2168.                                                             THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.                                                                 [No. 74

Officers authorized to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

GALWAY, 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, George Vere Arundell, Viscount Galway, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that the persons whose names are set out in the Schedule hereto, being officers in the service of the Crown holding the offices stated opposite their names respectively in the said Schedule, are authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under the three-hundred-and-first section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1927.

SCHEDULE.

Frederick Donald Armour, Postmaster, Huntly.
James Edward Biggar, Postmaster, Hunterville.
Gladstone Wilson, Postmaster, Kaikohe.
Robert Paul Geary, Postmaster, Kumeu.
William Hayward Subritzky, Postmaster, Mangonui.
George Harold Davis, Postmaster, Newmarket.
Frank Auld, Postmaster, Otahuhu.
Arthur Francis Wells, Postmaster, Reefton.
James Victor Sherborne, Postmaster, Te Araroa.
Milton William Laurence Gosling, Postmaster, Tokaanu.
Mrs. Elizabeth Mabel Paton, Postmaster, Tutamoe.
Robert Cameron Galbraith, Postmaster, Wellesley Street.
Thomas Leslie Floyd, Postmaster, Milton.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 28th day of October, 1936.

H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Amending the Regulations for the New Zealand Military Forces.

AMENDMENT No. 53.

GALWAY, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authority conferred on me by the Defence Act, 1909, and its amendments, I, George Vere Arundell, Viscount Galway, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby amend, in the manner and to the extent set forth in the Schedule hereto, the regulations for the New Zealand Military Forces published in the Gazette dated the twenty-fifth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven.

SCHEDULE.

1. These regulations may be cited as the Regulations for the New Zealand Military Forces, Amendment No. 53.

2. These regulations shall be read together with and form part of the Regulations for the New Zealand Military Forces, 1927 (hereinafter called “the principal regulations”).

3. These regulations shall come into force on the day following notification in the Gazette of the making hereof.

4. Regulation 111 of the principal regulations is revoked, and the following substituted :—

5. (1) Masters at secondary schools may be appointed as 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) to fill vacancies in the establishment of officers in the Cadet Unit furnished by their school.

(2) In the Corps of N.Z. Engineers commissions as 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) may be granted to members of the engineering profession who are under thirty-two years of age and possess a degree in science, engineering, or architecture, or who have qualified as one of the following :—

Associate of the Institution of Civil Engineers :
Associate of the N.Z. Society of Civil Engineers :
Associate of the Institution of Electrical Engineers :
Associate of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers :
Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects :
Associate of the N.Z. Institute of Architects :
Associate of the N.Z. Institute of Surveyors.

(3) In the Corps of Signals commissions as 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) may be granted to university graduates who are under thirty-two years of age and who hold a degree in science or engineering (electrical), or who are qualified as Associates of the Institution of Electrical Engineers.

(4) An officer appointed on probation must qualify by examination for his rank within one year of appointment. If he fails to pass the prescribed examination his appointment will lapse unless it is extended by the General Officer Commanding.

5. Regulation 252 of the principal regulations is amended by adding the following clause :—

(iii) The Minister of Defence may extend the service of Masters of Government vessels who are members of the New Zealand Regular Forces until they reach the age of sixty years, irrespective of whether they are contributors to the P.S.S. Fund or not.

6. Regulation 386 of the principal regulations is revoked, and the following substituted :—

7. Particulars of the examination for (a) first appointment to a commission in the Territorial Force, (b) confirmation of an appointment (on probation) to a commission, and (c) Certificates “A” and “B” (medical or dental) will be laid down in General Orders.

8. Regulation 391 (b) of the principal regulations is amended as follows :—

Line 7 : Revoke “E” and substitute “F.”

8. Regulation 393 of the principal regulations is amended by inserting “E” next after “C” in the first line.

9. Regulation 398 of the principal regulations is amended by revoking the words “Captains of Coast Artillery,” in lines 4 and 5, and substituting “Lieutenants of Artillery.”

10. Regulation 400 of the principal regulations (as substituted by Regulation 400 of the Regulations for the New Zealand Military Forces, 1927, Amendment No. 36) is revoked, and the following substituted :—

11. No candidate, with the exception of N.Z. Dental Corps and N.Z. Veterinary Corps candidates, may attend a written examination B, D, F, or Tactical Fitness for Command, Part II, until he has passed examination A, C, E, or Tactical Fitness for Command, Part I, respectively (if applicable to his arm).

12. Regulation 401 of the principal regulations (as heretofore amended by Amendment No. 36) is further amended by revoking “(a)” in line 2, and by inserting in the same line next after the word “examination” the following words : “for confirmation of an appointment (on probation) to a commission.”

13. Regulation 402 of the principal regulations is amended by revoking “E” in line 4, and substituting “F.”

14. Regulation 403 of the principal regulations (as heretofore amended by Amendment No. 36) is further amended by revoking “E” in line 2, and substituting “F.”

15. Regulation 409 of the principal regulations (as heretofore amended by Amendment No. 36) is further amended by inserting after—

“Part I” in line 5 “Examination ‘E’”;
By revoking “(a)” in line 7, and substituting “A”;
and By revoking “E” in line 7, and substituting “F.”

15. Regulation 410 of the principal regulations is amended by revoking “C and” in clause (i) thereof.

16. Regulation 412 of the principal regulations (as heretofore amended by Amendment No. 36) is further amended by revoking in clause (a), line 1, the words “In the case of examinations A, (a), C, and Tactical Fitness,” and substituting “In the case of examinations for confirmation of an appointment on probation, A, C, E, and Tactical Fitness,” and by revoking clause (b), and substituting the following :—

(b) The O.C. Command will report the results of examinations for confirmation of an appointment on probation, A, C, E, and Tactical Fitness, Part I, to General Headquarters, without delay, on N.Z. 57 and N.Z. 157.”

17. Regulation 413 of the principal regulations is amended by inserting “E and” next after “for” in line 1.

18. The principal regulations are amended by inserting next after Regulation 862 the following additional regulation :—

862A. Recognition by the Defence Department of any Rifle Association will be subject to the favourable recommendation of the National Rifle Association of New Zealand.

19. Regulation 879 of the principal regulations is amended by inserting after the word “Clubs” the words “which are affiliated to the National Rifle Association of New Zealand.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 30th day of October, 1936.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.