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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 24

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Resignations, and Retirement of Officers of the New Zealand Military Forces

Army Department,
Wellington, 7th April, 1949.

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

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY

Regular Force—

Lieutenant and Quartermaster J. G. Gilberd to be temp. Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 15th December, 1948.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS

Territorial Force—

1st Divisional Regiment, R.N.Z.A.C. (New Zealand Scottish)—

Major-General Sir Norman W. McD. Weir, K.B.E., C.B., Generals’ List, is appointed Colonel of the Regiment. Dated 1st April, 1949.

THE ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS

Regular Force—

Lieutenant and Quartermaster R. W. Robinson to be Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 30th March, 1949.

THE ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY CORPS

Territorial Force—

The North Auckland Regiment—

Leo Desmond Pointon to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.), and is seconded to the Kaitaia District High School Cadets, Area 3. Dated 1st January, 1949.

The Wellington West Coast and Taranaki Regiment—

Lieutenant D. H. Thurston, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be temp. Lieutenant, with seniority from 2nd November, 1946, and is seconded to the Hawera Technical High School Cadets, Area 8. Dated 1st February, 1949.

Lieutenant C. M. Douglas, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be temp. Lieutenant, with seniority from 16th January, 1948, and is seconded to the Hawera Technical High School Cadets, Area 8. Dated 1st February, 1949.

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) R. W. Russell ceases to be seconded to the Hawera Technical High School Cadets and resigns his commission. Dated 28th March, 1949.

The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment—

Gordon Francis Doole to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.), and is seconded to the Marlborough College Cadets, Area 9. Dated 1st February, 1949.

Cedric Theodore Irvine to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.), and is seconded to the Motueka District High School Cadets, Area 9. Dated 1st February, 1949.

The Canterbury Regiment—

Terence Patrick Moloney to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.), and is seconded to St. Bede’s College Cadets, Area 10. Dated 1st March, 1949.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS

Regular Force—

Captain and Quartermaster C. E. Slade-Jones, having reached the normal age for retirement, is transferred to the Supernumerary List, N.Z. Regular Force, with his present rank and seniority. Dated 31st January, 1949.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMY DENTAL CORPS

Regular Force—

Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Colonel) B. S. Finn, C.B.E., D.S.O., E.D., K.H.D.S., relinquishes the appointment of Director of Dental Services (Navy, Army, and Air). Dated 31st March, 1949.

Major W. MacD. Ford, B.D.S., to be temp. Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 1st April, 1949.

Territorial Force—

Lieutenant-Colonel J. F. Fuller, O.B.E., B.D.S., from the Retired List, to be Colonel, and is appointed Director of Dental Services (Navy, Army, and Air) on a part-time basis. Dated 1st April, 1949.

THE ROYAL N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT

Territorial Force—

The Rev. T. M. C. Hay, Chaplain, 4th Class (Presbyterian) is transferred to the Reserve List, Class I, Area 11. Dated 28th March, 1949.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE

Regular Force—

Charge Sister P. I. Johnston is granted a further extension of her short-service commission to 31st December, 1949.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS

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

Lieutenant A. C. Hipwell is posted to the Retired List. Dated 30th March, 1949.

OFFICER CEASING TO BE SECONDED TO THE 2ND NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

Captain W. A. Simpson, and is reposted to the N.Z. Regular Force with the rank of Lieutenant, with seniority from 12th December, 1944. Dated 13th January, 1949.

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

Captain H. Bleasdale, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 29th March, 1949.

H. T. S. Smith, Esq., Y.M.C.A. Dated 22nd March, 1948.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Probation Officer Appointed

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 5th April, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint—

Olive Orsborn

to be Probation Officer for Women under the Offenders Probation Act, 1920, and the Crimes Amendment Acts, 1910 and 1920, for the Borough of Napier.

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

Member of Licensing Committee Appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 7th April, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

James McIndoe, Esquire,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of North Dunedin, vice J. R. K. Roxburgh, Esquire.

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

Justice of the Peace Appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 7th April, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Ranulph Montague Astbury, Esquire,

of Wellington, to be a Justice of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies.

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

Members of the Spray Rabbit Board Appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4648)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 6th April, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of section 29 of the Rabbit Nuisance Amendment Act, 1947, to appoint, on the 5th day of April, 1949—

Oscar Earnest Duncan,
George Duncan Hille,
Edward Augustus Samuels,
Charles Frederick Shanks, and
John Kenneth Williamson

to be members of the Spray Rabbit Board.

EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Member of the Spray Rabbit Board Appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4649)

PURSUANT to section 37 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, the Minister of Agriculture doth hereby appoint—

George Duncan Shand,

being an Inspector appointed under Part I of the said Act, to be a member of the Spray Rabbit Board.

Dated at Wellington, this 5th day of April, 1949.

EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Member of the Taieri Ridge Rabbit Board Appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4650)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 7th April, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of section 56 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, to appoint, on the 29th day of March, 1949—

John Thomas Peddie

to be a member of the Taieri Ridge Rabbit Board, vice Harrie Selwyn Steenson, resigned.

EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.