2nd Field Ambulance, R.N.Z.A.M.C.

Keith McDowell Ewen, M.B., Ch.B., to be Lieutenant. Dated 5th September, 1950.

General List

The Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps—

Lieutenant (temp. Major) G. I. Louisson, M.B., Ch.B., from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Major, with seniority from 6th March, 1948. Dated 1st May, 1949.

Supplementary List

Temp. Lieutenant R. H. Pavitt resigns his commission. Dated 22nd September, 1950.

T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Confirmation of Appointment, Promotion, Transfer, and Relinquishments of Commissions of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,
Wellington, 4th October, 1950.

***IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointments, confirmation of appointment, promotion, transfer, and relinquishments of commissions of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force :—

REGULAR AIR FORCE

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH
Confirmation of Appointment and Promotion Secretarial Division—

73881 Pilot Officer (on prob.) Geoffrey BENTLEY is confirmed in his appointment and is promoted to the rank of Flying Officer. Dated 1st August, 1950.

TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH
Appointment Special Duties Division—

130801 Brian Douglas STRINGER, 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 Flight Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 1st December, 1949.

(The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 24, dated 27th April, 1950, page 496, under the heading “Medical Branch—Appointment” relative to the above-named officer, is hereby cancelled and the above entry substituted.)

EDUCATION BRANCH
Appointment

130714 Leonard Williams EAST, B.Sc., on relinquishing his commission in the Reserve of Air Force Officers, is granted a commission for a period of three years in the temporary rank of Flight Lieutenant, with seniority as from 11th October, 1945. Dated 3rd April, 1950.

CHAPLAINS BRANCH
Appointment

130814 The Rev. Alan Frederick COLLINS is granted a temporary commission in the relative rank of Flight Lieutenant. Dated 1st May, 1950.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
Transfer

130074 Flying Officer John Graeme Sinclair REID is transferred from the Active List of the Territorial Air Force to the Reserve of Air Force Officers. Dated 1st September, 1950.

Relinquishments

The undermentioned officers relinquish their commissions :—

Squadron Leaders—

40641 Francis Dewar BETHWAITE, D.F.C. Dated 1st September, 1950.

391336 Frank Albert ANDREWS, D.F.C. Dated 31st December, 1949.

Flight Lieutenants—

2458 William Peter CLEARY. Dated 1st September, 1950.

2442 Peter Christopher Stanley UWIN, M.B., Ch.B. Dated 5th December, 1949.

1482 Leonard Williams EAST, B.Sc. Dated 3rd April, 1950.

402670 James Evans JENKINS. Dated 18th August, 1948.

413841 Peter Francis Locker HALL, D.F.C. Dated 7th December, 1949.

402528 Bruce St. John Campbell THOMSON, D.F.C. Dated 2nd July, 1950.

412691 James Alexander HENDRY, D.F.C. Dated 12th August, 1949.

1904 Thomas Ritchie ANDERSON, M.B., Ch.B. Dated 30th November, 1949.

2393 Reginald Tice MARTIN, M.B., Ch.B. Dated 10th July, 1950.

1570 James Langton WHITE, M.A. Dated 24th February, 1950.

Flying Officers—

4210034 Robert James SCOTT. Dated 31st March, 1950.

412548 John William RAMSDEN. Dated 4th July, 1950.

4217066 Richard James Prescott VALLENTINE. Dated 4th July, 1950.

4210135 Albert Stephen NASH. Dated 1st September, 1950.

437329 Darcy George PACKWOOD. Dated 22nd August, 1950.

T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

Shorthand Reporter Appointed

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of section 2 of the Shorthand Reporters Act, 1908, to make the following appointment :—

Margaret Agnes Coghill, to be a Shorthand Reporter under the Shorthand Reporters Act, 1908.

Dated at Wellington, this 3rd day of October, 1950.

S. G. HOLLAND, Prime Minister.

Members of Dairy Products Marketing Commission Appointed

Marketing Department,
Wellington, 4th October, 1950.

***IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of the provisions of the Dairy Products Marketing Commission Act, 1947, to appoint—

William Greig Macartney, Esquire, of Tai Tapu,

Herbert Myer Caselberg, Esquire, of Wellington,

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Marketing.

Appointment of Honorary Child Welfare Officers Under the Child Welfare Act, 1925

Education Department,
Wellington, 28th September, 1950.

***N pursuance of section 2 of the Child Welfare Act, 1925, I, Ronald Macmillan Algie, Minister of Education, do hereby appoint the following persons as Honorary Child Welfare Officers for the purposes of the said Act, for the period 1st November, 1950, to 31st January, 1951 :—

HILDA ROSS,
For the Minister of Education.

Crown Solicitor Appointed

The Crown Law Office,
Wellington, 6th October, 1950.

***IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Herbert Stanley Adams, Esquire, to be Crown Solicitor at Dunedin.

T. CLIFTON WEBB, Attorney-General.

Members of Maori Purposes Fund Board Appointed

Department of Maori Affairs,
Wellington, 4th October, 1950.

***URSUANT to subsection (2) (f) of section 7 of the Maori Purposes Fund Act, 1934-35, His Excellency the Governor-General in Council has appointed—

Johannes Carl Andersen, Esquire,

The Very Reverend John George Laughton, and

Rongowhakaata Halbert, Esquire,

to be members of the Maori Purposes Fund Board.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Maori Affairs.

Staff of the Office of the High Commissioner for Canada at Wellington Appointed

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 6th October, 1950.

***T is hereby notified for public information that Thomas Herbert Willes Read, Esquire, has been appointed as Second Secretary (Diplomatic), Office of the High Commissioner for Canada, Wellington, in place of Miss Agnes M. Ireland.

T. CLIFTON WEBB,
For the Minister of External Affairs.