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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 67

Regulations under the Naval Defence Act, 1913, amended.

GALWAY, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 16th day of September, 1935.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section twenty-five of the Naval Defence Act, 1913, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, the Governor-General, with the advice of the Executive Council, doth hereby amend and supplement the regulations referred to in the Schedule hereto as shown therein.

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SCHEDULE.

Regulations for the Government and Payment of the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy, 1929.

Insert new Article 63 —

“63. Promotion to Commissioned Rank.—Ratings of the following branches of the New Zealand Division are eligible to be considered for promotion to Commissioned Rank in the Royal Navy :—

“Seaman Branch . . . } To Acting Sub-Lieutenant,
“Communications Branch / Royal Navy,
“Engine Room Artificer } To Acting Sub-Lieutenant (E),
Branch Royal Navy.

“2. The qualifications required of candidates from any of these branches, and the system of selection, will be regulated by the provisions of King’s Regulations and Admiralty Instructions, Appendix XII, Parts 3 and 7, and of Admiralty Fleet Orders in force for the time being.

“3. As a preliminary step, New Zealand ratings who are recommended by their Commanding Officers for promotion will be required to pass a selection committee appointed by the Commodore Commanding the New Zealand Station, or, in his absence, by the Naval Board. Subject to the approval of the Naval Board, a candidate who is recommended by the committee may then be transferred on a ‘course’ basis to the Home or Mediterranean Fleet.

“4. Having regard to the fact that New Zealand ratings are serving under certain conditions which are not provided for in the King’s Regulations quoted in paragraph 2, instructions will be promulgated from time to time in Navy Orders adjusting points of procedure to ensure that men who may be regarded as eligible for promotion are trained on the same lines as ratings of the Royal Navy, and to enable them to be judged strictly on their merits in competition with those ratings.

“The number of candidates to be transferred for service in the Home or Mediterranean Fleet in any year will be decided by the Naval Board when the reports of the New Zealand Division Selection Committee have been considered.

“5. Commanding Officers are to give any rating who is recommended by them for promotion clearly to understand that candidature for Commissioned Rank involves :—

“(i) Competition on equal terms with ratings in the Royal Navy.

“(ii) Service on a training or course basis in a ship of the Royal Navy for not less than six months before appearing before the Fleet Selection Board.

“(iii) Disposal as directed by the New Zealand Naval Board and subject to the concurrence of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty at any time if it appears that the candidate’s conduct is unsatisfactory or if there is no likelihood of his name being recommended by the Fleet or Final Selection Boards.

“6. Candidates who are selected for promotion to Commissioned Rank in the Royal Navy will be discharged from the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy as from the date of selection for promotion to the rank of Acting Sub-Lieutenant or Acting Sub-Lieutenant (E).

“7. Subject to the provisions of clause 25, Part 3, and clause 14, Part 7, of Appendix XII of the King’s Regulations and Admiralty Instructions, candidates who are selected by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty for promotion to Commissioned Rank will be granted permanent commissions in the Royal Navy. They will receive pay at Royal Navy rates from the date of selection. They will have no claim to service on the New Zealand Station, but they may volunteer as opportunity offers for such service under the conditions applicable to officers of the Royal Navy in general.

“8. The amount of deferred pay which has accrued to a rating to the date of his selection will be transferred to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. From that date Their Lordships will accept full liability for retired pay, gratuity, widow’s pensions, &c., at the rates applicable to officers of the Royal Navy.”

Article 134, clause 2 : Add new clause 2A :—

“Deferred pay which has accrued to the credit of a rating who is selected for promotion to Commissioned Rank in the Royal Navy will be paid over to The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty (see Article 63).”

C. A. JEFFERY,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Revoking the Reservation over Reserves in the City of Christchurch, Canterbury Land District.

GALWAY, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 16th day of September, 1935.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by subsection one (b) of section seven of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), it is provided that the Governor-General may, from time to time, by Order in Council, revoke the reservation over any public reserve or part thereof, and thereupon the land comprised therein shall, if vested in the Crown or in any local authority or trustees deriving title from the Crown, become Crown land available for disposal under the Land Act, 1924, and in any other case may, subject to the provisions of subsection five of the said section seven of the said Act, be disposed of in such manner and for such purposes as may be stated in such Order in Council:

And whereas the lands described in the First Schedule hereto constitute public reserves for public purposes vested in the body corporate called the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Christchurch:

And whereas it is expedient that the reservation over the said lands be revoked:

And whereas the said body corporate has passed a resolution consenting to such revocation and has in all other respects complied with the provisions of subsections three and four of the said section seven of the said Act:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by subsection one (b) of section seven of the said Act, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the reservation for public purposes over the lands described in the First Schedule hereto, and doth hereby declare that the said lands may be disposed of by the said body corporate by way of sale by public auction or private contract at such prices and on such terms and conditions as the said body corporate shall determine, but so that the proceeds of any such sale shall be used and applied in or towards recouping the said body corporate for the moneys expended by it in the purchase for recreation purposes of the land described in the Second Schedule hereto.

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FIRST SCHEDULE.

RESERVE LAND TO BE SOLD.

Canterbury Land District.

ALL that area containing by admeasurement 2 roods 4·3 perches, more or less, being Lot 55, Deposit Plan 7318, and being part Rural Section 154, situated in the City of Christchurch, and bounded as follows: Towards the north-west by Lot 10, Deposit Plan 9168, 244·4 links; towards the north-east by Lot 27, Deposit Plan 7318, 216·1 links; towards the south-east by Stenness Avenue, 217·13 links; and again towards the south and south-west by a public road, 231·84 links. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 1/3755, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.