APRIL 7] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

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

Air Department, Wellington, 30th March, 1949.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointment and extension of engagement of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force:-

REGULAR AIR FORCE
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Appointment
As Navigator--
73500 Norman Johnathon INGRAM, D.F.C., D.F.M., on relinquishing his commission in the Reserve of Air Force Officers, is granted a short service commission in the temporary rank of Flight Lieutenant, with seniority as from 30th December, 1946. Dated 7th March, 1949.

Extension of Commissions
As Signallers--
The undermentioned officers are granted an extension of their commissions for the periods stated in their present rank and seniority, as from 1st April, 1949.
For a period of one year--
70125 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Robert William MACADAM.
70146 Flying Officer (temp.) Na'Pierre Creighton VAUGHAN.
70155 Flying Officer (temp.) David William GRAY.
For a period of six months--
70157 Flying Officer (temp.) Edward George LEATHAM.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
Relinquishment
2408 Flight Lieutenant Norman Johnathon INGRAM, D.F.C., D.F.M., relinquishes his commission. Dated 7th March, 1949.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Acting Consul of Sweden at Wellington Appointed
Ministry of External Affairs, Wellington, 5th April, 1949.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the appointment of
Olof Bjurström, Esquire
as Acting Consul of Sweden, at Wellington (in place of Mr. Sixten Wikström) has been recognized.
P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.

Auditor Under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, Licensed
IN pursuance of section 10 of the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to licence--
William Leonard Gray, Esquire,
of Napier, to act as a public auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909.

W. NASH, Minister in Charge of Friendly Societies.

Members of Licensing Committees Appointed
Department of Justice, Wellington, 6th April, 1949.
H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint--
Gordon Arthur Perreau, Esquire,
of Feilding, to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Manawatu, and
Jack Duddingston Willis, Esquire, S.M., to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Dunedin, from 31st March, 1949, vice H. W. Bundle, Esquire, S.M., and
Henry James Thompson, Esquire, S.M., to be a member of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Malborough, Nelson, and Buller, from 1st April, 1949, vice T. E. Maunsell, Esquire, S.M., and
John Gray Warrington, Esquire, S.M., to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of North Dunedin, from 31st March, 1949, vice H. W. Bundle, Esquire, S.M.

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

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS
Regular Force-
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) P. W. Rennison to be Captain. Dated 22nd October, 1948.

THE ROYAL N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT
Territorial Force-
The Rev. O. T. Baragwanath, Chaplain, 4th Class (temp. Chaplain 3rd Class) (Presbyterian), to be Chaplain, 3rd Class, with seniority from 7th August, 1943. Dated 1st December, 1948.
With reference to the notice published in the N.Z. Gazette No. 7, dated 10th February, 1949, relative to the Rev. F' J. Green, Chaplain, 3rd Class (Presbyterian), for "with seniority from 31st July, 1947," substitute "with seniority from 7th October, 1943."
With reference to the notice published in the N.Z. Gazette No. 4, dated 27th January, 1949, relative to the Rev. H. G. Norris, Chaplain, 3rd Class (Church of England), for "with seniority from 29th August, 1947," substitute "with seniority from 6th September, 1944."
With reference to the notice published in the N.Z. Gazette No. 4, dated 27th January, 1949, relative to the Rev. W. E. W. Hurst, Chaplain, 4th Class (Church of England), for "with seniority from 19th October, 1942," substitute "with seniority from 13th September, 1939."
With reference to the notice published in the N.Z. Gazette No. 7, dated 10th February, 1949, relative to the Rev. R. J. Griffiths, M.B.E., Chaplain, 4th Class (Presbyterian), for "with seniority from 5th October, 1942," substitute "with seniority from 12th October, 1939."
With reference to the notice published in the N.Z. Gazette No. 4, dated 27th January, 1949, relative to the Rev. J. S. H. Perkins, Chaplain, 4th Class (Church of England), for "with seniority from 14th April, 1946," substitute "with seniority from 20th August, 1941."
With reference to the notice published in the N.Z. Gazette No. 7, dated 10th February, 1949, relative to the Rev. A. D. Robertson, Chaplain, 4th Class (Presbyterian), for "with seniority from 17th August, 1946," substitute "with seniority from 27th June, 1942."
With reference to the notice published in the N.Z. Gazette No. 4, dated 27th January, 1949, relative to the Rev. R. P. Andrews, Chaplain, 4th Class (Church of England), for "with seniority from 19th June, 1946," substitute "with seniority from 21st October, 1943."

SUPERNUMERARY LIST, N.Z. REGULAR FORCE
Captain S. E. Gray is posted to the Retired List. Dated 15th February, 1949.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS
The Royal N.Z. Artillery-
2nd Lieutenant A. Ramsden is posted to the Retired List. Dated 13th March, 1949.
The Wellington West Coast and Taranaki Regiment-
Lieutenant L. O'B. Fitzmaurice is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain. Dated 22nd March, 1949.
The Hawkes Bay Regiment-
Lieutenant E. R. F. Scarfe, D.C.M., is posted to the Retired List. Dated 17th March, 1949.
The Royal N.Z. Chaplains Department-
The Rev. F. W. McCaskill, Chaplain, 4th Class (Presbyterian), Reserve List, Class I, relinquishes his commission. Dated 18th March, 1949.
The Rev. R. F. Judson, M.C., Chaplain, 4th Class (Presbyterian), Reserve List, Class II, relinquishes his commission. Dated 18th March, 1949.
The Rev. N. F. Sansom, Chaplain, 4th Class (Presbyterian), Reserve List, Class II, relinquishes his commission. Dated 18th March, 1949.
Supplementary List-
The Rev. R. B. Spence, Chaplain, 4th Class (temp. Chaplain, 3rd Class) (Presbyterian), relinquishes his commission. Dated 18th March, 1949.

OFFICERS CEASING TO BE SECONDED TO THE 2ND NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
Captain B. M. Poananga, and is reposted to the N.Z. Regular Force with the rank of Lieutenant, with seniority from 10th December, 1946. Dated 9th October, 1948.
Captain N. P. Dowsett, M.B., Ch.B., the Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps, and is reposted to the Territorial Force with the temporary rank of Captain, with seniority from 3rd May, 1947. Dated 22nd October, 1948.
The Rev. J. F. Henley, Chaplain, 3rd Class (Roman Catholic), the Royal N.Z. Chaplains Department, and is reposted to the Territorial Force, Area 8, with the rank of Chaplain, 3rd Class, with seniority from 27th February, 1943. Dated 18th February, 1949.

OFFICERS STRUCK OFF THE STRENGTH OF THE 2ND NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
Major D. R. Laurence, and relinquishes his commission. Dated 20th February, 1948.
With reference to the notice published in the N.Z. Gazette No. 13, dated 3rd March, 1949, relative to Lieutenant B. A. Packer, for " Dated 15th December, 1949," substitute " Dated 15th December, 1948," and for " Dated 15th November, 1949," substitute " Dated 15th November, 1948."

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.