Reversion of an Officer of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,
Wellington, 14th January, 1948.

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

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Reversion

NZ 1023 Group Captain (temp.) Charles Campbell HUNTER, O.B.E., reverts to the rank of Wing Commander (temp.), with seniority as from 1st April, 1942. Dated 1st November, 1947.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

New Year Honours conferred on Members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,
Wellington, 12th January, 1948.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has announced that the King has been graciously pleased on the occasion of the celebration of the New Year to confer the following Honours:-

Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Air Commodore Cyril Eyton Kay, O.B.E., D.F.C.

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Squadron Leader Noel Alfred Veaz.

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Flying Officer Richard Langford Brewer.
Warrant Officer Albert Ernest Chapman.

Air Force Cross

Squadron Leader Cyril Henry Baigent, D.S.O., D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant Thomas Alexander McLeod Morgan.
Flight Lieutenant Mervyn Windsor Wrennall.
Warrant Officer Douglas Owen Holloway.

British Empire Medal

Flight Sergeant William Henry James.
Flight Sergeant Tom Lewis Dimmock.
Flight Sergeant Basil Frederick White.
Flight Sergeant James Robert John Begg.

Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

Flight Lieutenant James Patrick O'Donnell.
Flying Officer Joseph Cassidy Naera.
Flying Officer John Duncan Garrett.
Warrant Officer Frederick Hazel.
Flight Sergeant Leslie Gordon Woods.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

New Year Honour conferred on Member of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,
Wellington, 15th January, 1948.

HIS Majesty the King has been graciously pleased on the occasion of the celebration of the New Year to confer the following Honour:-

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Wing Commander John Tregonwell Davison, G.M.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Consular Agent of France at Auckland appointed

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 13th January, 1948.

IT is hereby notified for public information that Roy Granville McElroy, Esquire, has been appointed Consular Agent of France at Auckland. The Consulate of France at Auckland has been closed, and the former Consul of France at Auckland, Georges Denizeau, Esquire, has been transferred to a post outside New Zealand.

P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.

Consul-General of Greece at Sydney for New Zealand recognised

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 13th January, 1948.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that the appointment of Emil Vrisakis, Esquire, as Consul-General of Greece at Sydney for New Zealand has been recognised.

P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 15th January, 1948.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Arthur Morice Goulding, Esquire, S.M.,

To be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Hutt from 22nd December, 1947, to 22nd January, 1948, vice H. J. Thompson, Esquire, S.M.

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

Member of Licensing Committee appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 19th January, 1948.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Thomas Edward Maunsell, Esquire, S.M.,

To be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Buller from the 19th day of January, 1948, vice A. A. McLachlan, Esquire, S.M.

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

Member of Invercargill Licensing Trust appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 15th January, 1948.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

John Pickard, Esquire,

To be a member of the Invercargill Licensing Trust from the 18th day of December, 1947, to 29th day of April, 1948, the said John Pickard having been nominated by the Invercargill City Council for appointment in place of Geoffrey Buckland Orbell, Esquire, resigned, pursuant to section 4 of the Invercargill Licensing Trust Act, 1944.

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

Probation Officers appointed

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 19th January, 1948.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint-

Vera Wood

To be a Probation Officer under the Offenders Probation Act, 1920, and the Crimes Amendment Act, 1910, for the City of Christchurch and the boroughs of New Brighton and Riccarton, as from 15th January, 1948, vice Hannah Rogers, and

Hannah Rogers

To be a Probation Officer under the Offenders Probation Act, 1920, and the Crimes Amendment Act, 1910, for the City of Auckland and the boroughs of Birkenhead, Devonport, Ellerslie, Mount Albert, Mount Eden, Mount Roskill, New Lynn, Newmarket, Northcote, Onehunga, One Tree Hill, and Takapuna, as from 15th January, 1948, vice Vera Wood.

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

Appointment of Honey Marketing Committee

Pursuant to section 8 of the Marketing Amendment Act, 1937, I hereby appoint-

Arthur Michael Wallace Greig,
Alfred Charles Bridle,
Edward Armine Field,
Frank Deacon Holt, and
William Wallace Nelson

To be members of a Honey Marketing Committee hereby established in terms of the said Act, and I further appoint the said Arthur Michael Wallace Greig to be Chairman of the Committee.

Dated at Wellington, this 21st day of January, 1948.

EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Marketing.

Member of the New Zealand Meat-producers' Board appointed.
(Notice No. Ag. 4487.)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 14th January, 1948.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of subsection (3) of section 2 of the Meat-export Control Act, 1921-22, to appoint

Harry Dudley Cooper, Esquire,

To be a member of the New Zealand Meat-producers' Board, and the representative of the persons for the time being engaged in business as stock and station agents on the said Board.

EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.