE.
NZ 2278 James Tweedie WILSON.
NZ 2269 Alan George David HUTTON.
NZ 2274 Peter William NICHOLLS.
NZ 2277 Roland Maxwell WEBB.
NZ 2279 Geoffrey David BEAL.
NZ 2280 Albert Hugh NENO.
NZ 2275 Harvey Rex SPANHAKE.
NZ 2271 Ian Donald Ormond McINTOSH.
NZ 2281 Owen Mayfield TERRY.
NZ 2270 Paul LEONARD.

As Navigators—
Dated 7th May, 1944—
NZ 415688 Flight Sergeant Edwin James DIXON.
Dated 2nd June, 1944—
NZ 422660 Warrant Officer Walter Henry KILLNER.

As Wireless Operator/Air Gunners—
Dated 15th May, 1944—
NZ 405509 Warrant Officer John Fedor ROACH.
Dated 16th May, 1944—
NZ 414890 Warrant Officer Jack Ernest PATTERSON.

As Air Gunners—
Dated 17th May, 1944—
NZ 403767 Warrant Officer Robert Miller NICHOL.
Dated 14th June, 1944—
NZ 414948 Flight Sergeant Richard Eldred George VINCENT.
Dated 30th June, 1944—
NZC 4210049 Sergeant John Alexander WILLIAMSON.

*Promotion*

Wing Commander (temp.) Eric Maple LEWIS, O.B.E., to be Acting Group Captain (paid). Dated 6th July, 1944.

*Reversion*

Acting Squadron Leader Allan GEORGE, D.F.C., D.F.M., reverts to the temporary rank of Flight Lieutenant. Dated 24th June, 1944.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION I: EQUIPMENT OFFICERS
*Promotion*

Equipment Duties—
Flight Lieutenant (temp.) David Charles de RUNGS to be Acting Squadron Leader (paid). Dated 1st July, 1944.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH
*Relinquishment*

Flying Officer David Archibald Victor Clive DRUMMOND is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated 1st July, 1944.

MEDICAL BRANCH
*Promotions*

The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants (temp.) :—
Dated 1st July, 1944—
    John Wellesley Evan RAINE, M.B., Ch.B.
    Humphrey Walter GOWLAND, M.B., Ch.B.
Dated 7th July, 1944 : Thomas Ritchie ANDERSON, M.B., Ch.B.

NEW ZEALAND WOMAN’S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE
*Transfer*

Assistant Section Officer Coleen PIPER (née CHESTER) is transferred from the Reserve to the Active List. Dated 3rd July, 1944.

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

Roy James PARKES is granted an Air Training Corps commission in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 1st June, 1944.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
*Transfers*

The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I :—
Dated 11th July, 1944 : Flying Officer Lawrence Nairn WHITE.
Dated 13th July, 1944 : Flying Officer John Charles GODSIFF.
The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I :—
Dated 7th August, 1944 : Squadron Leader Thomas Leslie HARLAND.
Dated 15th July, 1944 : Flight Lieutenant Frederick Henry Buller SORRELL.
Dated 4th August, 1944 : Flight Lieutenant James Marshall STEWART.
Dated 8th April, 1944 : Flying Officer Arthur Haig O’BRIEN.
Dated 18th July, 1944 : Flying Officer Allan FISHER, D.F.C.
Dated 22nd July, 1944 : Flying Officer Robert James ALFORD.
Dated 31st July, 1944 : Flying Officer William Jack SCOTT, D.F.M.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

*Appointment of Honorary Child Welfare Officers under the Child Welfare Act, 1925*

Education Department,
Wellington, 18th July, 1944.

IN pursuance of section 2 of the Child Welfare Act, 1925, I, Henry Greathead Rex Mason, Minister of Education, do hereby appoint the following persons as Honorary Child Welfare Officers for the purposes of the said Act for the year ending the 31st December, 1944 :—

Name.                                    District.
March, Ronald Henry H.    ..    ..    ..    Gisborne.
Busby, Sam                ..    ..    ..    Pukepoto.
Skuse, Reverend Thomas    ..    ..    ..    Dannevirke

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

*Appointment of Honorary Child Welfare Officers under the Child Welfare Act, 1925*

Education Department,
Wellington, 21st July, 1944.

IN pursuance of section 2 of the Child Welfare Act, 1925, I, Henry Greathead Rex Mason, Minister of Education, do hereby appoint the following persons as Honorary Child Welfare Officers for the purposes of the said Act for the year ending the 31st December, 1944 :—

Name.                                    District.
Ford, Reverend Herbert    ..    ..    Sanson and Rongotea.
Berry, Alfred E.          ..    ..    New Plymouth.
Kent, Reverend Arthur T.  ..    ..    Raglan.

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

*Appointment of Deputy for the Licensing Authority of the No. 4 Transport District in Terms of the Transport Licensing Act, 1931*

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section 12 of the Transport Licensing Act, 1931, the Minister of Transport doth hereby appoint Thomas Herbert Langford, District Licensing Authority for the No. 3 Transport District, Christchurch, as the Deputy of Stanley Victor Raines, District Licensing Authority for the No. 4 Transport District, Dunedin, during the absence of the said Stanley Victor Raines.
Dated at Wellington, this 20th day of July, 1944.

B. ROBERTS,
For the Minister of Transport.

(TT. 1/5.)

*Member of Rabbit Board appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4125)*

PURSUANT to the powers vested in him by section 37 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, the Minister of Agriculture doth hereby appoint

Alfred Martin Doggett,

being an Inspector appointed under Part I of the said Act, to be a member of the Banks Peninsula Rabbit Board, vice Robert McKenzie Henderson.
Dated at Wellington, this 19th day of July, 1944.

B. ROBERTS, Minister of Agriculture.