1772

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 73

1st Battalion, The Wellington West Coast and Taranaki Regiment, RNZ Inf

Major P. A. Young, from the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 1st Battalion, The Wellington West Coast and Taranaki Regiment, RNZ Inf, to be Major with seniority from 28 August 1958. Dated 26 September 1961.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

Territorial Force

1st Field Ambulance, RNZAMC

The commission of Captain H. L. MacI. Smith, M.B., CH.B., is hereby cancelled. Dated 25 October 1961.

Otago University Medical Company, RNZAMC

Captain T. V. O’Donnell, M.D., B.MED.SC., M.R.A.C.P., M.R.C.P., to be temp. Major. Dated 1 October 1961.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS

Regular Force

Supernumerary List

The notice published in the Gazette, 17 August 1961, No. 52, page 1263, relating to the retirement of Captain and Quartermaster Robert Price Kennedy, E.D., is hereby cancelled and the following substituted:

“Captain and Quartermaster Robert Price Kennedy, E.D., is posted to the Retired List in the rank of Major. Dated 27 July 1961.”

THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS

Territorial Force

3rd Infantry Workshop, RNZEME

Lieutenant H. E. Hines to be temp. Captain. Dated 13 October 1961.

ROYAL N.Z. DENTAL CORPS

Territorial Force

2nd Mobile Dental Unit, RNZDC

Captain Anthony William Howard Jackson, B.D.S., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Dental Corps, in the rank of Major. Dated 1 October 1961.

ROYAL N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT

Regular Force

The current short-service engagement of the Rev. P. M. M. Carmody, Chaplain 4th Class (Roman Catholic), is hereby terminated and he is re-engaged as a short-service officer until 1 March 1964. Dated 16 October 1961.

N.Z. ARMY EDUCATION CORPS

Regular Force

Lieutenant C. T. Grimsdale is re-engaged for a period of two years as from 17 January 1962.

N.Z. CADET CORPS

The appointments of the following 2nd Lieutenants (on prob.) are confirmed:

I. C. Bargh, B.A., Ruapehu College Cadets.

B. F. Beckingsale, M.A., Mount Roskill Grammar School Cadets.

K. J. Bowman, Huntly College Cadets.

C. J. C. Brown, Putaruru High School Cadets.

P. G. Canham, M.A.(HONS.), Matamata College Cadets.

A. G. Clark, Te Kao Maori District High School Cadets.

J. G. Donaldson, St. Peter’s College Cadets.

C. Field, Henderson High School Cadets.

A. G. L. Edwardson, B.SC., Freyberg High School Cadets.

C. C. R. Hayden, St. Peter’s College Cadets.

P. H. Meachem, Dargaville High School Cadets.

J. C. O’Neill, St. Peter’s College Cadets.

N. G. Palmes, M.A., Rangitoto College Cadets.

J. T. Weston, M.A.(HONS.), Rotorua Boys High School Cadets.

D. P. Williams, M.A., Taupo-Nui-a-Tia College Cadets.

Central Hawke’s Bay College Cadets

Lieutenant S. W. Wells, A.N.Z.I.V., resigns his commission. Dated 7 August 1961.

Gisborne Boys’ High School Cadets

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) A. Meng Yee lapses. Dated 21 September 1961.

Whakatane High School Cadets

Lieutenant Gordon Donald Keats is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, N.Z. Cadet Corps, in the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 26 September 1961.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS

Regimental List

The Waikato Regiment, RNZAC

Lieutenant Clifford Graeme Thomas is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Armoured Corps, in the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 4 October 1961.

General List

The notice published in the Gazette, Volume II of 1951, page 1156, under the subheading “Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps”, relating to Lieutenant-Colonel J. McM. Elliott, should appear under the subheading “Royal N.Z. Armoured Corps”.

Royal N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps

Major F. O. L’Estrange relinquishes his commission. Dated 22 July 1961.

The following are posted to the Retired List:

Royal Regiment of N.Z. Artillery

Major Dunnill Charles Maurice Baker, E.D., Dated 20 October 1961.

Lieutenant Robert Alan Gibson. Dated 20 October 1961.

Royal N.Z. Armoured Corps

Lieutenant Walter John Christensen. Dated 25 October 1961.

2nd Lieutenant David Alan Caldwell. Dated 24 September 1961.

The Corps of Royal N.Z. Engineers

Captain Neville William Sherring. Dated 20 October 1961.

Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps

Brigadier Jack Conolly, D.S.O., E.D. Dated 1 October 1961.

Captain Allan Thomas Bustard. Dated 20 October 1961.

Captain Roy Alexander Johnston. Dated 3 October 1961.

Captain Desmond Horace Ogier. Dated 20 October 1961.

Captain Douglas Arden Yule. Dated 20 October 1961.

Royal N.Z. Army Service Corps

Lieutenant Beric Leslie Mander. Dated 20 October 1961.

Royal N.Z. Chaplains Department

The Rev. William Henry Darien Hartley, Chaplain 4th Class (Church of England). Dated 17 October 1961.

N.Z. Cadet Corps

Lieutenant Michael Frederick Scully. Dated 20 October 1961.

Dated at Wellington this 8th day of November 1961.

D. C. SEATH, for the Minister of Defence.

High Commissioner for Ceylon

It is hereby notified for public information that Walter Dandris Gunaratna, O.B.E., assumed his duties as High Commissioner for Ceylon on 24 October 1961.

Dated at Wellington this 6th day of November 1961.

KEITH HOLYOAKE, Minister of External Affairs.

Appointment of Officers Authorised to Attest the 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

Clifford Andrew Roberts, Administration Officer, Hamilton;

Owen James Thomas, Housing Officer, Hamilton;

Edward James Gilfillan, Feild Supervisor, Hamilton;

Kenneth Gray Borman, District Building Supervisor, Hamilton.

being officers in the service of the Crown employed by the Department of Maori Affairs in the position set out opposite his name, as an officer authorised to attest the signatures of Maoris to instruments of alienation of Maori land and to instruments by way of security within the meaning of the Chattels Transfer Act 1924.

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of November 1961.

J. R. HANAN, Minister of Maori Affairs.

(M.A. 19/1/127)

Revocation of Appointment of Officers Authorised to Take and Receive Statutory Declarations

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to revoke the appointment of the holders for the time being of the offices in the service of the Crown, specified in the Schedule below, authorised to take and receive statutory declarations under section 9 of the Oaths and Declarations Act 1957.

SCHEDULE

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Probation Officer, Gisborne.

Probation Officer, Lower Hutt.

Probation Officer, Otahuhu.

Probation Officer, Wanganui.

Probation Officer, Whakatane.

Dated at Wellington this 27th day of October 1961.

J. R. HANAN, Minister of Justice.