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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 20

Declaring Horseshoe Lake in the North Canterbury Acclimatization District to be a Sanctuary

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General

IN pursuance of the powers conferred on me by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, Cyril Louis Norton Newall, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare the area described in the Schedule hereto to be a sanctuary for the purposes of the said Act.

SCHEDULE

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 24 acres, more or less, being Section No. 3659 (in red), Blocks VIII and XII, Christchurch Survey District, and known as the Horseshoe Lake (Waikakariki). Bounded towards the north generally by the road reserved along the said lake, and fronting Rural Sections Nos. 1327, 1053, and 1132; and towards the east, south, and west generally by Rural Sections Nos. 1068, 861, 831, and 9583; as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 51300, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon bordered red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 13th day of March, 1944.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 52/68.)

Trustees for the Otakeho Public Cemetery appointed

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section four of the Cemeteries Act, 1908, I, Cyril Louis Norton Newall, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint—

Harry Bayliss,
James Crawford Duff,
Stanley Hudleston Le Fleming, and
Harry Hartley

to be trustees to have the maintenance and care of the Otakeho Public Cemetery, in place of

Hubert James Eaves and Walter Frederick Lyndon,

who have left the district, and of

Leslie Stewart Mackie and Edward Wills,

whose seats have become vacant by death.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 7th day of March, 1944.

A. H. NORDMEYER, Minister of Health.

(H.C. 44/3.)

Lands permanently reserved in the Auckland and Canterbury Land Districts

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General

WHEREAS by the three-hundred-and-fifty-ninth section of the Land Act, 1924, it is enacted that the Governor-General may from time to time set apart temporarily as reserves, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned :

And whereas by the three-hundred-and-sixtieth section of the said Act it is provided that land temporarily reserved under the said three-hundred-and-fifty-ninth section may, at the expiration of one month, but not later than six months, after the publication in the Gazette of notice of such temporary reservation, be permanently reserved, and that notice of such permanent reservation shall be published in the Gazette :

And whereas the lands described in the Schedule hereto were, by the Warrant dated the twentieth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and forty-three, and published in the Gazette of the twenty-third day of that month, temporarily reserved under the authority of the said Act for the purposes in the Schedule of the said Warrant specified at the end of the respective descriptions of the lands so intended to be temporarily reserved :

Now, therefore, I, Cyril Louis Norton Newall, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the said Act, do hereby permanently reserve the lands described in the Schedule hereto for the purposes in the said Schedule specified at the end of the respective descriptions of the lands so intended to be permanently reserved for which purposes the said lands were so temporarily reserved as aforesaid.

SCHEDULE

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

SECTION 4, Block XXXIV, Town of Taupo, situated in Block II, Tauhara Survey District: Area, 38 perches, more or less. (S.O. plan 31844.) (Site for public buildings of General Government.)

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT

Reserve 4465, Block IX, Westerfield Survey District: Area, 14 acres 0 roods 27 perches, more or less. (Plantation.)

Also Reserve 4466, Block IX, Westerfield Survey District: Area, 13 acres 0 roods 3 perches, more or less. (Plantation.)

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 16th day of March, 1944.

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.

(I. and S. 1/268, 22/2419.)

Appointment in the Royal New Zealand Navy

Navy Office,
Wellington, 1st March, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the transfer of the following officer to the Royal New Zealand Navy :—

Temporary Lieutenant (E) Joseph Watters, R.N.R., transferred to Royal New Zealand Naval Reserve as from date of entry in the rank of Temporary Lieutenant (E), with seniority of 16th August, 1940, and reappointed, to date 16th August, 1940.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Army Department,
Wellington, 14th March, 1944.

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

N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS

Captain (temp. Major) D. Nicol, M.B.E., to be Major. Dated 1st February, 1944.

N.Z. TEMPORARY STAFF

Temp. Major F. W. Spite to be temp. Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 1st March, 1944.

Temp. Major R. C. Hollis, M.C., is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Major. Dated 4th March, 1944.

Temp. Lieutenant D. E. Coutts is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 4th March, 1944.

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant W. A. Stroud to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 1st December, 1943.

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant A. C. Ferrick relinquishes his commission on relinquishing the appointment of Adjutant Quartermaster of a Home Guard Battalion. Dated 11th August, 1943.

TERRITORIAL FORCE

N.Z. ARTILLERY

Temp. Major K. Mills is posted to the Retired List. Dated 11th March, 1944.

Temp. Captain N. McK. F. Gibson is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain. Dated 4th March, 1944.

Lieutenant W. H. Blyth is posted to the Retired List. Dated 4th March, 1944.

Temp. Lieutenant G. J. Benefield is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 4th March, 1944.

Temp. Lieutenant H. D. Jeffreys is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Lieutenant. Date 4th March, 1944.

Temp. Lieutenant R. S. Beveridge is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 4th March, 1944.

Temp. Lieutenant E. P. Cameron relinquishes his commission on appointment to a commission in the Royal N.Z. Air Force. Dated 13th November, 1943.

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant R. G. Wood relinquishes his commission on appointment to the Royal N.Z. Navy. Dated 12th August, 1943.

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant G. W. Bibby relinquishes his commission on appointment to a commission in the Royal N.Z. Air Force. Dated 15th October, 1943.

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant R. M. McGeehan relinquishes his commission on appointment to a commission in the Royal N.Z. Air Force. Dated 20th February, 1944.

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant C. G. Ferguson relinquishes his appointment as temp. Lieutenant in the N.Z. Temporary Staff and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, with the temporary rank of Lieutenant. Dated 14th March, 1944.

N.Z. INFANTRY

The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own)

Temp. Captain (Acting-Major) B. W. Croker, M.M., E.D., relinquishes the acting rank of Major on ceasing to be seconded, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 26th February, 1944.

The Hauraki Regiment

Captain H. H. Marshall, E.D., to be temp. Major. Dated 1st March, 1944.

Lieutenant R. P. Callaway to be temp. Captain. Dated 1st January, 1944.

The Waikato Regiment

Temp. Captain G. Wilkinson relinquishes his commission on appointment to a commission in the Royal N.Z. Air Force. Dated 15th October, 1943.

The Wellington West Coast Regiment

Temp. Lieutenant E. E. Wales is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 4th March, 1944.

The Hawke’s Bay Regiment

Lieutenant G. W. Langhorne to be temp. Captain. Dated 1st August, 1943.