ADJUSTMENT OF SENIORITY

The seniority of the undermentioned officers in the temporary rank of Flight Lieutenant is adjusted to the date shown against each name:-

Murray Kinnear PENMAN, 31 October 1947.
Geoffrey Hampton THORP, 1 September 1948.
Ronald Murray Hamilton REID, 1 November 1948.
Harry CROOK, 13 January 1951.
James Alexander HARE, 13 January 1951.
Frederick Hodgson BISHOP, 1 August 1951.

AIR FORCE RESERVE

PROMOTION

Flying Officer Ernest Edward Stanton PROBERT (133446) is granted the temporary rank of Flight Lieutenant with seniority as from 16 March 1951. Dated 5 February 1953.

ADJUSTMENT OF SENIORITY

The seniority of the undermentioned officers in the temporary rank of Flight Lieutenant is adjusted to the date shown against each name:-

Allen Frank PAPESCH, B.Sc. (1538). 14 August 1946.
James Francis SHARKEY, M.B.E. (1539). 15 July 1947.
Harold William Boon WEBBER (1535). 7 May 1948.
John Herbert RIMMER (1534). 1 June 1948.
Arnold Lloyd GILMORE (1541). 20 December 1949.
James ARCHIBALD (42786). 1 February 1950.
Arthur Russell STEPHENSON (416549). 1 April 1950.
Moulton HEWITSON (4215189). 1 November 1950.
John Keith SOMERVELL (133333). 2 January 1951.
Owen William Gladstone LEWIS (2290). 1 April 1951.
John Beveridge STEVENSON, B.A. (131761). 1 May 1951.
John Keith BOGUE (4312151). 17 July 1951.

Dated at Wellington, this 4th day of March 1953.

T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Transfers, Extensions of Date of Retirement, and Resignation of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointments, transfers, extensions of date of retirement, and resignation of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force:-

REGULAR AIR FORCE

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Transfer

Acting Pilot Officer (on prob.) James Robert HUTCHISON (797031) is transferred from the Territorial Air Force to the Regular Air Force with his present rank and seniority. Dated 15 September 1952.

TECHNICAL BRANCH

Extension of the Date of Retirement

Engineer Division-

The age for retirement of Squadron Leader George Arthur TILLSON, O.B.E. (73662), is extended for a period of six months. Dated 1 May 1952.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH

Cancellation

Secretarial Division-

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 75, dated 27 November 1952, page 1960, under the heading "Administrative and Supply Branch—Transfer and Appointment—Secretarial Division" and relating to "Flight Lieutenant Norman Johnathon INGRAM, D.F.C., D.F.M.", is hereby cancelled.

Extension of the Date of Retirement

Equipment Division-

The age for retirement of Flight Lieutenant Donald Andrew MURRAY (70316) is extended for a period of twelve months. Dated 1 April 1952.

Special Duties Division-

The age for retirement of the undermentioned officers is extended for the period and with effect from the date shown against each name:-

Flight Lieutenant Eric WILSON, M.C. (73665). Twelve months. 1 April 1952.
Flight Lieutenant John George WATT (73663). Four months. 2 July 1952.

MEDICAL BRANCH

Appointment

Philip Maxwell ALLINGHAM, B.Sc., M.B., Ch.B. (75181), is granted a temporary commission with the rank of Flying Officer and with seniority as from 20 January 1951, to be followed by a period of four years in the Air Force Reserve. Dated 20 January 1953.

TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointment

Flight Lieutenant John Edward Wood, D.F.C. (133849), is granted a commission for a period of five years with the temporary rank of Flight Lieutenant and with seniority as from 13 June 1952, to be followed by a period of four years in the Air Force Reserve. Dated 13 January 1953.

Transfers

Pilot Officer Charles Gordon JACKSON (133732) is transferred from the Air Force Reserve for a period of two years with the temporary rank of Flying Officer and with seniority as from date of transfer, to be followed by a period of four years in the Air Force Reserve. Dated 2 February, 1953.

The undermentioned Acting Pilot Officers (on prob.) are transferred from the Regular Air Force for a period of four years with their present rank and seniority, to be followed by a period of four years in the Air Force Reserve:-

Ronald Wilfred ATKINSON (326544).
Robert Campbell WHYTE (815051).
Murray Ross McFADDEN (74951).

Dated 29 November 1952.

AIR TRAINING CORPS

Resignation

Squadron Leader Arthur John KINGSTON resigns his commission. Dated 5 February 1953.

AIR FORCE RESERVE

ACTIVE RESERVE

Transfer

Flight Lieutenant James Desmond McKEARNEY (132938), is transferred from the General Duties Branch of the General Reserve to the Administrative and Supply Branch, Secretarial Division, Active Reserve, with his present rank and seniority. Dated 28 January 1953.

Dated at Wellington, this 4th day of March 1953.

T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

Member of Rabbit Boards Appointed (Notice No. Ag. 5396)

PURSUANT to section 37 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act 1928, the Minister of Agriculture hereby appoints

Alfred Martin Doggett,

being an Inspector appointed under Part I of the said Act, to be a member of the Ararimu, Kohekohe-Pollok, Maioro, Te Akau North, and Waipipi Rabbit Boards, vice Redvers Henry Clive Christie.

Dated at Wellington, this 9th day of March 1953.

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 64/1/92)

Member of New Plymouth Milk Board Appointed to Fill Extraordinary Vacancy

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of section 2 of the Milk Amendment Act 1947, to appoint

Hugh Andrews

to be a member of the New Plymouth Milk Board, vice Carl William Henry Frank, resigned.

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Marketing.

Resignation of Deputy Judge of the Court of Arbitration

Department of Labour,

Wellington, 7 March 1953.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation by Osborne Gunning Stevens, Esquire, of his Office as Deputy Judge of the Court of Arbitration as from the 28th day of February 1953.

W. SULLIVAN, Minister of Labour.

Resignation of Deputy Judge of the Compensation Court

Department of Labour,

Wellington, 7 March 1953.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation by Osborne Gunning Stevens, Esquire, of his Office as Deputy Judge of the Compensation Court as from the 28th day of February 1953.

W. SULLIVAN, Minister of Labour.