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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 23

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH
Promotion
NZ 1571 Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant) Arthur Lennie BIGNELL to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 3rd April, 1947.

NEW ZEALAND WOMEN’S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE
Reversion
W 6021 Acting Squadron Officer Thelma Mary LAWSON reverts to the temporary rank of Section Officer (Acting Flight Officer). Dated 20th January, 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 8th April, 1947: NZ 424817 Flying Officer Ronald Stanley ANSTEY.
Dated 10th April, 1947: NZ 402193 Flight Lieutenant Edgar Thomas KIPPENBERGER.
Dated 13th April, 1947: NZ 1949 Flight Lieutenant Frank Lloyd CHAPMAN.

The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I:—
Dated 3rd April, 1947: NZ 1571 Flight Lieutenant Arthur Lennie BIGNELL.

Amendment
The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 9, dated 20th February, 1947, page 231, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” relating to “NZ 404144 Flying Officer Angus McMillan TAIT,” is amended to read “NZ 404144 Flight Lieutenant Angus McMillan TAIT.”

Corrigendum
The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 18, dated 2nd April, 1947, page 409 under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” relating to “NZ 1016 Wing Commander Ronald William BAIRD, A.F.C.,” is amended to read “NZ 1016 Wing Commander Donald William BAIRD, A.F.C.”

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 19th April, 1947.

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

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Appointment
As Pilot—
NZ 402204 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Robert Duncan McVICKER relinquishes his temporary commission, and is granted a short-service commission in his present rank and seniority. Dated 1st April, 1947.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH
Appointment
Educational Section—
NZ 2514 William John GILMOUR, on relinquishing his Air Training Corps commission, is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant, paid). Dated 1st April, 1947.

Promotion
NZ 1338 Flight Lieutenant (Acting Squadron Leader) John Beverly TOWNEND to be Squadron Leader (temp.). Dated 6th August, 1946.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH, SECTION II (A.T.C.)
Relinquishment
Flying Officer William John GILMOUR is permitted to relinquish his Air Training Corps commission. Dated 1st April, 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 18th March, 1947: NZ 40735 Flight Lieutenant John Alexander COLWAY.
Dated 29th March, 1947: NZ 4212616 Flying Officer Thomas Robin RABONE.
Dated 9th April, 1947: NZ 412303 Flight Lieutenant Edward Francis EDWARDS.

The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I:—
Dated 6th August, 1946: NZ 1338 Squadron Leader John Beverly TOWNEND.
Dated 1st March, 1947: NZ 4216594 Flying Officer Harold Norman John TRUSTRUM.
Dated 4th April, 1947: NZ 4216595 Flying Officer William SCOTT.
Dated 28th April, 1947: NZ 41533 Flight Lieutenant Walter Hall CARTER.
Dated 4th May, 1947: NZ 1441 Flight Lieutenant Charles William STEWART, B.Sc.

A. H. NORDMEYER,
For the Minister of Defence.

Resignation of Legislative Councillor

Prime Minister’s Office,
Wellington, 28th April, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that he has, in His Majesty’s name, accepted the resignation of

The Honourable James Cotter

of his seat in the Legislative Council of New Zealand, as from the 30th day of April, 1947.

P. FRASER, Prime Minister.

Staff of the Legation of the United States of America at Wellington appointed

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1947.

IT is hereby notified for public information that—

Lieutenant-Colonel Orin H. Rigley

has been appointed to the staff of the Legation of the United States of America at Wellington as Military Air Attaché to replace Major Richard A. Toole.

P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.

Acting Honorary Consul of Belgium at Dunedin appointed

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1947.

IT is hereby notified for public information that—

H. G. Allen, Esquire,

has been appointed Acting Honorary Consul of Belgium at Dunedin, in the absence of A. H. Allen, Esquire.

P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.

Justice of the Peace resigns

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th April, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation by

Mrs. Nellie Rhodes Banks

of Kaiapoi, of her appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand and its dependencies.

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

Members of Land Sales Committees appointed

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 29th April, 1947.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General in Council, acting pursuant to the provisions of subsection (3) of section 17 of the Servicemen’s Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943, has appointed—

Thomas Pound, of Wellington, retired officer of the Public Service, to be the deputy of Owen Neil Campbell, Chairman, and of George Anders Hansen, member, on the Wellington Rural Land Sales Committee; and

Henry Nicholas Pyne, of Greymouth, Accountant, to be the deputy of Mark Wallace, Chairman, and of James Mulcare and John Webber Greenslade, members, on the Westland Land Sales Committee.

D. M. GREIG, Under-Secretary for Lands.

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

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 29th April, 1947.

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

John Crosby

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Ongarue, on and from the 11th day of April, 1947.

Arthur Stewart Whiting

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Mercury Bay, on and from the 10th day of April, 1947.

Johanna Catherine Paul (Miss)

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Ahaura, on and from the 14th day of April, 1947.

Basil Herbert Humphrey

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Dargaville, on and from the 1st day of April, 1947.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.