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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 3

Dated 26th December, 1944—
Flying Officer Philip SEABROOK.
Flying Officer John Hulme GOYDER.

Dated 12th January, 1945: Flying Officer Robert John TINSLEY.

Dated 13th January, 1945: Flying Officer Hugh Sherwin Palmer RISHWORTH.

Dated 4th December, 1944: Pilot Officer Alfred Ernest GILLIVER.

Dated 25th December, 1944: Pilot Officer John Power CRAWFORD.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Operational Awards approved by His Majesty the King

Office of the Minister of Defence,
Wellington, 8th 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:—

Bar to Distinguished Flying Cross

Acting Squadron Leader Kossuth John Newman, D.F.C. (NZ 401286), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Wakefield.

Distinguished Flying Cross

Flight Lieutenant Lindsay Stuart Black (NZ 40961), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Levin.

Flight Lieutenant Lloyd George Mason (NZ 402028), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Paraparaumu.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Honours and Awards approved by His Majesty the King

Office of the Minister of Defence,
Wellington, 30th November, 1944.

HIS Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve the following honours and awards:—

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

Flying Officer Francis Henry Greenaway (NZ 42296), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Lower Hutt.

Bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross

Flight Lieutenant George Alexander Hughes Field, D.F.C. (NZ 416634), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Wellington.

Distinguished Flying Cross

Flight Lieutenant Basil Gordon Collyns (NZ 391342), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Blenheim.

Acting Flight Lieutenant Peter Graham Brown (NZ 414839), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Hamilton.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Operational Awards approved by His Majesty the King

Office of the Minister of Defence,
Wellington, 25th November, 1944.

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 George Samuel Beca (NZ 39985), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Wellington.

Flying Officer Cyril Laurence Siegert (NZ 421779), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Fairlie.

Flying Officer Noel William Sutherland (NZ 422329), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Tokomaru Bay.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Award of Foreign Decorations

Office of the Minister of Defence,
Wellington, 22nd November, 1944.

HIS Majesty the King has granted unrestricted permission for the wearing of the undermentioned decorations conferred on the officers indicated in recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with the war:—

CONFERRED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Distinguished Flying Cross

Flight Lieutenant Robert Hamish Balfour, D.F.C. (NZ 40958), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Timaru.

25th November, 1944

Pilot Officer Eric Steele Doherty, D.F.M. (NZ 415296), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Gisborne.

Air Medal

Flying Officer Heaton Dudley Tilling Hampton, D.F.C. (NZ 414616), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Taihape.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Member of Licensing Committee

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th January, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

William Percy Griffith, Esquire,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of New Plymouth, vice C. E. Bellringer, Esquire, deceased.

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

Member of Licensing Committee appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th January, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Edward Grace Guy, Esquire,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Rotorua.

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

Justice of the Peace authorized to exercise Jurisdiction in Children’s Court

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th January, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to authorize

Lionel Roberts Wilkinson, Esquire, J.P.,

to exercise jurisdiction in the Children’s Court established at Tauranga.

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

Thames Borough Commissioner appointed

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 17th January, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General in Council has been pleased, in terms of section 4 of the Thames Borough Commissioner Act, 1932, to appoint

Clarence Lyel Grange, Esquire,

to be Thames Borough Commissioner as on and from the 24th day of January, 1945.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

Members of New Zealand Wool Board appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4161)

Office of the Minister of Agriculture,
Wellington, 12th January, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of subsection (2) of section 3 of the Wool Industry Act, 1944, to appoint—

(a) David Charles Aubrey, Esquire, and
Hubert Maxwell Christie, Esquire,

to be members of and the representatives of the New Zealand Government on the New Zealand Wool Board established under the said Act; and

(b) Walter Horrobin, Esquire,
Noel Rutherford Jameson, Esquire,
Harry Bell Spearman Johnstone, Esquire,
Arthur Briscoe Moore, Esquire,
John Duncan Revie, Esquire, and
Henry John Wardell, Esquire,

to be members of and the representatives of the wool-growers of New Zealand on the said Board.

B. ROBERTS, Minister of Agriculture.

Additional Member of Domain Board appointed

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 15th January, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of section 46 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, to increase the total number of members of the Okarito Domain Board from six to seven, and to appoint

John Lewis Sweeney (jun.),

as the additional member thereby rendered necessary.

R. G. MACMORRAN, Under-Secretary.

(L. and S. 1/111.)