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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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The Hawke's Bay Regiment
The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) D. W. W.
Chambers, seconded to the Waipawa District High School Cadets,
Area 7, lapses. Dated 16th December, 1947.
OFFICER STRUCK OFF THE STRENGTH OF THE 2ND NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 73, dated
11th December, 1947, relative to Lieutenant R. J. H. Leete, is
hereby cancelled and the following substituted:-
"'Lieutenant R. J. H. Leete, and is posted to the non-
mobilized strength of the Northern District Signal Troop,
Royal N.Z. Corps of Signals, with the temporary rank of
Lieutenant, with seniority from 11th March, 1946. Dated
29th November, 1947."
F. JONES, Minister of Defence.
Honours and Awards approved by His Majesty the King
Air Department,
Wellington, 15th December, 1947.
HIS Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve
the following awards to the undermentioned members of
the Royal New Zealand Air Force:-
Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air
Flight Lieutenant William Paul Nevill Clarke.
Flight Lieutenant Romilly Percival Webb.
F. JONES, Minister of Defence.
New Year Honours List
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has announced that His
Majesty the King has been graciously pleased, on the occasion
of the New Year, to confer the following Honours:-
Privy Councillor--
The Honourable Sir Humphrey Francis O'Leary, K.C.M.G.,
Chief Justice of New Zealand.
CIVIL DIVISION
Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.)-
Professor Joseph Bernard Dawson, Professor of Midwifery and
Gynaecology at the University of Otago.
Knight Bachelor (Kt.)-
The Honourable David Stanley Smith, Judge of the Supreme
Court of New Zealand.
Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and
St. George (C.M.G.)-
Doctor Guy Hardy Scholefield, O.B.E., Parliamentary Librarian
and Dominion Archivist, of Wellington.
The Right Reverend Frederick Augustus Bennett, Bishop of
Aotearoa, of Kohupatiki.
Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
(C.B.E.)-
Robert Caughley, Esquire, of Wellington.
John Henderson, Esquire, of Wellington.
Doctor Walter Allison Gilmour, of Auckland.
Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)-
John Barr, Esquire, of Auckland.
John Alexander Crawford, Esquire, of Cairo.
Kanapu Haerehuka, Esquire, of Wanganui.
Miss Aileen Annie Joyce, of Auckland.
Thomas Rowley Lecs, Esquire, of Palmerston North.
Miss Mary Letitia Lindsay, of Timaru.
James Murphy, Esquire, of Christchurch.
Henry Valder, Esquire, of Hamilton.
Doctor Wilfred Stanley Wallis, of Rotorua.
John Wilson, Esquire, of Dunedin.
Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)-
Mrs. Ada Emily Beer, of Gisborne.
John Bryce Berry, Esquire, of Kaikohe.
Miss Pansy Helen Auld Chapman, of Auckland.
William Alfred Henry Corfield, Esquire, of Auckland.
Mrs. Dorothy Louisa Derig, of Auckland.
John William Fenton, Esquire, of Kaitangata.
Miss Elsie Louisa Muriel Julius, of Greymouth.
Kenneth McKenzie, Esquire, of Geraldine.
The Reverend Leslie Bourne man Neale, of Dunedin.
James Baxter O'Neill, Esquire, of Christchurch.
Miss Mirika Wehipetihana, of Opunake.
William Trickey Woods, Esquire, of Christchurch.
AMENDMENT
(New Zealand Gazette No. 7 of the 7th February, 1946)
New Year Honours List
Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (Civil Division)-
"Mrs. Helen Victoria Ross, of Trentham," should read "Mrs.
Catherine Ross, of Upper Hutt."
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MILITARY DIVISION
Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
(C.B.E.)-
Air Commodore Cyril Eyton Kay, O.B.E., D.F.C., Air Member
for Supply, Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)-
Temporary Colonel Charles Ritchie Burns, 2nd N.Z.E.F., of
Wellington.
Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel John Patrick Joyce, D.C.M.,
Royal New Zealand Artillery, of Wellington.
Squadron Leader Noel Alfred Vear, R.N.Z.A.F., of Auckland.
Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)-
Acting-Telegraphist Lieutenant William Lewis Brewer, D.S.M.,
R.N.Z.N., of Waikouru.
Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel John William Barry, New
Zealand Regiment, of Wanganui.
Major and Quartermaster Thomas Joseph Cronin, New Zealand
Regular Force, of Heretaunga.
Major Adam James Moore, New Zealand Regiment, of Nelson.
Captain John Henry Leedham Trenwith, New Zealand
Temporary Staff, of Auckland.
Flying Officer Richard Langsford Brewer, R.N.Z.A.F., of
Christchurch.
Warrant Officer Albert Ernest Chapman, R.N.Z.A.F., of
Blenheim.
Air Force Cross-
Squadron Leader Cyril Henry Baigent, D.S.O., D.F.C., of
Ohakea.
Flight Lieutenant Thomas Alexander McLeod Morgan, of
Ohakea.
Flight Lieutenant Mervyn Windsor Wrennall, of Auckland.
Warrant Officer Douglas Owen Holloway, of New Plymouth.
British Empire Medal-
Electrical Artificer Alfred Ernest Crooks, R.N.Z.N., of Auckland.
Mr. Ernest Robert Jackson, Canteen Tenant, H.M.N.Z.S.
"Bellona," of Auckland.
Temporary Warrant Officer (lst Class) Donald Hughes Cross,
New Zealand Regiment, of Christchurch.
Temporary Warrant Officer (lst Class) David Charles McGill,
New Zealand Temporary Staff, of Wellington.
Temporary Staff Sergeant Victor James Keane, New Zealand
Temporary Staff, of Auckland.
Flight Sergeant William Henry James, of Blenheim.
Flight Sergeant Tom Lewis Dimmock, of Christchurch.
Flight Sergeant Basil Frederick White, of Christchurch.
Flight Sergeant James Robert John Begg, of Christchurch.
Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air-
Flight Lieutenant James Patrick O'Donnell, of Christchurch.
Flying Officer Joseph Cassidy Naera, of Whenuapai.
Flying Officer John Duncan Garrett, of Ohakea.
Warrant Officer Frederick Hazel, of Ohakea.
Flight Sergeant Leslie Gordon Woods, of Whenuapai.
D. E. FOUHY, Official Secretary.
Staff of the Legation of France at Wellington appointed
Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 5th January, 1948.
IT is hereby notified for public information that
Claude Cansou, Esquire,
has been appointed to the staff of the Legation of France at
Wellington as Vice-Consul.
P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.
Members of Licensing Committees appointed
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 5th January, 1948.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint-
Ernest Alan Millward, Esquire, and
Stanley Roscoe McCullum, Esquire,
to be members of the Licensing Committee for the District of
Wanganui, and
James William Rimmer, Esquire,
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Otaki.
H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.
Member of Invercargill Licensing Trust resigns
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 5th January, 1948.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept
the resignation by
Geoffrey Buckland Orbell, Esquire,
as a member of the Invercargill Licensing Trust as from 17th
December, 1947.
H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.