1494
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 111

Officers authorized to attest Signatures of Natives to Instruments of Alienation

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section two hundred and sixty-eight of the Native Land Act, 1931, I, Cyril Louis Norton Newall, 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 set out after their respective names, are authorized to attest, in accordance with the provisions of the said section two hundred and sixty-eight, the signatures of Natives to instruments of alienation of Native land.

SCHEDULE

William John Maloney Reid, Field Supervisor, Ngataki.
William Leslie Johns Cahill, Development Clerk, Auckland.
James Alexander Mills, Consolidation Clerk, Auckland.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 4th day of December, 1943.

H. G. R. MASON, Native Minister.

Officers authorized to attest Signatures of Natives to Instruments under Chattels Transfer Act, 1924

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section five hundred and forty-seven of the Native Land Act, 1931, I, Cyril Louis Norton Newall, 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 set out after their respective names, are authorized to attest, in accordance with the provisions of the said section five hundred and forty-seven, the signatures of Natives to instruments by way of security within the meaning of the Chattels Transfer Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE

William John Maloney Reid, Field Supervisor, Ngataki.
William Leslie Johns Cahill, Development Clerk, Auckland.
James Alexander Mills, Consolidation Clerk, Auckland.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 4th day of December, 1943.

H. G. R. MASON, Native Minister.

Appointing a Member of the Auckland Harbour Board

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Harbours Act, 1923, I, Cyril Louis Norton Newall, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

Charles Abraham Barrell

to be a member of the Auckland Harbour Board, as a representative of the electors of the boroughs of Hamilton, Cambridge, Te Awamutu, and Ngaruawahia, in the place of John Robert Fow, deceased, to hold office until the third day of May, one thousand nine hundred and forty-four.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 9th day of December, 1943.

JAS. O’BRIEN, Minister of Marine.

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Retirements, Relinquishments of Temporary Rank, Relinquishments, and Resignations of Commissions of Officers of the New Zealand Military Forces

Army Department,
Wellington, 11th December, 1943.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, transfers, retirements, relinquishments of temporary rank, relinquishments, and resignations of commissions of officers of the New Zealand Military Forces:—

N.Z. STAFF CORPS

Major W. G. Gentry, D.S.O., O.B.E., to be temp. Brigadier whilst holding the appointment of Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Army Headquarters. Dated 1st November, 1943.

Major S. M. Satterthwaite to be temp. Colonel whilst holding the appointment of an Area Commander. Dated 1st November, 1943.

Major J. W. Barry to be temp. Lieutenant-Colonel whilst holding the appointment of an Area Commander. Dated 1st November, 1943.

Captain G. P Sanders, A.M.I.C.E., to be temp. Major (acting unpaid Lieutenant-Colonel) whilst employed on the Directing Staff of a Staff College. Dated 1st November, 1943.

Captain J. A. Worsnop to be temp. Major (acting unpaid Lieutenant-Colonel) whilst employed on the Directing Staff of a Staff College. Dated 1st November, 1943.

N.Z. PERMANENT STAFF

Lieutenant and Quartermaster J. S. King, M.B.E., to be temp. Major and Quartermaster whilst employed as Chief Instructor at a School of Instruction. Dated 1st November, 1943.

W.O. I Morley Guy Fowler to be temp. Captain and Quartermaster whilst holding the appointment of Inspecting Quartermaster. Dated 1st November, 1943.

W.O. I Frank Brown to be temp. Captain and Quartermaster whilst holding the appointment of an Area Quartermaster (Home Guard). Dated 1st December, 1943.

Sergeant Leslie Rawley to be temp. Captain and Quartermaster whilst holding the appointment of General Staff Officer, 3rd Grade. Dated 1st November, 1943.

Staff-Sergeant Robert Roland Mace to be temp. Lieutenant and Quartermaster whilst employed on the Instructional Staff of a School of Instruction. Dated 1st November, 1943.

REGIMENT OF ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY

Major J. P. Joyce, D.C.M., to be temp. Lieutenant-Colonel whilst holding the appointment of a Senior Staff Officer (Artillery). Dated 1st November, 1943.

Staff-Sergeant James Douglas McKerchar, M.B.E., to be temp. Captain and Quartermaster whilst holding the appointment of Quartermaster of an Artillery Training Regiment. Dated 1st December, 1943.

Sergeant James Roy Spence, M.B.E., to be temp. Lieutenant and Quartermaster whilst employed as M.T. Officer at a School of Artillery. Dated 1st December, 1943.

N.Z. PERMANENT ARMY SERVICE CORPS

W.O. I Charles Edward Graham to be temp. Lieutenant and Quartermaster whilst attached to the Branch of the Director of Supplies and Transport. Dated 1st December, 1943.

N.Z. TEMPORARY STAFF

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be temp. Lieutenants:—

L. W. Grieve. Dated 1st July, 1943.
G. Turner. Dated 29th September, 1943.
R. F. Joyce. Dated 17th October, 1943.
J. H. Mills. Dated 1st November, 1943.
J. McLachlan. Dated 3rd November, 1943.
G. W. Browne. J. Baguley. R. R. Thomas. Dated 5th November, 1943.
J. S. Upston, and remains seconded. Dated 8th November, 1943.

TERRITORIAL FORCE

N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS

Queen Alexandra’s (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles

Temp. Captain G. S. Fry relinquishes his commission on appointment to a commission in the Royal N.Z. Air Force. Dated 24th August, 1943.

The Waikato Mounted Rifles

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant G. R. Clune to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 14th October, 1943.

N.Z. ARTILLERY

Temp. Major B. D. FitzGerald relinquishes the temporary rank of Major on relinquishing command of a Battery. Dated 8th March, 1943.

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant T. N. Arnold to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 18th August, 1943.

N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS

The undermentioned temp. 2nd Lieutenants to be temp. Lieutenants:—

F. H. Jones. W. J. T. Hughes. Dated 30th September, 1943.

N.Z. INFANTRY

The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own)

Temp. Lieutenant R. R. Hitchcock relinquishes his commission on appointment to a commission in the Royal N.Z. Air Force. Dated 14th October, 1943.

The Hauraki Regiment

Temp. Captain H. F. Goddard relinquishes his commission on appointment to a commission in the Royal N.Z. Air Force. Dated 9th September, 1943.

The Waikato Regiment

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant P. D. Chapman to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 18th October, 1943.

The Wellington West Coast Regiment

Temp. Captain E. P. Richardson relinquishes his commission on appointment to a commission in the Royal N.Z. Air Force. Dated 9th September, 1943.

The Hawke’s Bay Regiment

Temp. Major F. R. McBride relinquishes his commission on appointment to a commission in the Royal N.Z. Air Force. Dated 9th September, 1943.