MAY 31] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 781

Temp. Lieutenant A. B. Barns-Graham is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 1st May, 1951.
Temp. Lieutenant A. O. T. Chamberlin is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 1st May, 1951.
Temp. Lieutenant H. P. Corlett is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 1st May, 1951.
Lieutenant H. N. Job is posted to the Retired List. Dated 1st May, 1951.
Temp. Lieutenant J. F. Latimer is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 1st May, 1951.
Lieutenant A. R. Martin is posted to the Retired List. Dated 1st May, 1951.
Temp. Lieutenant R. H. Metcalfe is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 1st May, 1951.
Temp. 2nd Lieutenant R. A. Abbott, F.N.Z.I.A., is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 1st May, 1951.
2nd Lieutenant J. W. Coppell is posted to the Retired List. Dated 1st May, 1951.
2nd Lieutenant F. G. Moxley is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 1st May, 1951.

T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Extension of Commission, Promotions, Transfers, Terminations of Commissions, and Resignation of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,
Wellington, 24th May, 1951.

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

REGULAR AIR FORCE

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH

Appointment

Secretarial Division—

70153 Flight Lieutenant Hugo Roy Francis SMITH is transferred from the General Duties Branch and granted a permanent commission in his present rank, with seniority as from 1st October, 1950. Dated 1st April, 1951.

Extension of Commission

Equipment Division—

70311 Flying Officer Arthur Ernest MASON is granted an extension of his commission, in his present rank and seniority, for a period of four years from 5th January, 1952.

WOMEN’S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE

Promotions

The undermentioned Assistant Section Officers to be Section Officers :—

70713 Jean Winton PIKE.
70956 Annie MARSH.
73324 Jocelyn Birrell MACKY.
73832 Brenda Mary Isabel CARSON.
73786 Huia Alice JENKINS.
73817 Joyce Elsie SIMONSEN.

Dated 28th February, 1951.

TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointment

As Pilot—

133488 Bruce Maxwell GODDARD is granted a commission for a period of five years in the temporary rank of Pilot Officer (on prob.). Dated 27th February, 1951.

Termination of Commission

The commission of 133488 Pilot Officer (on prob.) Bruce Maxwell GODDARD is terminated. Dated 30th April, 1951.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH

Appointment

Special Duties Division—

130380 Ronald Walter KING is transferred from the Reserve of Air Force Officers to the Territorial Air Force, and is granted a commission for a period of five years in the temporary rank of Flying Officer, with seniority as from 14th June, 1942. Dated 1st January, 1949.

AIR TRAINING CORPS

Appointments

Henry Winston Stanislaus LUBECK is granted a commission in the rank of Pilot Officer (on prob.). Dated 30th June, 1950.
Warrant Officer Robert Frank JOHNCOCK is granted a commission for a period of five years in the rank of Pilot Officer (on prob.). Dated 17th January, 1951.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Transfers

70020 Wing Commander John Tregonwell DAVISON, O.B.E., G.M., j.s.s.c., is transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers. Dated 1st May, 1951.

73659 Acting Squadron Leader William John Robert SCOLLAY, D.F.C., is transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, in the rank of Squadron Leader. Dated 15th December, 1949.
130144 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Ernest Scott PALLISER, F.R.A.N.Z., A.C.I.S., is transferred from the Territorial Air Force to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, in his present rank and seniority. Dated 1st March, 1951.
130109 Flying Officer (temp.) James Harray RICHARDS, D.S.C., is transferred, in his present rank and seniority, from the Territorial Air Force to the Reserve of Air Force Officers for a period of four years. Dated 1st April, 1951.

Resignation

1069 Wing Commander Percival Guy Haig NEWTON, D.F.C., resigns his commission. Dated 20th December, 1950.

Termination of Commission

The commission of 401266 Squadron Leader David Stewart GIBB, D.F.C., p.s.a., is terminated. Dated 29th January, 1951.

Cancellations

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 36, dated 3rd May, 1951, page 613, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers” insofar as it relates to “70069 Flight Lieutenant Roy Elliott HANLON, D.F.C.” and “70172 Flying Officer Robert James SCOTT,” is hereby cancelled.

T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

Members of the New Zealand Poultry Board Appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 5027)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1951.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of section 65 of the Statutes Amendment Act, 1946, to appoint on the 19th day of May, 1951—

(a) On the nomination of the Auckland Provincial Association of Registered Poultry-keepers (Inc.)—

Fritz Graham Jackson, Esquire,

(b) On the nomination of the Otago/Southland Provincial Association of Registered Poultry-keepers (Inc.)—

David Christie, Esquire,

to be members of the New Zealand Poultry Board established under the Poultry-runs Registration Act, 1933.

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 78/3/74.)

Member of the Orepuki Rabbit Board Appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 5031)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1951.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of section 56 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, to appoint on the 19th day of May, 1951—

Francis John Shearing

to be a member of the Orepuki Rabbit Board, vice George Grant Pearce, resigned.

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 64/1/121.)

Member of the Waimatua Rabbit Board Appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 5033)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 24th May, 1951.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of section 56 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, to appoint on the 19th day of May, 1951—

Robert Ernest Monteath

to be a member of the Waimatua Rabbit Board, vice Herbert Horner Verity, resigned.

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 64/1/137.)

Members of the Thomas Cawthron Trust Board Appointed

Department of Scientific and Industrial Research,
Wellington, 28th May, 1951.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General in Council, in pursuance and by virtue of the powers conferred upon him by section 4 of the Thomas Cawthron Trust Act, as amended by section 34, subsection (2), of the Statutes Amendment Act, 1942, has been pleased to appoint

Frank Archer, Esquire, of Mapua, and
John Stuart Jeffery, Esquire, of Motueka,

to be members of the Thomas Cawthron Trust Board as from the 24th day of April, 1951.

T. CLIFTON WEBB,
Minister in Charge of Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.