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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 13

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

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Army Department,
Wellington, 1st March, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, transfers, relinquishment of commission, and retirements of officers of the New Zealand Military Forces :—

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS

Regular Force—

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) R. N. Griggs to be Captain. Dated 14th December, 1948.

Territorial Force—

2nd N.Z. Armoured Regiment, R.N.Z.A.C.—

Temp. Major E. F. Laws, E.D., from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Major, with seniority from 14th March, 1937, and is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class II (b), Area 6. Dated 18th April, 1947.

THE ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS

Territorial Force—

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) A. J. W. Dobson, seconded to the Howick District High School Cadets, is confirmed.

THE ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY CORPS

Territorial Force—

3rd Infantry Brigade—

Temp. Brigadier J. T. Burrows, D.S.O., E.D., from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Brigadier, with seniority from 1st July, 1944, and is appointed Commander, 3rd Infantry Brigade. Dated 1st December, 1948.

The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own)—

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) R. S. McKenzie, seconded to the Otahuhu College Cadets, is confirmed.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) J. E. Powell, seconded to the Seddon Memorial Technical College Cadets, is confirmed.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) R. A. Scott, seconded to the Takapuna Grammar School Cadets, is confirmed.

The Hauraki Regiment—

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) I. S. Hamilton, seconded to the Rotorua High School Cadets, is confirmed.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) S. H. Lee, seconded to the Tauranga College Cadets, is confirmed.

The Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington’s Own)—

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 4, dated 27th January, 1949, relative to the relinquishment of commission of temp. Captain F. B. Bath, for “Dated 14th January, 1949,” substitute “Dated 16th January, 1949.”

The Hawkes Bay Regiment—

Temp. Lieutenant T. R. Chadwick to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 1st August, 1948, and remains seconded to the Dannevirke High School Cadets. Dated 10th September, 1948.

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant F. N. Tritt to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority from 13th July, 1947, and remains seconded to the Dannevirke High School Cadets. Dated 10th September, 1948.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) C. C. Brown, seconded to the Napier Boys’ High School Cadets, is confirmed.

The Canterbury Regiment—

2nd Lieutenant M. B. Mabin to be temp. Lieutenant and remains seconded to S. Andrew’s College Cadets. Dated 1st December, 1948.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) E. B. Read, seconded to the Christchurch Boys’ High School Cadets, is confirmed.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) G. A. Hillind, seconded to the Timaru Boys’ High School Cadets, is confirmed.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) T. F. Kennedy, seconded to the Christchurch Technical College Cadets, is confirmed.

The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment—

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) K. R. Askew, seconded to the Moteuka District High School Cadets, is confirmed.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) B. G. Overton, seconded to the Nelson College Cadets, is confirmed.

The Otago and Southland Regiment—

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) H. D. Ryan, seconded to the Southland Technical College Cadets, is confirmed.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS

Regular Force—

Lieutenant and Quartermaster (temp. Captain and Quartermaster) R. Stroud to be Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 1st December, 1948.

Captain G. J. H. Atkinson, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be temp. Lieutenant (on prob.) and is posted for duty to Main Ordnance Depot, Trentham, as Group Officer, Group 9 (Engineers Stores). Dated 17th February, 1949.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE

Territorial Force—

Rita Fairbrass to be Sister. Dated 17th February, 1949.

SUPERNUMERARY LIST, N.Z. REGULAR FORCE

Captain and Quartermaster K. Hoare is posted to the Retired List. Dated 19th February, 1949.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS

The Royal N.Z. Chaplains Department—

The Rev. H. Harris, Chaplain 4th Class (Church of England), Reserve List, Class II, is posted to the Retired List. Dated 23rd February, 1949.

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

Major T. J. W. Mallasch, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 14th February, 1949.

Captain G. F. W. Goodall, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 4th November, 1948.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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Consul of the Republic of China at Wellington Provisionally Recognized

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Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 25th February, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that the appointment of

Chang Moon Ling, Esquire,

as Consul of the Republic of China at Wellington has been provisionally recognized.

P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.

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Member of Licensing Committee Appointed

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Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st March, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Harry Wilfred Marshall, Esquire,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Riccarton.

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

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Coroner Appointed

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Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st March, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Gordon Brittain Johnson, Esquire,

of Te Kuiti, to be a Coroner for the Dominion of New Zealand.

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

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Deputy Member of Land Valuation Committee Appointed

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Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st March, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint Mark Walton Grace, of Blenheim, to be the deputy of Joseph Henry Dick, Frederick Alderman Harrison, and Henry Anthony Ingles Mowat, members of the Marlborough Land Valuation Committee.

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

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Appointment of Advisory Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

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Department of Scientific and Industrial Research,
Wellington, 25th February, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance and by virtue of the powers conferred upon him by section 6 of the Scientific and Industrial Research Act, 1926, to appoint—

Sir Theodore Rigg, K.B.E., M.A., M.Sc., F.R.I.C., F.R.S.N.Z.,

to be a member and to be Chairman of the Advisory Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and—

John Clarke Andrews, Ph.D., M.Sc.,

Norman Lowther Edson, B.Med.Sc., M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D. (Cantab.),

Ernest James Fawcett, M.A. (Cantab.),

Edgar Ravenswood McKillop, O.B.E., M.I.C.E.,

Robert Owen Page, D.Sc.,

John Morris Ranstead, Esquire,

William Riddet, B.Sc. (Agric.), N.D.A., N.D.D., and

Donald Frederick Sandys Wunsch, M.A. (Oxon.), B.Sc. (McGill), M.I.Chem.E., A.I.M.M.,

to be the other members of the said Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the appointment to have effect as on and from 1st January, 1949, until 31st December, 1950.

T. H. McCOMBS,

Minister of Scientific and Industrial Research.