86 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 4

Road closed in Block IV, Pirongia Survey District, Auckland Land District.

[L.S.] BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section twelve of the Land Act, 1924, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim as closed the road in Pirongia Survey District described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ROAD CLOSED.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of road closed : 3 acres 1 rood 19·2 perches.
Adjoining or passing through Allotments 74, 87A, and 323, Mangapiko Parish.
Situated in Block IV, Pirongia Survey District. (S.O. plan 26632.)
In the Auckland Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 1/285, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, under No. 2612, and thereon coloured green.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 18th day of January, 1933.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING !
(L. and S. 1/285.)

Officer authorized to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the three-hundred-and-first section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1927, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that William Michael O'Connor, being an officer in the service of the Crown holding the office of Postmaster at Utiku, is authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under the three-hundred-and-first section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1927.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 23rd day of January, 1933.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Justice.

Appointments, Promotions, and Transfers of Officers of the N.Z. Military Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 19th January, 1933.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, and transfers of officers of the N.Z. Military Forces :—

THE WELLINGTON EAST COAST MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant H. G. Witters, from the Hawke’s Bay Regiment, to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 13th September, 1929. Dated 18th November, 1932.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Captain J. B. S. Lockhart, Regimental Supernumerary List, is posted to the 13th Coast Battery. Dated 8th December, 1932.

Lieutenant G. F. Falek, 20th Light Battery, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 1. Dated 9th December, 1932.

Lieutenant N. A. Stephenson ceases to be posted to the 13th Coast Battery, and is posted to the 15th Coast Battery. Dated 20th December, 1932.

Lois Howie Veale to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is posted to the 9th Field Battery. Dated 14th September, 1932.

The notice published in the N.Z. Gazette No. 73, dated 24th November, 1932, relative to the appointment of 2nd Lieutenants D. Stonehouse and J. F. Tasker, is hereby cancelled and the following substituted :—

“ The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants, and are posted to the 8th Field Battery. Dated 14th September, 1932 :—

“ James Francis Tasker.
“ Douglas Stonehouse.”

THE NORTH AUCKLAND REGIMENT.

Major J. H. Ansell, Regimental Supernumerary List, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 1. Dated 23rd December, 1932.

The undermentioned Lieutenants, 1st Battalion, to be Captains :—

M. H. Sheriff. Dated 1st September, 1932.
O. S. Olsen. Dated 2nd September, 1932.
R. C. Mitchell. Dated 29th October, 1932.

Henry Michael McElroy to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 15th September, 1932.

THE WELLINGTON REGIMENT.

Lieutenant J. H. Torlesse, Regimental Supernumerary List, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 5. Dated 23rd December, 1932.

James Banbury Clive Geere-Watson, to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 14th September, 1932.

THE HAWKE’S BAY REGIMENT.

Lieutenant H. G. Witters, Regimental Supernumerary List, is transferred to the Wellington East Coast Mounted Rifles. Dated 18th November, 1932.

THE CANTERBURY REGIMENT.

The undermentioned Lieutenants, 1st Battalion, to be Captains :—

J. G. Fraser. Dated 20th July, 1932.
G. R. Lee. Dated 18th September, 1932.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants, and are posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 11th November, 1932 :—

James Stanley Quinn.
Andrew Inglis Garriock.

N.Z. AIR FORCE.

Hubert Wentworth Duffey (late Flying Officer, Royal Air Force), to be Flying Officer, with seniority from 1st January, 1929, and is posted to No. 4 (Army Co-operation) Squadron. Dated 12th January, 1933.

The undermentioned to be Pilot Officers (on probation) and are posted to Squadrons as stated against their names. Dated 19th September, 1932 :—

John Carthew Ashcroft, No. 1 (Army Co-operation) Squadron.
Sydney Richard Meatchem, No. 2 (Bomber) Squadron.
Donald Campbell, No. 4 (Army Co-operation) Squadron.
John Joseph Busch, No. 3 (Bomber) Squadron.
Harry Nalder Major, No. 4 (Army Co-operation) Squadron.
Ronald Affleck Kirkup, No. 1 (Army Co-operation) Squadron.

NEW ZEALAND ARMY SERVICE CORPS.

Captain N. M. Pryde to be Major, and is appointed to command the 1st Composite Company. Dated 4th November, 1932.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants, and are posted to the 3rd Composite Company. Dated 15th September, 1932 :—

Philip Arthur Bergman.
Harry Morris Jacobs.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Lieutenant M. S. Harris, M.B., attached Northern Depot, N.Z. Corps of Signals, to be Captain. Dated 16th September, 1932.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Reverend R. J. Howie, Chaplain 4th Class, resigns his commission. Dated 23rd December, 1932.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Defence.

Confirmation of Appointment in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand Division).

Navy Office,
Wellington, 21st January, 1933.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to confirm the appointment of the undermentioned officer of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand Division) :—

Probationary Sub-Lieutenant Arthur Duncan Honi Ralph-Smith as Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.V.R. (N.Z.D.), to date 19th September, 1931.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Defence.