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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 10

His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve
that the following be Mentioned, in recognition of distinguished
service and devotion to duty :—

2nd January, 1945

Mention in Despatches

Acting Squadron Leader Paul Stanley Green (NZ 401269), Royal
New Zealand Air Force, of Hamilton.

Acting Squadron Leader Lionel Recklaw Renolds (NZ 401289),
Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Waipukurau.

Flight Lieutenant Patrick Thomas Curran (NZ 401310), Royal
New Zealand Air Force, of Wellington.

Acting Flight Lieutenant Raymond Jack Nelson Archibald
(NZ 416435), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Christchurch.

Acting Flight Lieutenant Bernard Lewis Hoskin (NZ 40297),
Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.

Flying Officer Leonard Dalziell Bell (NZ 1379), Royal New Zealand
Air Force, of Palmerston North.

Flying Officer Percy Warwick Blundell (NZ 1845), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Wellington.

Flying Officer William Morton Bullen (NZ 417015), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Christchurch.

Flying Officer James Alfred McBride (NZ 1879), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Wellington.

Flying Officer William John Polson (NZ 42452), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Fordell.

Pilot Officer Anthony Francis Hough (NZ 424080), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Lower Hutt.

Pilot Officer Murray Adamson Nagel (NZ 4211613), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Wanganui.

NZ 416920 L.A.C. Ellis Aubrey Henrickson, Royal New Zealand
Air Force, of Auckland.

NZ 416277 L.A.C. David Erik Ohms, Royal New Zealand Air
Force, of Auckland.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Operational Awards approved by His Majesty the King

Office of the Minister of Defence,
Wellington, 28th December, 1944.

HIS Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve
the following immediate awards, in recognition of gallantry
and devotion to duty in air operations against the enemy :—

Distinguished Flying Cross

Pilot Officer Donald Percy Leadley (NZC 427062), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Foxton.

30th December, 1944

Flying Officer John Henry Kay (NZ 417065), Royal New Zealand
Air Force, of Auckland.

2nd January, 1945

Flying Officer Douglas Royd Britton (NZ 426907), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Wanganui.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Operational Awards approved by His Majesty the King

Office of the Minister of Defence,
Wellington, 12th December, 1944.

HIS Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve
the following immediate award, in recognition of gallantry
and devotion to duty in air operations against the enemy :—

Bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross

Acting Squadron Leader William Thomson Brown, D.F.C.
(NZ 415405), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Timaru.

His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve
the following awards, in recognition of gallantry and devotion to
duty in air operations against the enemy :—

Distinguished Flying Cross

19th January, 1945

Acting Squadron Leader Roy Campbell Earl (NZ 411388), Royal
New Zealand Air Force, of Wellington.

Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Henry Wilson Dixon (NZ 411385),
Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Wellington.

Acting Flight Lieutenant Victor John Andrew (NZ 421343), Royal
New Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.

Acting Flight Lieutenant Harold Sturrock (NZ 417124), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Christchurch.

Flying Officer Douglas James Dickie (NZ 424438), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Tapanui.

Flying Officer Ronald Christian Johnson (NZ 422408), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of North Canterbury.

Flying Officer Dick Woodhouse Lee (NZ 428810), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Kaikoura.

Flying Officer Douglas Harvey Maycroft (NZ 429090), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Lower Hutt.

Flying Officer Allan John Muir (NZ 422307), Royal New Zealand
Air Force, of Dunedin.

Flying Officer Henry Selvin Schwass (NZ 428822), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Nelson.

Flying Officer Walter Geoffrey Stevens (NZ 4211034), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Waverley.

Pilot Officer Jeffrey Baines (NZ 414577), Royal New Zealand Air
Force, of Auckland.

Pilot Officer Kenneth Arthur Dodman (NZ 413389), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Judge of the Supreme Court appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 31st January, 1945.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint

Henry Havelock Cornish, Esquire, Barrister,
to be a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

H. G. R. MASON, Attorney-General.

Appointment of Member of the Pharmacy Board

Pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 5 of
the Pharmacy Act, 1939, I, Arnold Henry Nordmeyer,
Minister of Health, do hereby appoint Ernst Peterson Hay, of
Wellington, a Barrister of the Supreme Court, to be a member of
the Pharmacy Board of New Zealand.

Dated at Wellington, this 29th day of January, 1945.

A. H. NORMEYER, Minister of Health.

Member of the Bay of Islands Citrus Canker Advisory Committee
appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4163)

Pursuant to Regulation 6 : 2 of the Citrus Canker Regulations
1940, the Minister of Agriculture doth hereby appoint
Reginald George Iliffe Hamilton
to be a member of the Bay of Islands Citrus Canker Advisory Com-
mittee, vice Arthur Michael Wallace Greig, and doth hereby name,
in pursuance of Regulation 6 : 3 of the said regulations, the said
Reginald George Iliffe Hamilton to be chairman of the said
committee.

Dated at Wellington, this 2nd day of February, 1945.

B. ROBERTS, Minister of Agriculture.

Members of the Tauranga Citrus Canker Advisory Committee
appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4164)

Pursuant to Regulation 6 : 2 of the Citrus Canker Regulations
1940, the Minister of Agriculture doth hereby appoint—
(a) William George Strange to be a member of the Tauranga
Citrus Canker Advisory Committee, vice Henry Peto
Bryan, resigned ;
(b) Reginald George Iliffe Hamilton to be a member of the
said committee, vice Arthur Michael Wallace Greig ;
and doth hereby name, in pursuance of Regulation 6 : 3 of the said
regulations, the said Reginald George Iliffe Hamilton to be chairman
of the said committee.

Dated at Wellington, this 2nd day of February, 1945.

B. ROBERTS, Minister of Agriculture.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed

James Ferguson Dunlop, Esquire, of 178 St. Vincent
Street, Glasgow, a Solicitor in the Supreme Courts of
Scotland, has this day been appointed by the Right Honourable
Sir Michael Myers, G.C.M.G., Chief Justice of New Zealand, a
Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in Scotland
under the 47th section of the Judicature Act, 1908, for the purpose
of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and
affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington, this 29th day of January, 1945.

A. R. C. CLARIDGE, Registrar, Supreme Court.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 6th February, 1945.

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

Samuel Eoin Percy
to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths
for the District of Whangarei, on and from the 30th day of January,
1945.

Nora Mary Arnott (Mrs.)
to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for
the District of Rangitikei, on and from the 24th day of January,
1945.

James Robinson
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of
Wellington at Kilbirnie, on and from the 31st day of January, 1945.

Robert Wilkin Firman
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of
Christchurch at New Brighton, on and from the 25th day of January,
1945.

Henry Edward Wigmore
to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for
the District of Ohinemuri, on and from the 1st day of February,
1945.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.