JULY 31] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 935

Appointments, Relinquishment of Commission, and Retirements of Officers of the New Zealand Military Forces

Army Department,
Wellington, 30th July, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, relinquishment of commission, and retirements of officers of the New Zealand Military Forces :-

REGULAR FORCE

SUPERNUMERARY LIST, N.Z. REGULAR FORCE

Major and Quartermaster W. L. Stewart is posted to the Retired List. Dated 24th July, 1947.

The notices published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 25, dated 15th May, 1947, and No. 32, dated 12th June, 1947, relative to Captain and Quartermaster A. E. Sharp, are hereby cancelled and the following substituted :-

“Captain and Quartermaster A. E. Sharp is posted to the Retired List. Dated 14th July, 1947.”

N.Z TEMPORARY STAFF

Temp. Matron-in-Chief E. C. Mackay, O.B.E., R.R.C., N.Z. Army Nursing Service, is seconded to the N.Z. Temporary Staff for a tour of duty. Dated 11th July, 1947.

Temp. Captain J. P. Kelly relinquishes his commission. Dated 22nd July, 1947.

TERRITORIAL FORCE

THE ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY CORPS

The Hauraki Regiment

Sydney Herbert Lee to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.), and is seconded to the Tauranga District High School Cadets, Area 2. Dated 12th June, 1947.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

Colonel (temp. Brigadier, Acting Major-General) Sir Fred T. Bowerbank, K.B.E., E.D., M.B., F.R.C.P. (Edin.), F.R.A.C.P., K.H.P., is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Major-General. Dated 23rd April, 1947.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE

Sister E. F. Duncalf (née Collins) is posted to the Retired List. Dated 11th July, 1947.

SCHOOL CADET UNITS

Timaru Technical College Cadets, Area 10

The seniority of 2nd Lieutenant C. H. T. Miller is antedated to 1st November, 1943.

OFFICERS CEASING TO BE SECONDED TO THE 2ND NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

The Rev. R. K. Dobson, Chaplain, 3rd Class (Church of England), The Royal N.Z. Chaplains Department, and is reposted to the Territorial Force with the temporary rank of Chaplain, 3rd Class, with seniority from 29th December, 1946. Dated 15th July, 1947.

Sister E. F. Duncalf (née Collins), N.Z. Army Nursing Service, and is reposted to the Territorial Force with the rank of Sister, with seniority from 1st June, 1946. Dated 11th July, 1947.

Sister D. R. A. Shepherd, N.Z. Army Nursing Service, and is reposted to the Territorial Force with the rank of Sister, with seniority from 31st July, 1945. Dated 18th July, 1947.

OFFICER STRUCK OFF THE STRENGTH OF THE 2ND NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

Temp. Captain B. L. Hewitt, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 17th July, 1947.

W. E. PARRY,
For the Minister of Defence.

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 25th July, 1947.

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

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointments

The undermentioned officers relinquish their temporary commissions and are granted short-service commissions in the rank stated with present seniority. Dated 1st April, 1947 :-

As Pilot—
NZ 4211787 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Norman Alexander Wickes, D.F.C.

As Wireless Operator/Air Gunner—
NZ 422943 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Geoffrey Vivien Groves.

The undermentioned officers relinquish their temporary commissions and are granted an extended-service commission for a period of four years in the rank stated with present seniority. Dated 1st April, 1947 :-

As Navigator/Wireless Operator—
NZ 413747 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Douglas Gordon Fraser.

As Navigator—
NZ 38210 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Percy Raymond Ross.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II: TECHNICAL OFFICERS

Promotion

Engineer Duties—
NZ 37131 Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant) Allan Robert Carr to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 13th August, 1947.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Transfer

NZ 37131 Flight Lieutenant Allan Robert Carr is transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I. Dated 13th August, 1947.

Amendment

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 15, dated 14th March, 1946, page 332, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” relating to “Flying Officer Donald John Glengarry,” is amended to read “Dated 20th February, 1947.”

W. E. PARRY,
For the Minister of Defence.

Officers of the Police Force appointed

Police Department,
Wellington, 24th July, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint—

Sub-Inspector Andrew Gilbride McHugh and
Sub-Inspector Bruce Thompson

to be Inspectors, and

Senior Sergeant William John Kenneth Brown

to be a Sub-Inspector in the New Zealand Police Force, the appointment in each case to take effect on and from 21st July, 1947.

P. FRASER,
Minister in Charge of Police Department.

Coroner resigns

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd July, 1947.

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

Robert Miln, Esquire,

of Kawhia, of his appointment as a Coroner for the Dominion of New Zealand.

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

Member of Licensing Committee appointed

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

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

James Lorimer, Esquire,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Christchurch.

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

Appointment of Honorary Fishery Officer

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 29 of the Statutes Amendment Act, 1946, I, Frederick Hackett, Acting for the Minister of Marine, do hereby appoint

Raymond Eric Marriott, of Half-moon Bay,

to be an Honorary Fishery Officer for the purposes of Part I of the Fisheries Act, 1908, to hold office until the 31st day of March, 1950. Dated at Wellington, this 23rd day of July, 1947.

F. HACKETT,
For the Minister of Marine.

Appointment of Honorary Officers

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 29 of the Statutes Amendment Act, 1946, I, Frederick Hackett, Acting for the Minister of Marine, do hereby appoint the persons named in the following Schedule to be Honorary Officers for the acclimatization district shown in such Schedule for the purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908, such persons to hold office until the 31st March, 1950.

Dated at Wellington, this 24th day of July, 1947.

SCHEDULE

OTAGO ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT

James Beccard.
Thomas George Powell.
Leonard Gordon Mitchell Trusler.

F. HACKETT,
For the Minister of Marine.