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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 39

ROYAL N.Z. NURSING CORPS

Regular Force

Sister L. D. Renwick is re-engaged for a period of one year as from 16 May 1959.

N.Z. CADET CORPS

Hastings Boys’ High School Cadets

Captain (temp. Major) M. W. Eade to be Major. Dated 26 March 1959.

Christopher John Austin to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 3 April 1959.

Ngatea District High School Cadets

Graeme Joseph Dewhurst to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 14 April 1959.

Wanganui Collegiate School Cadets

Instructor Lieutenant Brian Hayden Thomas, R.N. Reserve, is attached to the N.Z. Cadet Corps for duty with the Wanganui Collegiate School Cadets. Dated 3 June 1959.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS

Regimental List

1st Armoured Car Regiment (New Zealand Scottish), RNZAC

2nd Lieutenant J. E. Buckeridge resigns his commission. Dated 21 April 1959.

The Corps of Royal N.Z. Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Captain Richard Eyre Coote is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Corps of Royal N.Z. Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, in the rank of Captain. Dated 31 March 1959.

General List

Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps

Captain T. F. Anderson relinquishes his commission. Dated 5 May 1959.

The following are posted to the Retired List:

Royal Regiment of N.Z. Artillery

Lieutenant Cedric Wallis Parrish. Dated 15 June 1959.

Royal N.Z. Armoured Corps

2nd Lieutenant Alfred Wollington Bray. Dated 16 June 1959.

2nd Lieutenant Haig Herbert Whiting. Dated 1 June 1959.

Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps

Captain Verdun Donald Phillips. Dated 1 June 1959.

Captain Fred Schlup, E.D. Dated 1 June 1959.

Captain Peter Kenneth Hugh Smyth. Dated 1 June 1959.

Lieutenant Paul Stuart Page. Dated 14 June 1959.

2nd Lieutenant George Alexander Doig, M.M. Dated 10 May 1959.

Reserve List—Class I

Royal N.Z. Chaplains Department

The Rev. Andrew Macfarlane, Chaplain 3rd Class (Presbyterian), is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Chaplains Department, in the rank of Chaplain, 3rd Class. Dated 4 March 1959.

Supplementary List

With reference to the notice published in the Gazette, Volume I, of 1957, page 16, relating to the retirement of Lieutenant (temp. Captain) H. N. Anderson, B.D.S., for “is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain”, substitute “is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Major”.

Dated at Wellington this 30th day of June 1959.

PHILLIP G. CONNOLLY, Minister of Defence.

Appointment, Promotions, and Extensions 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 Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointment, promotions, and extensions of commissions of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

REGULAR AIR FORCE

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Promotions

The under-mentioned Squadron Leaders (temp.) to be Squadron Leaders with effect from 17 June 1959:

Clifford Ralph Miller (70180).

Robert Malcolm Allan, B.E.(HONS.), D.I.C., A.F.R.AE.S., A.M.I.MECH.E., F.R.MET.S. (74148).

John Mahiti Wilson, LL.B. (132510).

Edward John Ernest Tompkins (74750).

Leslie Cecil Jeffs, B.COM., A.R.A.N.Z. (74131).

John Edward Wood, D.F.C. (133849).

Walter Graham Hughes (72007).

Derek Butler Flintoff, p.s.a. (71739).

Flight Lieutenant Malcolm Jack Fry (75063) to be Squadron Leader with effect from 17 June 1959.

AIR TRAINING CORPS

Appointment

George Rex Stiles is granted a commission in the Air Training Corps in the rank of Pilot Officer, with seniority and with effect from 5 February 1959.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Promotion

Flying Officer Bryan Nelson Gault (710929) to be temporary Flight Lieutenant, with effect from 2 May 1959.

Extensions of Commissions

The under-mentioned Flight Lieutenants are granted extensions of their present commissions until the dates shown:

Allan Arthur Hodder, A.F.M. (132126), 13 March 1963.

Harold Watson Longley, D.F.C. (130831), 31 July 1963.

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of June 1959.

PHILLIP G. CONNOLLY, Minister of Defence.

Award Conferred by Her Majesty the Queen

His Excellency the Governor-General has approved the publication in the Gazette of the following operational award:

MENTION IN DESPATCHES

Malayan Special Force—16 June 1959

Her Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to approve that Flight Lieutenant Arthur David Malcolm Winkelmann (33131), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Hamilton, be Mentioned, in recognition of distinguished service and devotion to duty.

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of June 1959.

PHILLIP G. CONNOLLY, Minister of Defence.

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Netherlands

His Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that

Baron Oswald Francois Bentinck Van Schoonheten presented his Letters of Credence at Government House, Wellington, on Tuesday, 23 June 1959.

Dated at Wellington this 30th day of June 1959.

W. NASH, Minister of External Affairs.

Appointment of Commissioner for New Zealand in Singapore

PURSUANT to the External Affairs Act 1943, the Governor-General in Council has been pleased to appoint

Richard Lewis Hutchens, D.S.O.,

to be Commissioner for New Zealand in Singapore and in North Borneo, Sarawak, and Brunei, to hold the said office as on and from the 13th day of July 1959 to the 12th day of July 1961.

Dated at Wellington this 2nd day of July 1959.

W. NASH, Minister of External Affairs.

Appointment of Officers Authorised to Attest Signatures of Maoris

PURSUANT to sections 222 and 464 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

John William James, Building Supervisor, Wanganui;

Lena Manuel, Maori Welfare Officer, Wairoa;

Henry William Northcroft, Maori Welfare Officer, Wanganui; and

Abe Rarere, Maori Welfare Officer, Wairoa,

being officers in the service of the Crown employed by the Department of Maori Affairs, as persons authorised to attest, in accordance with the provisions of the said sections 222 and 464, the signatures of Maoris to instruments of alienation and to instruments by way of security within the meaning of the Chattels Transfer Act 1924.

Dated at Wellington this 25th day of June 1959.

W. NASH, Minister of Maori Affairs.

(M.A. 19/1/126)