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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 66

Dated 28th September, 1945—
Flying Officer Harold Wixon Hoy.
Flying Officer Allan Leopold Flyger.

Dated 30th September, 1945: Flying Officer Colin George Frederick Simkin.

Dated 2nd October, 1945: Flying Officer Cyril William Hoskin.
Dated 6th October, 1945: Flying Officer Francis Geoffrey Robb.
Dated 8th October, 1945: Flying Officer Aubrey Huvan Dyke.
Dated 9th October, 1945: Flying Officer Ivo John Allen.
Dated 15th October, 1945: Flying Officer John James Simpson.
Dated 16th October, 1945: Flying Officer Charles Geoffrey Tully.

Dated 20th October, 1945: Flying Officer Amos Arthur Batty.
Dated 27th September, 1945: Pilot Officer Trevor Cameron Simon.

Amendments

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 John Kitchener Taylor,” is amended to read “Flight Lieutenant John Kitchener Taylor.”

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 37, dated 31st May, 1945, page 613, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” relating to “Flying Officer Tom McDonald Stevenson,” is amended to read “Flight Lieutenant Tom McDonald Stevenson.”

Corrigendum

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 98, dated 21st December, 1944, page 1541, under the heading “General Duties Branch—Promotions,” is amended, so far as it relates to “Flying Officer William David Macrae,” to read “Dated 24th October, 1944.”

F. JONES, Minister of Defence

Honours and Awards approved by His Majesty the King

Office of the Minister of Defence,
Wellington, 25th September, 1945.

HIS Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve the following immediate award to a member of the Royal New Zealand Air Force in recognition of gallantry and devotion to duty in air operations against the enemy :—

Distinguished Flying Cross

Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Askin Rutherford (NZ 404469), of Hawarden.

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

26th September, 1945

Acting Squadron Leader Donald Belton Collie (NZ 40219), of Invercargill.

Acting Squadron Leader Denys Staples Hamilton (NZ 40767), of Christchurch.

Acting Squadron Leader Lionel Recklaw Renolds (NZ 401289), of Gisborne.

Flight Lieutenant Raymond Jack Nelson Archibald (NZ 416435), of Christchurch.

Flight Lieutenant Leslie Ernest Bradley (NZ 421013), of Waipawa.

Flight Lieutenant Jack Selwynne Burke (NZ 403756), of New Plymouth.

Flight Lieutenant John Stockdale Lockyer (NZ 414308), of Napier.

Flight Lieutenant William James Stanley Monks (NZ 404922), of Dannevirke.

Flight Lieutenant Keith Douglas Sarginson (NZ 391978), of Wanganui.

Pilot Officer Eric Peter Shorthouse (NZ 4212607), of North Auckland.

NZ 413774 Warrant Officer Arthur Bertram Partridge, of Greymouth.

Distinguished Flying Medal

26th September, 1945

NZ 414322 Flight Sergeant (now Flying Officer) James Benjamin Monk, of Invercargill.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Honours and Awards approved by His Majesty the King

Office of the Minister of Defence,
Wellington, 2nd October, 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 Allen Edward Browne (NZ 404986), of Auckland.

Flight Lieutenant Wallace Wentworth Peet (NZ 41933), of Dannevirke.

Flying Officer Russell Murray Clarke (NZ 42190), of Taupiri.

Pilot Officer Raymond Maurice Bullen (NZ 425880), of Christchurch.

NZ 427095 Warrant Officer David Thomas Laing, of Dunedin.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Naval Attaché and Naval Attaché for Air, Legation of the United States of America, Wellington, appointed

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 17th October, 1945.

IT is hereby notified for public information that Commander Victor E. Creighton, United States Naval Reserve, has been assigned to the Legation of the United States of America at Wellington as Naval Attaché and Naval Attaché for Air, to replace Captain Lloyd R. Gray.

P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.

Members of Domain Boards appointed

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 12th October, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 49 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, been pleased to make the following appointments :—

Edward Hammond

to be a member of the Springston South Domain Board in place of Frederick William White, resigned.

William George Seymour Romley

to be a member of the Ashhurst Domain Board in place of James Alexander McDonell, left the district.

R. G. MACMORRAN, Under-Secretary for Lands.

(L. and S. 1/456.)

Appointments in the Public Service

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 10th October, 1945.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service :—

John Harvey

to be Chief Judge of the High Court of the Cook Islands and a Judge of the Native Land Court for the purposes of the Cook Islands Act, 1915, on and from the 31st day of August, 1945.

Peter McMillan

to be Gaoler of His Majesty’s Prison, Waikeria, for the purposes of section 5 of the Prisons Act, 1908, on and from the 8th day of October, 1945.

John Andrew Peterson

to be Deputy Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Wellington Land District for the purposes of the Land Act, 1924, on and from the 8th day of October, 1945.

Donal Fleetham Baigent

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Bulls, on and from the 27th day of September, 1945.

Robert Joseph Foster Whiting

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Pahiatua, on and from the 2nd day of October, 1945.

L. A. ATKINSON, Secretary.

Result of Election of a Member of the Te Aroha, Waihi, and Morrinsville Fire Boards by Fire-insurance Companies

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd October, 1945.

THE following results of the election of a member of the Te Aroha, Waihi, and Morrinsville Fire Boards have been reported to the Minister of Internal Affairs, and are notified in accordance with the rules under the Fire Brigades Act, 1926 :—

Te Aroha Fire Board . . . . L. G. Wilson.
Waihi Fire Board . . . . L. G. Wilson.
Morrinsville Fire Board . . . . L. G. Wilson.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 76/4/34, 76/4/37, 76/4/66.)

Transmitting and Receiving Officers for the Service of Notices by Telegraph

General Post Office,
Wellington, 18th October, 1945.

IN pursuance of the powers vested in the Minister of Telegraphs by the Post and Telegraph Act, 1928 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), and by the regulations made on the 12th May, 1914, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 21st May, 1914, the following officers, at the addresses set against their names, are hereby appointed transmitting and receiving officers for the purpose of dealing with all notices by telegraph sent under the said Act or regulations, and of signing such certificates in relation to the service of any such notices as are required or authorized to be signed or given under the said Act or the regulations aforesaid :—

George Walter Kite, Postmaster, Cambridge.
George Edwin Mitchell, Postmaster, Carterton.
Daniel James Foley, Postmaster, Dannevirke.
John George Russell, Postmaster, Eltham.
Charles Warren Williams, Postmaster, Paeroa.
John Roche, Postmaster, Taumarunui.
Ellis Edwin Earnshaw, Postmaster, Tauranga.
Herbert William Gallagher, Postmaster, Waimate.

F. JONES,
For the Minister of Telegraphs.