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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 33

2nd Lieutenant (Acting-Lieutenant) G. W. Weeds, and is reported to the N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps. Dated 31st March, 1946.

2nd Lieutenant R. C. Stead, N.Z. Armoured Corps, and is posted to the 1st N.Z. Armoured Regiment with the temporary rank of 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority from 8th April, 1945. Dated 22nd April, 1946.

The undermentioned officers, and are reported to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List :—

Captain (temp. Major) F. G. Hutchison, M.B., Ch.B., with the rank of Captain. Dated 24th April, 1946.

Lieutenants (Acting-Captains)—
W. H. Reynolds, with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 6th May, 1946.

J. D. Picot, with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 9th May, 1946.

Lieutenants—
W. G. McClymont, with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 14th April, 1946.

W. J. Perkins, with the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 21st April, 1946.

T. O. A. Johnson. Dated 30th April, 1946.

J. W. Rogers. D. A: Wells. Dated 5th May, 1946.

W. Alison, with the rank of Lieutenant.

C. K. Harrison, with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 8th May, 1946.

The undermentioned officers, and are posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List :—

Colonel (Acting-Brigadier) F. M. H. Hanson, D.S.O., O.B.E., M.M., with the rank of Brigadier. Dated 10th April, 1946.

Captains—
F. K. Roberts. Dated 22nd February, 1946.

F. R. Porter. Dated 13th April, 1946.

R. L. M. Christie, M.B., Ch.B. Dated 17th April, 1946.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) S. P. Hayward. Dated 6th May, 1946.

Lieutenant (Acting-Captain) K. G. Lett, with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 15th April, 1946.

Lieutenant A. R. G. Lock, D.C.M., M.M. Dated 28th April, 1946.

2nd Lieutenants—
J. S. Roberts. Dated 16th March, 1946.

W. B. Johnstone. Dated 20th April, 1946.

W. D. Voysey. Dated 27th April, 1946.

A. C. E. Long. Dated 10th May, 1946.

The undermentioned officers, and are posted to the Retired List :—

Captains—
R. C. Webb. Dated 15th April, 1946.

D. W. Hodge. Dated 22nd April, 1946.

Lieutenants (Acting-Captains)—
I. D. Fraser, with the rank of Captain. Dated 13th April, 1946.

H. W. Stewart, with the rank of Captain. Dated 16th April, 1946.

2nd Lieutenant R. B. Kirkcaldy. Dated 2nd May, 1946.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Award conferred by His Majesty the King

Navy Office,
Wellington, 8th May, 1946.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to approve the publication in the New Zealand Gazette of the following award conferred by His Majesty the King on an officer of the Royal New Zealand Navy :—

Mention in Despatches (Posthumous)

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Philip Wallace Smith, Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Consul of France at Auckland appointed

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 15th May, 1946.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government directs it to be notified that the appointment of

Georges Denizeau, Esquire,

as Consul of France at Auckland has been provisionally recognized.

P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.

Official Visitors under the Mental Defectives Act, 1911, within the Provincial District of Auckland appointed

Mental Hospitals Department,
Wellington, 15th May, 1946.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

Mrs. Eve Winifred Moore, J.P.,

to be an Official Visitor under the Mental Defectives Act, 1911, within the Provincial District of Auckland.

A. H. NORDMEYER,
Minister in Charge of Mental Hospitals.

Chairman of Board of Examiners under the Mining Act, 1926, appointed

Mines Department,
Wellington, 17th May, 1946.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to approve the appointment of

Hugo Reginald Schoen, Esquire, A.O.S.M.,

to be Chairman of the Board of Examiners under the Mining Act, 1926, as from the 1st April, 1946, vice George Duggan, Esquire (retired).

JAS. O’BRIEN,
For the Minister of Mines.

Chairman of Board of Examiners under the Coal-mines Act, 1925, appointed

Mines Department,
Wellington, 17th May, 1946.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to approve the appointment of

Hugo Reginald Schoen, Esquire, A.O.S.M.,

to be Chairman of the Board of Examiners under the Coal-mines Act, 1925, as from the 1st April, 1946, vice George Duggan, Esquire (retired).

JAS. O’BRIEN,
For the Minister of Mines.

Member of the Parnassus Rabbit Board appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4290)

Office of the Minister of Agriculture,
Wellington, 17th May, 1946.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased, in pursuance of section 56 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, to appoint, on the 13th day of May, 1946—

David Graham Horndon Bush

to be a member of the Parnassus Rabbit Board, vice James Stevenson, resigned.

B. ROBERTS, Minister of Agriculture.

Member of the Moawhango Rabbit Board appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4291)

Office of the Minister of Agriculture,
Wellington, 17th May, 1946.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased, in pursuance of section 56 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, to appoint, on the 14th day of May, 1946—

Gordon Buchan Chrystall

to be a member of the Moawhango Rabbit Board, vice Thomas Coleman Lowry, resigned.

B. ROBERTS, Minister of Agriculture.

Member of the Pongaroa Rabbit Board appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4292)

Office of the Minister of Agriculture,
Wellington, 21st May, 1946.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased, in pursuance of section 56 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, to appoint, on the 14th day of May, 1946—

Leonard Bruce Ballantyne

to be a member of the Pongaroa Rabbit Board, vice Douglas Wanklyn Gray, resigned.

B. ROBERTS, Minister of Agriculture.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 21st May, 1946.

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

John Leonard Anderson

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Onehunga, on and from the 30th day of April, 1946.

Alexander Speakman Louisson

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Invercargill, on and from the 27th day of April, 1946.

Robert Leslie Paterson

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Norsewood, on and from the 3rd day of May, 1946.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.