13 MAY] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 831

Appointments, Extensions of Engagements, Promotion, Transfers, and Cancellations of Commissions 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, extensions of engagements, promotion, transfers, and cancellations of commissions of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

REGULAR AIR FORCE

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Cancellations of Commissions

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

Leslie Alan WILKINSON (551145). 20 January 1954.

Desmond Ernest TROUP (75280). 7 February 1954.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH

Appointment

Equipment Division

Flight Lieutenant Walter Cecil HENDERSON (70317) is granted a permanent commission with his present rank and seniority. Dated 4 January 1952.

Transfer and Appointment

Special Duties Division

Flight Lieutenant Colin Morris HANSON (70181) is transferred from the General Duties Branch and is granted a permanent commission with his present rank and seniority. Dated 1 January 1954.

WOMEN’S ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE

REGULAR SECTION

Extension of Engagement

Section Officer Geraldine Moana LAPTHORN (73792) is granted an extension of her engagement for a period of one year. Dated 14 November 1953.

TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Transfer and Appointment

Flying Officer David William GRAY (70155) is transferred from the Air Force Reserve and is granted an appointment for a period of five years with his present rank and with seniority as from 16 July 1948, to be followed by a period of four years in the Air Force Reserve. Dated 16 December 1953.

Extension of Engagement

Flying Officer (temp.) William Pat LAWSON (130112) is granted an extension of his engagement for a period of two years. Dated 1 January 1954.

TECHNICAL BRANCH

Transfer and Appointment

Signals Division

Flying Officer John Harrild KEMPTHORNE (133883) is transferred from the Reserve of Air Force Officers and is granted an appointment for a period of five years with his present rank and with seniority as from 18 October 1952, to be followed by a period of four years in the Air Force Reserve. Dated 18 December 1953.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH

Promotion

Special Duties Division

Flight Lieutenant Harold Arthur Charles DAVY (130145) is granted the temporary rank of Squadron Leader with seniority as from 15 February 1946. Dated 1 January 1954.

AIR TRAINING CORPS

Amendment

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 24, dated 14 April 1954, page 585, in so far as it relates to “Warrant Officer TATE”, is hereby amended to read “Geoffery” in lieu of “Geoffrey”, and “Dated 9 February 1954” in lieu of “Dated 9 December 1953”.

AIR FORCE RESERVE

ACTIVE RESERVE

Transfers

Flight Lieutenant William Trevor McKEOWN, B.A., B.Sc. (74145), is transferred from the Education Branch, Regular Air Force, to the Air Force Reserve for a period of four years. Dated 19 April 1954.

Flying Officer Thomas David Ian McDONALD (133128) is transferred from the General Duties Branch, Territorial Air Force, to the Air Force Reserve for a period of four years. Dated 1 February 1954.

GENERAL RESERVE

Transfers

Squadron Leader (temp.) Harold Arthur Charles DAVY (130145) is transferred from the Administrative and Supply Branch, Special Duties Division, Territorial Air Force, to the Air Force Reserve for a period of four years. Dated 1 January 1954.

Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Joseph Frederick BAND (130141) is transferred from the Technical Branch, Engineer Division, Territorial Air Force, to the Air Force Reserve for a period of four years. Dated 1 January 1954.

Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Peter William FELS, A.R.A.N.Z. (130137), is transferred from the Administrative and Supply Branch, Secretarial Division, Territorial Air Force, to the Air Force Reserve for a period of four years. Dated 1 May 1954.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of May 1954.

T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

Port Conciliation Committee for Port of Bluff 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 Bluff for a term expiring on the 31st day of March 1955.

Allan Herbert James Wyatt, Chairman; and

Kenneth Hugh Smyth, Deputy Chairman; and

Henry Gustave Edwards, James Alexander Hamilton, and Harry Hardaker (nominated by the New Zealand Port Employers’ Association Incorporated), and Albert Edward O’Hara (nominated by the General Manager of Railways); and

William Henry Anglem, Cecil Edward Cross, Eric John McIntyre, and William Alexander Mathieson (nominated by Bluff Waterside Workers’ Industrial Union of Workers).

Dated at Wellington, this 4th day of May 1954.

W. SULLIVAN, Minister of Labour.

Member of the Kekerangu Rabbit Board Appointed (Notice No. Ag. 5631)

PURSUANT to section 50 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act 1928, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint on the 3rd day of May 1954

Clarence Archie Booker

to be a member of the Kekerangu Rabbit Board.

Dated at Wellington, this 6th day of May 1954.

R. B. TENNENT,

Acting Director-General of Agriculture.

(Ag. 64/1/161)

Member of the West Waikato Rabbit Board Appointed (Notice No. Ag. 5634)

PURSUANT to section 56 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act 1928, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint on the 4th day of May 1954

Robert Gittins Speake

to be a member of the West Waikato Rabbit Board, vice Robert Fisher, deceased.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of May 1954.

R. B. TENNENT,

Acting Director-General of Agriculture.

(Ag. 64/1/102)

Members of the Dairy Factory Managers Registration Board Appointed (Notice No. Ag. 5632)

PURSUANT to regulation 3:2 of the Dairy Factory Managers Regulations 1941, the Minister of Agriculture hereby appoints

(1) On the recommendation of the New Zealand Dairy Factory Managers Association—

John Stevenson, Esquire;

(2) On the recommendation of the New Zealand Dairy Board—

James McKenzie, Esquire,

being a dairy company director;

(3) On the recommendation of the Otago and Southland Cheese-factory Managers’ Union—

Ian Stanley Galt, Esquire;

(4) On the recommendation of the New Zealand Dairy Factories’ Employees’ Union—

David Andrew Fitzgerald, Esquire,

being the holder of a certificate issued and for the time being in force under the said regulations; and

(5) Horace Arthur Foy, Esquire,

being a member of the staff of the Department of Agriculture,

to be members of the Dairy Factory Managers Registration Board established by the said regulations.

Dated at Wellington, this 5th day of May 1954.

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.