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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 29

And whereas the lands described in the Schedule hereto were, by the Warrant dated the twenty-third day of December, one thousand nine hundred and forty-three, and published in the Gazette of the thirteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and forty-four, temporarily reserved under the authority of the said Acts 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 Acts, 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 8, Block II, Reporoa Township, situated in Block X, Paeroa Survey District: Area, 1 acre, more or less. (Railway.)

Allotment 391, Parish of Mangapiko, situated in Block II, Puniu Survey District: Area, 1 acre 1 rood 17·72 perches, more or less. (Recreation.)

Allotment 624, Parish of Taupiri, situated in Block XI, Rangiriri Survey District: Area, 1 acre and 10·5 perches, more or less. (Recreation.)

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT

All that area in the Borough of Patea, containing by admeasurement 3 roods 26·69 perches, more or less, being Section 29 (formerly part Lot 1, D.P. 5713), Block XLVI, Town of Patea. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 1/1107/4A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red. (S.O. plan 7663.) (Recreation.)

All that area containing by admeasurement 1 acre and 10·96 perches, more or less, being part Section 36, Block I, Ngaere Survey District. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 1/1107/4, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red. (S.O. plan 7847.) (Recreation.)

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT

All that area containing by admeasurement 2 roods 16·3 perches, more or less, situated in the Borough of Blenheim, being part of Section 50, District of Omaka, and being also Lot 18 on Plan 1659, deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Blenheim. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 1/1107/7, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red. (Recreation.)

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT

Section 166, Wakari Survey District: Area, 3 roods 24·8 perches, more or less. (Public-school site.)

Section 21, Block III, Upper Kaikorai Survey District: Area, 2 roods 35·33 perches, more or less. (Recreation.)

Section 165, Wakari Survey District: Area, 3 acres 2 roods 15·7 perches, more or less. (Recreation.)

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 3rd day of April, 1944.

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 21/162, 1/1107, 1/1107/4, 1/1107/7, 1/1107/10.)

Appointments, Promotions, Relinquishments of Temporary Rank, Relinquishments of Short-service Commissions, and Retirements of Officers of the New Zealand Military Forces

Army Department,
Wellington, 4th April, 1944.

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

N.Z. STAFF CORPS

Captain (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) W. J. Smeeton relinquishes his short-service commission in the N.Z. Staff Corps. Dated 11th March, 1944.

Captain (temp. Major) E. E. Lloyd relinquishes his short-service commission in the N.Z. Staff Corps, and retains his rank and appointment in the 2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force, vide New Zealand Gazette No. 5 of 4th February, 1943. Dated 29th February, 1944.

Captain C. A. N. Pilcher relinquishes his short-service commission in the N.Z. Staff Corps. Dated 29th February, 1944.

Captain R. H. Bell relinquishes his short-service commission in the N.Z. Staff Corps, and retains his rank and appointment in the 2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force, vide New Zealand Gazette No. 6 of 10th February, 1944. Dated 29th February, 1944.

The undermentioned relinquish their short-service commissions in the N.Z. Staff Corps :—

Captain L. R. Neilson. Dated 3rd March, 1944.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) P. C. Holway. Dated 11th March, 1944.

Lieutenant A. M. Jordan relinquishes his short-service commission in the N.Z. Staff Corps, and retains his rank and appointment in the 2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force, vide New Zealand Gazette No. 6 of 10th February, 1944. Dated 29th February, 1944.

The undermentioned Lieutenants relinquish their short-service commissions in the N.Z. Staff Corps, and retain their rank and appointments in the 2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force, vide New Zealand Gazette No. 70 of 21st August, 1941 :—

W. H. Behague. A. R. McKinlay.

Dated 29th February, 1944.

N.Z. TEMPORARY STAFF

Colonel R. F. Gambrill, V.D., Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, relinquishes his appointment as temp. Lieutenant-Colonel in the N.Z. Temporary Staff, and is reposted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 29th November, 1943.

Warwick James Smeeton (late temp. Lieutenant-Colonel, N.Z. Staff Corps) to be temp. Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 12th March, 1944.

Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel G. R. Blackett, M.C., relinquishes the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on relinquishing the appointment of a Zone Commander, and assumes the temporary rank of Major on being appointed D.A.Q.M.G. of a District. Dated 20th March, 1944.

The undermentioned (late Captains, N.Z. Staff Corps) to be temp. Captains :—

Charles Athelstan Napier Pilcher. Dated 1st March, 1944.

Leslie Robert Neilson. Dated 4th March, 1944.

Peter Cyril Holway. Dated 12th March, 1944.

Temp. Captain C. H. G. Joplin relinquishes the temporary rank of Captain and assumes the temporary rank of Lieutenant whilst holding the appointment of Assistant Records Officer of an Area. Dated 20th March, 1944.

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant J. S. Alexander to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 15th March, 1944.

TERRITORIAL FORCE

N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS

The Nelson-Marlborough Mounted Rifles

Temp. Lieutenant G. M. Rogers to be temp. Captain whilst holding the appointment of Instructor at a School, and remains seconded. Dated 1st February, 1944.

N.Z. ARTILLERY

Temp. Major F. L. Parkin is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Major. Dated 25th March, 1944.

Temp. Lieutenant E. S. Swete is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 18th March, 1944.

Temp. Lieutenant H. R. Dingle to be temp. Captain and remains seconded. Dated 1st April, 1944.

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

K. M. Pilkington. Dated 29th August, 1943.

L. E. Solomon. Dated 9th December, 1943.

G. W. Ensor. Dated 10th February, 1944.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant C. M. Dennes to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 1st November, 1943.

Alfred Walter Powell to be temp. 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 3rd March, 1944.

N.Z. INFANTRY

The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment

Lieutenant K. Gibbons to be temp. Captain. Dated 1st March, 1944.

The Otago Regiment

Temp. Captain H. P. Kent is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain. Dated 25th March, 1944.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS

Temp. Captain G. C. Jennings, M.B., Ch.B., is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain. Dated 11th March, 1944.

The undermentioned to be temp. 2nd Lieutenants :—

Lester Noel Medlin, S.D.O., N.Z., Optician. Dated 16th March, 1944.

Randolph Norman Yorke, F.S.M.C., Optician. Dated 22nd March, 1944.

N.Z. ORDNANCE CORPS

With reference to the notices published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 20, dated 16th March, 1944, relative to the promotions of temp. 2nd Lieutenants F. B. Dean and V. C. Clarke to temp. Lieutenants, for “Dated 1st January, 1944”, substitute “Dated 9th December, 1943”.

N.Z. DENTAL CORPS

Lieutenant R. T. Jeavons, B.D.S., is posted to the Retired List. Dated 26th February, 1944.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE

Sister J. K. Morten (née Tyler) is posted to the Retired List. Dated 14th March, 1944.

Sister I. G. M. Quaid is retired. Dated 31st March, 1944.

OFFICERS CEASING TO BE SECONDED TO THE 2ND NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

Temp. Major F. L. Parkin, N.Z. Artillery, and is reposted to the Territorial Force with the temporary rank of Major, with seniority from 1st July, 1943. Dated 25th March, 1944.