25 FEB.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 295

N.Z. WOMEN’S ROYAL ARMY CORPS

Regular Force

Lieutenant R. A. Patterson resigns her commission. Dated 1 February 1954.

N.Z. CADET CORPS

Ashburton Technical College Cadets

Major H. Montgomery is posted to the Retired List. Dated 27 January 1954.

Opunake District High School Cadets

Richard Henry Wynne Jones to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 9 September 1953.

Otago Boys’ High School Cadets

Graham Gordon Gillespie, B.A., to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 15 December 1953.

Papanui Technical College Cadets

Thomas James Kirk-Burnnand to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 1 December 1953.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS

Regimental List

N.Z. Regular Force

Lieutenant-Colonel W. Murphy, C.B.E., M.C., Class I (b), is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Colonel. Dated 26 January 1954.

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

John Heywood Taylor, M.B., Ch.B., to be Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 18 December 1953.

OFFICERS STRUCK OFF THE STRENGTH OF THE EMERGENCY FORCE

Major V. G. Skilton, M.C., R.N.Z.A., and is reposted to the N.Z. Regular Force in his Regular Force rank of Captain (temp. Major). Dated 22 December 1953.

Captain P. R. Naughton, R.N.Z.A.S.C., and is transferred from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Army Service Corps, with the rank of Captain. Dated 9 February 1954.

Lieutenant R. W. Bowman, R.N.Z.E., and is reposted to the N.Z. Regular Force in his Regular Force rank of Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Dated 15 January 1954.

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) S. B. Matthews, R.N.Z. Inf, and is reposted to the 1st Battalion, The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own), with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority from 1 April 1952. Dated 7 January 1954.

Dated at Wellington, this 20th day of February 1954.
T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

Crown Solicitor Appointed

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

James Gould Nolan, Esquire,

to be Crown Solicitor at Gisborne in the place of Frank Wrey Nolan, resigned.

Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of February 1954.
T. CLIFTON WEBB, Attorney-General.

Crown Solicitor Appointed

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Alan Walter Brown, Esquire,

to be Crown Solicitor at Christchurch in the place of Sir Arthur Telford Donnelly, resigned, since deceased.

Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of February 1954.
T. CLIFTON WEBB, Attorney-General.

Vice-Consul of the United States of America at Wellington Appointed

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that the appointment of

Leslie A. Klieforth, Esquire,

as Vice-Consul of the United States of America at Wellington has been provisionally recognized.

Dated at Wellington, this 22nd day of February 1954.
T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of External Affairs.

Member of New Zealand Patriotic Fund Board Appointed

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Patriotic and Canteen Funds Act 1947, the Minister of Internal Affairs hereby appoints John Hector Luxford, Esquire, C.M.G., of Auckland, on the nomination of the Auckland Provincial Patriotic Council to be a member of the New Zealand Patriotic Fund Board, vice Sir John Andrew Charles Allum, C.B.E., resigned.

Dated at Wellington, this 18th day of February 1954.

W. A. BODKIN, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 182/21)

Royal Tour Honours List

THE Queen has been graciously pleased to make the following appointments to the Royal Victorian Order on the occasion of Her Majesty’s visit to New Zealand:

To be a Knight Grand Cross (G.C.V.O.)

His Excellency Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, G.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O., M.C., Governor-General of New Zealand.

To be a Knight Commander (K.C.V.O.)

The Honourable William Alexander Bodkin, M.P., of Alexandra.

To be Commanders (C.V.O.)

Mr Eric Henry Compton, of Wellington.

Mr David Emmet Fouhy, C.B.E., of Wellington.

Mr Arthur Grant Harper, of Wellington.

Major Michael Augustus Tulk Trasenster, 4th–7th Royal Dragoon Guards, of Wellington.

To be Members of the Fourth Class (M.V.O.)

Mr Clement Anthony Furlong, of Wellington.

Mr Percy James Nalder, of Wellington.

To be Members of the Fifth Class (M.V.O.)

Mr Willis Spencer Brown, of Wellington.

Mr John te Herekiekie Grace, of Wellington.

Major Noel Rodney Ingle, The New Zealand Regiment, of Trentham.

Miss Betty Nora Manning, of Wellington.

Mr William Laurie Middlemass, of Auckland.

Mr Patrick Jerad O’Dea, of Lower Hutt.

Mr Peter John Hope Purvis, B.E.M., of Wellington.

Flight Lieutenant Bruce William Thomas Richards, M.B.E., R.N.Z.A.F., of Wellington.

Squadron Leader Cyril Lawrence Siegert, D.F.C., A.F.C., R.N.Z.A.F., of Whenuapai.

Mr William Graham Taylor, of Wellington.

Captain Henry Campbell Walker, A.F.C., National Airways Corporation, of Lower Hutt.

Mr Charles Henry Williams, of Wellington.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to award the Royal Victorian Medal to the undermentioned on the occasion of Her Majesty’s visit to New Zealand:

Mr John Baxendale, of Auckland.

Mr Allan Stewart Dawson, of Wellington.

Mr Allan Robertson Grant, of Christchurch.

Mr John Nathaniel George Mounsey, of Auckland.

Warrant Officer I Albert Edward Naulls, B.E.M., of Wellington.

Mr Henry Richard Rump, of Wellington.

Mr Horace Joseph Stevenson, of Wellington.

Honours

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has announced that The Queen has been graciously pleased to approve the following awards in recognition of services at the Tangiwai railway disaster on 24 December 1953:

CIVIL DIVISION

George Medal (G.M.)

Mr Arthur Cyril Ellis, of Taihape.

Mr John Warren Holman, of Plimmerton.

British Empire Medal (B.E.M.)

Mr Arthur Dewar Bell, of Raetihi.

Mr William Ian Inglis, of Wellington.

D. E. FOUHY, Official Secretary.