Confirmation of Appointment
Acting Pilot Officer Donald Bernard REED (783606) is confirmed in his appointment with the rank of Pilot Officer.
Dated 27 April 1955.

Termination of Commission
The commission of Flying Officer Ian Hayward OLIVER (592795) is terminated. Dated 18 April 1955.

Amendment
The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 16, dated 1 March 1945, page 243, as it relates to ‘Acting Wing Commander John Milne CHECKETTS, D.S.O., D.F.C.’ should be deleted. A new sub-heading, ‘Silver Star’, should be inserted before the sub-heading ‘Distinguished Flying Cross’. Under the new sub-heading the following entry should be made:
‘Acting Wing Commander John Milne CHECKETTS, D.S.O., D.F.C. (N.Z. 403602), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Invercargill’.

TECHNICAL BRANCH
Extension of Date of Retirement
Signals Division
The age for retirement of Wing Commander John William Todd, M.B.E. (70228), is extended for a period of one and a half years. Dated 10 December 1955.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH
Extension of Date of Retirement
Special Duties Division
The age for retirement of Flight Lieutenant Eric WILSON, M.C., M.B.E. (73665), is extended for a further period of one year. Dated 1 April 1955.

TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Appointments
The undermentioned Cadet Pilots are granted commissions in the General Duties Branch, Territorial Air Force, for a period of five years with the rank of Acting Pilot Officer, to be followed by a period of four years in the Reserve of Air Force Officers:
Keith William BLYTH (784547).
Denis Patrick CRONIN (914436).
Christopher Vivian CURRIE (822410).
George Alfred KAY (821765).
Barry John PATERSON (462953).
Murray Ashley PICKERING (820127).
William Bruce RUSSELL (925289).
Max Graham TAYLOR (821408).
Dated 7 April 1955.

AIR TRAINING CORPS
Appointment
Tony Harris HARRISON is granted a commission with the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 28 April 1955.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of June 1955.
E. H. HALSTEAD, for the Minister of Defence.

Member of Palmerston Rabbit Board Appointed (Notice No. Ag. 5902)
PURSUANT to section 37 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act 1928, the Minister of Agriculture hereby appoints Allan Wilfred John Apps, being an Inspector appointed under Part I of the said Act, to be a member of the Palmerston Rabbit Board.
Dated at Wellington this 20th day of June 1955.
K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.
(Ag. 64/1/261)

Port Conciliation Committee No. 1 for Port of Wellington Appointed
PURSUANT to the Waterfront Industry Act 1953, the Minister of Labour hereby appoints the following persons to be the Port Conciliation Committee No. 1 for the Port of Wellington for a term expiring on the 31st day of August 1955:
Frank Leslie Hunt, Chairman; and
George Edward Breeze, Deputy Chairman; and
Francis Aloysius Conlon, William Alexander McGarry, and
Sydney Alan Scotland (nominated by the New Zealand
Port Employers’ Association Incorporated), and Frank
Edmund Ball (nominated by Wellington Harbour Board); and
Barry Baird, John Andrew Manson, William Dickinson Southworth, and Edward George Thompson (nominated by Wellington Waterside Workers’ Industrial Union of Workers).
Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of June 1955.
W. SULLIVAN, Minister of Labour.

Appointment of Honorary Child Welfare Officer Under the Child Welfare Act 1925
PURSUANT to section 2 of the Child Welfare Act 1925, the Minister of Education hereby appoints Captain Noel Pearse McNabb, Dannevirke, to be an Honorary Child Welfare Officer for the purposes of the said Act for the period ending 31 March 1956.

Dated at Wellington this 21st day of June 1955.
HILDA ROSS, for the Minister of Education.

Board Appointed to have Control of Seddonville Soldiers’ Memorial Park Domain
PURSUANT to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, the Minister of Lands hereby appoints
John Thomas Dove,
Doretta Irene Harlen,
Norman Harmon,
Andrew Mitchell Mulholland,
Robert Archibald Mulholland,
Patrick Henry Snowden, and
Cyrus Mark Walshe
to be the Seddonville Soldiers’ Memorial Park 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
NELSON LAND DISTRICT—SEDONVILLE SOLDIERS’ MEMORIAL PARK DOMAIN
SECTIONS 83 and 84, Block XV, Mokihinui Survey District: Area, 10 acres, more or less.

Dated at Wellington this 27th day of June 1955.
E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. H.O. 1/706; D.O. 8/123)

Members of Domain Board Appointed

PURSUANT to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, the Minister of Lands hereby appoints
Ian Miller Buckingham,
Thomas Benson Fox,
Maurice William McGowan, and
William Martin Shaw
to be members of the Waikiwi Domain Board, Southland Land District, in place of
Edmund Louis Bell,
Leslie Robert Lyall,
Cecil Arthur Myers, and
Harold William Penny, resigned.

Dated at Wellington this 27th day of June 1955.
E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. H.O. 1/751; D.O. 8/115)

Member of Domain Board Appointed

PURSUANT to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, the Minister of Lands hereby appoints
George Greig Bayne
to be a member of the Taumata Domain Board, Otago Land District, in place of David Arthur Gent, resigned.

Dated at Wellington this 27th day of June 1955.
E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. H.O. 1/1328; D.O. 8/3/102)

Member of Domain Board Appointed

PURSUANT to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, the Minister of Lands hereby appoints
William Harold Pearce
to be a member of the Carter’s Beach Domain Board, Nelson Land District, in place of William Jefferies Bennett, resigned.

Dated at Wellington this 27th day of June 1955.
E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. H.O. 1/1010; D.O. 8/195)