Appointment and Promotions of Officers of the Emergency Force

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointment and promotions of officers of the Emergency Force:

APPOINTMENT

THE ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY CORPS.

Captain W. P. Hughes (N.Z. Regular Force). Dated 19 August 1953.

PROMOTIONS

CORRIGENDUM

The notice published in the N.Z. Gazette No. 49, dated 27 August 1953, relative to the promotion of 2nd Lieutenant K. G. Hall to Lieutenant, should have appeared under the heading 'The Royal N.Z. Engineers' and not 'The Royal N.Z. Artillery'

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY

2nd Lieutenant J. L. Young to be Lieutenant. Dated 10 July 1953.

THE ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) J. C. Brown to be Lieutenant. Dated 1 May 1953.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of September 1953.

T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

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

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

REGULAR AIR FORCE

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointments

Flying Officer Colin Francis LALOLI, D.F.C. (70466) is granted a permanent commission with his present rank and seniority. Dated 1 July 1953.

The undermentioned are granted commissions for a period of two years with the rank of Pilot Officer (on prob.):

Flight Sergeant Lyall John HOLDGATE (72879).
Sergeant Graham Ernest HOUNSELL (72697).
Sergeant Graham Charles PETTERSON (72499).

Dated 8 April 1953.

Sergeant George Roydon BLACKETT (74562) is granted a commission for a period of five years with the rank of Pilot Officer (on prob.) Dated 8 April 1953.

Cadet Pilot Thomas Sydney LAMBERT (710721) is granted a short service commission for a period of six years with the rank of Acting Pilot Officer (on prob.), to be followed by a period of four years in the Air Force Reserve. Dated 17 July 1953.

Transfers and Appointment

Flying Officer (on prob.) Winston Ross SWAP (74971) is transferred from the Education Branch with the rank of Pilot Officer and is granted an appointment for a period of eight years, to be followed by a period of four years in the Air Force Reserve. Dated 20 July 1953.

Cancellations of Commissions

The commissions of the undermentioned Acting Pilot Officers (on prob.) are cancelled with effect from the date shown against each name:

Warren Charles O'DONNELL (75041). 17 February 1953.
Murray George Cowan (73513). 23 February 1953.
James Fraser HAWKINS (133798). 28 May 1953.
Roland John BAILEY (644948). 2 July 1953.

MEDICAL BRANCH

Promotion

Wing Commander Anthony Howard MARSH, M.B., Ch.B., D.T.M. & H., to be Group Captain. Dated 1 July 1952.

WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE

REGULAR SECTION

Extension of Commission

Flight Officer May Catherine MIDDLETON, M.B.E. (70344) is granted an extension of her commission for a period of one year. Dated 1 January 1953.

AIR FORCE RESERVE

ACTIVE RESERVE

Appointment

Thomas DAMERELL (133747) is granted a commission in the Administrative and Supply Branch, Special Duties Division, for a period of four years with the rank of Flight Lieutenant. Dated 8 May 1953.

Transfers

Squadron Leader Jack Garrance DUNSTAN, M.B.E. (130324) is transferred from the General Duties Branch to the Administrative and Supply Branch, Secretarial Division, with his present rank and seniority. Dated 15 June 1953.

Flight Lieutenant Ronald Wilson WALKER (70082) is transferred from the General Duties Branch, Regular Air Force, to the General Duties Branch, Active Reserve, for a period of four years. Dated 1 April 1953.

Flight Lieutenant Paul Windermere Wilson BRUNTON, D.F.C., A.P.A.N.Z. (132339) is transferred from the General Duties Branch, General Reserve, to the Administrative and Supply Branch, Secretarial Division, Active Reserve, for a period of four years with his present rank and seniority. Dated 19 June 1953.

Flying Officer James Rudd HAY, M.B., Ch.B. (131692) is transferred from the General Duties Branch, General Reserve, to the Medical Branch, Active Reserve, for a period of four years with his present rank and with seniority as from 21 June 1950. Dated 21 July 1953.

Flying Officer Ian George TILLSON (72069) is transferred from the General Duties Branch, Regular Air Force, to the General Duties Branch, Active Reserve, for a period of four years. Dated 23 June 1953.

GENERAL RESERVE

Appointments

James Thomas HODGSON (133749) is granted a commission in the General Duties Branch for a period of four years, with the rank of Flight Lieutenant and with seniority as from 15 March 1945. Dated 24 June 1953.

James Kerrow PORTEOUS, D.F.C. (133756) is granted a commission in the General Duties Branch for a period of three years, with the rank of Flight Lieutenant and with seniority as from 9 August 1947. Dated 19 December 1952.

Harry Alexander RAMSEY, D.F.C., A.F.C. (133755) is granted a commission in the General Duties Branch for a period of four years, with the rank of Flying Officer and with seniority as from 4 December 1946. Dated 4 March 1952.

Transfers

Flight Lieutenant Ronald Thomas Ewen BAKER, M.B., Ch.B. (133134) is transferred from the General Duties Branch to the Medical Branch with his present rank and seniority. Dated 29 June 1953.

Flying Officer (temp.) Thomas Charles BEECH (130082) is transferred from the General Duties Branch, Territorial Air Force, to the Air Force Reserve for a period of four years. Dated 1 July 1953.

Terminations of Commissions

The commissions of the undermentioned officers are terminated with the effect from 10 July 1953:

Flight Lieutenant Charles Campbell WHITE (133431).
Flying Officer Alexander Hugh FARQUHARSON (132706).

Dated at Wellington, this 1st day of September 1953.

T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Chairman of Public Service Board of Appeal

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint John Bryce Thomson, Esquire, Stipendiary Magistrate, to be a member and Chairman of the Public Service Board of Appeal for a term not exceeding three years, on and from the 1st day of October 1953.

Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of August 1953.

S. G. HOLLAND, Prime Minister.

Directors of the Timaru Milk Treatment Corporation Appointed (Notice No. Ag. 5496)

Pursuant to subclause (2) of regulation 3 of the Timaru Milk Treatment Corporation Regulations 1946, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint:

(a) As representative of the Government:

Walter James Watkins

for a term of three years on and from the 1st day of September 1953;

(b) On the nomination of the Timaru City Council:

Robert Green and
Robert Wilson

for a term commencing on the 1st day of September 1953 and expiring on the 1st day of April 1954;

(c) On the nomination of the South Canterbury Co-operative Milk Supply Company, Limited:

William James Spring and
Arthur Allan Quenel Solomon

for a term of three years on and from the 1st day of September 1953—

to be Directors of the Timaru Milk Treatment Corporation established by the said regulations.

Dated at Wellington, this 1st day of September 1953.

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.