Oct. 4] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1231

Varying a Warrant vesting the Control of Portions of the Great South Road in the Auckland City Council, the One Tree Hill Borough Council, the Ellerslie Town Board, and the Mount Wellington Road Board, respectively

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in me by the Public Works Act, 1928, and of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in this behalf, I, Cyril Louis Norton Newall, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby vary the Warrant dated the sixth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine, and published in Gazette No. 14 of the ninth day of the same month at page 365, vesting the control of portions of the Great South Road in the Auckland City Council, the One Tree Hill Borough Council, the Ellerslie Town Board, and the Mount Wellington Road Board, respectively, and revoking former Warrants by directing first, that the portion of street described in the First Schedule hereto shall, on and after the date of the gazetting hereof, be under the control of and maintained by the One Tree Hill Borough Council ; and, secondly, that the portion of street described in the Second Schedule hereto shall, on and after the date of the gazetting hereof, be under the control of and maintained by the Auckland City Council ; and I do further vary such Warrant by omitting the words “ Ellerslie Town Board ” wherever they occur throughout the same and substituting the words “ Ellerslie Borough Council.”

FIRST SCHEDULE

ALL that portion of the Great South Road, in the North Auckland Land District, One Tree Hill Borough, comprising the footpath and kerbing on the south-western side of the said street extending from Manukau Road to Cornwall Park Avenue (formerly called Heald Road), a distance of approximately 69 chains ; shown by yellow colour on plan.

SECOND SCHEDULE

ALL that portion of the Great South Road, in the North Auckland Land District, One Tree Hill Borough, comprising the footpath and kerbing on the north-eastern side of the said street extending from Cornwall Park Avenue (formerly called Heald Road) for a distance of approximately 75 chains to a point 7 links south-east of the north-western boundary of Wairakei Road at the boundary of the City of Auckland ; shown by orange colour on plan.

As the said portions of street are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 90097, deposited in the office of the Minister of Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 26th day of September, 1945.

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Works.

(P.W. 62/2/1/24.)

The Animals Protection (Canadian Goose) Warrant 1945

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section eight of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, Cyril Louis Norton Newall, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare as follows :—

1. This Warrant may be cited as the Animals Protection (Canadian Goose) Warrant 1945.
2. This Warrant shall take effect on the day following the date of notification thereof in the Gazette.
3. Canadian goose (Branta canadensis) shall, with respect to the South Canterbury Acclimatization District, cease to be included in the Second Schedule to the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 25th day of September, 1945.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

Foreign Award to Personnel of the Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve

Navy Office,
Wellington, 27th September, 1945.

ADVICE has been received from the High Commissioner for New Zealand in London that the French authorities have awarded the Croix de Guerre to Temporary Acting Lieutenant Ross McKenzie Cramond, Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, for service in the invasion of France.

Biographical Details.—Temporary Acting Lieutenant Cramond was born on the 27th December, 1919, at Brisbane, Australia, and prior to entry in the naval service was a bank officer. He joined the Royal New Zealand Navy as an Ordinary Seaman (Scheme “ B ”) on the 18th December, 1940, and after completing his training overseas was promoted to Temporary Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.Z.N.V.R., on the 2nd April, 1942, and to Temporary Acting Lieutenant on the 1st July, 1943. He was Mentioned in Despatches on the 11th November, 1944, for good service in the invasion of Normandy. His next-of-kin is his wife, who resides in the United Kingdom. His father is Mr. G. R. Cramond, care of New Zealand Insurance Company, Limited, Queen Street, Brisbane, Australia. Temporary Acting Lieutenant Cramond has recently been demobilized from naval service and is at present residing in Wanganui.

W. J. G. PROPHIT, Naval Secretary.

Promotions and Relinquishments of Temporary Rank of Officers on Active Service with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Middle East)

Army Department,
Wellington, 27th September, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to confirm the following promotions and relinquishments of temporary rank of officers on active service with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Middle East), vide List No. 211, dated 24th August, 1945 :—

PROMOTIONS

N.Z. Armoured Corps

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants :—
2nd Lieutenant J. N. Overton.
2nd Lieutenants (temp. Lieutenants)—
A. H. M. Maurice. E. J. Brennan, M.M.
G. S. Hampton.

Dated 22nd August, 1945.

N.Z. Infantry

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants :—
2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) M. W. Yeates.

Dated 3rd August, 1945.

2nd Lieutenants—
T. S. D. Hayton. J. J. King.

Dated 22nd August, 1945.

J. P. Price. W. J. Wylie.
G. K. Yarnton. P. Rivers.

Dated 24th August, 1945.

GRANTS OF TEMPORARY RANK

N.Z. Infantry

Major G. W. Foote to be temp. Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 13th August, 1945.
Captain R. P. Norwood to be temp. Major. Dated 15th August, 1945.
2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) F. C. Platt to be temp. Captain. Dated 9th August, 1945.
2nd Lieutenant M. P. McDermott to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 5th August, 1945.

N.Z. Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be temp. Captains :—
H. Hayman. G. S. Collins.

Dated 15th July, 1945.

GRANT OF ACTING RANK

N.Z. Engineers

Major J. N. Anderson, D.S.O., is granted the acting rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 20th August, 1945.

TEMPORARY RANK RELINQUISHED

N.Z. Artillery

Captain (temp. Major) K. B. Myers, M.B.E., relinquishes the temporary rank of Major and assumes the acting rank of Major. Dated 21st August, 1945.

N.Z. Infantry

The undermentioned Lieutenants (temp. Captains) relinquish the temporary rank of Captain and assume the acting rank of Captain :—
R. Bartlett. T. F. P. Hanrahan.

Dated 21st August, 1945.

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) N. F. Turner relinquishes the temporary rank of Lieutenant and assumes the acting rank of Lieutenant. Dated 21st August, 1945.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

High Commissioner for New Zealand in the United Kingdom appointed

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 26th September, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General in Council has been pleased to reappoint—

William Joseph Jordan

to be High Commissioner for New Zealand in the United Kingdom under and for the purposes of the External Affairs Act, 1943, to hold such office as on and from the 1st day of September, 1945, to the 31st day of August, 1948.

P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.

Vice-Consul of the Netherlands at Wellington appointed

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 2nd October, 1945.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the appointment of

E. F. M. van Hall, Esquire,

as Vice-Consul of the Netherlands at Wellington has been recognized.

P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.