Consenting to the Raising of a Loan of £20,000 by the Kaiapoi Borough Council and prescribing the Conditions thereof

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General
By his Deputy,
MICHAEL MYERS
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington, this 21st day of June, 1944
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
WHEREAS the Kaiapoi Borough Council (hereinafter called “the said local authority”), being desirous of raising a loan of twenty thousand pounds (£20,000), to be known as “Housing Loan (No. 4) 1944” (hereinafter called “the said loan”), for the purpose of erecting workers’ dwellings, has complied with the provisions of the Local Government Loans Board Act, 1926 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), and it is expedient that the precedent consent of the Governor-General in Council, as required by the said Act, should be given to the raising 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 said Act, 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 consent to the raising in New Zealand by the said local authority of the said loan for the said purpose up to the amount of twenty thousand pounds (£20,000), and in giving such consent doth hereby determine as follows:—
(1) The term for which the said loan or any part thereof may be raised shall not exceed twenty (20) years.
(2) 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 (£3) per centum per annum.
(3) The said loan or any part thereof, together with interest thereon, shall be repaid by equal aggregate annual or half-yearly instalments extending over the term as determined in (1) above.
(4) The payment of such instalments shall be made in New Zealand, and no instalments shall be paid out of loan-moneys.
(5) No amount shall be payable for brokerage, underwriting, or procurement fees in respect of the raising of the said loan or any part thereof.
(6) No moneys shall be borrowed under this consent after the expiration of two years from the date hereof.
C. A. JEFFERY, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(T. 49/334/10.)

Promotions and Relinquishments of Temporary Rank of Officers of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Pacific
Army Department,
Wellington, 26th June, 1944.
His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to confirm the following promotions and relinquishments of temporary rank of officers of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Pacific, vide List No. 27 :—

PROMOTIONS

N.Z. Artillery

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :—
R. Lenny. M. H. Mabin.
Dated 21st May, 1944.

N.Z. Engineers

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :—
J. M. Logan. S. R. T. Clarke.
Dated 21st May, 1944.

N.Z. Corps of Signals

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :—
B. T. Simpson. R. H. C. Crawley. J. W. R. Troup.
Dated 21st May, 1944.

N.Z. Infantry

Captain D. M. Young to be Major. Dated 1st May, 1944.
The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :—
R. M. Reston. V. T. Crossman. J. F. Corskie.
R. J. Evans. F. J. Miles. W. A. Robb.
G. S. Nelson. K. D. Rankin. D. T. Fitness.
W. McK. McDonald. O. T. Murphy.
G. H. Bonsall. W. M. O'Sullivan.
Dated 21st May, 1944.
2nd Lieutenant N. H. Buchanan to be Lieutenant. Dated 1st June, 1944.

N.Z. Army Service Corps

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants so be Lieutenants :—
J. R. Gaynor. W. H. Allardyce.
R. J. Poole. R. F. Pickering.
Dated 21st May, 1944.
N.Z. Medical Corps
The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :—
W. R. Sexton. G. L. Wolland.
Dated 21st May, 1944.
N.Z. Ordnance Corps
The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :—
J. D. Quale. G. C. Sherson. B. E. Woodhams.
Dated 21st May, 1944.

GRANT OF TEMPORARY RANK

N.Z. Infantry

Lieutenant-Colonel P. L. Bennett, M.C., to be temp. Colonel.
Dated 9th May, 1944.

RELINQUISHMENT OF TEMPORARY RANK

N.Z. Dental Corps

Captain (temp. Major) W. R. Hamilton, relinquishes the temporary rank of Major. Dated 21st May, 1944.
F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, Relinquishments of Local and Temporary Rank, Relinquishments of Commissions, and Retirements of Officers of the New Zealand Military Forces
Army Department,
Wellington, 26th June, 1944.
His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, relinquishments of local and temporary rank, relinquishments of commissions, and retirements of officers of the New Zealand Military Forces :—

STAFF

Temp. Major A. J. Flint, Royal Tank Regiment (T.A.), relin-quishes the local rank of Major on return to the United Kingdom. Dated 12th June, 1944.

REGIMENT OF ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY

Temp. Lieutenant and Quartermaster A. Wainwright to be temp. Captain and Quartermaster whilst holding the appointment of District Officer of a Regiment. Dated 13th May, 1944.

N.Z. TEMPORARY STAFF

The undermentioned temp. Lieutenants to be temp. Captains :—
W. G. Hooper. G. C. Blake.
Dated 1st June, 1944.
T. J. Thomas, and remains seconded. Dated 16th June, 1944.
2nd Lieutenant C. J. Watkins, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 11th December, 1939.
Temp. Lieutenant C. J. Watkins, to be temp. Captain. Dated 1st June, 1944.
The undermentioned temp. 2nd Lieutenants to be temp. Lieutenants :—
P. D. Tether. Dated 1st May, 1944.
J. R. Jones. Dated 8th May, 1944.

TERRITORIAL FORCE

N.Z. ARTILLERY

Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel L. R. Webley relinquishes the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on relinquishing command of a regiment and assumes the temporary rank of Major, with seniority from 6th August, 1940. Dated 1st April, 1944.
Temp. Captain C. H. Clarkson-Dodds is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain. Dated 24th June, 1944.
Temp. Lieutenant J. R. Wilson is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 10th June, 1944.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS

The undermentioned temp.. Lieutenants are posted to the Retired List with the rank of Lieutenant :—
M. I. Rountree. Dated 15th June, 1944.
G. S. Bobby. Dated 17th June, 1944.
Kelvin Cuff to be Hon. Captain. Dated 13th June, 1944.
James Henry Howarth to be Hon. Lieutenant. Dated 13th June, 1944.

N.Z. INFANTRY

The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own)

Temp. Lieutenant D. H. Stewart relinquishes his commission on appointment to the Royal N.Z. Navy. Dated 8th May, 1944.

The North Auckland Regiment

Lieutenant A. L. Litt relinquishes his commission on appointment to a commission in the Royal N.Z. Air Force. Dated 28th October, 1940.
Temp. 2nd Lieutenant F. C. Gould is posted to the Retired List with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 17th June, 1944.

The Waikato Regiment

Temp. Lieutenant J. V. Ross is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 17th June, 1944.