12 JANUARY
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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TECHNICAL BRANCH
Promotions

Engineer Division
Wing Commander Bertram Collin Thomas Fitzgerald, M.B.E. (70213), to be Group Captain, with effect from 1 January 1967.
Squadron Leader Roger Hetherington Peart, B.SC., A.F.R.AE.S., p.s.c. (73501), to be Wing Commander, with effect from 1 January 1967.
Flight Lieutenant John Lockhart Mills, M.E.(MECH.) (822907), to be Squadron Leader, with effect from 16 January 1967.

Signals Division
Flight Lieutenant Wilfred Watson, GRAD.I.E.R.E., GRAD.R.AE.S. (74517), to be Squadron Leader, with effect from 9 January 1967.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH
Promotions

Secretarial Division
Flight Lieutenant John Trevor Howarth, A.C.I.S., A.N.Z.I.M. (71563), to be Squadron Leader, with effect from 9 January 1967.
Pilot Officer James Stanley Barclay (82441) to be Flying Officer, with effect from 11 January 1967.

Equipment Division
Flying Officer Gordon James Forsyth (71464) to be Flight Lieutenant, with effect from 7 January 1967.

Special Duties Division
Flying Officer Donald George Jennings (81894) to be Flight Lieutenant, with effect from 12 January 1967.

Extension of Commission
Flight Lieutenant Bernard Francis Feehan (80706) is granted an extension of his commission until 31 March 1967.

MEDICAL BRANCH
Promotion
Squadron Leader Kelvin Reid Bremner, M.B.E., B.SC., M.B., CH.B., (U.N.Z.); D.P.H.(U.LOND.), D.T.M. AND H., D.I.H., (R.C.P. LOND. AND R.C.S. ENG.) (77802), to be Wing Commander, with effect from 21 December 1966.

Extension of Commission
Flight Lieutenant Brendan James Dolan, L., L.M., R.C.P. (IREL.); L., L.M., R.C.S. (IREL.); D.A. (R.C.P. LOND. AND R.C.S. ENG.) (80412), is granted an extension of his commission until 31 December 1966.

WOMEN’S ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE
REGULAR SECTION
Promotions
The under-mentioned Assistant Section Officers to be Section Officers, with effect from 11 January 1967:
Leonie Helene Miles (81135).
Marion Denise Rogers (81618).

TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH
Extension of Date of Retirement

Special Duties Division
The age for retirement of Flight Lieutenant Dennis Mervyn Dudley Brown, D.F.C. (130615), is further extended until 25 June 1967.

MEDICAL BRANCH
Extension of Date of Retirement
The age for retirement of Wing Commander Frederick Charles Platts, M.B., CH.B. (U.N.Z.) (131411), is further extended until 28 January 1968.

AIR TRAINING CORPS
Appointments
Philip Alexander Martell is granted a commission in the Air Training Corps in the rank of Pilot Officer for a period ending 30 November 1970, with seniority and effect from 1 December 1966.
The under-mentioned are granted commissions in the Air Training Corps in the rank of Acting Pilot Officer for periods ending on the date shown, with seniority and effect from 7 May 1966:
John Barnett Lockett, 20 March 1968.
Richard James Nicklin, 12 October 1968.
Paul John Walker, 2 August 1968.

Promotion
Flight Lieutenant Alfred Sydney Drew, D.F.C., A.F.C. to be Squadron Leader, with effect from 6 December 1966.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
Promotion
Flight Lieutenant (temp.) George Alfred Kay, B.SC. (821765), to be Flight Lieutenant, with effect from 1 December 1966.

Retirements
The under-mentioned officers are retired, with effect from the date shown:

Flight Lieutenants:
Arthur Vicary Hunter (132142), 4 December 1966.
William Henry Urquhart (132513), 1 January 1967.
Philip Robert Perry Bryers (132027), 2 January 1967.

Flying Officer Francis Henry Hoy (133189), 16 December 1966.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of December 1966.
D. S. THOMSON, Minister of Defence.

(Air 12/11/9)

Appointment and Relinquishment of Appointment of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

PURSUANT to section 17 (2) (c) of the Defence Act 1964, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointment and relinquishment of appointment of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

REGULAR AIR FORCE
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Appointment
Air Commodore William Hector Stratton, C.B.E., D.F.C., j.s.s.c., is appointed Air Member for Personnel and Member of the Air Board, with effect from 1 March 1967.

Relinquishment of Appointment
Air Commodore Arthur Percy Gainsford, D.S.O., O.B.E., D.F.C., A.F.C., relinquishes the appointment of Air Member for Personnel and Member of the Air Board, with effect from 1 March 1967.

Dated at Wellington this 6th day of December 1966.
DEAN J. EYRE, Minister of Defence.

(Air 12/11/9)

Motor Spirits Licensing Appeal Authority Appointed

PURSUANT to the Motor Spirits Distribution Act 1953, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint Leonard George Herston Sinclair, Stipendiary Magistrate, Auckland,
as the Motor Spirits Licensing Appeal Authority.

Dated at Wellington this 19th day of December 1966.
J. R. MARSHALL,
Minister of Industries and Commerce.

(I. and C. 23/65/14)

Coroner Appointed

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint
Lennie George Boyer, Esquire, J.P.,
of Nightcaps, to be a Coroner for New Zealand.

Dated at Wellington this 15th day of December 1966.
J. R. HANAN, Minister of Justice.

Stipendiary Magistrate Appointed

PURSUANT to section 5 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1947, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint
William Ferguson Brown, Esquire,
of Christchurch, Barrister and Solicitor, to be a Stipendiary Magistrate, to exercise criminal and civil jurisdiction within New Zealand.

Dated at Wellington this 19th day of December 1966.
J. R. HANAN, Minister of Justice.

(J. 10/12/154)

Stipendiary Magistrate Appointed to Exercise Jurisdiction in the Children’s Court

PURSUANT to section 27 of the Child Welfare Act 1925, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint
William Ferguson Brown, Esquire,
Stipendiary Magistrate, to exercise jurisdiction in the Children’s Court established at Whangarei.

Dated at Wellington this 19th day of December 1966.
J. R. HANAN, Minister of Justice.

(J. 10/12/154)