Dec. 13] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1547

Appointment, Promotions, Transfers, and Relinquishments of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,
Wellington, 5th December, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointment, promotions, transfers, and relinquishments of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force :-

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointment

As Wireless Operator/Air Gunner—

NZ 425225 Warrant Officer Gordon Leonard BREED is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 24th August, 1945.

Promotions

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

Dated 27th November, 1945 : Leicester Wellesley MATSON.
Dated 28th November, 1945 : William Alfred HARDHAM.

Pilot Officer John Henry RIDDER to be Flying Officer (temp.). Dated 7th September, 1945.

NEW ZEALAND WOMEN’S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE

Relinquishments

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

Dated 15th November, 1945 : Section Officer Kathleen Mary COOK.
Dated 29th November, 1945 : Section Officer (Acting Flight Officer) Nadine Harman PATERSON.

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 27th November, 1945 : Squadron Leader Leicester Wellesley MATSON.
Dated 28th November, 1945 : Squadron Leader William Alfred HARDHAM.
Dated 3rd December, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Frank William BRANDT.

Dated 5th December, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Malcolm Ford CULLEN.
Flight Lieutenant Allen Fisher LISSETTE.

Dated 8th December, 1945 : Flying Officer Alexander James Graeme WILSON.
Dated 10th December, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Richard Arthur Rumbold WHITE.

Dated 11th December, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Neville Vaughan HOLMES.
Flight Lieutenant John Stanley ADAMS.
Flying Officer Basil Guy Timaru QUAIFE.
Flying Officer Alexander MCPHERSON.

Dated 12th December, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Keith Allan NEILSON.
Flight Lieutenant William Henry HICKSON.
Flight Lieutenant Noel Russell ELLISON.
Flying Officer Eric Patrick SPARKSMAN.
Flying Officer Harold Vincent BAKER.

Dated 13th December, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Peter William FELS.
Flight Lieutenant Colin Ward Dawson HUNT.
Flight Lieutenant Colin MONCUR.
Flying Officer Fred Loutit WHILLANS.

Dated 14th December, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey FALLOWS.
Flight Lieutenant James Gibson Gow, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Ian Ronald DONALDSON.
Pilot Officer Maurice Allen CHOAT.

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

Dated 1st December, 1945 : Flying Officer Henry Francis GRIBBLE.
Dated 5th December, 1945 : Flying Officer Cyril Charles HESLOP.

Dated 8th December, 1945—
Squadron Leader Patrick George Edward WILLIAMS.
Flying Officer Robert Bruce JOHNSTON (NZ 401697).

Dated 11th December, 1945 : Flying Officer James Alfred MCBRIDE.

Dated 13th December, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Ivan Henry COLLETT.
Flight Lieutenant Trevor Harold HADLEY.
Flying Officer Billy Noel HARDEN.

Dated 14th December, 1945 : Flying Officer Clifford Clinton PEARCE.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Consul of New Zealand at New York appointed

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 3rd December, 1945.

IT is hereby notified for public information that

Thomas Oakley William Brebner, Esquire,
has been appointed Consul of New Zealand at New York for the State of New York.

P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.

Vice-Consul of the Netherlands at Wellington transferred

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 11th December, 1945.

IT is hereby notified for public information that

E. F. M. van Hall, Esquire,
formerly Vice-Consul of the Netherlands at Wellington, has been transferred to a post outside New Zealand.

P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 7th December, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Wilfred Fosberrey Stilwell, Esquire, S.M.,
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Wellington from 1st January, 1946, vice J. L. Stout, Esquire, S.M.

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

Medical Officer appointed

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 12th December, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Lionel Frederick John Taylor, Esquire, M.B., Ch.B. (N.Z.),
to be Medical Officer to the Wi Tako Prison, Trentham, vice R. D. Morrow, Esquire, M.B., Ch.B. (N.Z.), resigned.

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

Deputy of Chairman of Hawke’s Bay Land Sales Committee appointed

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 10th December, 1945.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General in Council, acting pursuant to the provisions of subsection three of section seventeen of the Servicemen’s Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943, has appointed

Harold Wilfred Youren, of Rissington, Farmer,
to be the deputy on the Hawke’s Bay Land Sales Committee of Ernest Horatio Thornton Dunn, the Chairman of that committee.

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

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

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 11th December, 1945.

IT is hereby notified that the following appointments have been made :—

Clarence John Harper
to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Okarito, on and from the 1st day of January, 1946.

George John Robertshaw
to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Albertland, on and from the 14th day of November, 1945.

Christopher McRae
to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Wairoa, on and from the 1st day of December, 1945.

Aileen Manawa Te Karangi MacKenzie (Miss)
to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Kawhia, on and from the 29th day of November, 1945.

Roy Gilbert Haigh
to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Kaponga, on and from the 27th day of November, 1945.

Charles Robert Ibbotson
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Gore at Riversdale, on and from the 15th day of November, 1945.

Roy Kennedy Simpson
to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Mount Grey, on and from the 27th day of November, 1945.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.