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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE [No. 3

Appointing Five Non-elective Members of the Rangitikei Catchment Board

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section forty-four of the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act, 1941, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint—

Gerard William Sampson, Esquire, A.M.I.C.E., District Engineer, Public Works Department, Wanganui,

Alan Richard 'Dingwall, Esquire, B.Agr.Sc., Instructor in Agriculture, Department of Agriculture, Wanganui,

Rowland William Gustaf Janson, Esquire, Senior Forest Ranger, State Forest Service, Palmerston North,

Thomas Strathallan Roe, Esquire, Chief Surveyor, Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, and

Leslie Isott Grange, Esquire, D.Sc., A.O.S.M., F.G.S., Director of Soil Survey Bureau, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Wellington,

to be non-elective members of the Rangitikei Catchment Board for a term commencing on the first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, and expiring on the thirtieth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and fifty.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 20th day of December, 1947.

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Works.

(P.W. 75/10.)

Appointing Five Non-elective Members of the Poverty Bay Catchment Board

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section forty-four of the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act, 1941, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint—

Philip Athol Malcolm Reveirs, Esquire, Assistant Conservator of Forests, State Forest Service, Rotorua,

Clifford Lomas Cox, Esquire, Chief Surveyor, Department of Lands and Survey, Gisborne,

Hugh de Orellana Chamberlain, Esquire, B.Sc., Instructor in Agriculture, Department of Agriculture, Gisborne,

Ernest Alexander Madden, Esquire, H.D.A., Assistant Director, Grasslands Division, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Palmerston North, and

Edward Walpole McEnnis, Esquire, B.E., Resident Engineer, Public Works Department, Gisborne,

to be non-elective members of the Poverty Bay Catchment Board for a term commencing on the first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, and expiring on the thirtieth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and fifty.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 20th day of December, 1947.

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Works.

(P.W. 75/7.)

Appointments in the Royal New Zealand Navy

Navy Office,

Wellington, 22nd December, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments and promotions in the Royal New Zealand Naval Reserve and Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve:

ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVAL RESERVE

Lieutenant Robert Inglis Floris, R.D., promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander, with seniority of 15th December, 1946.

Lieutenant John Leslie Watson, promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander, with seniority of 14th June, 1947.

ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE

Lieutenant Frank Stanley Cable, promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander, with seniority of 15th April, 1946.

Lieutenant (Acting Lieutenant-Commander) Walter William Brackenbridge, promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander, with seniority of 12th February, 1947.

Lieutenant Leo Ignatus Bell, V.R.D., promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander, with seniority of 27th May, 1947.

GRANTED PERMANENT COMMISSIONS IN THE ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE

(With seniority and date of first appointment as shown)

Temporary Lieutenant, Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, to be Lieutenant, Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve-

Tom Ronald Roydhouse, to date 1st May, 1947, with seniority of 18th December, 1943.

Temporary Lieutenants, Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, to be Lieutenants, Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, to date from 4th September, 1947-

Seniority.

Nigel Deerness Blair .. .. 14th December, 1940.

Donald Colvin Algie .. .. 20th November, 1942.

William McGregor Armstrong, B.E.M. 21st August, 1943.

Albert Henry Edginton .. .. 1st September, 1943.

Dennis James Glover, D.S.C. .. 29th October, 1943.

Paul Mary Taylor .. .. 6th November, 1943.

Alan Douglas Tweedie .. .. 21st December, 1943.

John Bernard Smith .. .. 5th February, 1944.

Alan Roy Barnsdale .. .. 2nd April, 1944.

Peter Brian Austin .. .. 15th December, 1944.

Jack Charles Wilson .. .. 17th January, 1945.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenants, Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, to be Sub-Lieutenants, Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, to date from 4th September, 1947-

Seniority.

Ian Duncan Bennetts .. .. 24th September, 1944.

Herbert Clifton Poole .. .. 23rd December, 1944.

Gordon Blackwood McKenzie .. 7th January, 1945.

William Bruce Petrie .. .. 7th January, 1945.

Norman John Ramsay Meldrum .. 10th May, 1945.

John Thomas Bridgman .. .. 18th February, 1945.

Temporary Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, to be Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander, Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve-

Henry Douglas Lamb, L.M. (Dublin), L.M.S.S.A. (London), to date 9th October, 1947, with seniority of 3rd September, 1945.

Temporary Lieutenant-Commander (S) (war service rank of Commander (S), Royal New Zealand Naval Reserve), to be Lieutenant-Commander (S), Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve-

William Harry Craike, to date 1st May, 1947, with seniority of 1st May, 1944.

Temporary Lieutenant (S), Royal New Zealand Naval Reserve, to be Lieutenant (S), Royal New Zealand Naval Reserve-

Fergus Buchanan Campbell, M.B.E., to date 21st August, 1947, with seniority of 24th October, 1941.

Temporary Lieutenant (S), Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, to be Lieutenant (S), Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve-

Thomas Hansen McFlinn, to date 4th September, 1947, with seniority of 26th November, 1945.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (S), Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, to be Sub-Lieutenant (S), Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve-

Arthur Charles Lambert, to date 4th September, 1947, with seniority of 15th September, 1944.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Army Department,

Wellington, 7th January, 1948.

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

STAFF COLLEGE GRADUATES

The undermentioned Staff Cadets, on graduation from the Royal Military College of Australia, to be Lieutenants, and are posted to the Corps as stated against their names:-

Charles Adrian Kibblewhite, The Royal N.Z. Engineers.

Gordon Richard Tomline, Royal N.Z. Artillery.

James McLean Ross, Royal N.Z. Artillery.

Jack Harvey, The Royal N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps.

Clifford Leaman Sanderson, The Royal N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps.

Norman Elliott McLeod, New Zealand Regiment.

Graham Neil McLaren Boswell, The Royal N.Z. Armoured Corps.

James Brown, The Royal N.Z. Armoured Corps.

Dated 9th December, 1947.

N.Z. TEMPORARY STAFF

Temp. Captain N. S. Pedersen relinquishes his commission on appointment to the N.Z. Regular Force in the ranks. Dated 29th June, 1947.

TERRITORIAL FORCE

THE ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY CORPS

The Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington's Own)

Captain (temp. Major) E. J. Aim ceases to be seconded to the Hutt Valley High School Cadets, Area 5, and is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Major. Dated 16th December, 1947.