SEPT. 21] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1763

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Relinquishment of Temporary Rank, and Retirements of Officers of the New Zealand Military Forces

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Army Department,
Wellington, 14th September, 1950.

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

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY

Territorial Force—

Lieutenant L. C. Browne, from the Retired List, to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 23rd January, 1948, and is posted to the 1st Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A. Dated 1st December, 1948.

2nd Lieutenant C. S. Atkinson, 9th Coast Regiment, R.N.Z.A., ceases to be seconded to the Pukekohe High School Cadets. Dated 18th April, 1950.

2nd Lieutenant C. S. Atkinson, 9th Coast Regiment, R.N.Z.A., to be Lieutenant. Dated 1st May, 1950.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 53, dated 17th August, 1950, relative to the appointment of David William Robinson, late Pilot Officer, R.N.Z.A.F., for “Dated 3rd December, 1949” substitute “Dated 7th October, 1949.”

THE ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS

Territorial Force—

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) L. Lucena, E.D., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 1st Divisional Signals Regiment, R.N.Z. Sigs., with the rank of Captain, with seniority from 11th December, 1941, and remains seconded to the Auckland Grammar School Cadets. Dated 23rd May, 1950.

THE ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY CORPS

Regular Force—

N.Z. Regiment—

Captain (temp. Major) F. Rennie relinquishes the appointment of Chief Instructor, N.Z. Regiment, Linton Camp, and the temporary rank of Major, and is appointed Chief Instructor, Regular Force Depot, The Army School, Trentham. Dated 18th August, 1950.

Territorial Force—

The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own)—

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) P. W. Day, seconded to the Kings College Cadets, is confirmed.

The seniority of 2nd Lieutenant P. W. Day, seconded to the Kings College Cadets, is antedated to 7th April, 1948.

The Hauraki Regiment—

The seniority of Captain (temp. Major) L. I. Day, E.D., seconded to the Hamilton Technical College Cadets, is antedated to 16th September, 1941.

2nd Lieutenant F. D. Dyer, 1st Battalion, to be Lieutenant. Dated 7th August, 1950.

Lieutenant F. D. Dyer, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 1st Divisional Signals Regiment, R.N.Z. Sigs., with the rank of Lieutenant, with seniority from 7th August, 1950. Dated 30th August, 1950.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

Territorial Force—

Major W. E. Henley, M.B.E., M.B., Ch.B., M.R.A.C.P., 1st General Hospital, R.N.Z.A.M.C., to be Lieutenant-Colonel and is appointed O.C. Medical Division, 1st General Hospital, R.N.Z.A.M.C. Dated 10th July, 1950.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) (Quartermaster) T. H. McCombs, 3rd Field Ambulance, R.N.Z.A.M.C., is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain. Dated 3rd May, 1950.

Arthur Milton Oliver Veale, M.B., Ch.B., to be Lieutenant (on prob.) and is posted to the 2nd Field Ambulance, R.N.Z.A.M.C. Dated 25th July, 1950.

T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

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Member of Council of New Zealand Institute of Clerks of Works Appointed

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PURSUANT to section 14 of the Clerks of Works Act, 1944, the Minister of Labour doth hereby appoint Mr. Andrew Duncan, a member of the New Zealand Institute of Clerks of Works, to be a member of the Council of the said Institute.

Dated at Wellington, this 13th day of September, 1950.

W. SULLIVAN, Minister of Labour.

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Member of the Cairnhill Rabbit Board Appointed (Notice No. Ag. 4912)

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Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 12th September, 1950.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of section 56 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, to appoint on the 6th day of September, 1950—

Robert Nevill

to be a member of the Cairnhill Rabbit Board, vice Andrew Lawson Lindsay, resigned.

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 64/1/206.)

Members of the New Zealand Meat-producers Board Appointed.— (Notice No. Ag. 4913)

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Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 14th September, 1950.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 2 of the Meat-Export Control Act, 1921–22, to appoint on the 11th day of September, 1950—

John Davies Wilder Ormond, Esquire, and
Laurence Arthur Page Sherriff, Esquire,

to be members of and representatives of the producers of meat for export on the New Zealand Meat-producers Board established under the said Act.

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 67/10/15.)

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Consul of Chile at Auckland Appointed

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Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 14th September, 1950.

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

Harold Osmond Taylor, Esquire,

to act as Consul of Chile at Auckland has been issued.

T. CLIFTON WEBB, for Minister of External Affairs.

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Justice of the Peace Resigns

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Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th September, 1950.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation by

William Albert Shemeld, Esquire,
of Methven, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies.

T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.

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Appointment of Honorary Officers

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IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 29 of the Statutes Amendment Act, 1946, I, William Stanley Goosman, Minister of Marine, do hereby appoint the persons named in the following Schedule to be Honorary Officers for the acclimatization districts shown in such Schedule for the purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908, such persons to hold office until the 31st March, 1953.

Dated at Wellington, this 12th day of September, 1950.

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SCHEDULE

AUCKLAND ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT

Gordon Douglas Adams.
Clive Herschel Babbage.
Albert Cotton.
Percy Edgar Herbert.
Reginald Seymour Naylor.
Henry Victor Ormond.
Brian Quin.
Thomas Short.
Stanley Thompson.

TAURANGA ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT

Charles Edward Anderson.
Eric Tanner.

WELLINGTON ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT

Walter Richard Brendon.
Sydney Coleman.
David Edward Heap.
Stuart Rossmore McLaughlan.
Thomas William Albert Morris.
Ewart Alister Pope.
Leonard David Campbell Shepherd.
Walter Stent.
Milton Arlington Watson.

STRATFORD ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT

John Eric Bennett.

MARLBOROUGH ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT

Ralph Thomas Brown.

GREY DISTRICT ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT

Stephen de Carteret Barclay.
William Anderson Bird.
John Fitzsimons.
Maurice William Hughes Mackay.
John William Rothwell.
Charles Sidney Smith.

NELSON ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT

Oliver Evans.

W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Marine.