THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 28]

SUPERNUMERARY LIST, N.Z. REGULAR FORCE

Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Brigadier) F. L. Hunt, O.B.E., relinquishes the appointments of Quartermaster-General, Army Headquarters, and Third Military Member of the Army Board. Dated 30th April, 1948.

Lieutenant-Colonel and Quartermaster G. P. O'Leary, O.B.E., is posted to the Retired List. Dated 13th March, 1948.

Captain and Quartermaster J. H. Kearney is posted to the Retired List. Dated 16th April, 1948.

Temp. Captain R. F. Joyce, from the N.Z. Temporary Staff, is granted a short-service commission as from 1st April, 1948, in the rank of Captain, with seniority from 1st December, 1944, and is appointed Quartermaster, Burnham Military Camp. Dated 1st April, 1948.

TERRITORIAL FORCE

The Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps

The Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington’s Own)

Raymond George Watson to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.), and is seconded to the Wellington College Cadets, Area 5. Dated 7th April, 1948.

The Canterbury Regiment

Ernest Bickley Read to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.), and is seconded to the Christchurch Boys’ High School Cadets, Area 10. Dated 2nd March, 1948.

The Southland Regiment

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on prob.), and are seconded to the South Otago High School Cadets, Area 12:

• Clifford Norman Smyth Bisset. Dated 5th April, 1948.
• Alan Howard Foster. Dated 6th April, 1948.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS

Supplementary List

Captain (temp. Major) C. F. Crosbie resigns his commission. Dated 18th September, 1947.

Officers Struck Off the Strength of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Captain M. R. King, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 3rd May, 1948.

Lieutenant P. T. Hamilton, and relinquishes his commission. Dated 19th March, 1948.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Relinquishment and Transfers of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,

Wellington, 15th May, 1948.

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

Reserve of Air Force Officers

Transfers

NZ 403933 Flight Lieutenant Arthur Douglas RAYNE is transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I. Dated 20th April, 1948.

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

• Dated 6th January, 1948: NZ 1122 Squadron Leader Richard James Robert Haldane MacKILL, A.F.C.
• Dated 26th April, 1948: NZ 38122 Flight Lieutenant John William Cooper REDSTONE.

Relinquishment

NZ 2059 Squadron Leader Maurice Craig KIDD, A.F.C., relinquishes his commission. Dated 1st November, 1947.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointment of an Officer of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,

Wellington, 15th May, 1948.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointment of an officer of the Royal New Zealand Air Force:

APPOINTMENT

NZ 394386 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) John Macaulay Sutherland ROSS, B.A., relinquishes his extended-service commission in the General Duties Branch, and is granted an extended-service commission in the Administrative and Supply Branch (Special Duties Division) for a period of three years in the temporary rank of Squadron Leader. Dated 1st April, 1948.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Awards approved by His Majesty the King

Air Department,

Wellington, 13th May, 1948.

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

Legion of Merit, Degree of Commander

Air Commodore James Lloyd Findlay, C.B.E., M.C.

Legion of Merit, Degree of Legionnaire

Group Captain John Seabrook, A.F.C.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Vice-Consul of Denmark at Auckland

Ministry of External Affairs,

Wellington, 11th May, 1948.

IT is hereby notified for public information that, pending the appointment of a successor to Mr. Charles G. Macindoe, deceased,

C. M. Richmond, Esquire,
will act as Vice-Consul of Denmark at Auckland.

P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.

Honorary Vice-Consul of Norway at Dunedin appointed

Minister of External Affairs,

Wellington, 12th May, 1948.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the appointment of

John Henry Edmond, Esquire,
as Honorary Vice-Consul of Norway at Dunedin, for Dunedin and Port Chalmers, has been recognised.

P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.

Judge of the Supreme Court appointed

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 19th May, 1948.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Joseph Stanton, Esquire,
Barrister, to be a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

H. G. R. MASON, Attorney-General.

Coroner resigns

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 14th May, 1948.

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

William Bongard, Esquire,
of Thames, of his appointment as a Coroner for the Dominion of New Zealand.

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

Judge of the Supreme Court resigns

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 14th May, 1948.

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

The Honourable Sir David Stanley Smith, Kt.,
of his office as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand as from the 31st May, 1948.

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

Staff of His Excellency the Governor-General

The undermentioned to be Honorary Aides-de-Camp to the Governor-General:

• NZ 1018 Wing Commander (temp.) Barry Stratford NICHOLL, p.s.a.
• NZ 1019 Wing Commander (temp.) Francis Rose DIX.
• NZ 1034 Wing Commander (temp.) Arthur Beale GREENAWAY, D.S.O.
• NZ 391835 Squadron Leader Vincent David GAIN, A.F.C. (Reserve of Air Force Officers).

Dated 1st April, 1948.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.