JUNE 22] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 751

Retention of Title of “Honourable”

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 21st June, 1944.

THE following despatch, received from the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, is published for general information.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 147/1/2.)

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NEW ZEALAND.—HONOURS

Dominions Office,
Downing Street, 5th May, 1944.

Sir,—

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency’s despatch, Honours, of the 16th March, and to state that His Majesty the King has been pleased to approve of the retention of the title of “Honourable” by Mr. William Edward Barnard, formerly Speaker of the House of Representatives of New Zealand.

I have the honour to be, Sir,

Your Excellency’s most humble, obedient Servant,

CRANBORNE.

Governor-General, His Excellency Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Cyril Newall, G.C.B., O.M., G.C.M.G., C.B.E., &c., &c., &c.

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Honours and Awards conferred by His Majesty the King

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 16th June, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs the publication in the New Zealand Gazette of the Honours and Awards conferred by His Majesty the King as follows:—

MILITARY DIVISION

Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.)—

Brigadier Edward Talbott Rowlings, New Zealand Staff Corps, of Christchurch.

Acting Air Commodore James Lloyd Findlay, M.C., Royal New Zealand Air Force, New Zealand Air Mission, Washington.

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)—

Chief Commander (Mrs.) Vida Eliza Jowett, New Zealand Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, of Wellington.

Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Henry Evenden, New Zealand Artillery (Territorial Force), of Christchurch.

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)—

Captain Ronald Kennedy, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, of Havelock North.

Captain Alfred John Steele, New Zealand Permanent Staff, now serving in the Pacific.

Captain and Quartermaster William Charles Hastings, New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps, of Burnham, Christchurch.

Captain Reginald George Hayward, New Zealand Temporary Staff, of Lower Hutt.

Flight Lieutenant James Bruce Dickey, Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.

Acting Flight Lieutenant William John Fyfe, Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Cambridge.

2nd Lieutenant Frederick Douglas Sheppard, New Zealand Dental Corps, of Wellington.

Mr. Frederick Gardner, Temporary Gunner, Royal New Zealand Navy, of Auckland.

Air Force Cross—

Acting Wing Commander Arthur Candlish Allen, Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Morrinsville.

Squadron Leader Ernest William Barnett, Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Tokoranga, Halcombe.

Flight Lieutenant William Bernard Pettet, Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Dunedin.

Associate of the Royal Red Cross (A.R.R.C.)—

Charge Sister Miss Joyce Trevelyn Sexton, New Zealand Army Nursing Service, of Auckland.

British Empire Medal (B.E.M.)—

Master-at-Arms Thomas William Hughes, Royal New Zealand Navy, of Christchurch.

Staff Sergeant Maurice Petrie Shaw, New Zealand Military Forces, of Auckland.

Staff Sergeant Gordon Albert Roper, New Zealand Temporary Staff, of New Plymouth.

Sergeant Arthur Bernard Goodwillie, New Zealand Temporary Staff, of Shannon.

Temporary Sergeant Leo Patrick Murphy, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Pacific, of Auckland.

Mentioned in Despatches—

Flight Lieutenant Gordon Andrew Delves, Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Flight Sergeant David Keith Mulligan, Royal New Zealand Air Force.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

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Declarations of Desire of retain, while in New Zealand, the Rights of a British Subject

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th June, 1944.

IT is hereby notified for public information that declarations of desire to retain, while in New Zealand, the rights of a British subject in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of the British Nationality and Status of Aliens (in New Zealand) Amendment Act, 1934–35, have been made by the persons named hereunder.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

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SCHEDULE

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Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries, Borough of Taumarunui

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 14th June, 1944.

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General, under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1933, praying that the area described in the Schedule hereto may be excluded from the County of Taumarunui and included in the Borough of Taumarunui.

All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed alteration of boundaries which they desire to lodge within one month from the first publication of this notice, such objections or petitions to be addressed to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

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SCHEDULE

AREA PROPOSED TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE COUNTY OF TAUMARUNUI AND INCLUDED IN THE BOROUGH OF TAUMARUNUI

ALL that area in the Taranaki Land District, bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of the southern boundary of Section 37, Block II, Piopiotea West Survey District (Hospital Reserve), with the right bank of the Wanganui River; thence westerly along the southern boundary of aforesaid Section 37, Block II, Piopiotea West Survey District, to and across the Wanganui River Road; thence in a general northerly direction along the west boundary of the Wanganui River Road to and across the Kururau Road; thence westerly along the north side of the Kururau Road to the western boundary of Ohura South Part N 2E 3G 2E; thence northerly along the western boundary of aforesaid Ohura South Part N 2E 3G 2E and a continuation of this boundary for a distance of 1600 links through Ohura South N 2E 3G 3, Lot 11B 4, and into Ohura South N 2E 3G 3, Lot 11B 3; thence in a north-easterly direction by a line on a bearing of 52° 30′, to and across the Te Kuiti – National Park State Highway to the centre of the Ongaruhe River; thence in a general south-easterly, southerly, and south-westerly direction down the centre of the Ongaruhe River and the Wanganui River to the intersection of the continuation of the southern boundary of Section 37, Block II, Piopiotea West Survey District; thence westerly along the continuation of the southern boundary of aforesaid Section 37, Block II, Piopiotea West Survey District, to the right bank of the Wanganui River, the point of commencement.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 105/5/61.)

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Special Order made by the Dannevirke County Council dissolving the Ormondville Town Board and merging the Town District of Ormondville in the County of Dannevirke

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 19th June, 1944.

THE following special order made by the Dannevirke County Council is published in accordance with the provisions of the Counties Act, 1920.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

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SPECIAL ORDER

“In exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 31 of the Counties Act, 1920, the Dannevirke County Council, on the petition of a majority of the resident householders of the Ormondville Town District, resolves, by way of special order, that the said town district shall be merged in the County of Dannevirke and the Board thereof abolished, and that this special order shall take effect from the date of gazetting hereof.”

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Dannevirke was affixed to the above-written special order at the office of and pursuant to a resolution of the Council in the presence of—

A. H. HANSEN, Chairman.

D. L. CROOKS, Clerk.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly made.

D. L. CROOKS, Clerk.