8 APRIL THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 485

Timaru Boys’ High School Cadets
Major George Albert Hillind is posted to the Retired List. Dated 24 February 1965.
Captain W. J. Forrest to be Major. Dated 10 February 1964.

Whakatane High School Cadets
Lieutenant P. J. Kitteridge, B.A.(LOND.), resigns his commission. Dated 9 December 1964.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS
General List
Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps
Lieutenant William Lawson Parmenter (non-medical) is posted to the Retired List, Dated 4 March 1965.
2nd Lieutenant Robert James Warwick Neville resigns his commission. Dated 28 February 1965.

N.Z. Cadet Corps
Captain Edward James Monk is posted to the Retired List. Dated 5 March 1965.
Captain Thomas Goodhue Moorcraft is posted to the Retired List. Dated 9 March 1965.
Lieutenant Grahame Ernest Cobine Anstis is posted to the Retired List. Dated 5 March 1965.
Lieutenant John Joseph Ryan resigns his commission. Dated 5 March 1965.
Dated at Wellington this 29th day of March 1965.
DEAN J. EYRE, Minister of Defence.

Appointment, Extensions of Commissions, and Dates of Retirement, Transfer, Cancellations of Commissions, Resignations, 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 appointment, extensions of commissions, and dates of retirement, transfer, cancellations of commissions, resignations, and retirement of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

REGULAR AIR FORCE
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Extension of Date of Retirement
The age for retirement of Squadron Leader Harold William Shilton, D.F.C. (70127) is extended until 31 December 1965.

Cancellations of Commissions
The commissions of the under-mentioned Acting Pilot Officers are cancelled, with effect from the date shown:
John Hewson Seward (79975), 28 February 1965.
John William Eayrs (80231), 6 March 1965.
Graeme Ian Opie (81217), 30 March 1965.

TECHNICAL BRANCH
Transfer to Retired List
Engineer Division
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Burke Cullen (70430) is transferred to the Retired List “A”, with effect from 13 April 1965.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH
Extension of Commission and Date of Retirement
Special Duties Division
Squadron Leader Donald George MacNab, M.C., D.C.M. (78677) is granted an extension of his commission and age for retirement until 15 July 1971.

AIR TRAINING CORPS
Appointment
Kevin Izod McGrath, M.SC. is granted a commission in the Air Training Corps in the rank of Flying Officer with seniority from 20 November 1962, for a period ending 11 March 1969, with effect from 12 March 1965.

Resignation
Flight Lieutenant Graeme Craig Penney, B.SC. resigns his commission, with effect from 12 March 1965.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
Extensions of Commissions
The under-mentioned officers are granted extensions of their commissions until the date shown:
Flight Lieutenant Allan Govan Russell, B.A. (131720), 15 December 1973.
Flight Lieutenant (temp.) John Hawkins Creevey (132002), 6 November 1978.
Flying Officer Colin Strathearn Coutts (133740), 26 September 1978.

Resignation
Flight Lieutenant Joseph Gustave Hall, M.B., B.S., U.LOND.; M.R.C.S., ENG; L.R.C.P., LOND. (79374) resigns his commission, with effect from 22 March 1965.

Retirement
Squadron Leader Jack Bower (132552) is retired, with effect from 27 March 1965.
Dated at Wellington this 31st day of March 1965.
DEAN J. EYRE, Minister of Defence.
(Air 12/11/9)

Appointment of Austrian Minister

His Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that
Dr Alois Reitbauer
presented his Letters of Credence as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Austria to New Zealand on 12 March 1965.
Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of March 1965.
KEITH HOLYOAKE, Minister of External Affairs.

Appointment of Queen’s Counsel

His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, and with the concurrence of the Chief Justice of New Zealand, has been pleased to appoint
David Stuart Beattie, Esquire,
of Auckland, Barrister, to be Queen’s Counsel.
Dated at Wellington this 29th day of March 1965.
J. R. HANAN, Attorney-General.

Port Conciliation Committee for the Port of Westport Appointed

PURSUANT to the Waterfront Industry Act 1953, the Minister of Labour hereby appoints the following persons to be the Port Conciliation Committee for the Port of Westport for the term of one year, expiring on the 28th day of February 1966.
Campbell Frederick Schadick, Chairman;
William David Benjamin, Graham Levestam, and Rolf Clifton Stevens (nominated by the New Zealand Port Employers’ Association (Incorporated)); and
Robert William Andrews, Patrick Thomas Collins, and Robert Smith (nominated by the Westport Waterside Workers’ Industrial Union of Workers).
Dated at Wellington this 26th day of March 1965.
T. P. SHAND, Minister of Labour.

Port Conciliation Committee for the Port of Nelson Appointed

PURSUANT to the Waterfront Industry Act 1953, the Minister of Labour hereby appoints the following persons to be the Port Conciliation Committee for the Port of Nelson for a term of one year, expiring on the 31st day of March 1966.
Cyril Malcolm Rout, Chairman;
Harold George Jamieson, Deputy Chairman;
Kenneth James Chappel, Edward James Sadd, and Richard Vernon (nominated by the New Zealand Port Employers’ Association (Incorporated));
William Henry Parr (Nominated by the Nelson Harbour Board); and
Keith William Cotton, Keith Charles Thomas, Percy Victor Willis, and Wallace Arthur Wratt (nominated by the Nelson Waterfront Workers’ Industrial Union of Workers).
Dated at Wellington this 26th day of March 1965.
T. P. SHAND, Minister of Labour.