The undermentioned Cadet Pilots are granted short service commissions for the period shown after each name with the rank of Acting Pilot Officer (on prob.), to be followed by four years on the Reserve of Air Force Officers:

710810 Adam Johnston ANDERSON, four years.
888876 Thomas William EVANS, four years.
77322 Frederick Barry FLAVALL, four years.
821277 Peter MacArthur GRUNDY, four years.
708906 Colin Barrie LYNCH, eight years.
623071 Thomas Neal McCOSKER, eight years.
75156 Peter John McKAY, eight years.
969893 Alistair John McLEOD, four years.
797090 Ian Russell McCulloch NESS, eight years.
459204 Bryan George RAOS, eight years.
591413 Paul Howard Gordon STEEDS, eight years.
33131 Arthur David Malcolm WINKELMAN, eight years.
593302 Graeme George BOON, four years.
74184 Robert Athol BRILL, eight years.
71638 John Alfred HALL, eight years.
327877 Geoffrey Allen PARKINSON, eight years.
77325 John Alan SCRIMSHAW, eight years.

Dated 23 August 1954.

Transfer and Appointment

Acting Pilot Officer (on prob.) Donald Bernard REED (783606) is transferred from the General Duties Branch, Territorial Air Force, and is granted an appointment with present rank and seniority for duration of flying training.

Dated 30 August 1954.

Extension of Commission

Air Commodore Cyril Eyton KAY, C.B.E., D.F.C., F.R.Met.S., i.d.c., p.s.a. (70004), is granted an extension of his present commission for a period of one year. Dated 25 June 1955.

Amendment

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 48, dated 5 August 1954, page 1264, in so far as it relates to “Flight Lieutenant Raymond Henry John MYHILL”, is hereby amended to read “74549” in lieu of “70105”.

TECHNICAL BRANCH

Transfer and Appointment

Signals Division

Flying Officer Roderick Duncan MACDONALD, M.Sc. (74147), is transferred from the Administrative and Supply Branch, Special Duties Division, and is granted a permanent commission in present rank and seniority. Dated 1 June 1954.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH

Extension of Commission

Special Duties Division

Flight Lieutenant Edward LUNN, B.A., B.Sc. (70322), is granted an extension of his present commission for a period of four years. Dated 1 December 1954.

EDUCATION BRANCH

Extension of Commission

Flight Lieutenant Harold Bert HAYWARD (74142) is granted an extension of his present commission for a period of three months. Dated 18 October 1954.

WOMEN'S ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE

REGULAR SECTION

Extension of Commission

Flight Officer Gilda St. Clair BEZAR (73882) is granted an extension of her present commission for a period of five years. Dated 5 August 1954.

TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointment

Stanley Noel LASLETT (133953) is granted a commission in the General Duties Branch, Territorial Air Force, for a period of five years in the rank of Flying Officer (on prob.), and with seniority as from date of appointment, to be followed by four years on the Reserve of Air Force Officers. Dated 28 May 1954.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH

Transfer and Appointment

Secretarial Division

Flying Officer Thompson Wayne NICHOLLS, A.R.A.N.Z. (130737), is transferred from the General Duties Branch, Territorial Air Force, in present rank and seniority, and is granted the temporary rank of Flight Lieutenant. Dated 13 August 1954.

MEDICAL BRANCH

Appointment

Doctor Ray MCKENZIE, M.B., Ch.B. (133955), is granted a commission in the Medical Branch, Territorial Air Force, for a period of one year in the rank of Flying Officer (on prob.), and with seniority as from 17 July 1952, to be followed by four years on the Reserve of Air Force Officers. Dated 17 July 1954.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Transfers

Group Captain Barry Stratford NICHOLL (70009) is transferred from the General Duties Branch, Regular Air Force, to the Reserve of Air Force Officers for a period of four years. Dated 6 September 1954.

Flight Lieutenant Ronald Robert SMITH, M.B.E. (70218), is transferred from the Technical Branch (Engineering Division), Regular Air Force, to the Reserve of Air Force Officers for a period of four years. Dated 31 August 1954.

Dated at Wellington this 28th day of September 1954.

T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Deputy High Commissioner of Western Samoa

Pursuant to the Samoa Act 1921, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Thomas Richard Smith, Esquire,

to be Deputy High Commissioner of Western Samoa, with effect from the 9th day of August 1954.

Dated at Wellington this 15th day of October 1954.

T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Island Territories.

Board Appointed to Have Control of Tatu Domain

Pursuant to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, the Minister of Lands hereby appoints

Leslie Edward Carlyon,
Geoffrey Fisher,
James Moscrop Fisher,
Claude William Earl Gill,
Harry Hales,
Harold George Martin,
George Swan, and
Walter Arthur Tocker

to be the Tatu Domain Board to have control of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto, subject to the provisions of the said Act, as a public domain.

SCHEDULE

Taranaki Land District—TATU DOMAIN

SECTION 2, Tatu Village Suburban, situated in Block XIII, Ohura Survey District: Area, 10 acres, more or less. (S.O. Plan 2848.)

Also Section 29, Block XIII, Ohura Survey District: Area, 1 acre 2 roods 12-6 perches, more or less. (S.O. Plan 7137.)

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of October 1954.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 1/339; D.O. 8/29)

Gazette, 19 August 1909, page 2150; Gazette, 19 January 1933, page 59.

Board Appointed to Have Control of Kuaotunu Domain

Pursuant to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, the Minister of Lands hereby appoints

Joseph William Davis,
Fredrick Anthony Marr,
Richard Alfred Simpson,
Valentine Waymouth Stocker, and
Henry Edward Turner

to be the Kuaotunu Domain Board to have control of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto, subject to the provisions of the said Act, as a public domain.

SCHEDULE

South Auckland Land District—KUAOTUNU DOMAIN

SECTION 6, Block II, Otama Survey District: Area, 11 acres 3 roods 30 perches, more or less. (S.O. Plan 12956.)

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of October 1954.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 1/367; D.O. 8/660)

Gazette, 1 September 1904, page 2119.

Board Appointed to Have Control of Makuri Domain

Pursuant to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, the Minister of Lands hereby appoints

Herbert Kenneth Berry,
Lawrence Routledge Dransfield,
Ernest William Hansen,
Xavier Brian Murphy,
George Hayes Powell,
Francis Trevor Rutherford,
William Mowatt Wallace,
Alan Haines Wilson, and
Peter Chilman Wilson

to be the Makuri Domain Board to have control of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto, subject to the provisions of the said Act, as a public domain.