658 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 29

Rongotai College Cadets
Captain B. W. Brock is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Artillery, with the rank of Major. Dated 7 March 1956.
Alexander Edmund Victor Anderson to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 8 February 1956.

St. Andrew’s College Cadets
Ian David Livingstone, M.SC.(HONS.), to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 1 February 1956.

St. Patrick’s College Cadets, Wellington
The Rev. Bernard Xavier Doherty to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.), and is appointed O.C. St. Patrick’s College Cadets, Wellington. Dated 14 February 1956.
The Rev. Gerard Matthew Mills to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 15 February 1956.

St. Patrick’s College Cadets, Silverstream
The Rev. William Joseph Chaney to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.), and is appointed O.C., St. Patrick’s College Cadets, Silverstream. Dated 1 February 1956.

St. Paul’s College Cadets
2nd Lieutenant C. Donoghue to be Lieutenant. Dated 1 February 1956.

St. Peter’s College Cadets
Lieutenant R. V. Carley, 1st Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A., is attached. Dated 1 February 1956.

St. Stephen’s School Cadets
Major L. C. Barton, B.A., Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, The Hauraki Regiment, is attached, and is appointed O.C., St. Stephen’s School Cadets. Dated 13 April 1956.

Taieri High School Cadets
John Anthony Liston O’Connell to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 1 February 1956.
David Colin Fraser to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 1 February 1956.

Tauranga College Cadets
David Christopher Page, B.A., to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 15 February 1956.

Te Awamutu College Cadets
2nd Lieutenant H. Prosser, B.A., to be Lieutenant. Dated 1 February 1956.

Waiau District High School Cadets
Desmond John McMahon to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 24 December 1955.

Wairarapa College Cadets
Clive Norman Gibbs, DIP. FINE ARTS, to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 9 February 1956.
Dalison Flannery, B.SC., to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 9 February 1956.
John Martin Renner, M.SC., to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 9 February 1956.

Wairoa College Cadets
Keith Albert Laws to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 1 March 1956.

Wanganui Technical College Cadets
Robertson John Oswald to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 7 March 1956.

Whakatane High School Cadets
Lieutenant P. U. McLay, B.SC., A.O.S.M., from the Nelson College Cadets, to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 24 May 1954. Dated 1 February 1956.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS

Regimental List

3rd Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A.
Lieutenant J. A. Russell resigns his commission. Dated 7 March 1956.

1st Field Engineer Regiment, R.N.Z.E.
Lieutenant L. P. Schwabe is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Engineers, with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 12 March 1956.
Lieutenant R. Pedersen is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Engineers, with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 18 March 1956.

The Northland Regiment
Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. Garland, E.D., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 31 March 1956.

The Hauraki Regiment
Major L. C. Barton, B.A., is attached to, and is appointed O.C., St. Stephen’s School Cadets. Dated 13 April 1956.

The Canterbury Regiment
Major T. A. Bullock is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, with the rank of Major. Dated 14 February 1956.

The Royal N.Z. Army Service Corps
Lieutenant P. R. Weir is posted to the Retired List. Dated 12 February 1956.
Lieutenant R. J. Haycock is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Army Service Corps, with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 20 March 1956.

3rd General Hospital, R.N.Z.A.M.C.
John Arthur Reginald Miles, M.A., M.D., B.CHIR.(CANTAB.), late Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel, The Reserve of Officers, The Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, to be Major. Dated 7 February 1956.

GENERAL LIST

The Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps
Anthony John Whellan Cottle, late Captain (acting Major), The Essex Regiment, to be Major. Dated 1 March 1956.

Supplementary List
Lieutenant-Colonel J. I. Thodey, D.S.O., is posted to the Retired List. Dated 21 February 1956.
Lieutenant-Colonel R. F. Wilson, M.B., CH.B., M.R.C.P., M.R.A.C.P., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 13 March 1956.
Lieutenant (temp. Major) F. Akel, R.D.S., is posted to the Retired List, with the rank of Major. Dated 4 April 1956.

OFFICER STRUCK OFF THE STRENGTH OF THE EMERGENCY FORCE

With reference to the notice published in the Gazette, 8 March 1956, No. 13, page 309, relative to Lieutenant J. F. Dodson, R.N.Z.A.S.C., for “Dated 16 February 1956”, subs. “Dated 14 March 1956”.

Dated at Wellington this 10th day of May 1956.

T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

Confirmation of Appointments, Extension of Commission, Transfers, Cancellation, and Resignations 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 Administrator of the Government has been pleased to approve the following confirmation of appointments, extension of commission, transfers, cancellation, and resignations of commissions of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

REGULAR AIR FORCE

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Confirmation of Appointments

The undermentioned Acting Pilot Officers are confirmed in their appointments with the rank of Pilot Officer with effect from the dates shown:

Alistair John McLEOD (969893), 27 April 1955.
Maarten Willem KREPEL VAN DE STOLPE (77751), 14 December 1955.

Resignation of Commission

Pilot Officer Donald Trevor BROWN (339153) resigns his commission, with effect from 7 November 1955.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH

Extension of Commission

Equipment Division

Flight Lieutenant Herman Frederick EVANS (70306) is granted an extension of his present commission for the period 1 October 1957 to 19 October 1957 inclusive.

WOMEN’S ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE

REGULAR SECTION

Resignation of Commission

Assistant Section Officer Lorraine Terése MCKENZIE (née BREWER) (77375), resigns her commission, with effect from 3 April 1956.

TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Transfer

Flight Lieutenant Charles Alistair KERR (132503) is transferred from the Reserve of Air Force Officers to the Territorial Air Force for a period of five years in his present rank and branch, and with seniority from 24 February 1954, to be followed by four years in the Reserve of Air Force Officers. Dated 24 February 1956.

Cancellation of Commission

The commission of Acting Pilot Officer James Spencer Fyfe NICHOLLS (594780) is cancelled, with effect from 6 January 1956.