MAY 18] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 589

70163 Raymond Arthur MACKINDER. 23rd July, 1949.
70164 Ronald Charles Cecil NAIRN, D.F.M. 7th August, 1949.
70168 Noel Elliott HANNA. 14th November, 1949.
70169 Gordon Murray HASLOP. 18th November, 1949.
70170 Robert May DWERRYHOUSE, D.F.C. 7th December, 1949.
70171 Nelson Keith Haldane RENNER. 20th December, 1949. Dated 1st March, 1950.

TECHNICAL BRANCH
Promotions
The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants:—
Engineer Division—
73650 Victor HJORRING, M.B.E.
70220 James Dermot HURLEY.
70221 Claude Patrick Perrett, M.B.E.
70223 Gonville Course BENSEMAN.
70224 William John HORTON.

Signals Division—
70239 Thomas Gray SMITH.
70240 Reginald Arthur Danrell.

Armament Division—
70354 Sidney William LANE.
70247 Frederick Arthur JOLLY.
70248 William Malloch POINTON.
70249 Clifford Maurice CRAWFORD.
Dated 1st March, 1950.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH
Promotions
The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants:—
Secretarial Division—
70277 Raymond Frederick SHORT.
70278 Henry Hirst HICKEY.
70280 Maurice George CATRAN.
70357 George Thomas BEBAN.

Equipment Division—
70308 Morris Charles POLLARD.
70309 Keith Murray McGILL.
70312 Neville Alan MILLAR.
70313 William James BROWN.
70316 Donald Andrew MURRAY.
70317 Walter Cecil HENDERSON.
Dated 1st March, 1950.

T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 12th May, 1950.

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

REGULAR AIR FORCE
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Promotions
The undermentioned Flight Lieutenants to be Squadron Leaders:—
70077 Robert Keith WALKER, A.F.C.
71016 John Richard WENDEN, A.F.C.
70075 Alwyn Lennox PARLANE, A.F.C.
70056 Ernest Charles GARTRELL, D.F.C.
Dated 1st April, 1950.

TECHNICAL BRANCH
Promotions
Engineer Division—
70206 Flight Lieutenant Henry Christian SALMON to be Squadron Leader. Dated 1st April, 1950.
Signals Division—
70232 Flight Lieutenant Ferdinand Daniel BROSSI to be Squadron Leader. Dated 1st April, 1950.
Armament Division—
70242 Flight Lieutenant Albert Edward POPE to be Squadron Leader. Dated 1st April, 1950.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH
Promotions
Secretarial Division—
70263 Flight Lieutenant Desmond Joseph GAVIN to be Squadron Leader. Dated 1st April, 1950.
Equipment Division—
70297 Flight Lieutenant Edward George KING to be Squadron Leader. Dated 1st April, 1950.
70296 Flight Lieutenant Robert Berry WATSON to be Squadron Leader. Dated 1st April, 1950.

EDUCATION BRANCH
Promotion
70324 Flight Lieutenant Leslie Stewart MOODIE to be Squadron Leader. Dated 1st April, 1950.

CHAPLAINS BRANCH
Appointment
75440 The Rev. Kenneth SCHOLLAR, B.A., is granted a temporary commission in the relative rank of Flight Lieutenant, with seniority as from 12th January, 1948. Dated 24th April, 1950.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
Appointment
130700 Thomas David James LEECH, C.B.E., B.Sc., B.E., is granted a commission in the Reserve of Air Force Officers in the rank of Wing Commander, with seniority as from 23rd February, 1944. Dated 1st February, 1950.

Transfers
The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers:—
70114 Flight Lieutenant Gilbert Sydney HALLEY, D.F.C. Dated 3rd May, 1950.
73640 Flight Lieutenant David Thomas CLOUSTON. Dated 17th February, 1950.
70155 Flying Officer David William GRAY. Dated 25th April, 1950.

T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

Member of the Lake Wakatipu Rabbit Board Appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4861)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 10th May, 1950.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of section 56 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, to appoint, on the 8th day of May, 1948,

Joseph Albert Bagrie

to be a member of the Lake Wakatipu Rabbit Board, vice William Peterson Saunders, resigned.

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 64/1/112.)

Probation Officer Appointed

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 11th May, 1950.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Albert Chapman Williams

to be Probation Officer under the Offenders Probation Act, 1920, and the Crimes Amendment Acts, 1910 and 1920, for the Borough of Blenheim, as from the 8th May, 1950.

T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.

Consul of the United States of America at Auckland Appointed

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 9th May, 1950.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that His Majesty’s Exequatur empowering

Mulf ord A. Colebrook, Esquire,

to act as Consul of the United States of America at Auckland, has been issued.

F. W. DOIDGE, Minister of External Affairs.

Appointments in the Public Service

Office of the Public Service Commission,
Wellington, 15th May, 1950.

THE Public Service Commission has made the following appointments in the Public Service:—

Joseph Robert Leslie Norton,
Percy Duncan Stuart Evershed,
Douglas Norman Cameron,
Arthur Walter Ogilvy,
John Stewart Taylor,
Claude Frederick Conning,
Marcus Owen Putt,
Ivan Ansley,
Thomas Patrick Aldridge,
Colin William Brown,
Michael John Collins,
Brian Chalmers Innes,
William Joshua Williamson,
James Philpott,
Raymond Driscoll,
Victor James Fitzgerald,
Cuthbert Lawrence Nolan,
Leo Patrick Comerford,
Ernest Sutherland Crighton, and
Ernest Archibald William Poulter

to be Inspectors for the purposes of the Meat Act, 1939, on and from the first day of May, 1950.