JUNE 8] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 691

Lands permanently reserved in the North Auckland, Auckland,
Gisborne, Taranaki, Wellington, and Westland 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, notwith-
standing 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 twenty-seventh day of March, one
thousand nine hundred and forty-four, and published in the Gazette
of the thirtieth 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

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

Section 2, Block I, Kawakawa Survey District : Area, 10 acres,
more or less. (Cemetery.)
Allotment 138, Parish of Whangarei : Area, 3 acres 2 roods
20 perches, more or less. (Recreation.)

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

Section 15, Block IX, Whaingaroa Survey District : Area,
2 roods 37·7 perches, more or less. (Public-school site.)

GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT

All that area containing 37 acres 1 rood 10 perches, more or less,
being Section 32 (formerly part of Section 31), Block X, Hangaroa
Survey District. As the same is more particularly delineated on the
plan marked L. and S. 4/908c, deposited in the Head Office, Depart-
ment of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.
(S.O. plan 4256.) (Plantation.)

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT

Section 12, Block VI, Upper Waitara Survey District : Area,
3 roods 24·4 perches, more or less. (Public-school site.)

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT

All that area situated in the Borough of Upper Hutt, containing
by admeasurement 1 acre 3 roods 8·51 perches, more or less, being
Lot 46 on Survey Office plan 20427, being part of Section 119, Hutt
District, and being part of the land comprised in Certificate of Title,
Volume 473, folio 240 (Wellington Registry). As the same is more
particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 1/1107/5c,
deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at
Wellington, and thereon bordered red. (Recreation.)

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT

Section 18, Town of Waiho Gorge : Area, 1 rood and 3·9 perches,
more or less. (Railway.)
Reserve 1830, Block VII, Mawheranui Survey District : Area,
2 acres 3 roods 33 perches, more or less. (Public-school site.)

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 30th day of May, 1944.

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 2/612, 1/1107/1, 22/3764, 4/908, 6/6/792, 1/1107/5,
25/936, 6/6/842.)

Promotions and Relinquishments of Temporary and Acting Rank of
Officers on Active Service with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary
Force (Middle East)

Army Department,
Wellington, 31st May, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
confirm the following promotions and relinquishments of
temporary and acting rank of officers on active service with the 2nd
New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Middle East), vide List No.
141 :

PROMOTIONS

N.Z. Forestry Group

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :
R. Erickson. J. W. S. Abernethy. R. H. Whitaker.
Dated 15th November, 1943.

N.Z. Infantry

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Captain) F. C. Irving to be Lieutenant
(temp. Captain). Dated 10th April, 1944.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :
E. M. Hay. C. H. Sinclair.
Dated 10th April, 1944.

N.Z. Medical Corps

The undermentioned Captains to be Majors :
R. A. Wilson, M.C. Captain (temp. Major)
G. B. A. Cowie. A. W. Douglas.
J. W. Bartrum.
Dated 1st April, 1944.

Lieutenant T. J. Miles to be Captain. Dated 19th April, 1944.

N.Z. Ordnance Corps

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) I. M. Bell to be Captain, with
seniority from 23rd July, 1943. Dated 21st February, 1944.

GRANTS OF TEMPORARY RANK

N.Z. Armoured Corps

Lieutenant R. H. Ferguson to be temp. Captain. Dated 15th
February, 1944.

N.Z. Engineers

Major J. N. Anderson, D.S.O., to be temp. Lieutenant-Colonel.
Dated 11th April, 1944.

N.Z. Infantry

The undermentioned Captains to be temp. Majors :
G. V. Turnbull. Dated 1st April, 1944.
A. W. Barnett, M.C. Dated 10th April, 1944.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) A. S. Robins, M.C., to be temp.
Major. Dated 6th April, 1944.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be temp. Captains :
W. P. Anaru. Dated 18th February, 1944.
S. J. Edgar. Dated 10th March, 1944.
W. T. Swanson. Dated 29th March, 1944.
W. S. F. Moffett. Dated 1st April, 1944.
R. J. Applegarth. Dated 1st April, 1944.
D. W. Farquharson. Dated 4th April, 1944.
J. H. Kirkland. Dated 10th April, 1944.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be temp. Lieutenants :
J. H. Kirkland. Dated 25th December, 1943.
H. G. Rush. Dated 18th April, 1944.

N.Z. Army Service Corps

Captain C. M. Torbet to be temp. Major. Dated 6th April, 1944.

N.Z. Medical Corps

Captain N. H. Wilson to be temp. Major. Dated 1st March,
1944.

N.Z. Ordnance Corps

Major D. E. Harper to be temp. Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated
27th March, 1944.

Captain H. Cordery to be temp. Major. Dated 8th April, 1944.

Lieutenant A. A. Barwick to be temp. Captain. Dated 1st
April, 1944.

TEMPORARY RANK RELINQUISHED

N.Z. Armoured Corps

The undermentioned Captains (temp. Majors) relinquish the
temporary rank of Major :
E. J. Scotland. Dated 11th April, 1944.
D. McInnes. Dated 12th April, 1944.

The undermentioned Lieutenants (temp. Captains) relinquish
the temporary rank of Captain :
R. L. Ball, M.B.E. Dated 4th April, 1944.
R. H. Ferguson. Dated 6th April, 1944.
R. H. Glendining. Dated 11th April, 1944.
G. O. Wiles. Dated 15th April, 1944.

N.Z. Artillery

Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) E. T. Kensington relinquishes
the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 6th April, 1944.

The undermentioned Lieutenants (temp. Captains) relinquish
the temporary rank of Captain :
G. C. Latta. N. M. Nash.
J. D. Atkinson. C. R. Mark.
Dated 10th April, 1944.

N.Z. Infantry

The undermentioned Captains (temp. Majors) relinquish the
temporary rank of Major :
G. V. Turnbull. Dated 25th March, 1944.
D. C. Piper. Dated 15th April, 1944.
K. H. Hume. Dated 18th April, 1944.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) J. W. T. Collins relinquishes the
temporary rank of Captain. Dated 12th April, 1944.

ACTING RANK RELINQUISHED

N.Z. Infantry

Lieutenant (temp. Captain, Acting-Major) A. S. Robins, M.C.,
relinquishes the acting rank of Major and retains the temporary rank
of Captain. Dated 25th March, 1944.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.