APRIL 1.]

(2) In lieu of making provision for the repayment of the said loan by establishing a sinking fund in respect thereof, as specified in clause three of the said Order in Council, the said local authority may raise the said loan or any portion thereof upon terms of making the same, together with interest thereon, repayable by equal aggregate annual or half-yearly instalments extending over the term of twenty (20) years, as specified in clause one of the said Order in Council.

T. J. SHERRARD,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.
(T. 49/393/9.)

Varying the Determinations in respect of the Thames County Council's Loan of £500.

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 24th day of March, 1943.

Present:

THE HON. D. G. SULLIVAN PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council made on the tenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and forty-two (hereinafter called “the said Order in Council”), and subject to the determinations as to borrowing and repayment therein set out, consent was given to the raising in New Zealand by the Thames County Council (hereinafter called “the said local authority”) of a loan of five hundred pounds (£500), to be known as “Thornton's Bay Water-supply Loan, 1941” hereinafter called “the said loan”):

And whereas the authority conferred by the said Order in Council has not yet been exercised, and it is expedient to vary certain of the determinations aforesaid in respect of the said loan:

Now, therefore, 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, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section eleven of the Local Government Loans Board Act, 1926, as set out in section twenty-nine of the Finance Act, 1932 (No. 2), and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby vary certain of the determinations aforesaid in respect of the said loan by prescribing as follows:

(1) In lieu of a term of twenty (20) years, as specified in clause one of the said Order in Council, the term for which the said loan or any part thereof may be raised shall not exceed fifteen (15) years.

(2) In lieu of a rate of interest not exceeding three pounds five shillings (£3 5s.) per centum per annum, as specified in clause two of the said Order in Council, the rate of interest that may be paid in respect of the said loan or any part thereof shall be such as shall not produce to the lender or lenders a rate exceeding three pounds ten shillings (£3 10s.) per centum per annum.

(3) In lieu of making provision for the repayment of the said loan by establishing a sinking fund in respect thereof, as specified in clause three of the said Order in Council, the said local authority may raise the said loan or any portion thereof upon terms of making the same, together with interest thereon, repayable by equal aggregate annual or half-yearly instalments extending over the term of fifteen (15) years, as specified in clause one hereof.

T. J. SHERRARD,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.
(T. 49/436/10.)

Officers authorized to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

C. L. N. NEWALL, 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, 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 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.

Margaret Mudge, Postmistress, Balfour.
Douglas Keith Taylor, Postmaster, Kirwee.
Archie Martin Schollum, Postmaster, Puhoi.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 26th day of March, 1943.
W. E. PARRY,
For the Minister of Justice.

Notices under the Regulations Act, 1936.

NOTICE is hereby given in pursuance of the Regulations Act, 1936, of the making of regulations and orders as under:

Copies can be purchased at the Government Printing and Stationery Office, Lambton Quay, Wellington. Prices for quantities supplied on application. Copies may be ordered by quoting serial number.
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Appointments, Promotions, and Relinquishments of Temporary Rank of Officers on Active Service with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force Overseas.

Army Department,
Wellington, 26th March, 1943.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to confirm the following appointments, promotions, and relinquishments of temporary rank of officers on active service with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force overseas, vide List No. 94:

2ND NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (MIDDLE EAST).

PROMOTIONS.

N.Z. Artillery.

The undermentioned Captains (temp. Majors) to be Majors:

E. W. S. Harrowell. Dated 20th August, 1942.
H. T. W. Nolan. Dated 7th September, 1942.
D. J. Robertson. Dated 24th November, 1942.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) A. M. Quennell to be Captain. Dated 31st August, 1942.
Lieutenant A. F. Harding to be Captain. Dated 1st September, 1942.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 22nd November, 1942:

F. J. Glackin. F. J. Haslett. N. D. Russell.

N.Z. Divisional Signals.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains:

Dated 21st July, 1942—
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) S. J. K. Hislop.

Dated 5th August, 1942—
J. F. W. Tonge (prisoner of war). Lieutenant (temp. Captain) A. A. Andrews.

Dated 8th October, 1942—
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) R. W. Foubister.

Dated 15th October, 1942—
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) N. R. Ingle.

Dated 22nd October, 1942—
J. H. G. Alp (prisoner of war). F. E. Waters.
J. H. Hill (prisoner of war).

N.Z.: Infantry.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains. Dated 26th October, 1942:

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) R. Bethell.
C. W. J. Pearson (prisoner of war).
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) J. P. Cook.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) C. Gatenby (prisoner of war).
W. G. Ryder (prisoner of war).
P. H. Wood.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 15th November, 1942:

L. A. Pearce. R. D. Westenra.
2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) R. S. Webb.
A. C. Marett. M. Francis.
W. Te A. Haig.

N.Z. Medical Corps.

Lieutenant G. F. Hall to be Captain. Dated 2nd September, 1942.