16 OCTOBER

Appointing a Temporary Member of the Tramways Appeal Board for the District of Wellington

ARTHUR PORRITT, Governor-General

Pursuant to the Tramways Act 1908, as amended by the Tramways Amendment Act 1910, His Excellency the Governor-General hereby appoints Charles Stuart Perry, of Wellington, librarian, to be a member of the Tramways Appeal Board for the District of Wellington during the unavoidable absence of Mr F. J. Doherty as a member of such Board.

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of September 1969.

PERCY B. ALLEN, Minister of Works.

(P.W. 26/109/6)

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Resignations, and Retirements of Officers of the New Zealand Army

Pursuant to section 16 of the New Zealand Army Act 1950, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, transfers, resignations, and retirements of officers of the New Zealand Army:

ROYAL REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY

Regular Force

Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) G. A. Hitchings to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 21 August 1969.

Captain Francis Hume Gibbison from the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal Regiment of N.Z. Artillery, to be Major, on an initial engagement of 1 year. Dated 6 September 1969.

Lieutenant R. A. Williamson to be temp. Captain. Dated 1 August 1969.

2nd Lieutenant (acting Lieutenant) and Quartermaster J. E. Hancock to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, next below Lieutenant and Quartermaster A. G. McD. Shedden, R.N.Z.A.S.C. Dated 1 October 1969.

Territorial Force

16th Field Regiment, RNZA

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) A. Ross, GRAD.BRIT.I.R.E., to be Captain. Dated 29 July 1967.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS

Regular Force

Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) B. Quinn to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 21 August 1969.

THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ENGINEERS

Regular Force

Lieutenant and Quartermaster J. Offord to be temp. Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 1 September 1969.

Territorial Force

1st Construction Squadron, RNZE

The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) R. J. Fisher, B.E.(CIV.), is confirmed in his present rank and seniority.

The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) P. J. Holland, B.E.(CIV.), is confirmed in his present rank and seniority.

ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS

Regular Force

Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) A. J. A. Cooper to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 21 August 1969.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) and Quartermaster R. Burton to be Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 23 February 1969.

Lieutenant and Quartermaster I. E. Dunford to be temp. Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 15 September 1969.

Territorial Force

3rd Infantry Brigade Group Signal Squadron, RNZ Sigs.

Lieutenant Barry Francis Bassett is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Corps of Signals, in the rank of Lieutenant, until 31 August 1971. Dated 1 September 1969.

ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY REGIMENT

Regular Force

Captain J. R. Presland to be temp. Major. Dated 26 August 1969.

Captain B. D. Sinclair to be temp. Major. Dated 26 August 1969.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) and Quartermaster C. J. Phillips to be Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 1 July 1969.

Territorial Force

3rd Battalion (Auckland (Countess of Ranfurly's Own) and Northland) RNZIR

Lieutenant-Colonel Norman Elliott McLeod relinquishes the appointment of C.O. and is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Infantry Regiment, in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 1 October 1969.

7th Battalion (Wellington (City of Wellington's Own) and Hawke's Bay), RNZIR

Lieutenant R. J. Taylor to be temp. Captain. Dated 8 August 1969.

6th Battalion (Hauraki), RNZIR

The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) B. P. Gibbs, B.E.(CIV.), is confirmed in his present rank and seniority.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS

Regular Force

Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) W. P. Riley to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 21 August 1969.

Captain (temp. Major) Stewart Thomas Foster, E.D., from the Territorial Force, to be Captain (temp. Major), with seniority as Captain from 1 October 1966 and as temp. Major from 1 October 1968, on an initial engagement of 1 year. Dated 18 September 1969.

Captain (temp. Major) and Quartermaster Thomas Armstrong is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Army Service Corps, in the rank of Major and Quartermaster. Dated 1 October 1969.

Warrant Officer 1st Class Arthur George McDonald Shedden to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Dated 1 October 1969.

Territorial Force

Headquarters, Commander Royal N.Z. Army Service Corps, 1st Supplies and Transport Column

The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) P. M. Smith, B.COM., is confirmed in his present rank and seniority.

7th Petroleum Platoon, RNZASC

Lieutenant Simon Greenfield Brown is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Army Service Corps, in the rank of Lieutenant, until 31 August 1971. Dated 30 May 1969.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

Regular Force (Supernumerary List)

Captain (temp. Major) and Quartermaster John Daniel Thomson, A.N.Z.I.M., is posted to the Retired List in the rank of Major and Quartermaster. Dated 30 September 1969.

Territorial Force

1st Casualty Clearing Station, RNZAMC

Captain G. T. Davies, M.B., CH.B., from the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 1st Field Ambulance, RNZAMC, to be Major. Dated 1 September 1969.

The seniority of Lieutenant D. E. Rawlings, M.B., CH.B., is antedated to 12 December 1966.

2nd General Hospital, RNZAMC

Lieutenant (on prob.) M. M. Cameron, B.SC., M.B., CH.B., to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 8 December 1965. Dated 15 May 1968.

1st Field Ambulance, RNZAMC

The seniority of Lieutenant R. W. S. Reid, M.B., CH.B., is antedated to 12 December 1966.

Otago University Medical Company, RNZAMC

Lieutenant (on prob.) D. B. Drysdale, M.B., CH.B., to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 12 December 1966. Dated 12 December 1968.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS

Regular Force (Supernumerary List)

Captain and Quartermaster E. D. Gerard, E.D., is re-engaged from 1 December 1969 until 26 April 1972.

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

Regular Force

Captain (temp. Major) J. N. Staines is transferred to the Territorial Force. Dated 10 August 1969.

Lieutenant G. A. Thelin to be temp. Captain. Dated 15 August 1969.

2nd Lieutenant C. P. Johnstone to be Lieutenant. Dated 1 October 1969.

Territorial Force

3rd Infantry Workshop, RNZEME

2nd Lieutenant K. A. Hopgood to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 1 October 1969.