MAY 26] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1217

Captain J. F. Byrne, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Major, with seniority from 8th January, 1949. Dated 1st May, 1949.

Captain F. G. Spackman, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Captain, with seniority from 9th December, 1945. Dated 1st May, 1949.

Captain N. McK. Cotching, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Captain, with seniority from 22nd December, 1945. Dated 1st May, 1949.

Captain J. G. Seton, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Captain, with seniority from 20th February, 1946. Dated 1st May, 1949.

Temp. Captain W. T. Ngata, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Captain, with seniority from 20th June, 1946. Dated 1st May, 1949.

Captain E. P. Bunny, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Captain, with seniority from 12th July, 1946. Dated 1st May, 1949.

Captain T. S. George, from the Retired List, to be Captain, with seniority from 8th September, 1946. Dated 1st May, 1949.

Captain F. R. Porter, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Captain, with seniority from 21st October, 1946. Dated 1st May, 1949.

Captain C. A. L. Ferguson, from the Retired List, to be Captain, with seniority from 22nd October, 1946. Dated 1st May, 1949.

Captain D. Dalton, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Captain, with seniority from 2nd February, 1947. Dated 1st May, 1949.

Temp. Captain S. G. Chaplin, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Captain, with seniority from 12th July, 1947. Dated 1st May, 1949.

Temp. Captain J. R. Beckett, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Captain, with seniority from 28th September, 1947. Dated 1st May, 1949.

Temp. Captain T. B. Cranswick, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Captain, with seniority from 8th December, 1947. Dated 1st May, 1949.

Temp. Captain and Quartermaster O. Jonson, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Captain, with seniority from 28th May, 1948. Dated 1st May, 1949.

Lieutenant I. McG. Logan, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 15th May, 1946. Dated 1st May, 1949.

Lieutenant D. W. Harrison, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 4th December, 1946. Dated 1st May, 1949.

Lieutenant M. Waerea, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 27th July, 1948. Dated 1st May, 1949.

Lieutenant D. H. Beamish, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 1st September, 1948. Dated 1st May, 1949.

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) B. Lopdell, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority from 26th February, 1947. Dated 1st May, 1949.

2nd Lieutenant C. M. Le Quesne, from the Retired List, to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority from 21st March, 1947. Dated 1st May, 1949.

2nd Lieutenant L. G. Sefton, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority from 13th March, 1948. Dated 1st May, 1949.

2nd Lieutenant A. E. Eades, from the Retired List to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority from 4th June, 1948. Dated 1st May, 1949.

General List—

The Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps—

Captain D. E. Williams, M.C., from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Captain, with seniority from 31st July, 1947. Dated 1st May, 1949.

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

Major G. R. Blackett, M.C., E.D., and is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 22nd April, 1949.

Captain E. W. Smith, M.B.E., V.D., and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 20th April, 1949.

Captain B. L. Campbell, M.B., Ch.B., and is posted to the Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps, Territorial Force, with the rank of Captain, with seniority from 26th April, 1948. Dated 21st April, 1949.

Lieutenant J. A. Mitchell, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 21st April, 1949.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointment of an Officer of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,
Wellington, 21st May, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointment of an officer of the Royal New Zealand Air Force:—

REGULAR AIR FORCE

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH

Appointment

Secretarial Division—

N.Z. 1171 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) John Paul VALLIS relinquishes his temporary commission and is granted an extended-service commission for a period of four years in his present rank and seniority. Dated 1st October, 1947.

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Cancellation

The following notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette under the heading “Administrative and Supply Branch—Appointments—Secretarial Division” in respect of the undermentioned officer is hereby cancelled :—

No. 20, dated 15th April, 1948, page 396—

“N.Z. 1171 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) John Paul VALLIS.”

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Amendment

With reference to the notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 50, dated 16th September, 1948, page 1175, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfer” relating to “1151 Squadron Leader Sidney Richard MEATCHEM,” for “Dated 12th October, 1948,” substitute “Dated 7th November, 1948.”

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Staff of His Excellency the Governor-General

Wellington, 18th May, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments :—

STAFF OF HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL

Honorary Aides-de-Camp

The undermentioned to be Honorary Aides-de-Camp to the Governor-General for the period 1st April, 1949, to 31st March, 1950 :—

Commander John George Hilliard, D.S.C., V.R.D., R.N.Z.N.V.R. (Auckland).

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Terence Wickham Nolan, D.S.O., Royal N.Z. Artillery (Auckland).

Wing Commander Thomas Francis Gill, D.S.O., R.N.Z.A.F. (Auckland).

Lieutenant Commander Peter Temple Williams, R.N. (Wellington).

Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Sneddon McKinnon, O.B.E., Royal N.Z. Artillery (Wellington).

Wing Commander John William Henry Bray, R.N.Z.A.F. (Wellington).

Commander Sydney Warren Hicks, V.R.D., R.N.Z.N.V.R. (Christchurch).

Lieutenant-Colonel John Arthur Bretherton, Royal N.Z. Artillery (Christchurch).

Squadron Leader George Robert Brabyn, A.F.C., R.N.Z.A.F. (Christchurch).

Squadron Leader William Robert Kofoed, D.S.O., D.F.C., Territorial Air Force (Dunedin).

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Allen McPhail, D.S.O., M.C., Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps (Invercargill).

Honorary Surgeon

The period of appointment of Colonel Robert Allan Elliott, O.B.E., M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.S. (Edin.), Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps (Wellington), as Honorary Surgeon to the Governor-General is extended to 31st March, 1950.

Honorary Physicians

The undermentioned to be Honorary Physicians to the Governor-General for the period 1st April, 1949, to 31st March, 1950 :—

Surgeon Captain Eric Snow McPhail, V.R.D., M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.S. (Edin.), R.N.Z.N. (Auckland).

Group Captain Patrick Brunton Lee Potter, O.B.E., M.D., D.P.H., D.T.M. and H., R.A.F. (Wellington).

Dated 1st April, 1949.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Honorary Acting-Consul of Norway at Wellington Appointed

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 16th May, 1949.

IT is hereby notified for public information that during the absence from New Zealand of J. Halligan, Esquire, Honorary Consul of Norway at Wellington,

Walter James Goddard, Esquire,

has been appointed Honorary Acting-Consul.

P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.

Member of the Arawa District Trust Board Appointed

Department of Maori Affairs,
Wellington, 11th May, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint, pursuant to section 51 of the Maori Purposes Act, 1931,

Brian Chaytor

to be a member of the Arawa District Trust Board to represent the Rangitīhi Sub-tribe of the Arawa Tribe in the place of Apa Tuiki Creeke, deceased.

P. FRASER, Minister of Maori Affairs.

(M.A. 26/4/2.)