Mar. 6] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 293

Appointments, Promotions, Relinquishment, and Transfers of Officers
of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,
Wellington, 27th February, 1947.

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

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Appointments

As Pilots—
NZ 2508 Flight Lieutenant Herbert Douglas NEWMAN, on
relinquishing his commission in the Reserve of Air Force Officers
(United Kingdom), is granted a temporary commission in the rank
of Flight Lieutenant, with seniority as from 13th April, 1942. Dated
1st June, 1946.

NZ 42487 Flight Lieutenant Philip James WARNES relinquishes
his temporary commission and is granted a short-service commission
in the temporary rank of Flight Lieutenant with present seniority.
Dated 1st April, 1947.

Transfer

NZ 1009 Group Captain Michael Sullivan KEOGH, O.B.E., A.M.,
is transferred from the Reserve of Air Force Officers to the Active
List in his present rank and seniority. Dated 15th June, 1944.

Relinquishment

NZ 2500 Squadron Leader John Albert Axel GIBSON, D.S.O.,
D.F.C., is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated
24th December, 1946.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH
Promotions

NZ 1930 Flight Lieutenant (Acting Squadron Leader) Francis
Roy MCBRIDE to be Squadron Leader (temp.). Dated 22nd Decem-
ber, 1945.

NZ 1787 Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant) Hugh West-
ropp BRADY to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 23rd August,
1946.

NEW ZEALAND WOMEN’S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE
Appointment

W 6054 Dorothy Lois HERVEY is granted a temporary com-
mission in the rank of Section Officer, with seniority as from 14th
July, 1946. Dated 13th February, 1947.

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 15th June, 1944: NZ 1009 Group Captain Michael
Sullivan KEOGH, O.B.E., A.M.
Dated 15th February, 1946: NZ 427517 Pilot Officer William
Wood BECKLEY.
Dated 9th March, 1947: NZ 41629 Flight Lieutenant Thomas
Alexander STEWART, D.F.C., D.F.M.
Dated 20th March, 1947: NZ 425965 Flying Officer Rex
James WILLIAMS.
Dated 28th March, 1947: NZ 429318 Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey
Harold ESQUILANT.

The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Active
List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I :—
Dated 22nd December, 1945: NZ 1930 Squadron Leader
Francis Roy MCBRIDE.
Dated 23rd August, 1946: NZ 1787 Flight Lieutenant Hugh
Westropp BRADY.
Dated 5th February, 1947: NZ 39787 Flying Officer Harold
William Kitchener DOBBS.
Dated 27th February, 1947: NZ 639164 Flying Officer Edwin
William STRINGER.
Dated 28th February, 1947: NZ 1501 Flight Lieutenant Robert
Aikman EWING.
Dated 14th March, 1947: NZ 1774 Flying Officer Robert
William SAUNDERSON.

Amendments

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 32, dated
16th May, 1946, page 681, under the heading “Reserve of Air
Force Officers—Transfers,” is amended, so far as it relates to “Flying
Officer John Gerald BIRCH,” to read “Dated 4th May, 1946.”

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 64, dated
12th September, 1946, page 1243, under the heading “Reserve
of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” relating to “Flight Lieutenant
Percy Francis CARTER,” is amended to read “Dated 5th October,
1946.”

Cancellations

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 74, dated
29th November, 1945, page 1488, under the heading “Reserve of
Air Force Officers—Transfers,” and the subsequent amendment
appearing in New Zealand Gazette No. 28, dated 2nd May, 1946,
page 542, relating to “Flight Lieutenant Francis Roy MCBRIDE,”
are hereby cancelled.

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 66, dated
26th September, 1946, page 1296, under the heading “Reserve of
Air Force Officers—Transfers,” relating to “Flying Officer Hugh
Westropp BRADY,” is cancelled.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Parliamentary Under-Secretary appointed

Prime Minister’s Office,
Wellington, 5th March, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in
terms of the Civil List Amendment Act, 1936, to appoint
David William Coleman, Esquire, of Gisborne,
a member of the House of Representatives, to be a Parliamentary
Under-Secretary in relation to the Office of the Minister of Works.
P. FRASER, Prime Minister.

Members of Maori Purposes Fund Board appointed

Native Department,
Wellington, 11th February, 1947.

PURSUANT to subsection (2) (f) of section 7 of the Maori
Purposes Fund Act, 1934–35, His Excellency the Governor-
General in Council has appointed—
Johannes Carl Andersen, Esquire,
The Very Reverend John George Laughton, and
The Honourable Sir Apirana Turupa Ngata
to be members of the Maori Purposes Fund Board.
P. FRASER, Native Minister.

Member of Tainui Maori Trust Board appointed

Native Department,
Wellington, 17th February, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint, pursuant to the provisions of section 5 of the
Waikato-Maniapoto Maori Claims Settlement Act, 1946—
Raureti te Huia
as a member of the Tainui Maori Trust Board, to come into office
on the 14th day of February, 1947.
P. FRASER, Native Minister.

(N.D. 26/13/2.)

Temporary Judge of the Supreme Court appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint
Thomas James Fleming, Esquire,
to be a Judge of the Supreme Court on and from the 1st day of
March, 1947, and to hold that office during His Excellency’s pleasure.
H. G. R. MASON, Attorney-General.

Police Gaoler appointed

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint
Senior Sergeant Charles Herbert Reardon
to be Police Gaoler at Ruatoria, vice Sergeant Welch, transferred.
H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Member of the Teachers’ Superannuation Board appointed

Department of Education,
Wellington, 25th February, 1947.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-
General has been pleased to appoint
Horace Laurence Ryan, Esquire,
to be a member of the Teachers’ Superannuation Board as from the
20th February, 1947.
H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Education.

Waterfront Industry Emergency Regulations 1946.—Appointment of
Lyttelton Port Committee

PURSUANT to the Waterfront Industry Emergency Regulations
1946, the Minister of Labour doth hereby appoint the
following persons to be the Port Committee for the Port of
Lyttelton for a term expiring on the 30th day of April, 1947 :—
Charles Christopher Vandcn Bergh, Chairman; and
Gilbert Hawley, Philip Earle Ryan, and Dudley Scabrook
Broughton (nominated by the New Zealand Waterside
Employers’ Association Industrial Association of Em-
ployers); and
John Flood, Tobias McGlinchy, and James Richard Whitford
(nominated by the New Zealand Waterside Workers’
Industrial Union of Workers).
Dated at Wellington, this 28th day of February, 1947.
A. McLAGAN, Minister of Labour.