JULY 20] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 993

Varying the Determinations in Respect of the Balance (£15,000) of
the Dannevirke Electric-power Board’s Loan of £30,000 and
Prescribing the Conditions Thereof

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 28th day of
June, 1950

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS by Order in Council made on the 7th day of July,
1948, (hereinafter called the said Order in Council) and subject
to the determinations as to borrowing and repayment therein set
out, consent was given to the raising in New Zealand by the
Dannevirke Electric-power Board (hereinafter called the said local
authority) of a loan of thirty thousand pounds (£30,000) to be known
as “Reticulation Loan, 1948” (hereinafter called the said loan):

And whereas the authority conferred by the said Order in
Council has not been exercised to the extent of fifteen thousand
pounds (£15,000) (hereinafter called the said sum), and it is ex-
pedient to extend the term as specified in clause (6) of the said
Order in Council within which the said sum or any portion thereof
may be raised :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the
Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and in
pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred
on him by section 11 of the Local Government Loans Board Act,
1926, as set out in section 29 of the Finance Act, 1932 (No. 2.),
and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf,
doth hereby vary the determinations aforesaid in respect of the
said sum by prescribing that no moneys shall be borrowed under
the consent given by the said Order in Council after the expiration
of three (3) years from the date thereof.

T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(T. 49/266/5.)

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 12th July, 1950.

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 :—

REGULAR AIR FORCE

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointments

The undermentioned are granted short service commissions for
a period of five years in the rank of Pilot Officer (on prob.) :—

As Pilots—

71739 Pilot I Derek Butler FLINTOFF.
72671 Pilot I John Dempster WAUGH.
70903 Pilot I David Mark LEARY.
72363 Pilot III Harold George BENNETT.
72516 Pilot III John James SHRUBSALL.

Dated 18th April, 1950.

71912 Pilot III Donald Benjamin POLLARD with seniority as
from the 18th April, 1950. Dated 19th June, 1950.

The undermentioned are granted short-service commissions for
a period of five years in the rank of Pilot Officer (on prob.) with
seniority as from 18th April, 1950 :—

As Navigators—

70972 Navigator I Francis James MCDAVITT.
70894 Navigator I Roger Musson CATTERMOLE.
72007 Navigator II Walter Graham HUGHES.

Dated 19th June, 1950.

70999 Navigator I Alexander Robertson CAMPBELL is granted a
short-service commission for a period of five years in the
rank of Pilot Officer (on prob.). Dated 18th April, 1950.

The undermentioned are granted commissions, to expire 1st
September, 1953, in the rank of Pilot Officer (on prob.) :—

As Pilots—

71360 Pilot III Jack Phillip HUMPHRIES.
72513 Pilot III Lewis Frederick INNES.
72517 Pilot III James Bruce WHYTE.

Dated 19th June, 1950.

As Navigators—

70466 Navigator I Colin Francis LALOLI, D.F.C., is granted a
commission, to expire on 31st March, 1952, in the rank of Pilot
Officer (on prob.) with seniority as from 18th April, 1950. Dated
19th June, 1950.

70888 Navigator I Edmund George SAKER, A.F.M., is granted a
commission, to expire on 31st March, 1951, in the rank of Pilot
Officer (on prob.) with seniority as from 18th April, 1950. Dated
19th June, 1950.

B

TECHNICAL BRANCH

Appointments

Signals Division—

70478 Flight Sergeant Tom Lewis DIMMOCK is granted a
permanent commission in the rank of Flying Officer, with seniority
as from 18th April, 1950. Dated 19th June, 1950.

70417 Flight Sergeant Trevor Norman LOWRY is granted a
permanent commission in the rank of Flying Officer. Dated 18th
April, 1950.

70603 Flight Sergeant Gordon William HITCH is granted a
permanent commission in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 18th
April, 1950.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH

Appointments

Secretarial Division—

The undermentioned are granted permanent commissions in the
rank of Pilot Officer :—

70650 Flight Sergeant John Trevor Denis DACEY.
70812 Sergeant Alfred Edwin SEVERN.

Dated 19th June, 1950.

Equipment Division—

73639 Flying Officer Alan Herbert CHAPMAN relinquishes his
temporary commission and is granted an extended service commission
for a period of two years, in his present rank and seniority. Dated
23rd March, 1950.

Amendments

Special Duties Division—

The notices appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 36, dated
1st June, 1950, page 728, relating to “71661 Flight Sergeant James
McGuffie COSTLEY” and “70544 Flight Sergeant Patrick Emmett
Hugh DUFFIN” are hereby amended to read “Dated 18th April,
1950” in lieu of “1st February, 1950.”

TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointment

As Pilot—

130808 John Robert Loughnan CAMPBELL, on relinquishing his
commission in the Reserve of Air Force Officers, is granted a
commission for a period of four years in the temporary rank of
Flying Officer, with seniority as from 7th January, 1945. Dated
23rd January, 1950.

Promotions

The undermentioned Flying Officers (temp.) to be Flight
Lieutenants (temp.) :—

130625 Maxwell Barrington STEVENS.
130132 Thomas Selwyn NEWLAND.
130120 Aubrey Albert Donald BILLS.

Dated 1st June, 1950.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH

Appointment

Equipment Division—

130890 Wesley Leonard JACOBSEN, on relinquishing his
commission in the Reserve of Air Force Officers, is granted a commis-
sion for a period of five years in the temporary rank of Flight
Lieutenant, with seniority as from 26th January, 1946. Dated 1st
May, 1950.

EDUCATION BRANCH

Appointment

130807 George Christopher Nevill JOHNSON, M.A., on relin-
quishing 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 18th January, 1944.
Dated 1st January, 1950.

AIR TRAINING CORPS

Relinquishment

Flying Officer Albert George SMITH relinquishes his commission.
Dated 1st June, 1950.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Relinquishments

The undermentioned officers relinquish their commissions :—

37235 Flight Lieutenant Wesley Leonard JACOBSEN. Dated
1st May, 1950.

411510 Flying Officer George Christopher Nevill JOHNSON.
Dated 1st January, 1950.

41872 Flying Officer John Robert Loughnan CAMPBELL. Dated
23rd January, 1950.

T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.