SEPT. 16] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1175

The Royal N.Z. Army Dental Corps
Major W. McD. Ford, B.D.S. Dated 21st August, 1948.

TERRITORIAL FORCE
N.Z. Army Nursing Service
Barbarer McGregor Dowie Gray to be Sister. Dated 28th August, 1948.

OFFICERS CEASING TO BE SECONDED TO THE 2ND NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
Major J. W. McMurray, and is reposted to the N.Z. Regular Force with the rank of Major and Quartermaster, with seniority from 2nd May, 1946. Dated 24th August, 1948.
Captain J. H. McM. Salmon, and is reposted to the N.Z. Regular Force with the rank of Lieutenant, with seniority from 10th December, 1946. Dated 2nd September, 1948.
Lieutenant G. N. McL. Boswell, and is reposted to the N.Z. Regular Force with the rank of Lieutenant, with seniority from 9th December, 1947. Dated 15th August, 1948.

OFFICER STRUCK OFF THE STRENGTH OF THE 2ND NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
Captain G. R. Marriner, and relinquishes his commission on appointment to the N.Z. Regular Force in the ranks. Dated 6th September, 1948.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointment, Relinquishments, and Transfer of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,
Wellington, 9th September, 1948.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointment, relinquishments, and transfer of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force :—

STAFF OF HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL
Appointment
2308 Wing Commander (temp.) Thomas Francis GILL, D.S.O., j.s.s.c., p.s.a., to be Honorary Aide-de-Camp. Dated 15th August, 1948.

AIR TRAINING CORPS
Relinquishments
The undermentioned officers relinquish their commissions :—
Flight Lieutenant Eric Percival CROLL.
Flying Officer Francis Frederick Martin BATTSON.
Flying Officer Joseph Harry CHAMBERLAIN.
Flying Officer Herbert William BURROWS.
Dated 31st May, 1948.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
Transfer
429590 Flight Lieutenant Baden Gordon CLARE is transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I. Dated 4th October, 1948.

CORRIGENDA
With reference to the notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 45, dated 19th August, 1948, page 1023, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” relating to “415886 Flight Lieutenant Francis Alexander Cox,” for “415886,” read “415686.”

With reference to the notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 46, dated 26th August, 1948, page 1058, under the heading “General Duties Branch—Appointments,” relating to “1065 Squadron Leader (temp.) George Robert BRABYN,” for “Squadron Leader (temp.),” substitute “Flight Lieutenant (temp.) (now Squadron Leader (temp.)).”

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointment, Promotion, and Relinquishments of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,
Wellington, 9th September, 1948.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointment, promotion, and relinquishments of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force :—

AIR TRAINING CORPS
Appointment
Donald Booth STEVENSON is granted a commission in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 1st June, 1948.

Promotion
Flying Officer Raymond John Maltby HAGGERT to be Flight Lieutenant. Dated 1st June, 1948.

Relinquishments
The undermentioned officers relinquish their commissions :—
Flying Officer Gerald GREEN.
Flying Officer John Clyde DUTHIE.
Flying Officer Launcelot Bobs GALBRAITH.
Flying Officer John Dennis FOWLER.
Dated 31st May, 1948.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments and Transfer of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,
Wellington, 13th September, 1948.

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

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Appointment
As Pilot—
1071 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) John Donovan ROBINS, D.F.C., relinquishes his temporary commission and is granted a short-service commission in his present rank and seniority. Dated 1st April, 1947.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH
Appointment
Special Duties Division—
29111 Squadron Leader (temp.) Francis Eugene FENNESSY relinquishes his temporary commission and is granted a permanent commission in his present rank and seniority. Dated 1st October, 1947.

MEDICAL BRANCH
Appointment
2530 Donald Galbraith MACNEILL, M.B., Ch.B., D.P.H., is granted an extended-service commission for a period of two years in the temporary rank of Flight Lieutenant, with seniority as from 9th August, 1944. Dated 18th June, 1948.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
Transfer
1151 Squadron Leader Sidney Richard MEATCHEM is transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I. Dated 12th October, 1948.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Customs Examining-place at Auckland

Customs Department,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1948.

I, WALTER NASH, Minister of Customs, in exercise of the powers vested in me for this purpose by the Customs Act, 1913, do, by this Warrant, hereby appoint the undermentioned premises at the Port of Auckland to be a place for the examination by the Customs of goods subject to the control of the Customs, viz. :—

The Air Cargo room situated in the building known as the Main Engineering Store erected on land leased from the Auckland Harbour Board measuring approximately 175 ft. by 141 ft., situated on the Eastern Reclamation at the northern end of Chaytor Street adjacent to the aircraft mooring-site at Mechanics Bay, Waitemata Harbour.

W. NASH, Minister of Customs.

Appointment of Honorary Officer

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 29 of the Statutes Amendment Act, 1946, I, Frederick Hackett, Minister of Marine, do hereby appoint the person named in the following Schedule to be an Honorary Officer for the acclimatization district shown in such Schedule for the purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908, such person to hold office until the 31st March, 1950.

Dated at Wellington, this 9th day of September, 1948.

SCHEDULE
HAWKE’S BAY ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT
Ronald Norman Tait.

F. HACKETT, Minister of Marine.

Appointments in the Public Service

Office of the Public Service Commission,
Wellington, 13th September, 1948.

THE Public Service Commission has made the following appointments in the Public Service :—

John Penman

to be an Inspector of Coal-mines under the Coal-mines Act, 1925, and its amendments, on and from the 18th day of August, 1948.

Eric Milroy

to be an Examiner in Sight Tests for the purposes of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, on and from the 30th day of August, 1948.

James Gibson

to be Registrar of Brands for the Ashburton Branding District, for the purposes of the Stock Act, 1908, on and from the 1st day of October, 1948.

L. A. ATKINSON, Secretary.