2 AUGUST

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia

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

Mr Soetikno Loekitodisastro presented his Letter of Credence as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia to New Zealand at Government House on Wednesday, 11 July 1973.

Dated at Wellington this 24th day of July 1973.

NORMAN KIRK, Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

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

Mr A. I. Ivantsov presented his Letter of Credence as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to New Zealand at Government House on Tuesday, 3 July 1973.

Dated at Wellington this 24th day of July 1973.

NORMAN KIRK, Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Appointing Honorary Welfare Officers Under the Maori Welfare Act 1962

PURSUANT to section 5 (1) of the Maori Welfare Act 1962, the Minister of Maori Affairs hereby appoints the persons named in the Schedule hereto as honorary welfare officers.

SCHEDULE

Winnie Paniora.

Mamaeroa Kutia.

Samuel Haami Prime.

John Kuru Gray.

Kairau Ngahau.

Vicki Garbes.

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of July 1973.

A. J. FAULKNER, for Minister of Maori Affairs.

(M. and I.A. 36/5/2, 36/5/5, 36/5/6, 36/5/8, 36/5/9)

Appointment of Maori Warden Under the Maori Welfare Act 1962

PURSUANT to subsection (1) of section 7 of the Maori Welfare Act 1962, the Minister of Maori Affairs hereby appoints the person named in the First Column of the Schedule hereto to be a Maori warden for the area of the Maori Association specified in the Second Column of the Schedule.

SCHEDULE

First Column

Second Column

John Hanita Paki..... Raukawa Maori Executive Committee

The notice dated 26 June 1973, published in Gazette No. 65, p. 1281, in so far as it relates to the appointment of the above warden, is hereby revoked.

Dated at Wellington this 27th day of July 1973.

A. J. FAULKNER, for Minister of Maori Affairs.

(M. and I.A. 36/4/7, 36/4/10)

Appointment of Maori Wardens Under the Maori Welfare Act 1962

PURSUANT to subsection (1) of section 7 of the Maori Welfare Act 1962, the Minister of Maori Affairs hereby appoints the persons respectively named in the First Column of the Schedule hereto to be Maori wardens for the areas of the Maori Associations respectively specified in the Second Column of such Schedule opposite the name of each such person.

1st Transport Company, RNZASC

2nd Lieutenant John Bryce Pilkington resigns his commission with effect from 1 January 1973.

2nd Independent Transport Platoon (Tipper), RNZASC

The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) Douglas Arthur Gartner lapses with effect from 6 March 1973.

3rd Transport Company (General Transport), RNZASC

2nd Lieutenant Roger Graham Cartwright resigns his commission with effect from 31 December 1972.

3rd Transport Company (General Transport), RNZASC

Russell Maurice Murdoch is appointed to a commission in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) with effect from 1 January 1973.

5th Transport Company, RNZASC

The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) B. McL. Robinson, B.ARCH., is confirmed, with effect from 28 March 1972.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

Colonel Commandant

The appointment of Brigadier F. L. Hutter, C.B.E., E.D., M.B., CH.B., F.R.C.S.(ENG.), F.R.A.C.S., as Colonel Commandant, R.N.Z.A.M.C., is extended until 1 January 1974 with effect from 17 June 1973.

Captain David Graham Hill, M.B., CH.B., is posted to the Retired List with effect from 1 September 1972.

Captain John Dickson Adams, M.B., CH.B., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps, in the rank of Captain, with effect from 31 December 1972.

Lieutenant Howard Arthur Coverdale, M.B., CH.B., resigns his commission with effect from 1 January 1973.

9th Mobile Bacteriological Laboratory, RNZAMC

The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) R. M. Millard, M.SC., is confirmed, with effect from 16 February 1972.

Otago University Medical Company, RNZAMC

Lieutenant A. J. D. Gillies, M.B., CH.B., to be temp. Captain with effect from 1 April 1973.

2nd Lieutenant J. M. W. Russell, M.B., CH.B., to be Lieutenant with seniority and effect from 7 December 1972.

ROYAL N.Z. DENTAL CORPS

Brigadier James Ferris Fuller, O.B.E., E.D., B.D.S.(N.Z.), F.D.S.R.C.S.(EDIN.), Q.H.D.S., is posted to the Retired List with effect from 31 March 1973.

Lieutenant Richard Barry Thomson, B.D.S., resigns his commission with effect from 1 January 1973.

Lieutenant S. G. Dearing, B.D.S., Otago University Medical Company, R.N.Z.A.M.C., to be temp. Captain with effect from 1 April 1973.

1st Mobile Dental Unit, RNZDC

Captain Peter Barry Victor Hunter, B.D.S., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 1st Mobile Dental Unit, RNZDC, in his present rank and seniority, with effect from 27 April 1973.

ROYAL N.Z. CHAPLAINS' DEPARTMENT

Chaplain 4th Class G. A. Brady (Church of England), to be Chaplain 3rd Class with seniority and effect from 2 March 1973.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY PROVOST CORPS

1st Infantry Brigade Group Provost Unit, RNZ Pro.

2nd Lieutenant E. L. Bowell to be Lieutenant with seniority and effect from 14 April 1973.

EXTRA REGIMENTAL EMPLOYMENT

Headquarters, 3rd Infantry Brigade Group

Lieutenant John Stanley Cooper, RNZ Sigs., resigns his commission with effect from 31 December 1972.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS

General List

The following officers are posted to the Retired List with effect from the dates shown:

The Corps of Royal N.Z. Engineers

Lieutenant Lawrence Paul Schwabe, 10 May 1973.

Royal N.Z. Infantry Regiment

Major Allan Thomas Valois, 19 April 1973.

Royal N.Z. Dental Corps

Lieutenant Ian Douglas Wishart, B.D.S., 31 December 1972.

Dated at Wellington this 24th day of July 1973.

A. J. FAULKNER, Minister of Defence.

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