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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 26

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

Flight Lieutenant Raymond Harold Newton (NZ 411437), Royal
New Zealand Air Force, of Wellington.

Pilot Officer Charles Grindle Baker (NZ 412185), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.

His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve
the following appointments and award :—

17th March, 1945

To be a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order

Squadron Leader John Albert Axel Gibson, D.F.C., R.A.F.O.
(RAF 40969), Royal Air Force, of Auckland.

To be Additional Members of the Military Division of the Most
Excellent Order of the British Empire

Flight Lieutenant Douglas Augustine Patterson (NZ 40660), Royal
New Zealand Air Force, of Wairoa.

Acting Flight Lieutenant Collin Thomas Bertram Fitzgerald
(NZ 39150), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Frankton.

British Empire Medal (Military Division)

NZ 401520 Flight Sergeant Lawrence Hughes, Royal New Zealand
Air Force, of Petone.

His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve
that the following be Mentioned :—

Acting Wing Commander Maxwell Wilkes (NZ 1168), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Nelson.

Acting Squadron Leader Douglas Walter Cocks (NZ 41878), Royal
New Zealand Air Force, of Wellington.

Acting Squadron Leader Brian Elliott Oliver (NZ 401027), Royal
New Zealand Air Force, of Cambridge.

Acting Squadron Leader Allan Gerald Sievers (NZ 391848), Royal
New Zealand Air Force, of Wanganui.

Flight Lieutenant Frederick John Adams (NZ 1120), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Gisborne.

Flight Lieutenant Hilliard Ernest Boucher (NZ 402845), Royal
New Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.

Flight Lieutenant Jack Ward Edwards (NZ 39908), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.

Flight Lieutenant William Alfred Hardham (NZ 412685), Royal
New Zealand Air Force, of Palmerston North.

Flight Lieutenant Thomas Randall French Johnson (NZ 401276),
Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.

Flight Lieutenant John Henry Mills (NZ 401285), Royal New Zealand
Air Force, of Auckland.

Flight Lieutenant Patrick Molloy (NZ 413454), Royal New Zealand
Air Force, of Auckland.

Flight Lieutenant Alwyn Lennox Parlane (NZ 38199), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Rotorua.

Flight Lieutenant Eric Howard Perry (NZ 404938), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Christchurch.

Flight Lieutenant Alexander Thomas Rowe (NZ 401233), Royal
New Zealand Air Force, of New Plymouth.

Flight Lieutenant Robert Edward Scott (NZ 404951), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.

Flight Lieutenant Patrick Stanley Tennent (NZ 416211), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.

Acting Flight Lieutenant John Bowie Gordon (NZ 413409), Royal
New Zealand Air Force, of Christchurch.

Acting Flight Lieutenant Anthony George Pierard (NZ 42673),
Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Palmerston North.

Acting Flight Lieutenant George Lefevre Wells (NZ 1696), Royal
New Zealand Air Force, of Wellington.

Flying Officer Roy Burt Anderson (NZ 403223), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Dunedin.

Flying Officer Norman Ernest Bailey (NZ 391962), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Nelson.

Flying Officer Kendall Clark Bolland (NZ 438004), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Wellington.

Flying Officer Leonard Henry Ferris Brown (NZ 414582), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Wellington.

Flying Officer Albert William Cliffe (NZ 425236), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Tauranga.

Flying Officer Norman Andrew Frew (NZ 426097), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Mosgiel.

Flying Officer Frederick John Harvey (NZ 391278), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Rotorua.

Flying Officer Raymond Frederick Howe (NZ 426045), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Christchurch.

Flying Officer Roy Malcolm McKechnie (NZ 413870), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.

Flying Officer Alister Richard Miller (NZ 415417), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.

Flying Officer Harold Emmanuel Priest (NZ 1857), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Palmerston North.

Pilot Officer Kenneth Tancrèd Palmer Chapman (NZ 425689),
Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Masterton.

Pilot Officer Geoffrey Haughton Gray (NZ 4213648), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Napier.

Pilot Officer Lance Francois Le Lièvre (NZ 425916), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Christchurch.

NZ 415533 Warrant Officer Louis Andreas Hoppe, Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.

NZ 391639 Acting Warrant Officer Bruce Gordon Craighead, Royal
New Zealand Air Force, of Ashburton.

NZ 428787 Flight Sergeant Charles Walter Halford, Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Halcombe.

NZ 39497 Acting Flight Sergeant Carl Frank Miller, Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.

NZ 401669 Sergeant George Henry Farmer, Royal New Zealand
Air Force, of Nelson.

NZ 392045 Sergeant Leonard Bruce Jolly, Royal New Zealand
Air Force, of New Plymouth.

NZ 401600 Sergeant Fenton Miller Palmer, Royal New Zealand
Air Force, of Auckland.

NZ 402578 Corporal William Adair, Royal New Zealand Air
Force, of Carterton.

NZ 413646 Corporal Robert Ian Stewart, Royal New Zealand Air
Force, of Dunedin.

NZ 426511 Aircraftman (1st Class) Alexander Hamilton Ross,
Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Arapuni.

NZ 4310928 Aircraftman (2nd Class) James Easton, Royal New
Zealand Air Force (Y.M.C.A.), of Oamaru.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

United States Second Secretary of Legation and Consul appointed

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 10th April, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified
that the appointment of

Elvin Seibert, Esquire,

as Second Secretary of Legation and Consul of the United States
of America at Wellington has been provisionally recognized.

W. NASH,
For the Minister of External Affairs.

Judge of Native Land Court appointed

Native Department,
Wellington, 10th April, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint, pursuant to section 5 of the Native Land Act, 1931,

Ivor Prichard, Esquire,

to be a Judge of the Native Land Court, on and from the 23rd day
of April, 1945.

H. G. R. MASON, Native Minister.

Judge appointed for Tokerau Native Land Court District

Native Department,
Wellington, 10th April, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint, pursuant to section 13 of the Native Land Act, 1931,

Ivor Prichard, Esquire,

to be the Judge of the Tokerau Native Land Court District, on and
from the 23rd day of April, 1945.

H. G. R. MASON, Native Minister.

Members of the Stratford Fire Board appointed and Date of First
Meeting

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 18th April, 1945.

THE undermentioned persons have been appointed or elected
as members of the Stratford Fire Board, constituted under
the Fire Brigades Act, 1926 :—

Appointed by the Governor-General—

D. S. Butcher.

Elected by the fire-insurance companies—

A. J. Driver.
A. Finch.

Elected by the Stratford Borough Council—

R. R. Curtis.
H. S. Sinclair.

In accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of sec-
tion 53 of the Fire Brigades Act, 1926, it is hereby notified that the
first meeting of the Board will be held in the Stratford Borough
Council Chambers at 8 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, the 26th day of
April, 1945.

F. JONES,
For the Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 76/31/10.)

Member of the Town-planning Board appointed

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th April, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in
pursuance of section 6 of the Town-planning Act, 1926, to
appoint

John William Andrews, Esquire,

to be a member of the Town-planning Board in place of Thomas
Jordan, Esquire, who has resigned.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.