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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 74

ORDER

1. This order may be cited as the Municipal Insurance Empowering Order 1973.

2. Consent is hereby given to the exercise by the New Zealand Municipalities Co-operative Insurance Co. Ltd. of such of the powers conferred by paragraph 8 of clause II of its Memorandum of Association as will enable the company to carry on the business of insurance (excluding the business of insurance upon human life and the business of granting annuities upon human life) in respect of the employees and members of those local authorities and bodies in respect of which the company is empowered to carry on the business of insurance.

P. G. MILLEN, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(T. 56/104)

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

PURSUANT to section 35 of the Defence Act 1971, His Excellency the Governor-General has approved the following appointments, promotions, extensions, transfers, resignations, and retirements of officers of the New Zealand Army:

REGULAR FORCE

GRADUATES—OFFICER CADET SCHOOL, PORTSEA

The following Officer Cadets graduated from the Officer Cadet School, Portsea, and are appointed to commissions in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant, in order and Corps shown, with effect from 16 June 1973:

Alan William Goodwin, Royal Regiment of N.Z. Artillery.
Robert Phillip Halkett, Royal N.Z. Infantry Regiment.
Richard Malcolm Bibby, Royal N.Z. Infantry Regiment.
Gwyn Edmund Dean Williams, Royal Regiment of N.Z. Artillery.
Stanley Neville Pilbrow, Royal N.Z. Armoured Corps.
Graham Hugh McHaffie, The Corps of Royal N.Z. Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
Gavin John McPhee, The Corps of Royal N.Z. Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
Graeme Taiuru Vercoe, Royal N.Z. Infantry Regiment.
Paul Howard Robinson, Royal N.Z. Infantry Regiment.

ROYAL REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) D. G. Lough to be Captain with seniority and effect from 20 June 1973.

THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ENGINEERS

Captain N. A. Bradley, B.E.(HONS.)(CIV.) to be temp. Major with effect from 23 February 1973.

Officer Cadet Stuart Dickson is appointed to a commission for an initial period of 5 years, in the rank of Lieutenant, with seniority from 20 December 1972 and effect from 15 June 1973, next below Lieutenant N. A. Hitchings, RNZAOC.

ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY REGIMENT

Major J. D. McGuire, A.N.Z.I.M., to be Acting Lieutenant-Colonel with effect from 21 June 1973.

Captain (temp. Major) G. L. Monks to be Major with seniority and effect from 20 June 1973.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) R. N. Upton to be Captain, with seniority from 13 December 1971 and effect from 19 April 1973.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) R. G. Milne to be Captain with seniority and effect from 20 June 1972.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) G. F. S. Campbell to be Captain with seniority and effect from 11 December 1972.

Lieutenant D. J. Partner to be temp. Captain with effect from 20 June 1973.

The following 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants, in the order shown, with effect from 20 June 1973:

S. J. R. Hollander.
S. D. Hopkins.
S. M. Willcox.
M. M. Huggett.

Officer Cadet Baden John Ewart is appointed to a commission for an initial period of 5 years, in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority and effect from 15 June 1973.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS

Supernumerary List

Major and Quartermaster Frederick Wallace MacDonald is posted to the Retired List with effect from 13 June 1973.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) J. F. Hyde to be Captain with seniority and effect from 20 June 1973.

Lieutenant and Quartermaster (temp. Captain and Quartermaster) G. E. Lee to be Captain and Quartermaster with seniority and effect from 23 June 1973.

ROYAL N.Z. NURSING CORPS

Matron Claire Frances Jacobson is posted to the Retired List with effect from 26 July 1973.

Matron Pamela June Miley, DIP.N., is posted to the Retired List with effect from 12 June 1973.

Judith Helen Parker is appointed to a commission in the rank of Sister, with seniority from 22 June 1970 and effect from 22 June 1973, for duty with the RNZN Hospital.

Sharron Ede O'Flaherty is appointed to a commission in the rank of Sister, with seniority from 26 April 1971 and effect from 26 April 1973, for duty with the RNZAMC Depot.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY EDUCATION CORPS

Patrick Boyle, M.A.(HONS.), is appointed to a commission for an initial period of 3 years, in the rank of Lieutenant, with seniority from 30 April 1970 and effect from 30 April 1973.

N.Z. WOMEN’S ROYAL ARMY CORPS

Officer Cadet Adrienne Elizabeth Middlemass is appointed to a commission in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant with seniority and effect from 18 June 1973.

TERRITORIAL FORCE

ROYAL REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY

3rd Field Regiment, RNZA

Captain F. R. Goodall, M.A., to be Acting Major with effect from 1 May 1973.

16th Field Regiment, RNZA

2nd Lieutenant Geoffrey Pace resigns his commission with effect from 10 May 1973.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS

2nd Squadron, New Zealand Scottish, RNZAC

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Allan Patrick West, B.SC., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Armoured Corps, in the rank of Captain, with effect from 1 April 1973.

ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY REGIMENT

2nd Battalion (Canterbury Nelson Marlborough West Coast), RNZIR

Lieutenant Bruce Roger Mercer is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 2nd Battalion (Canterbury Nelson Marlborough West Coast), RNZIR, in his present rank and seniority, with effect from 25 January 1973.

The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) Peter Bonamy D’Auvergne, B.SC., lapses, with effect from 1 January 1973.

Noel William Taylor is appointed to a commission in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) with effect from 1 May 1973, next below 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) D. J. Winterbourn, RNZIR.

Ian Sinclair Hawke is appointed to a commission in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) with effect from 1 May 1973, next below 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) N. W. Taylor.

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

Major Noel David Johnston is posted to the Retired List with effect from 1 June 1973.

Captain Donald Malcolm Lawry is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 3rd Battalion (Auckland (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own) and Northland), RNZIR, in his present rank and seniority, with effect from 29 May 1973.

Lieutenant (acting Captain) John Philip Crisp is transferred from the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Infantry Regiment, in his present rank and seniority, with effect from 20 May 1973.

4th Battalion (Otago and Southland), RNZIR

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Martin Hugh Devlin is transferred from the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Infantry Regiment, in his present rank and seniority, with effect from 1 May 1973.

5th Battalion (Wellington West Coast and Taranaki), RNZIR

Lieutenant Alan Norman Smith is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 5th Battalion (Wellington West Coast and Taranaki), RNZIR, in his present rank and seniority, with effect from 31 May 1973.