AUG. 21] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1017

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION I : EQUIPMENT OFFICERS

Promotion

Equipment Duties—

NZ 37193 Flying Officer (temp.) Herman Frederick EVANS to be Acting Flight Lieutenant (paid). Dated 1st June, 1947.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH, SECTION II (A.T.C.)

Relinquishments

The undermentioned Flying Officers are permitted to relinquish their Air Training Corps commissions :-

Dated 1st January, 1947 : Douglas Marsh MacKAY.

Dated 26th May, 1947 : Keith Alfred MUFF.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Transfer

NZ 1103 Wing Commander Alfred John TURNER, O.B.E., is transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I. Dated 16th December, 1945.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Air Department,

Wellington, 15th August, 1947.

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

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointments

As Flight Engineer—

NZ 404842 Flying Officer (temp.) Arthur Cyril HILLIAM relinquishes his temporary commission and is granted an extended-service commission for a period of four years in his present rank and seniority. Dated 1st April, 1947.

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

As Pilots—

NZ 412000 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Ronald Arthur MANNERS.

NZ 4215186 Flying Officer (temp.) Malcolm Stuart GUNTON.

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 1st June, 1947—

NZ 415315 Flight Lieutenant Robert Bell HAMILTON.

NZ 412316 Flying Officer Noel Edward DAWSON.

NZ 425246 Flying Officer William John Keand ENDEAN, D.F.C.

NZ 413255 Flying Officer Don Alexander FALCONER.

Dated 15th June, 1947 : NZ 404368 Flight Lieutenant Robert Francis HOYLE, D.F.C.

Dated 18th June, 1947 : NZ 428170 Flying Officer Thomas William Alfred WALKER.

Dated 25th July, 1947 : NZ 41322 Flight Lieutenant Eric Lindsay GRAY, D.F.C.

Dated 29th July, 1947 : NZC 433216 Flying Officer Pierce Dudley ANDREWES.

Dated 1st August, 1947 : NZ 439047 Flying Officer Rex Keith GARNHAM.

Dated 29th August, 1947 : NZ 425492 Flight Lieutenant Kiwi Ernest AMOHANGA.

Dated 31st August, 1947 : NZ 2357 Flight Lieutenant Jack BUCKLEY, D.F.C.

Dated 12th September, 1947 : NZ 428148 Flying Officer Ross Sinclair PRIEST, D.F.C.

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

Dated 23rd April, 1947 : NZ 1481 Flight Lieutenant James Douglas MacKAY, M.B.E., B.A., B.Sc.

Dated 12th August, 1947 : NZ 4215151 Flying Officer Courtney Frederick James GIBSON.

Relinquishments

The undermentioned officers are permitted to relinquish their commissions :-

Dated 19th May, 1947 : NZ 39873 Flying Officer Douglas Russell BAILEY.

Dated 30th June 1947—

NZ 405518 Flight Lieutenant Mervyn Ryburn BREED, D.F.C.

NZ 401955 Flight Lieutenant Frederick James Malcolm PALMER.

NZ 417293 Flying Officer George Edwin Charles READE.

NZ 415012 Flying Officer Francis Henry James PHELOUNG.

Dated 31st July, 1947—

NZ 1067 Wing Commander John Henry ARKWRIGHT, D.F.C.

NZ 40229 Squadron Leader David John Verdun HENRY, D.F.C.

NZ 415337 Squadron Leader Athol Larry McGRATH, D.F.C., A.F.C.

Dated 31st July, 1947—continued-

NZ 405268 Squadron Leader John Allan HETHERTON, D.F.C.

NZ 40992 Squadron Leader Harvey Nelson SWEETMAN, D.F.C.

NZ 401297 Flight Lieutenant Douglas Alan YOUNGS.

NZ 401293 Flight Lieutenant Kynaston John STANFORD, D.F.M.

NZ 402847 Flight Lieutenant Ian Arnaud BURGESS.

NZ 404953 Flight Lieutenant Harold John SHEILD, D.F.C.

NZ 539038 Flight Lieutenant John Beresford Dennitts WILLCOX.

NZ 421838 Flight Lieutenant Leon Richmond SCHOFIELD.

NZ 425275 Flight Lieutenant Ronald Francis MADIGAN.

NZ 413772 Flight Lieutenant James Slaven MuIR, D.F.C.

NZ 415178 Flight Lieutenant John Lawrence William DUNN.

NZ 423874 Flight Lieutenant William Jack NICCOLLS.

NZ 413826 Flying Officer Colin Windsor DRYLAND.

NZ 405502 Flying Officer Douglas Errol NELSON.

NZ 416159 Flying Officer Charles Mita Hikairo PINKER, D.F.C.

NZ 422054 Flying Officer George Edward BRANCHER.

NZ 41944 Flying Officer Bruce Alexander SINCLAIR.

NZ 422278 Flying Officer Alan Dorrington GIBSON, D.F.M.

NZ 411554 Flying Officer Maurice Raymond BLANK, D.F.C.

NZC 424065 Flying Officer Alfred Owen WELLS.

NZ 415017 Flying Officer Harry Alexander RAMSEY, D.F.C.

NZ 422449 Flying Officer Kevin Emmett LAVIN.

NZ 425264 Flying Officer Douglas Arthur William LEE.

NZ 421719 Flying Officer William John HUNTER.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Coroner appointed

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 15th August, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

William Marshall Wilkinson, Esquire, of Kaikohe, to be a Coroner for the Dominion of New Zealand, vice A. J. Martin, Esquire, resigned.

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

Members of Licensing Committee appointed

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 18th August, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Albert Napper, Esquire,

Andrew Sydney Alexander Ronald, Esquire,

John Watt, Esquire,

to be members of the Licensing Committee for the District of Awarua..

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

Probation Officer appointed

Prisons Department,

Wellington, 19th August, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Richard Cargill

to be a Probation Officer under the Offenders Probation Act, 1920, and the Crimes Amendment Act, 1910, for the City of Wanganui.

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

Appointment of Honorary Child Welfare Officers under the Child Welfare Act, 1925

Education Department,

Wellington, 14th August, 1947.

IN pursuance of section 2 of the Child Welfare Act, 1925, I, Henry Greathead Rex Mason, Minister of Education, do hereby appoint the following persons as Honorary Child Welfare Officers for the purposes of the said Act for the year ending the 31st March, 1948 :-

Name. District.

Downey, Reverend Father L. Auckland.

Cashman, Reverend Father Edward Palmerston North.

Spring, Reverend Father Leo Napier.

Fear, Reverend Alfred Greymouth.

M. B. HOWARD,

For the Minister of Education.