SEPT. 25] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1381

Appointing a Non-elective Member of the Hauraki Catchment Board

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

WHEREAS by a Warrant dated the ninth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 50 of the eighteenth day of the same month, Roderick Duncan Campbell, Esquire, Conservator of Forests, State Forest Service, Auckland, was appointed a non-elective member of the Hauraki Catchment Board in terms of section forty-four of the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act, 1941 :

And whereas the said Roderick Duncan Campbell has resigned from membership of the said Board, and it is considered expedient to appoint another non-elective member in lieu of the said Roderick Duncan Campbell :

Now, therefore, in pursuance of the powers vested in me by section forty-four of the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act, 1941, and of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in this behalf, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby cancel the appointment of the said Roderick Duncan Campbell to be a non-elective member of the Hauraki Catchment Board, and do hereby appoint

Frederick James Perham, Esquire, Conservator of Forests, State Forest Service, Auckland,

to be a non-elective member of the Hauraki Catchment Board for a term commencing on the twenty-fifth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, and terminating on the twenty-first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 18th day of September, 1947.

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Works.

(P.W. 75/14.)

Appointment of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,
Wellington, 18th September, 1947.

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

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointments

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

As Pilots—
NZ 1063 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) (Acting Squadron Leader) Albert Samuel AGAR, A.F.C.
NZ 391329 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) (Acting Squadron Leader) Boyd Victor Le PINE.

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 422453 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Leonard George MITCHELL.

As Navigators—
NZ 421942 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) John Edgar SCHOLES.
NZ 401729 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) John McKay PETTIGREW.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Cancellation

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 33, dated 19th June, 1947, page 752, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” and the subsequent amendment appearing in Gazette No. 40, dated 24th July, 1947, page 910, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Amendment,” relating to “NZ 404921 Flight Lieutenant Ivan Reid MITCHELL,” is cancelled.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 18th September, 1947.

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

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointment

As Pilot—
NZ 416975 Nelson Hastings BRIGHT, on relinquishing his commission in the Reserve of Air Force Officers, is granted a short-service commission in the temporary rank of Flight Lieutenant, with seniority as from 7th December, 1946. Dated 9th September, 1947.

Relinquishments

The undermentioned officers relinquish their commissions :—
Dated 3rd May, 1947 : NZ 411985 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Robert Gordon KLEIMEYER, D.F.C.

Dated 15th June, 1947—
NZ 402026 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) (Acting Squadron Leader) Alva Edward HENDERSON, A.F.C.
NZ 39869 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) (Acting Squadron Leader) William Adino NEWENHAM, D.F.C.

Dated 26th June, 1947 : NZ 4213171 Flying Officer (temp.) Joseph John Hemus LAVIN.

Dated 19th August, 1947 : NZC 433342 Flying Officer (temp.) Derek Raymond MURRAY.

Dated 3rd October, 1947 : NZ 404560 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Alfred Sydney DREW, D.F.C., A.F.C.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Relinquishments

The undermentioned officers relinquish their commissions :—
Dated 31st July, 1947 : NZ 405235 Flight Lieutenant Henry Gift COLDBECK, D.F.C.
Dated 1st August, 1947 : NZ 40928 Flight Lieutenant Donald Percy TRIM.
Dated 9th September, 1947 : NZ 416975 Flight Lieutenant Nelson Hastings BRIGHT.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, and Retirements of Officers of the New Zealand Military Forces

Army Department,
Wellington, 22nd September, 1947.

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

REGULAR FORCE

N.Z. REGIMENT

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 22, dated 24th April, 1947, relative to the appointment of temp. 2nd Lieutenant P. J. McGowan, N.Z. Temporary Staff, is hereby cancelled and the following substituted :—

“Temp. 2nd Lieutenant P. J. McGowan, N.Z. Temporary Staff, to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster (on prob.), with seniority from 18th November, 1945. Dated 1st April, 1947.”

THE ROYAL N.Z. ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS

Lieutenant and Quartermaster (temp. Captain and Quartermaster) A. E. Gaustad to be Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 4th August, 1947.

SUPERNUMERARY LIST, N.Z. REGULAR FORCE

The undermentioned are posted to the Retired List :—
Captain and Quartermaster W. J. Fisher. Dated 13th September, 1947.
Captain F. N. Armstrong. Dated 17th September, 1947.

N.Z. TEMPORARY STAFF

Major A. M. Ross, M.C., from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be temp. Major. Dated 12th August, 1947.

TERRITORIAL FORCE

THE ROYAL N.Z. ENGINEERS

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant A. C. Hurdsfield, Central District Construction Coy., to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 5th August, 1947.

THE ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY CORPS

The Wellington West Coast Regiment

Leon Connel Allen to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.), and is seconded to the Marton District High School Cadets, Area 6. Dated 28th August, 1947.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 19, dated 19th February, 1942, relative to the appointment of Elizabeth Collier Anderson, is hereby cancelled.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS

The Royal N.Z. Engineers

Lieutenant F. M. Corkill is posted to the Retired List. Dated 1st September, 1947.

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

Major R. G. A. Farnell, and is reposted to the N.Z. Regular Force with the rank of Lieutenant, with seniority from 17th August, 1940. Dated 15th September, 1947.

Captain W. M. Smeeton, M.B., Ch.B., The Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps, and is reposted to the Territorial Force with the temporary rank of Captain, with seniority from 1st June, 1947. Dated 5th September, 1947.

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

Lieutenant R. M. Dickson, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 15th September, 1947.

Lieutenant R. J. Welch, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 15th September, 1947.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.