8 FEBRUARY

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Extension of Commission
Special Duties Division
Flight Lieutenant Donnelly Keelan Wapp (71833) is granted an extension of his commission until 19 May 1969.

EDUCATION BRANCH
Appointment
Brian Hugh Anderson (463433) is granted a short-service commission in the Education Branch, Regular Air Force, for a period ending 8 January 1967 to be followed by four years in the Reserve of Air Force Officers. He is appointed in the rank of Flying Officer, with seniority and effect from 9 January 1962.

Extension of Commission
Squadron Leader Harold Bert Hayward, M.B.E., (74142), is granted an extension of his commission until 17 January 1966.

MEDICAL BRANCH
Appointments
James William Murdoch, M.R.C.S.(ENG.), L.R.C.P.(LOND.), D.I.H.(ENG.) (80704), is granted a short-service commission in the Medical Branch, Regular Air Force, for a period ending 17 December 1965 to be followed by four years in the Reserve of Air Force Officers. He is appointed in the rank of Flight Lieutenant with seniority from 18 December 1954, with effect from 18 December 1961.
John Leslie Derwentwater Radcliffe, B.SC., M.B., CH.B. (80705), is granted a short-service commission in the Medical Branch, Regular Air Force, for a period ending 7 July 1966 to be followed by 12 years in the Reserve of Air Force Officers. He is appointed in the rank of Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant) with seniority from 8 January 1957, with effect from 8 January 1962.
Flight Lieutenant James Richard Colin Maclaurin, M.B., CH.B. (79370), to be temporary Squadron Leader, with effect from 5 January 1962.

AIR TRAINING CORPS
Appointment
Thomas Bruce Chapman is granted a commission in the Air Training Corps, in the rank of Pilot Officer, with seniority and effect from 4 December 1961.

RESERVE OR AIR FORCE OFFICERS
Extensions of Commissions
The under-mentioned officers are granted extensions of their commissions until the date shown:
Squadron Leaders:
Donald Belton Collie, D.F.C. (130320), 8 February 1972.
John Charles Gordon Fair, B.COM., A.R.A.N.Z. (130303), 3 January 1974.
Paul Stanley Green, D.F.C. (130325), 15 December 1974.
Squadron Leader (temp.) Ivor Wilders Porter Evison (130128), 30 August 1967.
Flight Lieutenants:
Ian Eastwood Allan, J.P., B.COM. (130163), 31 December 1965.
William Maxwell Cameron (130022), 11 November 1970.
Flight Lieutenants (temp.):
John Halliday Orr (130777), 31 December 1965.
Donald Denton McLeod (130386), 26 June 1976.
Flying Officer Geoffrey Everard Mansfield (134064), 23 November 1977.
Flying Officer (temp.) Thomas William Green (130369), 15 October 1967.
This cancels the notice published in Gazette, 11 January 1962, No. 1, page 7, relating to the above-named officers of the Reserve of Air Force Officers.

Transfer
Flight Lieutenant Desmond Maurice Pankhurst (73015) is 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 27 January 1962.

Transfers to Retired List
The under-mentioned officers are transferred to the Retired List "B", with effect from the date shown:
Group Captain Barry Stratford Nicholl, p.s.a. (70009), 6 December 1961.
Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Trevor Lyall Blomfield (130678), 1 January 1962.

Termination of Commission
The commission of Flying Officer Malcolm Harry Couper (591105) is terminated, with effect from 1 August 1961.
Dated at Wellington this 27th day of January 1962.
DEAN J. EYRE, Minister of Defence.
(Air 12/11/9)

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Appointment of Member and Chairman of Land Valuation Committee
Pursuant to section 19 of the Land Valuation Court Act 1948, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint.
John Kenneth Patterson, Esquire, Stipendiary Magistrate, of Invercargill,
to be a member and the Chairman of the Southland Land Valuation Committee, vice Edgar Stanley James Crutchley, Esquire, Stipendiary Magistrate.
Dated at Wellington this 27th day of January 1962.
J. R. HANAN, Minister of Justice.

Appointment of Officer 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:
Ronald Graham, Administration Officer, Gisborne, being an officer 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 Chattsels Transfer Act 1924.
Dated at Wellington this 31st day of January 1962.
J. R. HANAN, Minister of Maori Affairs.
(M.A. 19/1/127)

Revocation of Appointment to Attest the Signatures of Maoris
PurSUANT to sections 222 and 464 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, the Governor-General hereby revokes, as from the date of publication of this notice in the Gazette, the authority to attest the signatures of Maoris which was given to the officer whose name and designation is set out in the first and second columns in the Schedule hereto by a notice in the Gazette as indicated in the third column of the said Schedule.
SCHEDULE
Gazette Reference
Officer Designation Year Page
Kenneth Sword Administration Officer 26/10/44 1281
Dated at Wellington this 31st day of January 1962.
J. R. HANAN, Minister of Maori Affairs.
(M.A. 19/1/127)

Appointing a Member of the Waikato Valley Authority
Pursuant to the Waikato Valley Authority Act 1956, the Minister of Works hereby cancels:
(i) The appointment of a member of the Waikato Valley Authority representing the New Zealand Electricity Department contained in a Warrant dated the 9th day of August 1961, and published in Gazette, 17 August 1961, Volume II, page 1266; and
(ii) The appointment of a deputy for the member of the Waikato Valley Authority representing the New Zealand Electricity Department contained in a Warrant dated the 14th day of October 1957, and published in Gazette, 17 October 1957, Volume III, page 1936;
and hereby appoints:
(i) The person who is the holder for the time being of the office of District Electrical Engineer, New Zealand Electricity Department, Hamilton, to be member of the Waikato Valley Authority representing the New Zealand Electricity Department; and
(ii) The person who is the holder for the time being of the office of Assistant District Electrical Engineer, New Zealand Electricity Department, Hamilton, to be the deputy for such member.
Dated at Wellington this 1st day of February 1962.
W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Works.
(P.W. 75/16)

Appointment of the Bay of Plenty Free Kindergarten Association to Control and Manage a Reserve
Pursuant to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, the Minister of Lands hereby appoints the Bay of Plenty Free Kindergarten Association to control and manage the reserve described in the Schedule hereto, subject to the provisions of the said Act, as a reserve for a site for a kindergarten.