Dated 6th September, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Eric William TANNER.

Dated 7th September, 1945—

Flight Lieutenant John Matheson NICHOLSON.

Flight Lieutenant Patrick Stanley TENNENT.

Dated 10th September, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Leslie Thomas SEWELL.

Dated 15th August, 1945 : Flying Officer Richard Bradburn DAVENPORT.

Dated 4th September, 1945—

Flying Officer Vincent Hazledine HURREY.

Flying Officer Ian CLARK.

Flying Officer Albert Alfred JARVIE.

Dated 5th September, 1945—

Flying Officer Ronald Marshall Lewis HOPPING.

Flying Officer Brian Cameron John WALL.

Dated 6th September, 1945—

Flying Officer Charles Alexander John PRIESSE.

Flying Officer Walter Thomas Hales STRAHAN.

Dated 7th September, 1945: Flying Officer Philip Hutcheson PULLYN.

Dated 24th August, 1945: Pilot Officer Trevor Arthur FOLEY.

The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I :—

Dated 4th September, 1945: Squadron Leader Edward Gordon GEDGE, M.C.

Dated 14th August, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Frederick Charles MACDONALD.

Dated 23rd August, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Arthur Hilary BRADLEY, D.F.M.

Dated 5th September, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Owen Russell COOPER.

Dated 6th September, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Joseph Edward Arthur HOWAT.

Dated 13th September, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Donald James FYFE.

Dated 20th August, 1945: Flying Officer Edward Russell ORR.

Dated 4th September, 1945—

Flying Officer Timothy Robert COTTER.

Flying Officer Hugh Calder McAFFER.

Dated 6th September, 1945:- Flying Officer John Anthony Webb.

Dated 7th September, 1945: Flying Officer Roy Alvan LAING.

Amendments

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 46, dated 5th July, 1945, page 873, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers-Transfers,” is amended, so far as it relates to “Flying Officer Edward Desmond O'Reilly, D.F.M.,” to read “Dated 22nd June, 1945.”

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 48, dated 12th July, 1945, page 899, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers-Transfers,” relating to “Flying Officer Stewart Guthrie,” is amended to read “Flight Lieutenant Stewart GUTHRIE.”

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 43, dated 21st June, 1945, page 815, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers-Transfers,” relating to “Flying Officer William Henry Pilet, D.F.C.,” is amended to read “Flight Lieutenant William Henry PIlet, D.F.C.”

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Operational Awards approved by His Majesty the King

Office of the Minister of Defence,

Wellington, 17th August, 1945.

His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve the following awards to members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force in recognition of gallantry and devotion to duty in air operations against the enemy:—

Distinguished Flying Cross

Acting Squadron Leader William Moffat Murray (NZ 404926), of Mosgiel.

Flight Lieutenant Clifford Grainger Andrews (NZ 1277), of Wellington.

Flight Lieutenant Clyde McGregor Simpson (NZ 404415), of Auckland.

Flying Officer Thomas Hugh Ross (NZ 413126), of Cambridge.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Consul of Belgium at Auckland provisionally recognized

Ministry of External Affairs,

Wellington, 30th August, 1945.

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

J. B. Ferguson, Esquire,

as Consul of Belgium at Auckland (vice the late A. M. Ferguson, Esquire) has been provisionally recognized.

This appointment cancels that of G. M. Smith, Esquire, as Acting-Consul of Belgium at Auckland, notified in New Zealand Gazette No. 87 of 17th December, 1942.

P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.

Special Assistant to the Minister of the United States of America

Ministry of External Affairs,

Wellington, 22nd August, 1945.

It is hereby notified for public information that Mr. Carroll Roop Daugherty has been designated as Special Assistant to the American Minister.

P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.

Justice of the Peace appointed

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 30th August, 1945.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

David Gordon Bruce Morison, Esquire,

Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, to be a Justice of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand and its dependencies.

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

Member of the Licensing Committee appointed

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 30th August, 1945.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Harold Stockbridge, Esquire, J.P.,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Wellington, vice G. J. Petherick, Esquire, resigned.

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

Members of Licensing Committees appointed

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 5th September, 1945.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Charles Croft Marsack, Esquire, S.M.,

to be a member of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Palmerston North, Pahiatua, and Wairarapa, as from 20th August, 1945, vice H. P. Lawry, Esquire, S.M., and

Herbert Percival Lawry, Esquire, S.M.,

to be a member of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Christchurch, Hurunui, and Avon, from 1st September, 1945, vice R. Ferner, Esquire, S.M., and

Joseph Morling, Esquire, S.M.,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Auckland from 1st September, 1945, vice John Hector Luxford, Esquire, S.M.

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

Judge of the Compensation Court appointed

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 4th September, 1945.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, pursuant to the Compensation Court Regulations 1940, and amendments, to appoint

Frederick William Ongley, Esquire,

to be a Judge of the Compensation Court established by the Compensation Court Regulations 1940.

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

Coroner appointed

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 3rd September, 1945.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Percy George Riches, Esquire,

of Akaroa, to be a Coroner for the Dominion of New Zealand.

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

Coroner appointed

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 5th September, 1945.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Thomas Michael Lillis, Esquire, J.P.,

of Coromandel, to be a Coroner for the Dominion of New Zealand.

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