Jan. 11] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 5

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

Charles William Routledge, Chief Clerk, District Office, Lands and Survey Department, Invercargill.

John Andrew Peterson, Chief Clerk, District Office, Lands and Survey Department, Wellington.

Alfred Walter Knapp, Chief Clerk, District Office, Lands and Survey Department, Dunedin.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 21st day of December, 1944.

H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Appointment in the Royal New Zealand Navy

Navy Office,
Wellington, 14th December, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointment in the Royal New Zealand Navy:—

Lieutenant-Commander Alexander Cochrane Swanson, V.D., R.N.Z.N.V.R., placed on the Retired List of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve (age), to date 9th December, 1944.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, and Relinquishments of Temporary Rank of Officers on Active Service with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Middle East), vide List No. 167, dated 10th November, 1944

Army Department,
Wellington, 6th January, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to confirm the following appointments, promotions, and relinquishments of temporary rank of officers on active service with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Middle East), vide List No. 167, dated 10th November, 1944:—

PROMOTIONS

N.Z. Engineers

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants:—

N. A. Bannatyne. M. R. Johnstone.

Dated 14th May, 1944.

N.Z. Infantry

2nd Lieutenant C. W. Gower to be Lieutenant. Dated 16th October, 1944.

N.Z. Army Nursing Service

Sister I. G. Olerenshaw to be Charge Sister. Dated 26th October, 1944.

N.Z. Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps

2nd Subaltern M. E. Harding to be Subaltern. Dated 2nd November, 1944.

GRANTS OF TEMPORARY RANK

N.Z. Armoured Corps

Captain G. B. Nelson to be temp. Major. Dated 26th October, 1944.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be temp. Captains:—

T. M. Scott. Dated 5th October, 1944.

G. P. Donnelly. Dated 26th October, 1944.

N.Z. Artillery

Major S. W. Nicholson to be temp. Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 12th October, 1944.

The undermentioned Captains to be temp. Majors:—

C. C. Toop. Dated 18th October, 1944.

K. W. Paterson. Dated 25th October, 1944.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be temp. Captains:—

D. J. C. Moffat. Dated 2nd October, 1944.

J. Black. Dated 14th October, 1944.

J. H. Fisher. Dated 15th October, 1944.

R. K. Baker. Dated 25th October, 1944.

N.Z Engineers

Lieutenant C. A. E. Petersen to be temp. Captain. Dated 29th September, 1944.

N.Z. Infantry

Captain G. M. Dodds, D.C.M., to be temp. Major. Dated 10th October, 1944.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) R. Pirrie to be temp. Major. Dated 15th September, 1944.

Lieutenant R. W. McLean to be temp. Captain. Dated 26th October, 1944.

N.Z. Medical Corps

Captain V. T. Pearse to be temp. Major. Dated 2nd November, 1944.

N.Z. Dental Corps

Captain (temp. Major) D. W. Earle to be temp. Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 4th October, 1944.

Captain A. T. Lawson to be temp. Major. Dated 23rd September, 1944.

TEMPORARY RANK RELINQUISHED

N.Z. Armoured Corps

Captain (temp. Major) D. Carey relinquishes the temporary rank of Major. Dated 2nd November, 1944.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) C. K. Saxton relinquishes the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 4th November, 1944.

N.Z. Infantry

Captain (temp. Major) J. W. McArthur relinquishes the temporary rank of Major. Dated 7th November, 1944.

APPOINTMENTS TO COMMISSIONS

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants:—

40963 Joseph James Sinclair, N.Z.E.M.E.

44150 Allen Anthony McMahon, N.Z.O.C.

Dated 20th October, 1944.

27230 Noel Carter Stitt, N.Z.E.

Dated 29th October, 1944.

CORRIGENDA

TEMPORARY RANK RELINQUISHED

Divisional Cavalry

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 95, dated 7th December, 1944 (vide List No. 165), relative to Captain (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) R. R. N. Livingstone, M.B.E., is hereby cancelled.

APPOINTMENTS TO COMMISSIONS

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 96, dated 14th December, 1944 (vide List No. 166), relative to the appointment of 2nd Lieutenants, for “54771 Walter John Barrow, N.Z. Inf.,” substitute “547741 Walter John Barrow, N.Z. Inf.”

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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. 168, dated 17th November, 1944

Army Department,
Wellington, 6th January, 1945.

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. 168, dated 17th November, 1944:—

PROMOTIONS

N.Z. Artillery

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

R. J. H. Webb. P. G. Pasley.

Dated 13th October, 1944.

N.Z. Signals

Lieutenant D. D. Whitehead to be Captain. Dated 11th October, 1944.

N.Z. Infantry

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Captain) A. L. Haslam to be Lieutenant (temp. Captain). Dated 12th November, 1944.

N.Z. Medical Corps

Captain G. I. Louisson to be Major. Dated 28th October, 1944.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains:—

E. K. MacLeod. Dated 2nd August, 1944.

C. A. Heaphy. Dated 3rd August, 1944.

J. D. H. Matthews. Dated 14th September, 1944.