Feb. 1] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 85

Setting apart Native Land as a Native Reservation

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 24th day of January, 1945

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. P. FRASER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to section five of the Native Purposes Act, 1937, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby set apart and reserve the Native freehold land described in the Schedule hereto as a Native reservation for the common use of the members of the Whanau-a-Kai Tribe for the purpose of a meeting-place.

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SCHEDULE

ALL that parcel of land situate in the Tairawhiti Native Land Court District containing 5 acres 1 rood, more or less, called or known as Repongaere 4D 1B 1 Block, situated in Block I, Waimata Survey District, and being all the land comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 24th day of July, 1935.

C. A. JEFFERY, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(N.D. 21/3/120.)

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Lands temporarily reserved in the North Auckland, Auckland, Wellington, and Nelson 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, Auckland, Wellington, and Nelson 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.

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SCHEDULE

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

SECTION 110, Block IV, Ahipara Survey District: Area, 1 rood, more or less. (S.O. plan 23863.) (Native-school site, Ahipara.)

Sections 32 and 34, Block XVI, Kawakawa Survey District: Area, 8 acres 3 roods 32 perches, more or less. (Recreation.)

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

Allotment 674, Town of Newcastle: Area, 1 rood 32·01 perches, more or less. (Recreation.)

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT

All that area in the Featherston County containing by admeasurement 17 acres, more or less, being Lot 43 on D.P. 12843, being portion of Section 9 and closed road, Block IX, Haurangi Survey District. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 6/9/67B, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red. (Recreation.)

NELSON LAND DISTRICT

Sections 20, 32, and 39, Block II, Steeples Survey District: Area, 47 acres and 9 perches, more or less.

Also Sections 40 and 41, Block II, Steeples Survey District: Area, 7 acres and 34 perches, more or less. (Aerodrome.)

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 22nd day of January, 1945.

B. ROBERTS,
For the Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 41773, 26/17244, 1/1107, 6/9/67, 6/11/98.)

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Appointment in the Royal New Zealand Navy

Navy Office,
Wellington, 19th January, 1945.

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

Acting-Captain Mark Taylor, O.B.E., R.N., lent Royal New Zealand Navy (date to be reported) and appointed Second Naval Member of the New Zealand Naval Board, vice Yeatman, to date 9th January, 1945.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments in the Royal New Zealand Navy

Navy Office,
Wellington, 26th January, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments and promotions in the Royal New Zealand Navy:—

Commander David Graham Horndon Bush, D.S.C., R.N. (retired), appointment terminates for reversion to the Retired List of Officers of the Royal Navy, to date 6th February, 1945.

Commander (serving as Lieutenant-Commander) Richard Ralph Beauchamp, R.N. (retired), appointment terminated for reversion to the Retired List of Officers of the Royal Navy, to date 7th December, 1944.

Lieutenant (E) Peter Maurice William Noel, R.N., lent Royal New Zealand Navy and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed (date to be reported).

Lieutenant (E) Hugh Richard Maurice Storey Ferguson, R.N., lent Royal New Zealand Navy and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed (date to be reported).

Lieutenant (Acting-Captain) George Michael Blake, Royal Marines, lent Royal New Zealand Navy and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed (date to be reported).

Mr. John Haddleton, Gunner (T), R.N., lent Royal New Zealand Navy and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 29th August, 1944.

Mr. Edward William Blakiston, Temporary Gunner, promoted to the rank of Temporary Acting-Lieutenant and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 21st December, 1944.

Mr. Archibald Bazil Cox, Temporary Acting-Gunner, confirmed in rank with original seniority of 7th May, 1943.

Mr. Frank Edgar Walker, Temporary Acting-Boatswain, confirmed in rank with original seniority of 18th October, 1943.

Neil Dudley Anderson, Berkeley Francis Goddard, and John Dennis Gresson, entered as Naval Cadet (Executive), and appointed H.M. ship as directed for training, to date 2nd November, 1944.

Robert Gillespie Adams, entered as Probationary Acting Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 9th October, 1944.

ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE

Lieutenant-Commander (Acting-Commander) Hugh Alfred Hill, R.N.R. (retired), appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed in command, and for duty as New Zealand Naval Liaison Officer, Fiji, and Staff Officer (I), in continuation. (Designated as Commander, Allied Naval Forces, Fiji, by the Commander, South Pacific Area, to date 13th December, 1944.)

ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVAL RESERVE

Lieutenant-Commander (Acting-Commander) Cecil Rivers Car-lyon, promoted to the rank of Commander, to date 31st December, 1944.

Temporary Lieutenant-Commander William John Keane, granted the acting rank of Temporary Commander whilst holding present appointment, to date 17th November, 1944.

Lieutenant Gillespie Hume Edwards, promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander, to date 14th September, 1944.

ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE

Lieutenant-Commander Gordon Bridson, D.S.O., D.S.C., V.D., granted the acting rank of Commander whilst holding present appointment, to date 28th November, 1944.

Lieutenant-Commander Alister Barclay Gilfillan, V.D., promoted to the rank of Commander and reappointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 31st December, 1944.

Lieutenant-Commander Sydney Warren Hicks, seniority antedated to 14th October, 1942.

Lieutenant John David Allingham, granted the status of “Qualified Officer,” to date 22nd July, 1944.

Lieutenant John David Keay, granted the acting rank of Lieutenant-Commander whilst holding present appointment, to date 24th October, 1944.

Lieutenant David Lennox Miller, granted the status of “Qualified Officer (Small Vessels),” to date 17th November, 1944.

Temporary Lieutenant Nigel Deerness Blair, granted the status of “Qualified Officer (Small Vessels),” to date 10th October, 1944.

Temporary Lieutenant Jack Edward Goodwin, granted the status of “Qualified Officer,” to date 22nd July, 1944.

Temporary Lieutenant Robert Clifton Goldie, granted the status of “Qualified Officer,” to date 22nd July, 1944.

Temporary Lieutenant Allan Hill Newton, seniority antedated to 17th July, 1943.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Peter Creswick Bull, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant and reappointed, to date 22nd October, 1944.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Edward John Gow, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant and reappointed, to date 5th September, 1944.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant David Charles Oram, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant and reappointed, to date 22nd August, 1944.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant William Henry Walbran, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant and reappointed, to date 4th July, 1944.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Darcy Lawrence Williams, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant and reappointed, to date 25th October, 1944.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Rex Leo Gardiner, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant and reappointed, to date 5th March, 1944.