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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 1

General Court Martial Warrant Under Section 6 of the Visiting Forces Act 1939

BERNARD FERGUSSON, Governor-General

To the Commander, 17 Division Malaya District, or the Officer for the time being Commanding 17 Division Malaya District.

WHEREAS, by section 6 (4) (b) of the Visiting Forces Act 1939 (New Zealand), it is provided that, when a home force and another force are acting in combination, any officer of the other force duly appointed to command the combined force, or any part thereof, shall be treated and shall have over members of the home force the like powers of command, arrest, and punishment, and may be invested with the like authority to convene and confirm the findings and sentences of Courts Martial as if he were an officer of the home force of relative rank and holding the same command:

And whereas, by the New Zealand Army Regular Force (Visiting Forces) Order 1955, issued pursuant to section 6 (5) of the aforesaid Act, it was declared that the portion of the New Zealand Army Regular Force that is for the time being serving as part of the Far East Land Forces is serving together and acting in combination with the portions of the military forces of Her Majesty, other than those raised in New Zealand, to which section 6 of the Visiting Forces Act 1939 applies, and with which the said portion of the New Zealand Army Regular Force is for the time being serving as part of the Far East Land Forces:

And whereas the aforesaid order remains in full force and effect:

And whereas you have been for the time being appointed to command that part of the Far East Land Forces being the 17 Division Malaya District,

Now, therefore, pursuant to the New Zealand Army Act 1950 and the Visiting Forces Act 1939, I, Brigadier Sir Bernard Edward Ferguson, the Governor-General of New Zealand, hereby authorise and empower you, from time to time and as occasion may require, to convene general Courts Martial for the trial of such persons subject to military law as members of the aforesaid portion of the New Zealand Army Regular Force as are for the time being under or within the territorial limits of your command or jurisdiction who shall be charged with any offence against the New Zealand Army Act for which they may be tried by Court Martial, whether such offences shall have been committed before or after the date of this Warrant or the date you shall have taken upon yourself the command:

And I do hereby authorise and empower you to confirm the findings and sentences of such general Courts Martial, but not to confirm, in the case of officers, any sentence of dismissal from Her Majesty's service or any greater punishment and, in the case of soldiers, any sentence of discharge with ignominy from Her Majesty's service, and imprisonment or detention exceeding 12 months, or any greater punishment, and to cause any sentence thereof to be put into execution so far as you may lawfully do so under New Zealand military law:

And I do hereby further authorise and empower you to delegate to any officer under your command or jurisdiction not below the rank of field officer a general authority to convene general Courts Martial for the trial of such persons subject to military law as members of the aforesaid portion of the New Zealand Army Regular Force as are for the time being under or within the territorial limits of his command, whether the offences shall have been committed before or after such officer shall have taken upon him his command, but not the power to confirm the findings and sentences of such Courts Martial:

I direct that the proceedings of every general Court Martial or of every district Court Martial convened by that last-mentioned officer shall be reserved for confirmation by you in accordance with this Warrant:

And that, in all cases where your power to confirm is restricted by the terms of this Warrant, the proceedings shall be reserved for confirmation by the Adjutant-General of the New Zealand Army:

And lastly, I authorise and empower you to appoint and to delegate to any qualified officer as aforesaid the power of appointing a fit and proper person from time to time for executing the office of Judge Advocate at any such Court Martial for the more orderly proceedings of the same:

And for executing the several powers, matters, and things herein expressed, this Warrant shall be to you, and to others whom it may concern, a sufficient Warrant and authority:

And I declare that this Warrant shall, without ratification, extend to and invest with the aforesaid authorities and powers your successors and any officer for the time being commanding 17 Division Malaya District.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 11th day of November 1965.

DEAN J. EYRE, Minister of Defence.

(Army 222/8/4)

Promotions, Extensions of Commissions, and Date of Retirement, Transfer, Termination of Commission, Resignation, 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, by his deputy, has been pleased to approve the following promotions, extensions of commissions, and date of retirement, transfer, termination of commission, resignation, and retirement of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

REGULAR AIR FORCE

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Promotions

The under-mentioned Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants, with effect from 15 December 1965:

Peter Gilbert Bevin (80027).

John Stuart Hosie (79671).

Alistair Graham Martin (80036).

Perry John Wilkins (77209).

John Murray Denton (80031).

Maurice Lyle Manttan (80035).

Malcolm Ross Forsyth (80032).

Christopher Bernard Carde (80028).

Graham Maxwell Cochran (78265).

Pilot Officer John Willis Lanham (80612) to be Flying Officer, with effect from 17 December 1965.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH

Promotion

Equipment Division

Flight Lieutenant John Dewar Anderson (71237) to be Squadron Leader, with effect from 10 January 1966.

Resignation

Squadron Leader (temp.) Peter John Cribbens, A.N.Z.L.M, (76697) resigns his commission, with effect from 22 December 1965.

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 1967.

This cancels notice in Gazette, 8 April 1965, No. 18, page 485.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Extension of Commission

Pilot Officer Robert Kenneth Fellows McCormack (338983) is granted an extension of his commission until 4 July 1990.

Transfer to Retired List

Group Captain Donald William Baird, A.F.C., p.s.c. (70008) is transferred to the Retired List "A", with effect from 24 December 1965.

Termination of Commission

The commission of Flying Officer James Lorne Ewart, B.SC., GRAD.I.E.R.E. (72556) is terminated, with effect from 16 October 1965.

Retirement

Flying Officer Harold Norman John Trustrum (133432) is retired, with effect from 1 January 1966.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of December 1965.

DEAN J. EYRE, Minister of Defence.

(Air 12/11/9)

Appointment of Italian Ambassador

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

Mr Oberto Fabiani presented his Letter of Credence as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Italy to New Zealand at Government House on 15 December 1965.

Dated at Wellington this 6th day of January 1966.

KEITH HOLYOAKE, Minister of External Affairs.

Visiting Justice to Penal Institution Appointed

PURSUANT to section 10 (2) of the Penal Institutions Act 1954,

J. A. Fyfe, Esquire, J.P., of New Plymouth is appointed to be a visiting justice to the New Plymouth Prison.

Dated at Wellington this 10th day of December 1965.

J. R. HANAN, Minister of Justice.