AUG. 10] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1563

3. The Canadian Goose (Branta canadensis) shall, with respect to the North Canterbury Acclimatization District, be deemed to cease to be included in the Second Schedule (Imported Game) to the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, in that portion of the said district lying to the westward of the South Island Main Trunk railway line.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 2nd day of August, 1950.

W. A. BODKIN, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 47/4.)

Reappointment of Members of Medical Council

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Medical Practitioners Act, 1914, and the Medical Practitioners Amendment Act, 1924, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby reappoint

Philip Stanley Foster, M.B., Ch.B. (Univ. N.Z.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.), and

Sir Charles Ernest Hercus, Kt., D.S.O., O.B.E., M.D., Ch.B. (Univ. N.Z.), F.R.A.C.P.

to be members of the Medical Council under the aforesaid Acts for a period of three years as from 20th August, 1950.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 2nd day of August, 1950.

JACK T. WATTS, Minister of Health.

Appointment of Members of Board of Health Under the Health Act, 1920

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Health Act, 1920, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

Sir William Appleton, Kt.,
Muriel Emma Bell, M.D.,
James Leslie Burnett, Esquire,
Sir James Sands Elliott, Kt., M.D., and
Sir Charles Ernest Hercus, Kt., D.S.O., O.B.E., M.D., Ch.B., F.R.A.C.P.

to be members of the Board of Health for a period of three years as from the 20th day of August, 1950.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 3rd day of August, 1950.

JACK T. WATTS, Minister of Health.

(H–H. 50/7.)

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

Army Department,
Wellington, 3rd August, 1950.

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

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY

Regular Force—

Lieutenant H. J. Harvey to be Captain. Dated 25th June, 1950.

Territorial Force—

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 11, dated 16th February, 1950, relative to the appointment of Captain A’Court, for “Henry James Nicol A’Court” substitute “Harry James Nicol A’Court.”

John David Mercier, late Flight Lieutenant, R.N.Z.A.F., to be Captain, with seniority from 19th December, 1949, and is posted to the 6th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, R.N.Z.A. Dated 12th July, 1950.

Lieutenant L. C. Lee, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 1st June, 1947, and is posted to the 1st Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A. Dated 1st December, 1948.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 4, dated 19th January, 1950, relative to the appointment of Alfred Warwick Coutts, for “Dated 1st January, 1950” substitute “Dated 11th September, 1949.”

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 76, dated 15th December, 1949, relative to the appointment of John Shaw, for “Dated 1st October, 1949” substitute “Dated 22nd March, 1949.”

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 17, dated 23rd March, 1950, relative to the appointment of George Wilbur Ferguson for “Dated 1st October, 1949” substitute “Dated 16th July, 1949,”

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS

Territorial Force—

The seniority of Lieutenant P. H. Edmonds, 1st Armoured Car Regiment (New Zealand Scottish), R.N.Z.A.C., is antedated to 30th July, 1945.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ENGINEERS

Territorial Force—

Captain F. W. O. Jones, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Captain, with seniority from 2nd August, 1944, and is posted to the 4th Field Park Squadron, R.N.Z.E. Dated 1st December, 1948.

THE ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS

Territorial Force—

Captain J. D. Snow, from the Retired List, to be Captain, with seniority from 27th November, 1947, and is posted to the 3rd Squadron (Composite), R.N.Z. Sigs. Dated 1st December, 1948.

Captain J. D. Snow, 3rd Squadron (Composite), R.N.Z. Sigs., to be Major, and is appointed O.C. 3rd Squadron (Composite), R.N.Z. Sigs. Dated 1st June, 1950.

Temp. Lieutenant K. J. Coates, 1st Squadron (Composite), R.N.Z. Sigs., to be Captain, with seniority from 17th October, 1947. Dated 1st December, 1948.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 35, dated 9th June, 1949, relative to temp. Captain H. G. R. Tolley, is hereby cancelled and the following substituted :—

“Temp. Captain H. G. R. Tolley, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Captain, with seniority from 25th April, 1948, and is posted to the 2nd Squadron (Composite), R.N.Z. Sigs. Dated 1st December, 1948.”

THE ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY CORPS

Regular Force—

N.Z. Regiment—

Major G. W. Washbourn, E.D., from the 1st Battalion, The Canterbury Regiment, to be temp. Lieutenant (on prob.), with seniority from 22nd June, 1947, and is posted for duty to Headquarters, Area 10, Christchurch. Dated 22nd June, 1950.

Territorial Force—

The Wellington West Coast and Taranaki Regiment—

Lieutenant R. A. D. Fulton, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be lieutenant, with seniority from 21st August, 1945, and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 1st December, 1948.

James Gifford to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) and is seconded to the Opunake District High School Cadets. Dated 22nd June, 1950.

The Hawke’s Bay Regiment—

Captain F. R. Porter, from the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, The Hawke’s Bay Regiment, to be Captain, with seniority from 21st May, 1946, and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 8th June, 1950.

The Canterbury Regiment—

Major A. P. Boyle, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, The Canterbury Regiment, with the rank of Major, with seniority from 28th September, 1947. Dated 4th July, 1950.

Captain W. B. Cox, M.C., 1st Battalion, to be Major. Dated 1st July, 1950.

The appointment of Captain (on prob.) K. A. Williamson, seconded to the Ashburton High School Cadets, is confirmed.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

Territorial Force—

Captain A. M. Ross, M.B., Ch.B., is posted to the Retired List. Dated 30th June, 1950.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) R. G. Harper, M.B., Ch.B., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps, with the rank of Captain, with seniority from 15th May, 1942. Dated 24th July, 1950.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS

Territorial Force—

Captain M. C. Robinson, 3rd Infantry Workshops (Composite), R.N.Z.E.M.E., resigns his commission. Dated 13th July, 1950.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE

Regular Force—

Sister (temp. Charge Sister) D. C. Griffin is granted a further extension of her short-service commission to 31st March, 1951.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS

Regimental List—

The Royal N.Z. Engineers—

Lieutenant (temp. Major) S. E. West, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Major, with seniority from 19th August, 1945. Dated 1st May, 1949.