NEW HEAD OF C.I.B.

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29952, 13 October 1962, Page 13

NEW HEAD OF C.I.B.

Chief Inspector G. C. Urquhart

Detective Inspector G. C. Urquhart has been appointed Detective Chief Inspector in charge of the Criminal Investigation Branch at the Christchurch Central Police Station.

Mr Urquhart has spent most of his career in the police in Christchurch, and has only served at one other station. Wellington. After joining the police in 1936 Mr Urquhart was stationed in Wellington and was transferred to the C. 1.8. two years later. In 1941 he was made a detective and a detective-sergeant in 1946. In 1950 he was transferred to Christchurch.

Mr Urquhart was promoted to detective-sergeant in 1956 and was made chief detective in April, 1959. He was made a detective inspector in 1960.

The Queen has adopted a new personal flag specifically for use in New Zealand, says the New Zealand Press Association. It will be flown for the first time during the Royal visit next February. Her Majesty has personal flags for only two other Commonwealth countries at present—Canada and Sierra Leone. The Prime Minister (Mr Holyoake) said that the New standard bore the arms of New Zealand. On a blue field in the middle was the letter E ensigned with a Royal crown within a chaplet of roses—all in gold or yellow. It was designed by the Garter King of Arms. “The flag will be a symbol that Her Majesty is visiting our country as Queen of New Zealand,” Mr Holyoake said.

“It will fly on all occasions when the Queen is present, on buildings when she is in residence, and on ships when she is aboard.’’

Mr Holyoake said it was believed personal flags were under consideration for other Commonwealth countries also.