Varying a Notice Authorizing Officers to Attest Signatures
of Maoris to Instruments Under the Chattels Transfer
Act 1924

C. W. M. NORRIS, Governor-General

Pursuant to section 547 of the Maori Land Act 1931, I,
Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie,
the Governor-General of New Zealand, do hereby vary the
several notices published in the Gazette on the dates and at the
pages mentioned in the First Column of the Schedule hereto
authorizing certain officers in the service of the Crown to
attest the signatures of Maoris to instruments under the
Chattels Transfer Act 1924, by deleting therefrom the names
of the officers shown in the Second Column of the said
Schedule.

SCHEDULE
First Column
Date of Gazette
19 February 1942, page 562
15 June 1944, page 709
19 October 1950, page 1871
26 April 1951, page 580
27 November 1952, page 1956
27 November 1952, page 1956
27 November 1952, page 1956
Second Column
Names of Officers
Ian William Bremner.
Kenneth George Runciman.
Guy Wren Hansen.
John Cuthbert Weeks.
Alexander Colin Patrick Macrae.
Cyril Pierre Phillips.
Charles Reginald West.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 20th day of March 1954.
E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Maori Affairs.
(M.A. 19/1/126)

Appointments, Promotions, and Transfers of Officers of the
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Pursuant to section 15 of the Royal New Zealand Air
Force Act 1950, His Excellency the Governor-General
has been pleased to approve the following appointments,
promotions, and transfers of officers of the Royal New
Zealand Air Force.

REGULAR AIR FORCE
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Appointment
Squadron Leader Cyril Laurence Siegert, D.F.C. (70105),
is granted a permanent commission with his present rank and
seniority. Dated 1 December 1953.
Flight Lieutenant Raymond Henry John Myhill (74549)
is granted a permanent commission with his present rank and
seniority. Dated 1 December 1953.
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH
Transfers and Appointments
Secretarial Division
Flight Lieutenant Douglas Fleming Watson (70083) is
transferred from the General Duties Branch and is granted
a permanent commission with his present rank and with
seniority as from 15 January 1949. Dated 1 December 1953.
Equipment Division
Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Alfred Sidney Pipe, D.F.C.
(73657), is transferred from the General Duties Branch and
is granted a permanent commission with his present rank and
with seniority as from 1 July 1952. Dated 9 November 1953.
MEDICAL BRANCH
Appointment
Norman Lewis Sidney Bourchier, M.B., Ch.B. (77255),
is granted a commission for a period of four and a half years
with the rank of Flying Officer and with seniority as from
13 January 1952, to be followed by a period of four years on
the Air Force Reserve. Dated 13 January 1954.
EDUCATION BRANCH
Appointments
Peter Elliot Hope (77257) is granted a short service
commission for a period of five years with the rank of Flight
Lieutenant and with seniority as from date of appointment,
to be followed by a period of four years on the Air Force
Reserve. Dated 6 January 1954.
Edmond Penn Malone (77262) is granted a short service
commission for a period of five years with the rank of Flying
Officer and with seniority as from date of appointment, to be
followed by a period of four years on the Air Force Reserve.
Dated 13 January 1954.
The undermentioned are granted short service commissions
for a period of five years with the rank of Pilot Officer (on
prob.) and with seniority as from date of appointment, to be
followed by a period of four years on the Air Force Reserve:
John Campbell Clift (77256).
James Alexander Johnson (77261).
Dated 13 January 1954.

TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH
Promotions
Special Duties Division
The undermentioned Pilot Officers (temp.) are granted
the temporary rank of Flying Officer, with seniority as shown
against each name:
John Desmond Jury (130378). 1 April 1951.
Thomas David De Renzy (130355). 2 March 1952.
Theodore Dormer Faithfull (130359). 1 April 1952.
Eric Douglas Gurney (130371). 1 April 1952.
Dated 6 October 1953.

AIR FORCE RESERVE
ACTIVE RESERVE
Transfers
Squadron Leader Jack Allen Cooper (70284) is transferred
from the Administrative and Supply Branch, Equipment
Division, Regular Air Force, to the Active Reserve for a
period of four years. Dated 29 December 1953.
Flying Officer Jack Howard Faulkner (72280) is transferred
from the General Duties Branch, Regular Air Force,
to the Active Reserve for a period of four years. Dated
29 January 1954.
Acting Pilot Officer (on prob.) Cyril Whitaker (75132)
is transferred from the General Duties Branch, Regular Air
Force, to the Active Reserve for a period of four years.
Dated 26 December 1953.
Flying Officer Peter George Guinness Kissel (130837) is
transferred from the General Duties Branch, Territorial Air
Force, to the Active Reserve for a period of four years.
Dated 13 January 1954.

GENERAL RESERVE
Appointments
John Henry Meyer (133768) 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
7 June 1951. Dated 4 December 1951.
Alexander Colville (133763) is granted a commission
in the Technical Branch, Engineer Division, for a period of
four years with the rank of Flight Lieutenant and with
seniority as from 3 May 1946. Dated 25 November 1953.

Transfer
Flight Lieutenant Rowland John Whitby Lindsay
(130146) is transferred from the Technical Branch, Engineer
Division, Territorial Air Force to the General Reserve for a
period of four years. Dated 1 January 1954.

Dated at Wellington, this 29th day of March 1954.
T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

Members of the New Zealand Honey Marketing Authority
Appointed (Notice No. Ag. 5614)

Pursuant to regulation 3 (2) of the Honey Marketing
Authority Regulations 1953, His Excellency the Governor-
General has been pleased to appoint—
(a) On the recommendation of the Minister of
Agriculture—
Keith Bell Longmore, Esquire,
to be a member of, and the Government representative on, the
New Zealand Honey Marketing Authority established under
the said regulations:
(b) On election pursuant to the said regulations—
Robert Davidson, Esquire,
Edward Armine Field, Esquire,
William Thompson Herron, Esquire, and,
William Wallace Nelson, Esquire,
to be members of, and producers' representatives on, the said
Marketing Authority:
(c) On the nomination of the National Beekeepers'
Association of New Zealand Incorporated—
Edward Desmond Williams, Esquire,
to be a member of the said Marketing Authority.
Dated at Wellington, this 1st day of April 1954.
K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.
(Ag. 53/7/82)

Port Conciliation Committee for Port of Nelson Appointed
Pursuant to the Waterfront Industry Act 1953, the
Minister of Labour hereby appoints the following persons
to be the Port Conciliation Committee for the Port of Nelson
for a term expiring on the 28th day of February 1955:
Arthur Fowler, Chairman; and
Sydney Cannington, Cyril Gildawie Gray, and Alan
Kenneth Greenslade (nominated by the New Zealand
Port Employers Association Incorporated), and
William Henry Parr (nominated by Nelson Harbour
Board); and
Maurice Bennett, Charles Henry Goad, Stanley Goodman,
and Rex Reginald Walker (nominated by Nelson
Watersiders' Industrial Union of Workers).
Dated at Wellington, this 30th day of March 1954.
W. SULLIVAN, Minister of Labour.