Oct. 12] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1223
Officers authorized to take and receive Statutory Declarations
C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General
Pursuant to the authority conferred upon me by the three-hundred-and-first section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1927, I, Cyril Louis Norton Newall, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that the persons whose names are set out in the Schedule hereto, being officers in the service of the Crown holding the offices stated opposite their names respectively in the said Schedule, are authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under the three-hundred-and-first section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1927.
SCHEDULE
William Richie Beattie, Branch Manager, State Advances Corporation, Hamilton.
Hector Prior Tait, Clerk, State Advances Corporation, Hamilton. Mervyn Neville Wilson, Clerk, State Advances Corporation, Hamilton.
James Leo Gunn, Clerk, State Advances Corporation, Auckland. Kenneth James Driver, Clerk, State Advances Corporation, Auckland.
Neville Greer Fletcher, Acting Resident Officer, State Advances Corporation, Whangarei.
Albert Edward Dawson, Acting Branch Manager, State Advances Corporation, Dunedin.
Donald Grant, Clerk, State Advances Corporation, Dunedin. Rupert John William Hall, Branch Manager, State Advances Corporation, New Plymouth.
Francis Collins Ayson, Clerk, State Advances Corporation, New Plymouth.
Edwin Riddle, Clerk, State Advances Corporation, Christchurch. William Harold Westley Sweeney, Clerk, State Advances Corporation, Christchurch.
Douglas Stuart Hamilton, Branch Manager, State Advances Corporation, Christchurch.
Wilmer Scorer Harris, Clerk, State Advances Corporation, Nelson.
Walter Patrick Jemison Allardyce, Branch Manager, State Advances Corporation, Nelson.
Henry Eric McKinley, Resident Officer, State Advances Corporation, Blenheim.
William Edward Cockroft, Branch Manager, State Advances Corporation, Napier.
Harry Robinson McKenzie, Accountant, State Advances Corporation, Napier.
Francis Robert Jamieson, Branch Manager, State Advances Corporation, Wellington.
William David Poynton Kitching, Assistant Branch Manager, State Advances Corporation, Wellington.
Gordon Leslie Morison, Accountant, State Advances Corporation, Wellington.
Courtney John Ashton, Accountant, State Advances Corporation, Invercargill.
Joseph Gerard Haughey, Clerk, State Advances Corporation, Invercargill.
Donald Wilson, Branch Manager, State Advances Corporation, Invercargill.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 5th day of October, 1944.
H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.
Lands temporarily reserved in the North Auckland and Wellington 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 North Auckland and Wellington 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
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT
SECTION 109 (formerly part Section 63), Block V, Opoe Survey District : Area, 4 acres 3 roods 20·7 perches, more or less. (Public-school site, Waiharara.)
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT
All that area situated in the City of Lower Hutt, containing by admeasurement 3 roods 22·6 perches, more or less, being Lot 186 on S.O. plan 20917, and being parts of Sections 112 and 113, Epuni Hamlet, situated in Block XIV, Belmont Survey District. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 6/6/830A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red. (Addition to a public-school site, Epuni.)
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 5th day of October, 1944.
C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 9/3100, 6/6/830.)
Lands temporarily reserved in the Nelson Land District for Recreation Purposes
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 Nelson Land District described in the Schedule hereunder written for recreation purposes.
SCHEDULE
NELSON LAND DISTRICT
All those areas containing a total area of 28 acres and 20 perches, more or less, being Sections 95, 96, and 97, Block X, Kaiteriteri Survey District. As the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 1/981A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red. (S.O. plan 9366.)
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 5th day of October, 1944.
C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 1/981.)
Appointments, 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, 6th October, 1944.
His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to confirm the following appointments, 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. 155, dated 11th August, 1944 :
PROMOTIONS
N.Z. Armoured Corps
Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) D. G. Morrison, E.D., to be Lieutenant-Colonel, and remains seconded. Dated 11th June, 1944.
N.Z. Artillery
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) J. G. Hodge to be Captain, and remains seconded. Dated 8th July, 1944.
N.Z. Engineers
Captain (temp. Major) K. Christie to be Major, and remains seconded. Dated 20th May, 1944.
N.Z. Infantry
Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) D. G. Steele, O.B.E., to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 31st July, 1944.
The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains :-
C. R. Lee (prisoner of war).
W. R. Price (prisoner of war).
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) A. R. Cramond.
K. Dixon.
Dated 28th July, 1944.
N.Z. Medical Corps
Captain B. W. Grieve to be Major. Dated 30th July, 1944.
N.Z. Army Pay Corps
The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :-
J. A. Tremain.
G. J. Matthews.
Dated 30th July, 1944.
GRANTS OF TEMPORARY RANK
N.Z. Armoured Corps
Captain W. A. Pyatt to be temp. Major. Dated 26th July, 1944.
Lieutenant R. D. Horton to be temp. Captain. Dated 20th July, 1944.
2nd Lieutenant W. A. Morgan to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 20th July, 1944.
N.Z. Artillery
Major A. E. Lambourn, D.S.O., E.D., to be temp. Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 20th July, 1944.
The undermentioned Captains to be temp. Majors :-
C. E. Every.
C. C. Toop.
Dated 20th July, 1944.
The undermentioned Lieutenants to be temp. Captains :-
D. G. Stevenson. Dated 6th May, 1944.
N. B. Mitchell.
J. H. Walter.
J. N. Macassey.
C. G. W. Quilter.
Dated 20th July, 1944.
N.Z. Engineers
2nd Lieutenant E. M. Jones to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 20th July, 1944.