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GRADUATION LIST—continued
| Rank. | Name. | Former Corps. | Corps to which now posted. | Date of Seniority. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lieutenant | S. R. Lewis | N.Z.S.C. . . | N.Z. Army Service Corps | 14th December, 1942. |
| Lieutenant | I. R. Diggle | N.Z.S.C. . . | R.N.Z.A. . . | 14th December, 1943. |
| Lieutenant | H. L. Jones | N.Z.S.C. . . | R.N.Z.A. . . | 14th December, 1943. |
| Lieutenant | C. C. Boyce | N.Z.S.C. . . | N.Z. Corps of Signals | 14th December, 1943. |
| Lieutenant | K. C. Fenton | N.Z.S.C. . . | N.Z. Engineers | 14th December, 1943. |
| Lieutenant | F. H. Childs | N.Z.S.C. . . | N.Z. Armoured Corps | 14th December, 1943. |
| Lieutenant | G. H. Littlejohn | N.Z.S.C. . . | N.Z. Army Service Corps | 14th December, 1943. |
| Lieutenant | D. M. Belton | N.Z.S.C. . . | R.N.Z.A. . . | 14th December, 1943. |
| Lieutenant | H. B. Conway | N.Z.S.C. . . | N.Z. Regiment | 14th December, 1943. |
| Lieutenant | R. H. Smith | N.Z.S.C. . . | R.N.Z.A. . . | 12th December, 1944. |
| Lieutenant | P. W. F. Joplin | N.Z.S.C. . . | R.N.Z.A. . . | 12th December, 1944. |
| Lieutenant | W. A. Simpson | N.Z.S.C. . . | N.Z. Armoured Corps | 12th December, 1944. |
| Lieutenant | R. K. G. Porter | N.Z.S.C. . . | R.N.Z.A. . . | 12th December, 1944. |
| Lieutenant | M. Tebbutt | N.Z.S.C. . . | N.Z. Regiment | 12th December, 1944. |
| Lieutenant | S. R. McKeon | N.Z.S.C. . . | N.Z. Regiment | 12th December, 1944. |
| Lieutenant | R. Stanley-Harris | N.Z.S.C. . . | N.Z. Regiment | 12th December, 1944. |
| Lieutenant | I. J. Hellyer | N.Z.S.C. . . | N.Z. Regiment | 12th December, 1944. |
| Lieutenant | J. S. Manning | N.Z.S.C. . . | N.Z. Regiment | 12th December, 1944. |
| Lieutenant | B. T. Poananga | N.Z.S.C. . . | N.Z. Regiment | 12th December, 1944. |
| Lieutenant | D. S. Smith | N.Z.S.C. . . | N.Z. Army Service Corps | 10th December, 1946. |
| Lieutenant | J. H. McM. Salmon | N.Z.S.C. . . | N.Z. Regiment | 10th December, 1946. |
| Lieutenant | V. B. Brown | N.Z.S.C. . . | N.Z. Regiment | 10th December, 1946. |
| Lieutenant | B. M. Poananga | N.Z.S.C. . . | N.Z. Regiment | 10th December, 1946. |
F. JONES, Minister of Defence.
Award of Foreign Decorations
Air Department,
Wellington, 20th January, 1947.
HIS Majesty the King has granted unrestricted permission for the wearing of the undermentioned decorations conferred on the officers concerned in recognition of valuable service rendered during the war:
AWARDED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Bronze Star Medal (Foreign)
Wing Commander Francis Ross Dix.
Flight Lieutenant Anthony St. Aubyn Murray.
American Air Medal
Squadron Leader Guy Hamilton Corbet.
F. JONES, Minister of Defence.
Member of Licensing Committee appointed
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 27th January, 1947.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint Walter Gordon Booth, Esquire, of Kimbolton, to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Manawatu.
H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.
Members of the Veterinary Services Council appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4372)
Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 23rd January, 1947.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of subsection (2) of section 3 of the Veterinary Services Act, 1946, to appoint, on the 10th day of January, 1947—
(a) As representatives of the New Zealand Government— William Christopher Barry, Esquire, M.R.C.V.S.; John Francis Filmer, Esquire, D.V.Sc.; Edwin Lloyd Greensmith, Esquire, M.Com.
(b) As representatives of the Dominion Federation of Farmers' Veterinary Services (Incorporated)— Allan Leslie, Esquire, M.R.C.V.S.; Robert Thomas Scott, Esquire;
(c) As representatives of the New Zealand Dairy Board— Andrew Linton, Esquire; William Greig Macartney, Esquire;
(d) As the representative of the New Zealand Meat-producers Board— Gilbert Hutton Grigg, Esquire;
(e) As the representative of the New Zealand Wool Board— Walter Horrobin, Esquire;
(f) As the representative of the New Zealand Veterinary Association— George MacDonald, Esquire, M.R.C.V.S.;
to be members of the Veterinary Services Council established under the said Act.
EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.
Member of the Waiau Rabbit Board appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4371)
Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 23rd January, 1947.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of section 56 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, to appoint, on the 13th day of January, 1947— Henry Omihi Baker to be a member of the Waiau Rabbit Board, vice Alexander Anderson, resigned.
EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.
New Year Honours List
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has announced that the King has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the New Year, to confer the following Honours:
CIVIL DIVISION
Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (K.C.M.G.)— The Honourable Humphrey Francis O'Leary, K.C., Chief Justice of New Zealand.
Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.)— Professor James Hight, C.M.G., M.A., Litt.D., of Christchurch.
Knight Bachelor— Professor Charles Ernest Hercus, D.S.O., O.B.E., M.D., B.D.S., of Dunedin.
Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (C.M.G.)— Doctor George Harry Uttley, M.A., D.Sc., of Invercargill. Mr. Howard Dartrey Charles Adams, LL.B., of Wellington.
Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.)— Mr. Ronald Henry Quilliam, of New Plymouth. Doctor James Hardie-Neil, D.S.O., of Auckland.
Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)— Mr. Robert Boulter, C.M.G., His Majesty's Trade Commissioner in New Zealand. Doctor Arthur Gordon Butchers, of Wellington. Miss Blanche Louise Clark, of Masterton. Mr. Richard Francis Madden, of Wellington. Mr. Alan Edward Mulgan, of Wellington. Mr. Robert Thomas George Patrick, of the staff of the New Zealand Legation in Moscow. Mr. Arthur Percy Postlewaite, of Auckland. Captain Arthur Henry Prosser, of Auckland. Mr. Waimarama Puhara, of Pakipaki. Mr. James Ernest Strachan, of Rangiora.