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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 42

Appointments, Confirmation of Appointment, Extensions of Commissions, Promotion, Transfers, Terminations of Commissions, Cancellations of Commissions, and Resignations 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, confirmation of appointment, extensions of commissions, promotion, transfers, cancellations of commissions, terminations of commissions, and resignations of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

REGULAR AIR FORCE
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Appointment

Helge Hall TORGERSEN (77345) is granted a commission for a period of three years with the rank of Flight Lieutenant, to be followed by a period of four years in the Air Force Reserve. Dated 2 June 1954.

Extension of Commission

Flight Lieutenant William Adino NEWENHAM, D.F.C., p.s.a. (75099), is granted an extension of his commission for a period of two years, to be effective from 28 July 1954.

Cancellations of Commissions

The commissions of the undermentioned Acting Pilot Officers (on prob.) are cancelled:
Robert Norman KOSKELA (76050). Dated 21 May 1954.
Anthony Charles TIMINGS (816763). Dated 2 June 1954.

EDUCATION BRANCH
Transfer and Appointment

Flying Officer Donald COOK, D.F.C. (77326), is transferred from the General Reserve and is granted an appointment for a period of five years with the rank of Flying Officer and with seniority as from 1 June 1952, to be followed by a period of four years in the Air Force Reserve. Dated 1 June 1954.

WOMEN’S ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE

REGULAR SECTION
Extensions of Commissions

Squadron Officer Thelma Mary LAWSON (70335) is granted an extension of her commission for a period of one year. Dated 1 January 1953.

Squadron Officer Thelma Mary LAWSON (70335) is granted an extension of her commission for a period to expire on 22 April 1954. Dated 1 January 1954.

The undermentioned Section Officers are granted extensions of their commissions for a period of three months:
Patricia Evelina PARKER (74316).
Margaret Reid PHILLIPS (74334).

Dated 18 June 1954.

Resignation

Squadron Officer Thelma Mary LAWSON (70335) resigns her commission. Dated 23 April 1954.

TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Appointment

John Albert LAWSON, B.Com., A.R.A.N.Z. (133195), is granted a commission for a period of five years with the rank of Flying Officer (on prob.), to be followed by a period of four years in the Air Force Reserve. Dated 27 May 1954.

Extensions of Commissions

Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Neville Batchelor COLLINS (130544) is granted an extension of his commission for a period of one year, to be effective from 1 October 1954.

Flight Lieutenant (temp.) David Julian BARNSTON (130703) is granted an extension of his commission for a period of eight months. Dated 10 May 1954.

Promotion

Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Neville Batchelor COLLINS (130544) is granted the temporary rank of Squadron Leader. Dated 1 June 1954.

Resignations

The undermentioned Acting Pilot Officers (on prob.) resign their commissions:
Robert William MARRIS (783678). Dated 29 January 1954.
John Gerard BAYLEY (330153). Dated 9 February 1954.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH
Confirmation of Appointment
Special Duties Division

Pilot Officer (on prob.) Maxwell Stuart BUTTERTON (133653) is confirmed in his rank and appointment. Dated 31 March 1954.

AIR TRAINING CORPS
Appointment

Warrant Officer Ian Dudley McLELLAN is granted a commission for a period of four years with the rank of Flying Officer. Dated 17 June 1954.

Resignation

Flight Lieutenant Frederick Arthur CRIMP resigns his commission. Dated 30 January 1954.

Termination of Commission

The commission of Pilot Officer Stanley Kelvin CLEMENT, B.A., is terminated. Dated 27 May 1954.

AIR FORCE RESERVE
ACTIVE RESERVE
Appointment

Noel Ager MACKAY, B.E.(Mech.), A.M.I.(Mech.E.), M.S.A.E. (133917), is granted a commission in the Education Branch for a period of four years with the rank of Flying Officer (on prob.) and with seniority as from 4 June 1952. Dated 4 June 1954.

Transfer

Flight Lieutenant Theo Charles RALFE, B.Sc. (72871), is transferred from the Education Branch of the Regular Air Force to the Active Reserve for a period of four years. Dated 2 March 1954.

Termination of Commission

The commission of Squadron Leader Lionel Recklaw RENOLDS, D.F.C. (130119), is terminated. Dated 4 May 1954.

GENERAL RESERVE
Relinquishment

Flying Officer (temp. Flight Lieutenant) Reginald John ATKINSON (133447) ceases attachment to the Air Training Corps and relinquishes the temporary rank of Flight Lieutenant. Dated 31 May 1954.

Dated at Wellington, this 28th day of June 1954.
T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

Port Conciliation Committee for the Port of Whangarei
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 Whangarei for a term expiring on the 31st day of May 1955:

Nicholas Allan Murphy, Chairman; and
Harold Samuel Beehre, Deputy Chairman; and
John Armitage, William Ewart Aspden, and Ernest Leese (nominated by the New Zealand Port Employers’ Association Incorporated); and
John Alexander MacLeod, Henry William Menefy, and Clark Waetford (nominated by the Whangarei Longshoremen’s Industrial Union of Workers).

Dated at Wellington, this 1st day of July 1954.
W. SULLIVAN, Minister of Labour.

Auckland Port Conciliation Committee 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 Auckland for a term expiring on the 31st day of May 1955:

Thomas George Feilder, Chairman; and
Alec Davies, Deputy Chairman; and
Aubrey Wilfred Jenkyns, George Sydney Pool, and Phillip Earle Ryan (nominated by New Zealand Port Employers’ Association Incorporated); and
Cecil Gordon Burn, John Joseph O’Brien, and Edward Porteous (nominated by the Auckland Maritime Cargo Workers’ Industrial Union of Workers).

Dated at Wellington, this 30th day of June 1954.
W. SULLIVAN, Minister of Labour.

Resignation of Coroner Accepted

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation of

Arthur Earle Lawlor Dodd, Esquire, of Thames,
of his appointment as a Coroner for New Zealand.

Dated at Wellington, this 29th day of June 1954.
T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.