OCT. 28]

THE ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS

Regular Force--
Captain (on prob.) J. F. W. Tonge, M.B.E., is reposted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, with the rank of Captain.
Dated 27th September, 1948.

THE ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY CORPS

Regular Force--
N.Z. Regiment--
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) H. E. P. Downes is granted an extension of his short-service commission from one year to two years, terminating on 31st October, 1949.
Lieutenant and Quartermaster S. Catchpole to be Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 30th September, 1948.

Territorial Force--
The Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington's Own)--
Temp. Lieutenant E. M. P. Flaws to be temp. Captain and remains seconded to the Wellington College Cadets, Area 5. Dated 9th April, 1948.

The Canterbury Regiment--
2nd Lieutenant M. H. Biggs to be temp. Lieutenant, and remains seconded to the Timaru Boys' High School Cadets, Area 10. Dated 18th May, 1948.
2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) H. A. W. Gallagher ceases to be seconded to the Christchurch West High School Cadets, Area 10, and resigns his commission. Dated 20th September, 1948.

The Otago and Southland Regiment--
Lieutenant W. R. Curwen to be temp. Captain, and remains seconded to the Southland Technical College Cadets, Area 12. Dated 1st October, 1948.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

Territorial Force--
Colonel Sir Hugh T. D. Acland, Kt., C.M.G., C.B.E., F.R.C.S. (Eng.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.), relinquishes the appointment of Assistant Director of Medical Services, Southern Military District, on a part-time basis, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 30th September, 1948.
Colonel D. G. Radcliffe, O.B.E., M.B., Ch.M. (Sydney), F.R.C.S. (Eng.), M.R.C.P. (Lond.), M.S. (Melb.), from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be temp. Colonel, with seniority from 11th June, 1947, and is appointed Assistant Director of Medical Services, Southern Military District, on a part-time basis. Dated 1st October, 1948.
Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel F. L. Hutter, M.B., Ch.B., is granted an extension of his appointment as Assistant Director of Medical Services, Army Headquarters, on a part-time basis, for a period of twelve months as from 1st October, 1948.

SUPERNUMERARY LIST, N.Z. REGULAR FORCE
Captain and Quartermaster A. Taylor, D.S.M., is posted to the Retired List. Dated 19th October, 1948.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS

Supplementary List
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) J. R. H. Hefford, B.D.S., relinquishes his commission. Dated 5th October, 1948.

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

Major N. R. Jefferson, M.B., Ch.B., and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 7th July, 1948.
Major J. L. Lawson, and is reposted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, with the rank of Major. Dated 29th September, 1948.
Lieutenant (Acting-Captain) J. G. Watson, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 5th August, 1948.
Lieutenant A. Howell, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 8th October, 1948.
Lieutenant J. M. Potts, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 11th October, 1948.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 21st October, 1948.

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

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Promotion
1071 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) John Donovan Robins, D.F.C., to be Squadron Leader (temp.), with seniority as from 2nd April, 1947. Dated 27th September, 1948.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH

Appointment
Secretarial Division--
403825 George Thomas BEBAN, on relinquishing his commission in the Reserve of Air Force Officers, is granted a permanent commission in the temporary rank of Flying Officer, with seniority as from 6th August, 1947. Dated 11th October, 1948.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Relinquishment
403825 Flying Officer George Thomas BEBAN relinquishes his commission. Dated 11th October, 1948.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Members of the Arawa District Trust Board Appointed

Department of Maori Affairs,
Wellington, 20th October, 1948.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint, pursuant to section 51 of the Maori Purposes Act, 1931--
Kapua te Ua
to be a member of the Arawa District Trust Board to represent the Tarawhai Sub-tribe of the Arawa Tribe.

W. NASH,
For the Minister of Maori Affairs.

Police Gaoler Appointed

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 26th October, 1948.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint
Senior Sergeant Leslie Edward Geoffrey Wilson
to be Police Gaoler at Ruatoria, vice Senior Sergeant Reardon, transferred.

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

Appointment of Honorary Child Welfare Officers Under the Child Welfare Act, 1925

Education Department,
Wellington, 12th October, 1948.

IN pursuance of section 2 of the Child Welfare Act, 1925, I, Terence Henderson McCombs, Minister of Education, do hereby appoint the following persons as Honorary Child Welfare Officers for the purpose of the said Act for the year ending the 31st March, 1949:
Name. District.
Tolson, Mrs. Henrietta Ruth ... ... ... Stewart Island.
Sands, Reverend John ...

M. B. HOWARD,
For the Minister of Education.

Member of the Moawhango Rabbit Board Appointed.--(Notice No. Ag. 4558)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 21st October, 1948.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of section 56 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, to appoint, on the 14th day of October, 1948--
Thomas Shepherd
to be a member of the Moawhango Rabbit Board, vice Frederick Randall Cottrell, deceased.

EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Transmitting and Receiving Officer for the Service of Notices by Telegraph

General Post Office,
Wellington, 15th October, 1948.

IN pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by the Post and Telegraph Act, 1928 (hereinafter termed the said Act), and by the regulations made on the 12th May, 1914, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 21st May, 1914, the following officer, at the address set against his name, is appointed transmitting and receiving officer for the purpose of dealing with all notices by telegraph sent under the said Act or regulations, and of signing such certificates in relation to the service of any such notices as are required or authorized to be signed or given under the said Act or the regulations aforesaid:--
James Henry McKay, Senior Supervisor, Telegraph Branch, Gisborne.

F. HACKETT, Minister of Telegraphs.