Nov. 8] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1399

Dated 15th September, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Henry Brian Ward BOYS.
Flying Officer John Anderson DALE.

Dated 20th September, 1945 : Flying Officer Robert Laurence MIDDLEWEEK.

Dated 21st September, 1945—
Squadron Leader Murray Davy NAIRN.
Flight Lieutenant David Stewart YOUNG.

Dated 22nd September, 1945 : Flying Officer John Philip ATKINSON.

Dated 23rd September, 1945 : Flying Officer George Stanley SMITH.

Dated 24th September, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Dan Montgomerie LETHBRIDGE.
Pilot Officer Arthur Thomas Victor BARTON.

Dated 25th September, 1945—
Flying Officer Victor James GOTLIEB.
Flying Officer Matthew BARRIE, D.C.M.
Flying Officer Alexander CHISHOLM.
Flying Officer Horace Robin Keith GOODYER.

Dated 27th September, 1945 : Pilot Officer Clifford CARR.

Dated 28th September, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Edmund Dolbel EDMUNDSON.
Flight Lieutenant The Reverend Eric Alfred OSMERS.
Flying Officer Paul Burbidge LYNCH.

Dated 29th September, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Brian Lancelot HAYBITTLE.

Dated 30th September, 1945 : Flying Officer George Wilbour FERGUSON.

Dated 1st October, 1945—
Flying Officer David Alexander GAIN.
Flying Officer Kenneth James DOUGLAS.
Flying Officer James Alexander ROBB.

Dated 2nd October, 1945—
Flying Officer John Douglas HYDE.
Flying Officer John McMAHON.
Flying Officer William Charles CURRIE.
Flying Officer Finlay Robert FOOTE.

Dated 3rd October, 1945 : Flying Officer Hugh George GILMER.

Dated 4th October, 1945—
Squadron Leader Robert Steel GRANT.
Flying Officer Arthur Herbert KEENE.
Flying Officer Eric Gordon McGEE.

Dated 5th October, 1945 : Flying Officer Harold George SHAW.

Dated 6th October, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Victor Alfred SLACK.
Flying Officer Arthur John FOX-SMITH.
Flying Officer Allan Crawford FARQUHAR.
Flying Officer Roberton Frederick MEADOWS.
Flying Officer George Athelstan WHITHAM.
Flying Officer James Campbell RITCHIE.

Dated 7th October, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Alan McGregor PEART, D.F.C.
Flying Officer James GLENDINNING.

Dated 8th October, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Peter John COUCHMAN.
Flying Officer Kenneth Purnell ANDREWS.
Flying Officer Frederick John Spiers ANGUS.

Dated 9th October, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Colin BRENTON-RULE.
Flying Officer Joseph Rowland STANLEY.

Dated 10th October, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Eric Alwyn ROUSSELL.
Flying Officer Leo Geoffrey MORROW.
Flying Officer Donald David BEATTIE.
Flying Officer Dennis Hilton PHARAZYN.
Flying Officer Ian Ramsay DONALD.

Dated 11th October, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Leonard William EAST.
Flying Officer Joseph Reynolds TIDSWELL.
Flying Officer Edgar CONE.
Flying Officer Corselleus Hiram HULLS.
Flying Officer Stanley Bolton STONE.
Flying Officer Louis Peter Henry NIELSEN.

Dated 12th October, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Colin Edward WOLFGRAm.
Flight Lieutenant The Reverend Cecil Emerson Barron MUSCHAMP.
Flying Officer Ronald Prentice GRBB.

Dated 13th October, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Augustus Richard LOADER.
Flying Officer George Henry WOODROOFE.
Flying Officer Raymond William HARLAND.
Flying Officer John Edward STEVENS.
Flying Officer John Dickson FERGUSSON.
Flying Officer Gordon LAWTON.

Dated 14th October, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Harold Reginald HAMERTON, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Patrick Francis Lloyd STEPHENSON.

Dated 15th October, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Desmond Percy WADEY.
Flight Lieutenant Temple Chevallier MARTIN.
Flying Officer Russell Garland WHITE.
Flying Officer William Harvey THOMSON.

Dated 16th October, 1945—
Squadron Leader George Frederick CHIPPINDALE.
Flight Lieutenant Herbert ROGERS-JENKINS.
Flying Officer John DUGDALE.
Flying Officer James Francis SHARKEY.
Flying Officer PhariC MACFARLANE.

Dated 17th October, 1945—
Flying Officer Ernest David ANDREWS.
Flying Officer Arthur Joseph HOWARD.

Dated 19th October, 1945 : Flying Officer James William Frederick HOLDEN.

Dated 20th October, 1945 : Flying Officer Frank William TERRY.

Dated 24th October, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant William Frank BERN.

Dated 26th October, 1945 : Flying Officer George Rowland WILSON.

Dated 12th November, 1945 : Group Captain Frederick Russell CHISHOLM, M.D., M.R.C.P., F.R.A.C.P.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Honours and Awards approved by His Majesty the King

Office of the Minister of Defence,
Wellington, 14th September, 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

Flight Lieutenant William George Mart (NZ 402027), of Wellington.
Flight Lieutenant Colin James McDonald (NZ 412706), of Christchurch.
Flight Lieutenant George Douglas Thorpe (NZ 402448), of Wellington.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Honours and Awards approved by His Majesty the King

Office of the Minister of Defence,
Wellington, 17th September, 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

Flight Lieutenant Richard Bruce Bolt (NZ 4210079), of Auckland.
Acting Flight Lieutenant Ronald Stanley Bishop (NZ 427514), of Auckland.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Deputy of Members of Auckland Urban Land Sales Committee appointed

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 31st day of October, 1945

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to the provisions of subsection three of section seventeen of the Servicemen’s Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby appoint—

Douglas Fred Whitmore, Esquire, of Grey Lynn, Auckland, Retired,

to be the deputy on the Auckland Urban Land Sales Committee of Kenneth Walter Aimer, Esquire, and of James Walter Ambrose Stead, Esquire, members of that committee.

W. O. HARVEY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

(L. and S. 13/207/1.)

Consul-General of the Netherlands at Wellington appointed

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 30th October, 1945.

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

Jonkheer Dr. W. E. van Panhuys

as Consul-General of the Netherlands at Wellington has been provisionally recognized.

P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.

Consul-General of Sweden at Sydney appointed

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 30th October, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that His Majesty’s exequatur empowering

Oscar Constans Görgodt Lundquist, Esquire,

to act as Consul-General of Sweden at Sydney for the Dominion of New Zealand has been issued.

P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.

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