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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 49

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

Army Department,
Wellington, 8th September, 1948.

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

Jack Thomson Gill (late Lieutenant, N.Z. Artillery) is granted a short-service commission for a period of three years as from 19th June, 1948, in the rank of Lieutenant, with seniority from 1st July, 1944, next below Lieutenant T. W. Bate, and is appointed Education Officer, Cadet Wing, Army School of Instruction, Trentham. Dated 19th June, 1948.

The Royal N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps

Captain P. N. Erridge, M.B.E., relinquishes the appointment of Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services (2), Army Headquarters, Wellington, proceeds to the United Kingdom to represent New Zealand on the Empire Catalogue Authority, and is granted the temporary rank of Major whilst so employed. Dated 24th August, 1948.

Supernumerary List, N.Z. Regular Force

Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) J. P. Joyce, O.B.E., D.C.M., is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 26th August, 1948.

Captain and Quartermaster J. D. Broadhurst is posted to the Retired List. Dated 27th August, 1948.

N.Z. TEMPORARY STAFF

Temp. Lieutenant J. R. Simpson is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 14th April, 1948.

TERRITORIAL FORCE

The Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps

The North Auckland Regiment

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on prob.), and are seconded to the Whangarei High School Cadets, Area 3:-

Terence Morton McKoy.
Thomas Andrew Armstrong.

Dated 1st June, 1948.

Claude Ronald Hemus to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.), and is seconded to the Dargaville District High School Cadets, Area 3. Dated 1st July, 1948.

Claude Morton Jewell to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.), and is seconded to the Warkworth District High School Cadets, Area 3. Dated 1st July, 1948.

The Hawke's Bay Regiment

Terry Rishworth Chadwick (late Lieutenant (A), R.N.Z.N.V.R.) to be temp. Lieutenant, and is seconded to the Dannevirke High School Cadets, Area 7. Dated 1st August, 1948.

The Taranaki Regiment

Captain William Arnold O'Neill Canavan, from the Retired List, to be temp. Captain, with seniority from 17th February, 1944, and is seconded to the Hawera Technical High School Cadets, Area 8. Dated 1st August, 1948.

The Canterbury Regiment

2nd Lieutenant J. F. Dodgson to be temp. Lieutenant, and remains seconded to the Papanui Technical College Cadets, Area 10. Dated 1st September, 1948.

The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment

Keith Ralph Askew to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.), and is seconded to the Motueka District High School Cadets, Area 9. Dated 18th June, 1948.

The Otago Regiment

Hon. Captain (Bandmaster) L. O. Asten, E.D., 1st Battalion, is posted to the Retired List. Dated 27th August, 1948.

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

Lieutenant J. Brown, and is reposted to the N.Z. Regular Force with the rank of Lieutenant, with seniority from 9th December, 1947. Dated 23rd August, 1948.

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

The Rev. A. A. G. Welsh, Chaplain, 4th Class (Roman Catholic), The Royal N.Z. Chaplains Department, and is reposted to the Reserve List, Class I, Area 12, with the rank of Chaplain, 4th Class, with seniority from 5th June, 1946. Dated 20th August, 1948.

CORRIGENDUM

2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 46, dated 26th August, 1948, relative to the promotion of Captains (temp. Majors) to Majors, vide List No. 101, for "A. B. H. Haughton, M.M., R.N.Z. Inf.," substitute "A. B. H. Naughton, M.M., R.N.Z. Inf."

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Honorary Vice-Consul of Uruguay at Wellington Appointed

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, New Zealand, 27th August, 1948.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that His Majesty's Exequatur empowering Francis Duffus Burnett, Esquire, to act as Honorary Vice-Consul of Uruguay at Wellington has been issued.

P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.

Staff of the Office of the High Commissioner for Canada at Wellington Appointed

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 31st August, 1948.

IT is hereby notified for public information that-

Charles M. Forsyth-Smith, Esquire, has been appointed to the staff of the Office of the High Commissioner for Canada at Wellington as Assistant Commercial Secretary to replace M. R. M. Dale, Esquire.

P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.

Legislative Councillors Appointed

Prime Minister's Office,
Wellington, 8th September, 1948.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in His Majesty's name, summoned-

The Honourable Walter Black, of Nelson;
The Honourable Thomas Bloodworth, of Auckland;
The Honourable Eliot Rypinski Davis, of Auckland;
The Honourable Patrick Joseph O'Kane, of Frasertown; and The Honourable Frederick George Young, of Auckland;

to the Legislative Council of New Zealand by writs of summons under the Seal of the Dominion of New Zealand dated the 8th September, 1948.

P. FRASER, Prime Minister.

Coroner Resigns

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 6th September, 1948.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation by Lewis Quinlan, Esquire, of Te Rangi-ita, of his appointment as a Coroner for the Dominion of New Zealand.

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

Inspector for School of Anatomy Appointed

Department of Health,
Wellington, 8th September, 1948.

PURSUANT to section 2 of the Official Appointments and Documents Act, 1919, it is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General in Council has been pleased, under Part II of the Medical Act, 1908, to appoint Andrew Gilbride McHugh, Inspector of Police at Dunedin, to be Inspector for the School of Anatomy established at Dunedin under the Medical Act, 1908, in succession to Donald Scott, Superintendent of Police, who has retired.

M. B. HOWARD, Minister of Health.

Members of the New Zealand Wool Board appointed.--(Notice No Ag. 4545)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 7th September, 1948.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 3 of the Wool Industry Act, 1944, to appoint, on the 2nd day of September, 1948-- Christopher Hugh Bethell, Esquire, Walter Horrobin, Esquire, and Henry John Wardell, Esquire, to be members of and representatives of the wool-growers of New Zealand on the New Zealand Wool Board established under the said Act.

EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.