13 APRIL

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

559

Appointments, Promotions, Relinquishment of Temporary
Rank, Extension of Commission, Transfer, Resignation,
and Retirements 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,
promotions, relinquishment of temporary rank, extension of
commission, transfer, resignation, and retirements of officers
of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

REGULAR AIR FORCE
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Appointments
Flight Lieutenant Rutherford Moncrieff Hancock (74211)
to be temporary Squadron Leader, with effect from 1 March
1961.

The under-mentioned Flight Lieutenants are granted permanent
commissions in the General Duties Branch, Regular Air
Force, with their present rank and seniority, with effect from
21 December 1960:
John Corfe Evison, A.F.C. (77332).
Colin William Rudd (75049).
Te Waaka Hemi Morete (922293).
Murray Davis Peacock (75154).
William Joseph Cranfield, A.F.C. (816026).
Mervyn William Hodge (77250).
John Alan Scrimshaw (77325).
James Barrie Irvine (784703).
Richard Francis Lawry (774793).
Stephen England Gillingham (784848).

Relinquishment of Temporary Rank
Squadron Leader (temp.) Francis James McDavitt (70972)
relinquishes the temporary rank of Squadron Leader and
reverts to the rank of Flight Lieutenant with seniority from
1 October 1955, with effect from 15 March 1961.

Promotion
Flying Officer Peter Raymond Adamson (77780) to be
Flight Lieutenant with seniority from 14 December 1959,
with effect from 1 April 1961.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH
Appointment
Special Duties Division
Flight Lieutenant Herbert Kelley Griffiths (78675) is
granted a permanent commission in the Administrative and
Supply Branch (Special Duties Division), Regular Air Force,
with his present rank and seniority, with effect from 21
December 1960.
EDUCATION BRANCH
Appointment
Flight Lieutenant Tony Harris Harrison (78646) is granted
a permanent commission in the Education Branch, Regular
Air Force, with his present rank and seniority, with effect
from 21 December 1960.

AIR TRAINING CORPS
Appointment
Noel Laurenson is granted a commission in the Air
Training Corps in the rank of Pilot Officer, with seniority
and effect from 7 March 1961.

Promotion
Flight Lieutenant Noel Herbert Scott, M.B.E., to be
Squadron Leader, with effect from 1 April 1961.

Transfer
Flight Lieutenant John William Moynihan, M.B.E. is transferred
from the Retired List "A" to the Air Training Corps
in his present rank with seniority from 7 February 1954,
with effect from 7 February 1961.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
Extension of Commission
Squadron Leader Neilson Arnold Williamson, D.F.C.
(132303) is granted an extension of his commission until
3 February 1965.

Resignation
Pilot Officer Raymond Henry Trangmar (132306) resigns
his commission, with effect from 26 January 1961.

Retirements
The under-mentioned officers are retired, with effect from
the date shown:
Flight Lieutenant Leonard Williams East, B.SC. (130714),
3 April 1961.
Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Geoffrey Morris White (72500),
13 February 1961.

Dated at Wellington this 30th day of March 1961.
DEAN J. EYRE, Minister of Defence.
(Air 12/11/9)

Staff Representative Appointed as Member of the Government
Superannuation Board

PURSUANT to section 3 (2) (h) and section 3 (5) of the
Superannuation Act 1956, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint
Daniel Patrick Long, Esquire,
to be a member of the Government Superannuation Board
for the period ending 31 March 1963.

Dated at Wellington this 28th day of March 1961.
H. R. LAKE, Minister of Finance.

Appointment of the Mairoa Hall Society Incorporated to Control and Manage a Reserve

PURSUANT to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, the Minister
of Lands hereby appoints the
Mairoa Hall Society Incorporated
to control and manage the reserve described in the Schedule
hereto subject to the provisions of the said Act as a site for
a public hall.

SCHEDULE
SOUTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT
SECTIONS 41, 42, 45, 46, 51, 52, 55, 56, 61, and 62, Village of
Mairoa, situated in Block VIII, Maungamangero Survey
District: Area, 4 acres 2 roods 28·6 perches, more or less.
(S.O. Plan 13325.)

Dated at Wellington this 10th day of April 1961.
R. G. GERARD, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. H.O. 6/6/227; D.O. 8/2/13, 8/901)

Appointment of the Mackenzie County Council to Control and Manage a Reserve

PURSUANT to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, the Minister
of Lands hereby appoints the
Mackenzie County Council
to control and manage the reserve described in the Schedule
hereto subject to the provisions of the said Act as a site for
a kindergarten.

SCHEDULE
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT
RESERVE 5122 (shown as Lot 9, D.P. 1528, part Rural Section
10479), situated in Block VII, Tengawai Survey District:
Area, 1 rood, more or less. Certificate of title, Volume 516,
folio 53.

Dated at Wellington this 10th day of April 1961.
R. G. GERARD, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. H.O. 6/6/1328; D.O. 8/1/133)

Appointment of Cinematograph Films Licensing Appeal Authority

PURSUANT to section 10 of the Cinematograph Films Amendment
Act 1960, His Excellency the Governor-General has been
pleased to appoint
Judge Wilfred Fosberry Stilwell, of Wellington,
to be the Cinematograph Films Licensing Appeal Authority.

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of April 1961.
T. L. HAYMAN, for the Minister of Internal Affairs.

Members of the Carter Observatory Board Appointed

PURSUANT to the Carter Observatory Act 1938, His Excellency
the Governor-General has been pleased:

1. To reappoint the following:
   Roy Cameron Christie, LL.B.;
   William Pilliet Pringle, LL.B.;
   Miles Aylmer Fulton Barnett, O.B.E., M.SC.(N.Z.),
   PH.D. (CANTAB.), F.INST.P., F.R.S.N.Z.;
   Darcy Walker, M.SC.(N.Z.), PH.D., D.SC.(BIRMINGHAM),
   F.INST.P.;
   Edwin Philip Norman, B.E., B.SC., A.M.I.C.E.;
   Russell Gladstone Dick, Esquire; and
   Frederick Fisher Miles, M.A., DIP.ED.(N.Z.), M.A.(OXON.),
   to be members of the Carter Observatory Board for a period
   of three years as from 1 January 1961.

2. To appoint the following:
   Richard Wright Willett, M.SC.(N.Z); and
   Robert Leslie Archbald, Esquire,
   to be members of the Carter Observatory Board for a period
   of three years as from 1 January 1961.

Dated at Wellington this 27th day of March 1961.
W. B. TENNENT,
Minister in Charge of the Department of
Scientific and Industrial Research.