Nov. 29] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1491

Promotions

The undermentioned Flight Lieutenants (Acting Squadron Leaders) to be Squadron Leaders (temp.) :—

Dated 10th November, 1945 : James Finlay CRUICKSHANK.
Dated 17th November, 1945 : Denis John Thomas SHARP, D.F.C.

Pilot Officer George Donald MACNAB to be Flying Officer (temp.).
Dated 25th September, 1945.

Relinquishments

The undermentioned officers are permitted to relinquish their temporary commissions :—

Dated 8th November, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey YOUNG.
Dated 22nd November, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant John Park THOMPSON.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION I : EQUIPMENT OFFICERS

Promotion

Equipment Duties—
Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant) Ronald George WAKELIN to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 6th November, 1945.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Promotion

Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant) Bernard Edward STOTT to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 24th October, 1945.

Relinquishment

Flying Officer Leo Albert HAYDON is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated 16th November, 1945.

MEDICAL BRANCH

Relinquishment

Squadron Leader John Arthur KEELING, M.B., Ch.B., is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated 6th November, 1945.

CHAPLAINS BRANCH

Relinquishment

Flight Lieutenant The Reverend Alfred FEAR is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated 17th November, 1945.

NEW ZEALAND WOMEN’S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE

Relinquishments

The undermentioned officers are permitted to relinquish their temporary commissions :—

Dated 24th October, 1945 : Section Officer Mary Beatrice KENNETT.
Dated 26th October, 1945 : Section Officer Jean Emme GRAY.
Dated 1st November, 1945 : Section Officer Margaret MacDonald BATLEY.
Dated 2nd November, 1945 : Section Officer Yvonne Mary BEERE.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH, SECTION II (A.T.C.)

Relinquishment

Flying Officer Harry George SHAKES is permitted to relinquish his Air Training Corps commission. Dated 8th November, 1945.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Transfers

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

Dated 17th October, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant William Eric BURGESS.

Dated 23rd October, 1945—
Flying Officer Raymond Frederick HOWE.
Flying Officer Gerald Roger TYREE.

Dated 26th October, 1945 : Squadron Leader John Noble MACKENZIE, D.F.C.

Dated 29th October, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Raymond Harold NEWTON, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant Raymond Joseph Ernest PETERSON, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Edward MOORE, D.F.M.

Dated 30th October, 1945 : Flying Officer Tracy Edward MORESBY.

Dated 31st October, 1945 : Flying Officer Walter STIRLING, D.F.C.

Dated 3rd November, 1945 : Flying Officer Robert Balfour JOHNSTON.

Dated 5th November, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant James McINTOSH.
Flight Lieutenant Edric James MEDWIN.

Dated 8th November, 1945 : Flying Officer Stanley Robert SPARROW.

Dated 9th November, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Allan Arthur HODDER, A.F.M.
Flying Officer Harold William Norris BUDD.
Flying Officer John Sebastian HULENA.

Dated 10th November, 1945—
Squadron Leader James Finlay CRUICKSHANK.
Flying Officer Archibald Alexander FLETCHER.

Dated 12th November, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant David GALE, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant John William REID.
Flying Officer Alexander Herbert WILLIAMS.
Pilot Officer Olaf RUHEN.

Dated 13th November, 1945—
Flying Officer Douglas Russell BAILEY.
Flying Officer Alfred Trevor HARVEY.

Dated 14th November, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Francis Colin WOOD.
Flight Lieutenant Allen HENSHAW.

Dated 15th November, 1945 : Flying Officer Albert Norman McINTOSH.

Dated 17th November, 1945 : Squadron Leader Denis John Thomas SHARP, D.F.C.

Dated 21st November, 1945 : Flying Officer Hugh Mainwaring NOAKES.

Dated 22nd November, 1945 : Flying Officer George Raymond HART.

Dated 23rd November, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant James Thomas COLTMAN.

Dated 24th November, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Leslie Stewart MOODIE.

Dated 28th November, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Terris Leonard BARTON TAYLOR.
Flying Officer George David LEAN, D.F.C.

Dated 29th November, 1945 : Flying Officer Donald Alfred WILLIAMS.

Dated 30th November, 1945—
Flying Officer Robert Arthur AUBREY.
Flying Officer Mervyn Bennett HINKLEY.

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

Dated 6th October, 1945 : Flying Officer Harold Emanuel PRIEST.

Dated 13th October, 1945 : Pilot Officer Denis John BOURKE.

Dated 24th October, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Bernard Edward STOTT.

Dated 2nd November, 1945—
Flying Officer James Edgar DEAN.
Flying Officer Harold Lynton PARKER.

Dated 3rd November, 1945 : Flying Officer Herbert George HOPEWELL.

Dated 6th November, 1945—
Wing Commander Dereck KAIN.
Flight Lieutenant Ronald George WAKELIN.

Dated 8th November, 1945 : Flying Officer Alan Meredith CLARKE.

Dated 9th November, 1945—
Flying Officer Ian Gilbert SUTHERLAND, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Philip Bridson ALDRIDGE.

Dated 11th November, 1945 : Flying Officer Patrick Desmond MULLOOLY.

Dated 12th November, 1945 : Flying Officer Allen James Crayton BROWN.

Dated 13th November, 1945—
Flying Officer John Alexander JENKINS.
Flying Officer Alexander Thorsten RELLING.
Flying Officer Owen Silian REES.

Dated 14th November, 1945 : Pilot Officer Stanley Grenfell EADE.

Dated 24th November, 1945 : Flying Officer John Albert TREWAVAS.

Dated 28th November, 1945 : Pilot Officer Edward Horatio ARCHER.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Trustees of Savings-bank appointed

The Treasury,
Wellington, 25th October, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint—

John Morton McCrostie, Esquire, and
Francis George Culling, Esquire,

to be trustees of the Invercargill Savings-bank.

W. NASH, Minister of Finance.

Temporary Judge of the Compensation Court appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 26th November, 1945.

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

The Honourable Archibald William Blair

to be a temporary Judge of the Compensation Court established by the Compensation Court Regulations 1940, to hold that office from the 1st day of December, 1945, to the 31st day of December, 1945.

H. G. R. MASON, Attorney-General.