AUG. 10] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 965

Lands temporarily reserved in the Auckland, Westland, and Otago
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 :

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 temporarily reserve the lands in the Auckland, Westland,
and Otago Land Districts described in the Schedule hereunder written
for the purposes specified at the end of the respective descriptions of
the lands so intended to be temporarily reserved.

SCHEDULE

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

SECTION 132 (formerly part Section 17B), Block IX, Aroha Survey
District : Area, 17 acres and 31 perches, more or less. (Recreation.)

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT

Reserve 1837, Town of Cobden, situated in the Borough of Grey-
mouth : Area, 4 acres 2 roods 32·6 perches, more or less.

Also Reserve 1838, Town of Cobden, situated in the Borough of
Greymouth : Area, 1 rood 21·1 perches, more or less. (Municipal.)

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT

Section 1562R, Block I, Dunedin and East Taieri Survey
District : Area, 1 acre and 11 perches, more or less. (Plantation.)

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 5th day of August, 1944.

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 42289, 22/812/10, 6/1/707.)

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

Army Department,
Wellington, 5th August, 1944.

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

N.Z. STAFF CORPS

Lieutenant (temp. Major) T. P. Laffey is posted to the Retired
List with the rank of Major. Dated 9th August, 1944.

N.Z. PERMANENT STAFF

Temp. Lieutenant and Quartermaster J. Little, D.C.M., to
be temp. Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 24th June, 1944.

N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS

Captain (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) A. H. Andrews, O.B.E.,
B.E., relinquishes the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
Dated 15th June, 1944.

N.Z. TEMPORARY STAFF

The undermentioned temp. Lieutenants to be temp. Captains :—

J. M. Glasson. Dated 27th July, 1944.

W. K. McDonald. Dated 31st July, 1944.

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

J. Lloyd. Dated 14th April, 1944.

G. R. McNab. Dated 4th August, 1944.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand
Gazette No. 69, dated 16th July, 1942, relative to the appointments
of temp. 2nd Lieutenants, for “Gordon Watson Bramwell”,
substitute “Geoffrey Bramwell”.

TERRITORIAL FORCE

N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS

2nd N.Z. Armoured Regiment

Temp. Lieutenant J. Cliff to be temp. Captain. Dated 26th
April, 1944.

N.Z. ARTILLERY

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand
Gazette No. 42, dated 25th May, 1944, relative to the relinquishment
of commission of temp. Lieutenant J. G. Fitzgerald, for “Dated
20th May, 1944”, substitute “Dated 4th July, 1944”.

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant J. Gardner relinquishes his commission.
Dated 28th August, 1942.

N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS

Temp. Lieutenant E. R. Pettitt to be temp. Captain. Dated
1st July, 1944.

N.Z. INFANTRY

The Hauraki Regiment

Temp. Lieutenant T. G. Holmes to be temp. Captain, and
remains seconded. Dated 1st June, 1944.

The North Auckland Regiment

Temp. Captain J. T. Shaw relinquishes his appointment as
temp. Lieutenant in the N.Z. Temporary Staff. Dated 28th June,
1944.

The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 16, dated
2nd March, 1944, relative to the resignation of temp. 2nd Lieutenant
C. T. Brooking, is hereby cancelled.

The Otago Regiment

Hon. Lieutenant L. O. Asten (Bandmaster) to be Hon. Captain.
Dated 1st August, 1944.

The Southland Regiment

Temp. Major D. B. Cameron is posted to the Retired List with
the rank of Major. Dated 29th July, 1944.

The New Zealand Scottish Regiment

Temp. Lieutenant J. H. Craig is posted to the Retired List
with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 3rd June, 1944.

N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS

Temp. Captain H. M. R. McCoy is posted to the Retired List
with the rank of Captain. Dated 15th July, 1944.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants :—

Gordon Henry Beckett Whitta, M.B., Ch.B. Dated 19th
January, 1942.

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant P. W. E. Moore, M.B., Ch.B.
Dated 14th February, 1944.

N.Z. VETERINARY CORPS

Major T. A. Blake, E.D., M.R.C.V.S., is posted to the Retired
List. Dated 8th July, 1944.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE

The undermentioned to be Sisters :—

Miss Kathleen Effie Faulkner.

Mrs. Bessie Susan Wylie.

Dated 1st August, 1944.

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

Major I. A. A. Nicol, N.Z. Artillery, and is reposted to the
Territorial Force with the temporary rank of Major, with seniority
from 26th December, 1942. Dated 19th June, 1944.

Major R. Catley, and is reposted to The Nelson, Marlborough,
and West Coast Regiment with the temporary rank of Major, with
seniority from 1st December, 1943. Dated 14th July, 1944.

Captain A. M. Duncum, N.Z. Artillery, and is reposted to the
Territorial Force with the temporary rank of Major, with seniority
from 29th December, 1942. Dated 4th March, 1944.

Captain H. M. R. McCoy, N.Z. Army Service Corps, and is
reposted to the Territorial Force with the temporary rank of Captain,
with seniority from 1st July, 1943. Dated 15th July, 1944.

Temp. Lieutenant J. H. Craig, and is reposted to The N.Z.
Scottish Regiment with the temporary rank of Lieutenant, with
seniority from 4th August, 1942. Dated 3rd June, 1944.

The Rev. A. S. Ward, Chaplain, 4th Class, N.Z. Chaplains
Department, and is reposted to the Territorial Force with the
rank of Chaplain, 4th Class, with seniority from 20th August,
1942. Dated 27th July, 1944.

G. R. Thompson, Chaplain, 4th Class (Salvation Army), N.Z
Chaplains Department, and is reposted to the Territorial Force
with the rank of Chaplain, 4th Class, with seniority from 15th
December, 1936. Dated 29th July, 1944.

OFFICERS STRUCK OFF THE STRENGTH OF THE 2ND NEW ZEALAND
EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

Major (Acting Lieutenant-Colonel) W. F. Young, and is posted
to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, with the rank of
Major. Dated 27th July, 1944.

Captain T. M. F. Fitzgerald, M.B., Ch.B., and is posted to the
Reserve of Officers, N.Z. Medical Corps. Dated 4th January,
1943.

Captain O. K. Packer, and is posted to the N.Z. Temporary
Staff with the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 9th July, 1944.

Captain R. H. Matthews, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers,
Supplementary List. Dated 29th July, 1944.

Lieutenant R. G. Milligan, and is posted to the Reserve of
Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 15th June, 1944.

Lieutenant W. A. Reeves, and is posted to the Reserve of
Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 29th July, 1944.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.