Colin Grant O'Brien, 29 July 1976.
Craig Hutchison, 16 August 1976.

Promotion

Pilot Officer Robert Murdoch McKenzie to be Flying
Officer, with seniority and effect from 10 June 1976.

Extensions

The following are granted an extension of their cadet
commission to dates as shown:
Squadron Leader Alfred Dennis Mehlhopt, 1 November
1979.
Flight Lieutenant (temp. Squadron Leader) Allen White
Ellis, 15 December 1976.
Flight Lieutenant Russell Walsingham Brown, 1 November
1979.
Flight Lieutenant Malcolm Russell Campbell, 1 November
1979.
Flight Lieutenant Alan Edward Anderson, 1 November 1979.
Flying Officer Peter John Nelson, 1 November 1979.

Relinquishment

Flying Officer George Hamlyn Young relinquishes his appointment
as Unit Commander, with effect from 31 July
1976.

Transfer

Pilot Officer John Hagen Jensen is transferred from the
Supernumerary List to No. 6 (North Shore) ATC Squadron,
with effect from 2 July 1976.

Resignations

The following resign their cadet commission, with effect
from dates as shown:
Pilot Officer Bruce Lindsay Drake, 30 July 1976.
Pilot Officer John Renton Harrison, 18 August 1976.
Pilot Officer Reginald Gresham Lewis, 30 July 1976.
Pilot Officer Thomas Colin Bell, 31 August 1976.

Retirements

The following are retired, with effect from dates as shown:
Flight Lieutenant Robert McMahon Black, 5 September
1976.
Flight Lieutenant Alwyn Erasmus Boyd, 20 August 1976.
Dated at Wellington this 14th day of September 1976.
ALLAN McCREADY, Minister of Defence.

Chairman of the Motor Spirits Licensing Authority Appointed

PURSUANT to section 3 of the Motor Spirits Distribution Act
1953, His Excellency, the Governor-General, has been pleased
to appoint
Graham Vincent Hubble, Esquire, barrister, of Auckland
to be a member and Chairman of the Motor Spirits Licensing
Authority, from the 1st day of October 1976.
Dated at Wellington this 15th day of September 1976.
L. R. ADAMS-SCHNEIDER,
Minister of Trade and Industry.

Appointment to the Southern Regional Arts Council

PURSUANT to section 27 (2) of the Queen Elizabeth the Second
Arts Council of New Zealand Act 1974, the Minister of
Internal Affairs hereby appoints
Pamela Grace Middleton Hall-Jones
to be a member of the Southern Regional Arts Council, for
a term of office expiring on 31 March 1979.
Dated at Wellington this 14th day of September 1976.
D. A. HIGHET, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. Cul. 10/6/2/3)

Appointment to the Southern Regional Arts Council

PURSUANT to sections 27 (2) and 29 (5) of the Queen
Elizabeth the Second Arts Council of New Zealand Act
1974, the Minister of Internal Affairs hereby appoints
Edward Warwick Newton
to be a member of the Southern Regional Arts Council, for
a term of office expiring on 31 March 1978.
Dated at Wellington this 14th day of September 1976.
D. A. HIGHET, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. Cul. 10/6/6/3)

Appointing a New Zealand Forest Service Representative to

the Central King Country Pest Destruction Board (No. 1529
Ag. 6/13/2/6A)
PURSUANT to section 31 (1A) of the Agricultural Pests Destruction Act 1967 (as inserted by section 5 of the Agricultural
Pests Destruction Amendment Act 1974), the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries hereby appoints
David Nicholas Wilson (as a Forest Service representative)
to be a member of the Central King Country Pest Destruction Board.
Dated at Wellington this 10th day of September 1976.
DUNCAN MACINTYRE,
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Appointment of Member to Pest Destruction Boards (No. 1533

Ag. 6/13/2/6A)
PURSUANT to section 31 of the Agricultural Pests Destruction Act 1967, the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, hereby appoints
Peter William Melhopt
being an inspector appointed under Part III of the said Act, to be a member of the Glenorchy, Wakatipu, Mid Wakatipu and Upper Shotover Pest Destruction Boards.
Dated at Wellington this 13th day of September 1976.
DUNCAN MACINTYRE,
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries.
This notice revokes notice No. 87 published on page 1804 of the Gazette on 5 August 1976.

Appointment of a Member to the Pongakawa Pest Destruction

Board (No. 1534 Ag. 6/13/2/6A)
NOTICE is hereby given by direction of the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries that, pursuant to section 48 of the Agricultural Pests Destruction Act 1967, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint
Ruhi Vercoe
to be a member of the Pongakawa Pest Destruction Board, vice W. Vercoe.
Dated at Wellington this 15th day of September 1976.
L. K. BENNETT,
for Director-General of Agriculture and Fisheries.