EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II : TECHNICAL OFFICERS

Promotions

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

Engineer Duties-
Dated 6th June, 1946 : Arthur Herbert Thomas BRAZIER.
Signal Duties-
Dated 11th June, 1946 : Kenneth Arthur SHEARD.
Armament Duties-
Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant) Cyril George CLARKE to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 18th June, 1946.

Relinquishment
Engineer Duties-
Flight Lieutenant Norman Arthur WEBB KITTO is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated 26th October, 1945.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Promotions
Squadron Leader (Acting Wing Commander) John Matthias GAMBLE, O.B.E., to be Wing Commander (temp.). Dated 19th June, 1946.

Flight Lieutenant (Acting Squadron Leader) William Maurice BROWN to be Squadron Leader (temp.). Dated 17th June, 1946.

The undermentioned Flying Officers (Acting Flight Lieutenants) to be Flight Lieutenants (temp.) :-

Dated 26th June, 1946 : John Patrick McVEAGH.

Dated 8th August, 1946 : George William MITCHELL.

Works Section-
Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant) Leonard Sidney DONNELLEY to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 3rd August, 1946.

Amendment
The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 21, dated 4th April, 1946, page 422, under the heading “Administrative and Special Duties Branch—Relinquishment,” relating to Flying Officer Harold Edward HAINES, is amended to read “Dated 16th December, 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 7th November, 1945-
Flight Lieutenant Noel Jack BATY.

Dated 13th November, 1945-
Flight Lieutenant Noel Manning William MANSILL.

Dated 7th April, 1946-
Flight Lieutenant John Edward MANNERING.

Dated 5th June, 1946-
Squadron Leader Francis Dewar BETHWAITE, D.F.C.

Dated 6th June, 1946-
Flight Lieutenant John Donald PERRY.

Dated 6th July, 1946-
Wing Commander Leslie Andrew ROBERTSON.

Flight Lieutenant Andrew Samuel KRONFELD.

Dated 11th July, 1946-
Wing Commander Kenneth Gordon SMITH.

Flying Officer Gordon Francis BREW.

Dated 16th July, 1946-
Flying Officer Warren John KINGHAM.

Dated 22nd July, 1946-
Flight Lieutenant Leon Richmond SCHOFIELD.

Dated 27th July, 1946-
Flight Lieutenant Noel Manning William MANSILL.

Dated 31st July, 1946-
Flying Officer Francis Eyre Ogilvie EVANS.

Dated 2nd August, 1946-
Flight Lieutenant Lewis Sefton YARRALL.

Flying Officer Matthew PARK.

Dated 22nd August, 1946-
Flight Lieutenant Claud Peter COWAN.

Dated 2nd September, 1946-
Flight Lieutenant Keith Ashley LAWRENCE, D.F.C.

Flight Lieutenant William Hamilton SOMERVILLE.

Dated 3rd September, 1946-
Squadron Leader Walter Jack RUNCIMAN, D.F.M.

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

Dated 30th May, 1946-
Flight Lieutenant Hubert Arthur John EDGLEY.

Dated 6th June, 1946-
Squadron Leader Arthur Herbert Thomas BRAZIER.

Dated 11th June, 1946-
Squadron Leader Kenneth Arthur SHEARD.

Dated 14th June, 1946-
Flying Officer Arthur HAMILTON.

Dated 17th June, 1946-
Squadron Leader William Maurice BROWN.

Dated 18th June, 1946-
Flight Lieutenant Cyril George CLARKE.

Dated 25th June, 1946-
Flight Lieutenant Frank Desmond WIN, D.F.C.

Dated 19th June, 1946-
Wing Commander John Matthias GAMBLE, O.B.E.

Dated 26th June, 1946-
Flight Lieutenant John Patrick McVEAGH.

Dated 9th July, 1946-
Wing Commander Henry Maurice MASON, D.F.C.

Dated 12th July, 1946-
Flight Lieutenant Robert William LITHGOW.

Dated 23rd July, 1946-
Flight Lieutenant Reginald William GEOGHEGAN.

Dated 30th July, 1946-
Flight Lieutenant George Maurice BAIRD.

Dated 3rd August, 1946-
Flight Lieutenant Leonard Sidney DONNELLEY.

Dated 4th August, 1946-
Squadron Leader David Stewart GIBB, D.F.C.

Dated 8th August, 1946-
Flight Lieutenant George William MITCHELL.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Consul of Switzerland at Wellington appointed
Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 14th August, 1946.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that His Majesty's Exequatur empowering Ernst Theiler, Esquire, to act as Consul of Switzerland at Wellington for New Zealand and the mandated territory of Western Samoa has been issued.

P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.

Coroners appointed
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th August, 1946.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint William Josiah Dell, Esquire, J.P., of Maungaturoto, and Roy Paterson, Esquire, of Hokitika, to be Coroners for the Dominion of New Zealand.

F. JONES,
For the Minister of Justice.

Member of the New Zealand Wool Board appointed.-(Notice No. Ag. 4321)
Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 20th August, 1946.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 3 of the Wool Industry Act, 1944, to reappoint, from the 31st August, 1946-
David Charles Aubrey, Esquire, as a member of and one of the representatives of the New Zealand Government on the New Zealand Wool Board established under the said Act.

C. F. SKINNER,
For the Minister of Agriculture.

Waterfront Industry Emergency Regulations 1946.-Appointment of Branch Managers, Assistant Branch Managers, and Relieving Branch Manager
PURSUANT to the Waterfront Industry Emergency Regulations 1946, the Minister of Labour doth hereby make the following appointments :-
Position. Name.
Branch Manager, Auckland .. Harold Ruegg.
Assistant Branch Manager, Auckland.. Robert Gordon Jones.
Branch Manager, Wellington .. Ashton James Lever-Naylor.
Assistant Branch Manager, Wellington .. John Oldham Johnson.
Branch Manager, Lyttelton .. Charles Christopher Vanden Bergh.
Branch Manager, Otago .. Alexander Matheson.
Relieving Branch Manager .. Christopher Vincent Stanich.

Dated at Wellington, this 21st day of August, 1946.
JAS. O'BRIEN, Minister of Labour.