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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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Appointments and Relinquishments of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,
Wellington, 18th March, 1949.

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

REGULAR AIR FORCE

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointments

As Pilots—
The undermentioned officers relinquish their temporary commissions and are granted extended-service commissions for a period of four years in their present rank and seniority:-
70074 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Desmond Fenwick NEVILLE.
70151 Flying Officer (temp.) Philip HORTON.
70172 Flying Officer (temp.) Robert James SCOTT.
Dated 1st April, 1947.

The notices appearing in the New Zealand Gazette Nos. 46, 50, and 51 of 1947 in respect of the officers referred to above, are hereby cancelled.

TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointments

As Navigator—
130074 John Graeme Sinclair REID, previously known as Graeme Sinclair Reid, on relinquishing his commission in the Reserve of Air Force Officers, is granted a commission for a period of five years in the temporary rank of Flying Officer, with seniority as from 16th December, 1944. Dated 1st December, 1948.

The undermentioned officers, on relinquishing their commissions in the Reserve of Air Force Officers, are granted commissions for a period of four years in the rank and seniority stated:-
As Pilots—
With seniority as from 30th July, 1943-
130073 Flying Officer (temp.) Leicester George SMITH, D.F.C.
With seniority as from 5th September, 1943-
130071 Flying Officer (temp.) Arthur Ian Ross.
With seniority as from 3rd December, 1944-
130072 Flying Officer (temp.) Donald Cook, D.F.C.
Dated 1st December, 1948.

As Navigators—
With seniority as from 4th May, 1945-
130077 Flying Officer (temp.) Richard Hilary WOODHOUSE.
With seniority as from 6th May, 1945-
130076 Flying Officer (temp.) John Gilbert SCOTT.
Dated 1st December, 1948.

The undermentioned officers, on relinquishing their commissions in the Reserve of Air Force Officers, are granted commissions for a period of three years, in the rank and seniority stated:-
As Pilots—
With seniority as from 23rd March, 1946-
130066 Squadron Leader (temp.) William Keith PATERSON, A.F.C.
With seniority as from 31st January, 1944-
130067 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) John Charles ELMSLY.
With seniority as from 11th June, 1944-
130068 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Donald Louis CLOW, D.F.C.
With seniority as from 2nd April, 1945-
130069 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) James Edward SANDERS.
Dated 1st December, 1948.

As Navigators—
With seniority as from 1st April, 1943-
130070 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Geoffrey John Fox.
With seniority as from 16th December, 1944-
130075 Flying Officer (temp.) Frederick Joshua McDONALD.
Dated 1st December, 1948.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Relinquishments

The undermentioned officers relinquish their commissions-
1326 Squadron Leader William Keith PATERSON, A.F.C.
401205 Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey John Fox.
413830 Flight Lieutenant John Charles ELMSLY.
41877 Flight Lieutenant Donald Louis Clow, D.F.C.
414352 Flight Lieutenant Leicester George SMITH, D.F.C.
424523 Flight Lieutenant Arthur Ian Ross.
405325 Flight Lieutenant James Edward SANDERS.
422373 Flying Officer Donald Cook, D.F.C.
4216517 Flying Officer Frederick Joshua McDONALD.
432729 Flying Officer Graeme Sinclair REID.
413925 Flying Officer Richard Hilary WOODHOUSE.
4213321 Flying Officer John Gilbert SCOTT.
Dated 1st December, 1948.
F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Justice of the Peace Resigns

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st March, 1949.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation by Frederick George Vincent, Esquire, of Christchurch, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies.
H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Stipendiary Magistrate Resigns

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st March, 1949.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation by John Hearsey Salmon, Esquire, of his appointment as a Stipendiary Magistrate as from the 31st July, 1949.
H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Justice of the Peace Authorized to Exercise Jurisdiction in Children's Court

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st March, 1949.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to authorize James Thomas Benjamin Taaffe, Esquire, J.P., to exercise jurisdiction in the Children's Court established at Kaitaia.
H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Appointment of Honorary Officers

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 persons named in the following Schedule to be Honorary Officers for the acclimatization districts shown in such Schedule for the purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908, such persons to hold office until the 31st March, 1950.
Dated at Wellington, this 18th day of March, 1949.
SCHEDULE
NELSON ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT
Arnold Gordon Reid.
SOUTH CANTERBURY ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT
Howard Blackwell Chamberlain.
Thomas Henry Dunstan.
Malcolm Manson Orton.
F. HACKETT, Minister of Marine.

Transmitting and Receiving Officer for the Service of Notices by Telegraph

General Post Office,
Wellington, 17th March, 1949.
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 officers, at the addresses set against their names, are hereby appointed transmitting and receiving officers 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 :-
Ephraim Leo Dickie, Postmaster, Eltham.
Edwin Victor Fry, Deputy Chief Postmaster, Auckland.
Ronald Leslie Horn, Chief Postmaster, Hamilton.
John Manson Sutherland, Chief Postmaster, Timaru.
F. HACKETT, Minister of Telegraphs.

Member of the Blue Mountain Rabbit Board Appointed.-(Notice No. Ag. 4629)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 17th March, 1949.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of section 56 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, to appoint, on the 7th day of March, 1949-
Seymour Tancred Richmond to be a member of the Blue Mountain Rabbit Board, vice John Bateman Dick, resigned.
EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.