922 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 39

Appointments, Promotions, Extension of Commission,
Transfers, Resignation, and Cancellations of Commissions
of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

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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, pro-
motions, extension of commission, transfers, resignations, and
cancellations of commissions of officers of the Royal New
Zealand Air Force.

REGULAR AIR FORCE

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Cancellations of Commissions

The commissions of the under-mentioned Acting Pilot
Officers are cancelled, with effect from the dates shown:

Cornelis BAKKER (78104). 27 May 1956.
Terence Michael Patrick DOYLE (75190). 28 May 1956.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH

Resignation of Commission

Special Duties Division

Squadron Leader Malcolm Robert HEAD, D.S.O., D.F.C., B.E.,
B.SC., B.A., PH.D. (70070), resigns his commission, with effect
from 15 October 1955.

MEDICAL BRANCH

Appointment and Promotion

Squadron Leader (temp.) Robert John CROKE, M.B., CH.B.
(72875), is granted a short-service commission in the Medical
Branch, Regular Air Force, for a period of four years, to be
followed by four years in the Reserve of Air Force Officers.
He is granted the substantive rank of Squadron Leader with
seniority from 1 January 1952. Dated 21 March 1956.

WOMEN’S ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE

REGULAR SECTION

Extension of Commission

Section Officer Irene Margaret WILLIAMS (74757) is granted
an extension of her present commission for a period of one
year, with effect from 18 June 1956.

TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE

TECHNICAL BRANCH

Promotion

Signals Division

Flying Officer John Harrild KEMPTHORNE (133883) to be
temporary Flight Lieutenant, with effect from 18 October 1955.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH

Appointment

Special Duties Division

Robert Leslie CASSIDY (133835) is granted a commission in
the Administrative and Supply Branch (Special Duties Divi-
sion), Territorial Air Force, for a period of five years with
the rank of Flying Officer and with seniority as from date of
appointment, to be followed by four years in the Reserve of
Air Force Officers. Dated 18 June 1956.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Promotions

Flight Lieutenant Henry Keith PATIENCE, A.F.C. (132738),
to be temporary Squadron Leader while attached to Auckland
Grammar School Air Training Corps Unit, with effect from
15 June 1956.

Flight Lieutenant Joseph Walter Pountney WATTS, LL.B.
(130031), to be temporary Squadron Leader, with effect from
1 June 1956.

The under-mentioned Flying Officers to be temporary Flight
Lieutenants while attached to the Air Training Corps, with
effect from the dates shown:

Stuart Ernest FRANKLIN (132590). 1 January 1955.
Robert Donald SALTER, B.A., DIP.ED. (133660). 10 February
1956.
Thomas Noel HEEPS (132626). 1 May 1956.

Transfers

The under-mentioned Flight Lieutenants are transferred
from the General Duties Branch, Regular Air Force, to the
Reserve of Air Force Officers for a period of four years, with
effect from the dates shown:

Ian Desmond MACPHERSON (72795). 14 February 1956.
Patrick Lane MCFARLAND (72209). 18 February 1956.

Amendment

The entries under the heading “Reserve of Air Force
Officers” in Gazette, 7 June 1956, No, 32, page 748, are can-
celled and the following substituted:

Promotions

The under-mentioned Flying Officers to be temporary Flight
Lieutenants with seniority from 1 January 1955, and with effect
from 9 May 1956:

Jack Edwin DAWBER (130774).
Ronald Marshall Lewis HOPPING (130096).

Flying Officer John Halliday ORR (130777) to be temporary
Flight Lieutenant with seniority from 1 January 1955, and
with effect from 11 May 1956.

Flying Officer Frank Featherstone WRIGHT (130601) to be
temporary Flight Lieutenant with seniority from 1 January
1955, and with effect from 17 May 1956.

Pilot Officer Ian McAlpine ANDERSON (72506) to be tem-
porary Flying Officer, with effect from 9 April 1956.

Dated at Wellington this 2nd day of July 1956.

T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

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Member of Port Conciliation Committee for Port of
Wellington Appointed

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PURSUANT to the Waterfront Industry Act 1953, the
Minister of Labour hereby appoints

Leonard Benjamin Smith (nominated by the New Zealand
Port Employers’ Association Incorporated)

to be a member of the Port Conciliation Committee for the
Port of Wellington for a term expiring on the 31st day of
August 1956, vice Francis Aloysius Conlon.

Dated at Wellington this 8th day of July 1956.

W. SULLIVAN, Minister of Labour.

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Managing Director of State Advances Corporation of New
Zealand Appointed

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PURSUANT to section 2 of the State Advances Corporation
Amendment Act 1951, His Excellency the Governor-
General has been pleased to reappoint

Thomas Norman Smallwood, Esquire,

to be Managing Director of the State Advances Corporation
of New Zealand.

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of July 1956.

W. SULLIVAN, Minister for State Advances.

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Member of Carter Observatory Board Appointed

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PURSUANT to section 5 of the Carter Observatory Act
1938, His Excellency the Governor-General has been
pleased to appoint

D’Arcy Walker, M.SC.(N.Z.), PH.D., D.SC.(BIRMINGHAM),
F.INST.P.,

to be a member of the Carter Observatory Board for a term
of one year and six months, from the 1st day of July 1956.

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of July 1956.

R. M. ALGIE,
Minister of Scientific and Industrial Research.

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Board Appointed to Have Control of Fortrose Public Hall
Site

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

John Douglas Anderson,
Andrew Chisholm,
Walter William Cull,
Charles Edmond Frew,
Kenneth George Golden,
Cecil Desmond Hurle,
Donald Clark McKenzie,
John Roderick McKenzie, and
Donald William Stirling

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

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SCHEDULE

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT

Lot 1, D.P. 4052, being part Section 1, Block III, Town of
Fortrose: Area, 1 rood 16·2 perches, more or less. Part
certificate of title, Volume 45, folio 28.

Dated at Wellington this 10th day of July 1956.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 22/3630/84; D.O. 8/159)