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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 31

Wanganui Technical College Cadets
Major Edgar Allen Latham is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, N.Z. Cadet Corps, in the rank of Major. Dated 15 April 1959.

Wellington College Cadets
Roger Herbert Ingram Hunter, M.SC., to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 9 February 1959.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS
Regimental List
1st Battalion, The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own), RNZ Inf
Major Gilbert Escott Cairns, M.C., E.D., is posted to the Retired List. Dated 23 March 1959.

2nd General Hospital, RNZAMC
    The appointment of Lieutenant (on prob.) R. C. Tait, M.B., CH.B., lapses. Dated 9 February 1959.

General List
The following are posted to the Retired List:
Royal Regiment of N.Z. Artillery
Major Allan Richard Dalhousie Ramsay.
Major Arthur Albert Roxburgh, M.C.
Captain Peter Villiers Shepherd.
Captain Erle Davis Williams.
Lieutenant Maurice Morley Chrystall.
Lieutenant Matthew Gerald Cuthbert.

Royal N.Z. Armoured Corps
    Captain James Luke Hazlett.

Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps
    Captain Henry John Waitangi Hewin.
    Captain William Hoare Reynolds.
    Captain Nelson Vernon Ross.
    Captain Patrick Heathcote Temple Williams.
    Lieutenant William Alison.
    Lieutenant Claude McMurray Cole.
    Lieutenant William MacKenzie Spedding.
    Lieutenant William Samuel Henry Wick.
    Lieutenant Kenneth Arkless Wills.

N.Z. Army Pay Corps
    Captain John Alfred Tremain.

N.Z. Cadet Corps
    Lieutenant Terrence Sweeney.

    Dated 1 May 1959.

N.Z. Defence Scientific Corps
Captain D. N. Gibbs, M.A., PH.D., is seconded to the Reserve of Officers, Royal Australian Psychology Corps, for temporary duty. Dated 10 April 1959.
Dated at Wellington this 21st day of May 1959.
PHILLIP G. CONNOLLY, Minister of Defence.

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Appointments, Extensions of Commissions, Transfers, and Retirement 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 Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointments, extensions of commissions, transfers, and retirement of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

REGULAR AIR FORCE
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Extensions of Commissions
The under-mentioned Flying Officers are granted extensions of their present commissions until the dates shown:
John Stewart Boys (784905), 21 April 1961.
James Barrie Irvine (784703), 4 January 1967.

TECHNICAL BRANCH
Transfer and Appointment
Engineer Division
Flying Officer Mac Rowan Saunders (797207) is transferred from the Technical Branch (Engineer Division), Reserve of Air Force Officers, to the Regular Air Force and is granted a permanent commission in the rank of Pilot Officer, with seniority from 27 October 1958, with effect from 27 April 1959.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH
Transfer to the Retired List
Equipment Division
Squadron Leader Francis John McWhinnie, A.R.AE.S., p.s.a. (70286), is transferred to the Retired List “A”, with effect from 10 August 1959.

AIR TRAINING CORPS
Appointment
Rodney Harries, M.SC., is granted a commission in the Air Training Corps in the rank of Pilot Officer, with seniority and with effect from 4 May 1959.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
Extensions of Commissions
The under-mentioned officers are granted extensions of their present commissions until the dates shown:
Squadron Leader Lionel Allan Cromwell Warner, M.SC. (132700), 29 August 1960.

Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Ronald Gordon Smyth (134034), 14 March 1962.

Flying Officers:
Robert Harkness, A.R.A.N.Z. (133508), 20 April 1963.
Ian James Strang Laidlaw (130740), 28 April 1963.
Robert James Tizard, M.A., M.P. (133982), 25 May 1963.
Richard Hilary Woodhouse (130077), 31 May 1963.
William Arthur Fletcher, B.SC. (130658), 8 June 1963.

Transfer
Flight Lieutenant Gerald Russell Rowe (134192) is transferred from the Administrative and Supply Branch (Special Duties Division), Territorial Air Force, to the Reserve of Air Force Officers for a period of four years, with effect from 1 May 1959.

Retirement
Flight Lieutenant Jack Davidson, D.F.C. (132383), is retired, with effect from 1 April 1959.
Dated at Wellington this 19th day of May 1959.
PHILLIP G. CONNOLLY, Minister of Defence.

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Appointment of Consul of Israel

His Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that the appointment of
Haim Raphael, Esquire,
as Consul of Israel in New Zealand with residence in Sydney, Australia, has been formally recognised.
Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of May 1959.
W. NASH, Minister of External Affairs.

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Member of Rabbit Boards Appointed (Notice No. Ag. 6742)

Pursuant to section 24 of the Rabbits Act 1955, the Minister of Agriculture hereby appoints
Bryan Alexander Fraser,
being an inspector appointed under Part III of the said Act, to be a member of the Culverden, Pahau, Amuri, Hanmer, Waiau, Parnassus, Cheviot, and Conway Rabbit Boards, vice Guy Wilmot-Buxton.
This notice is in substitution for notice No. Ag. 6731 published in Gazette, 7 May 1959, No. 26, page 590.
Dated at Wellington this 27th day of April 1959.
C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Agriculture.
(Ag. 20890)

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Member of the Stock Remedies Registration Board Reappointed (Notice No. Ag. 6748)

Pursuant to section 3 of the Stock Remedies Act 1934, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to reappoint
Bruce Gibb Johnston (on the recommendation of the Veterinary Services Council),
to be a member of the Stock Remedies Registration Board for a term of three years commencing on the 27th day of April 1959.
Dated at Wellington this 25th day of May 1959.
C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Agriculture.
(Ag. 21006)

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Chairman of Howard Estate Advisory Board Reappointed (Notice No. Ag. 6745)

Pursuant to section 4 of the Howard Estate Amendment Act 1927, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to reappoint
Harry Standley Rathbone
to be Chairman of the Howard Estate Advisory Board.
Dated at Wellington this 25th day of May 1959.
C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Agriculture.
(Ag. 2796)