MAR. 8] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 263

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE
Sister F. L. M. Roache is posted to the Retired List. Dated 18th February, 1945.

The undermentioned to be Sisters:—
Miss Jessica Martha Relf. Dated 20th February, 1945.
Mrs. Felicity Mary Logan.
Miss Jean Caroline McKie.
Miss Patricia Douglas Lousley.
Miss Janet Christine Aitken.

Dated 22nd February, 1945.
Miss Anne Sarah Gilmour Knox. Dated 23rd February, 1945.

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

Major R. R. Miller, N.Z. Artillery, and is reposted to the Territorial Force with the temporary rank of Major, with seniority from 4th November, 1942. Dated 21st February, 1945.

Major A. L. Hogg, O.B.E., N.Z. Artillery, and is reposted to the Territorial Force with the temporary rank of Major, with seniority from 15th June, 1941. Dated 21st February, 1945.

Captain W. M. W. Brookfield, M.B., Ch.B., N.Z. Medical Corps, and is reposted to the Territorial Force with the temporary rank of Captain, with seniority from 12th April, 1943. Dated 5th February, 1945.

Captain H. M. James, N.Z. Artillery, and is reposted to the Territorial Force with the temporary rank of Captain, with seniority from 19th February, 1943. Dated 28th February, 1945.

Captain D. A. Tait, Corps of N.Z. Engineers, and is reposted to the Territorial Force with the temporary rank of Captain, with seniority from 25th March, 1944. Dated 28th February, 1945.

Lieutenant W. H. Cummings, N.Z. Artillery, and is reposted to the Territorial Force with the temporary rank of Lieutenant, with seniority from 28th July, 1943. Dated 1st February, 1945.

Lieutenant B. C. D. Rawson, and is reposted to the N.Z. Temporary Staff with the temporary rank of Lieutenant. Dated 23rd February, 1945.

Lieutenant R. H. Clark, and is reposted to The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own) with the temporary rank of Lieutenant, with seniority from 1st October, 1943. Dated 28th February, 1945.

Sister F. L. M. Roache, N.Z. Army Nursing Service, and is reposted to the Territorial Force with the rank of Sister, with seniority from 12th January, 1943. Dated 18th February, 1945.

OFFICERS STRUCK OFF THE STRENGTH OF THE NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

Captain O. G. Davey, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 22nd February, 1945.

Lieutenant W. L. Dillon, and is posted to the N.Z. Permanent Army Service Corps. Dated 31st January, 1945.

Lieutenant R. J. Poole, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 21st February, 1945.

Lieutenant A. G. Rush, and is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain. Dated 22nd February, 1945.

Lieutenant G. K. Grocott, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 23rd February, 1945.

2ND NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
N.Z. Artillery

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 11, dated 15th February, 1945, relative to the promotion of officers, for “Captain A. M. Caughey, M.C., to be Major,” substitute “Captain A. M. Caughley, M.C., to be Major.”

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Coroner appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th February, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

James Robertson Copland, Esquire, J.P.,
of Balclutha, to be a Coroner for the Dominion of New Zealand.

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

Appointment of Superintendent of Mercantile Marine and Inspector of Sea-fishing

Marine Department,
Wellington, 1st March, 1945.

BY direction of the Hon. Minister of Marine, it is hereby notified that

Nelson William Baylis, of Thames,

has been appointed Superintendent of Mercantile Marine for the Port of Thames and also an Inspector of Sea-fishing for the purposes of the Fisheries Act, 1908.

B. W. MILLIER, Acting-Secretary.

Members of Domain Boards appointed

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 28th February, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 49 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, been pleased to make the following appointments:—

Martin Philip O’Brien

to be a member of the Utiku Domain Board in place of John Edmund Geange, deceased.

Harold Thomas Surgenor

to be a member of the Rimu Domain Board in place of Stuart Connyingham Fane Ogilvie, left the district.

Thomas Banks and
Thomas Dempsey

to be members of the Tokaanu Domain Board in place of James Scott Wilson and Thomas Hurley, left the district.

Bernard Owen Heather

to be a member of the Waimana Domain Board in place of Edward Percy Woolfield, resigned.

Arthur Thomas Pycroft

to be a member of the Onewa Domain Board in place of Lucy May Watson Smith, resigned.

Francis Cracroft Wilson and
Thomas William Warner

to be members of the Wainui Domain Board in place of Archibald William MacPhail, deceased, and Clarence Bertram Idle, resigned.

Olive Annie Carr

to be a member of the Takahue Domain Board in place of Albert Edward Bastard, resigned.

R. G. MACMORRAN, Under-Secretary.

(L. and S. 1/67.)

Appointments in the Public Service

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 5th March, 1945.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments to the Public Service:—

Kenneth Frederick Hoy

to be an Analyst for the purposes of the Fertilizers Act, 1927, on and from 1st day of February, 1945.

George Leeson Pacey

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Meat Act, 1939, on and from 30th day of November, 1944.

William John Brown

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Marton, on and from the 2nd day of March, 1945.

L. A. ATKINSON, Secretary.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block III, Punakitere Survey District, for a Native School

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1928, to execute a certain public work—to wit, the construction of a Native school—and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken: And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Kaikohe and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land required to be taken: 5 acres. Being Punakitere No. 4J No. 2B No. 4 Block.

Situated in Block III, Punakitere Survey District (Auckland R.D.). (S.O. 33471.)

In the North Auckland Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 121015, deposited in the office of the Minister of Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured yellow.

As witness my hand at Wellington, this 6th day of March, 1945.

JAS. O’BRIEN,
For the Minister of Works.

(P.W. 31/72.)