926
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 3

TECHNICAL BRANCH

Promotions

Engineer Division

The undermentioned Flying Officers are granted the rank of Flight Lieutenant with effect from the date shown after each name:

Dennis CROWE (70393). 1 March 1954.
Trevor Maxwell SMITH (70412). 23 January 1955.
Robert Fraser WARD, A.R.Ae.S. (70444). 23 January 1955.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH

Promotions

Secretarial Division

Flying Officer John Richard MAHONEY (74218) is granted the rank of Flight Lieutenant. Dated 21 March 1955.

Pilot Officer Francis James WOOD, A.R.A.N.Z. (74966), is granted the rank of Flying Officer. Dated 17 May 1955.

Equipment Division

Flying Officer Joseph Ronald POTTER (132172) is granted the rank of Flight Lieutenant. Dated 16 January 1955.

Pilot Officer Rhys Watson YOUNG (710842) is granted the rank of Flying Officer. Dated 5 May 1955.

EDUCATION BRANCH

Promotion

Flying Officer Peter Brotherhood ANDREWS, B.A. (74970), is granted the rank of Flight Lieutenant. Dated 16 January 1955.

MEDICAL BRANCH

Appointments

Benjamin Watson WITHERINGTON, B.A., M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O. (76701), is granted a short-service commission in the Medical Branch, Regular Air Force, for a period of four years with the rank of Flying Officer and with seniority as from 17 February 1951, to be followed by a period of four years in the Reserve of Air Force Officers. Dated 17 February 1954.

John David FRANKISH, M.B., Ch.B. (77294), is granted a short-service commission in the Medical Branch, Regular Air Force, for a period of four and a half years with the rank of Flying Officer and with seniority as from 15 February 1952, to be followed by a period of twelve years in the Reserve of Air Force Officers. Dated 15 February 1954.

Promotions

Flying Officer Benjamin Watson WITHERINGTON, B.A., M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O. (76701), is granted the rank of Flight Lieutenant with seniority as from 17 February 1953. Dated 17 February 1955.

Flying Officer John David FRANKISH, M.B., Ch.B. (77294), is granted the rank of Flight Lieutenant with seniority as from 15 February 1953. Dated 15 February 1955.

Flying Officer Brian Joseph KELLY, M.B., Ch.B. (77321), is granted the rank of Flight Lieutenant with seniority as from 13 March 1953. Dated 13 March 1955.

Flying Officer Norman Lewis Sidney BOURCHIER, M.B., Ch.B. (77255), is granted the rank of Flight Lieutenant with seniority as from 13 January 1953. Dated 13 January 1955.

Amendment

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 23, dated 8 April 1954, page 555, in so far as it relates to ‘Norman Lewis Sidney BOURCHIER’ is hereby amended to read ‘to be followed by a period of twelve years on the Air Force Reserve’ in lieu of ‘to be followed by a period of four years on the Air Force Reserve’.

The notices published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 66, dated 9 August 1951, page 1157, and the New Zealand Gazette No. 48, dated 20 August 1953, page 1356, in so far as they relate to ‘Robert Fraser WARD’ are hereby amended to read ‘Fraser’ in lieu of ‘Frazer’.

Dated at Wellington this 31st day of May 1955.

T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

Member of the Tokanui Rabbit Board Appointed (Notice No. Ag. 5995)

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PURSUANT to section 37 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act 1928, the Minister of Agriculture hereby appoints

John Garfield Mitchell,

being an Inspector appointed under Part I of the said Act, to be a member of the Tokanui Rabbit Board.

Dated at Wellington this 1st day of June 1955.

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 64/1/233)

Port Conciliation Committee for Port of Gisborne 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 Gisborne for a term of one year expiring on the 30th day of April 1956:

James Arnold Thomas, Chairman; and

John Alfred Booth, Deputy Chairman; and

Ronald Edward Pirani, Irvine James Quigley, and Sidney Millner Williams (nominated by the New Zealand Port Employers’ Association (Incorporated)); and

Laurice Byrne, Nigel Joseph Green, and Matu Rang (nominated by the Gisborne Waterfront Workers’ Industrial Union of Workers).

Dated at Wellington this 2nd day of June 1955.

W. SULLIVAN, Minister of Labour

Revocation of the Appointment of Hukutai Domain Board and Appointment of New Board

PURSUANT to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, the Minister of Lands hereby revokes the appointment of the Hukutai Domain Board as published in Gazette, 19 August 1948, Volume II, page 1021, and appoints

The Opotiki County Council

to be the Hukutai 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

GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT—HUKUTAI DOMAIN

SECTION 24s, Hukutai Settlement, situated in Block VI, Opotiki Survey District: Area, 11 acres 1 rood 17 perches, more or less.

Dated at Wellington this 1st day of June 1955.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 1/820; D.O. 8/67)

Board Appointed to Have Control of Onaero Domain

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

Albert George Alsop,
Lionel Rex Appleby,
George William Gowen,
Daniel James Muir,
Edward Redvers Pryme,
Morris Shannon Rea, and
Richard Hector Watkins

to be the Onaero 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

TANANAKI LAND DISTRICT—ONAERO DOMAIN

SECTION 8, Block III, Waitara Survey District: Area, 6 acres, more or less. (S.O. Plan 2958.)

Dated at Wellington this 2nd day of June 1955.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 1/319; D.O. 8/14)

Member of Waima Scenic and Historic Board Appointed

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

Mautine Tawhai

to be a member of the Waima Scenic and Historic Board, North Auckland Land District, in place of Henry Tawhai (deceased).

Dated at Wellington this 2nd day of June 1955.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 4/466; D.O. 3/951)

Board Appointed to Have Control of Mataroa Public Hall

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

Percy Barham Arrow (the younger),
William Gordon Cleaver,
Daniel Coogan,
Maurice Devane,
Andrew William Thomas Dunn,
William Baker Mark,
James Gordon Stewart Morrison,
Tiria Steedman, and
Richard John Williams

to be the Mataroa Public Hall Board to have control of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto, subject to the provisions of the said Act, as a site for a public hall.