SEPT. 29] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2387

Appointments, Promotions, and Relinquishments of Commissions of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,
Wellington, 19th September, 1949.

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

TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH
Appointment

Special Duties Division—

130644 Thomas Charles Brian COOPER, 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 1st August, 1943. Dated 1st July, 1949.

AIR TRAINING CORPS
Appointments

The undermentioned are granted commissions in the rank of Pilot Officers (on prob.) :—

Patrick John Joseph McMULLAN. Dated 1st July, 1949.
Ronald Henry SWAIN. Dated 1st July, 1949.
Donald Balfour JOSEPH. Dated 2nd June, 1949.

Promotions

Flight Lieutenant Arthur John KINGSTON to be Squadron Leader. Dated 1st August, 1949.
Pilot Officer George Raymond TESTER to be Flying Officer. Dated 13th January, 1949.

Relinquishment

Flying Officer Malcolm Clive BARNETT relinquishes his commission. Dated 15th August, 1949.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
Relinquishment

402855 Flying Officer Thomas Charles Brian COOPER relinquishes his commission. Dated 1st July, 1949.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointment and Retirement of an Officer of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,
Wellington, 26th September, 1949.

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

REGULAR AIR FORCE
RETIRED LIST

70205 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Frank Lionel GOLDSMITH, M.B.E., is placed on the Retired List. Dated 1st June, 1949.

TECHNICAL BRANCH
Appointment

Engineer Division—

70205 Frank Lionel GOLDSMITH, M.B.E., is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant (temp.), with seniority as from 1st July, 1942. Dated 1st June, 1949.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Vice-Consul of the United States of America at Wellington Appointed

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

IT is hereby notified for public information that the appointment of

James Poore Osbourn, Esquire,

as Vice-Consul of the United States of America at Wellington, has been recognized.

P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.

Appointment of Consul of the United States of America at Auckland Provisionally Recognized

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 20th September, 1949.

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

Mulford A. Colebrook, Esquire,

as Consul of the United States of America at Auckland has been provisionally recognized.

P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.

Member of Government Service Tribunal Appointed

Office of Prime Minister,
Wellington, 28th September, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General in Council has been pleased to appoint, pursuant to section 4 of the Government Service Tribunal Act, 1948,

John Ord Shearer, Esquire, M.A.

to be a member of the Government Service Tribunal to act in place of the Honourable Richard Eddy, M.L.C.

P. FRASER, Prime Minister.

Officers of the Police Force Appointed

Police Department,
Wellington, 27th September, 1949.

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

Sub-Inspector William Kane
to be an Inspector, and

Senior-Sergeant John Southworth
to be a Sub-Inspector

in the New Zealand Police Force, the appointment in each case to take effect on and from the 1st September, 1949.

P. FRASER,
Minister in Charge of Police Department.

Police Gaoler Appointed

Prisons Department
Wellington, 23rd September, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Senior-Sergeant Frederick Melton Fuller
to be Police Gaoler at Whakatane, vice Sergeant Farrell (retired).

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

Member of Licensing Committee Appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd September, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Simon Thomas O'Rourke, Esquire,
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Otaki.

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

Stipendiary Magistrate Appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th September, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Malcolm Cort Astley, Esquire,
of Dargaville, to be a Stipendiary Magistrate to exercise criminal and civil jurisdiction within New Zealand.

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

Appointment of Honorary Fishery Officer

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

Kevin James Campbell

to be an Honorary Fishery Officer for the purposes of Part I of the Fisheries Act, 1908, to hold office until the 31st day of March, 1950.

Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of September, 1949.

F. HACKETT, Minister of Marine.

Individual Valve-type Hearing Aids.—Notice of Approval of Additional Hearing Aids Under the Provisions of the Social Security (Hospital Benefits for Out-patients) Regulations 1947

PURSUANT to the provisions of Regulation 4 of the Social Security (Hospital Benefits for Out-patients) Regulations 1947, I, Mabel Bowden Howard, Minister of Health, give notice that I have approved of the following valve-type hearing aid for the purposes of these regulations :—

Standard Hearing Aids.

M. B. HOWARD, Minister of Health.