Honours and Awards approved by His Majesty the King

Office of the Minister of Defence,
Wellington, 19th October, 1945.

HIS Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve the following awards to members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force in recognition of gallantry and devotion to duty in air operations against the enemy:

Distinguished Flying Cross

Flight Lieutenant Keith Gordon Allington (NZ 41299), of Dannevirke.
Flight Lieutenant Donald Louis Clow (NZ 41877), of Auckland.
Flight Lieutenant David Gale (NZ 412676), of Auckland.
Flight Lieutenant Colin Ernest Papps (NZ 405523), of Wanganui.
Flying Officer Richard Akehurst Egley (NZ 421690), of Wellington.
NZ 424244 Warrant Officer Ernest Peter Stocker, of Christchurch.

26th October, 1945

Flight Lieutenant Oliver Lawrence Goldsmith (NZ 412324), of Wellington.
Flight Lieutenant Trevor Yelverton Hicks (NZ 415414), of Masterton.
Flight Lieutenant Edward Roy Taylor (NZ 415039), of Auckland.
Flight Lieutenant Arthur Bevan Wheeler (NZ 405354), of Hauraki Plains.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

The Cargo Control Emergency Regulations 1942.—Revocation of the Appointment of the Cargo Control Committee for the Port of Wellington

Pursuant to the Cargo Control Emergency Regulations 1942, the Minister of Labour hereby revokes the appointment of the Cargo Control Committee for the Port of Wellington.
Dated at Wellington, this 31st day of October, 1945.

JAS. O'BRIEN,
For the Minister of Labour.

Revocation of Appointment of certain Garage-proprietors for Issue of Warrants of Fitness

In terms of Regulation 11 of the Traffic Regulations 1936, and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I, James O'Brien, Minister of Transport, do hereby revoke the approval of the person and firm described in the Schedule hereto for the purposes of the issue of warrants of fitness for motor-vehicles.

SCHEDULE
R. Munro, Woodville. (Approval No. 494.)

Dated at Wellington, this 14th day of November, 1945.

JAS. O'BRIEN, Minister of Transport.

Appointments in the Public Service

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 12th November, 1945.

The Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service:
Robert Ross to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Nokomai and Switzers, on and from the 11th day of October, 1945.
Sydney Seddon McGill to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Matata, on and from the 29th day of October, 1945, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Matata, on and from the 29th day of October, 1945.
Harry Colin Wood to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Otorohanga, on and from the 30th day of October, 1945, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Otorohanga, on and from the 30th day of October, 1945.

L. A. ATKINSON, Secretary.

Notice of Intention to take Land and an Easement over Land for a Quarry in Block I, Te Tumu Survey District

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1928, to take the land described in the First Schedule hereto for a quarry, and to take an easement over the land described in the Second Schedule hereto vesting in His Majesty the King full and free liberty, right, license, and authority in perpetuity to construct and use a right-of-way, with the right for His Majesty's servants, agents, and workmen from time to time and at all times hereafter to go, pass, and repass with or without horses or other animals or vehicles over the said land, and to maintain, repair, and keep open the said right-of-way for the purpose of providing access to the said quarry, such right-of-way to be appurtenant to the land described in the First Schedule hereto :
And notice is hereby further given that a plan of the land required to be taken and of the land over which an easement is required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Tauranga and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the taking of the said land or by the taking of the said easement should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the taking of such land or to the taking of such easement, 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.

FIRST SCHEDULE
APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land required to be taken : 5 acres l rood 11-6 perches. Being part Mangatawa No. 2 Block ; coloured blue.

SECOND SCHEDULE
APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land over which an easement is required to be taken:
A. R. P.
Being
0 3 5.2 Part Mangatawa No. 2 Block ; coloured red.
0 0 13.3 Part Papamoa No. 2 Section 7A Block ; coloured red.
Situated in Block I, Te Tumu Survey District (Auckland R.D.). (S.O. 32022.)
All in the Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 122044, deposited in the office of the Minister of Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.
As witness my hand at Wellington, this 21st day of November, 1945. R. SEMPLE, Minister of Works. (P.W. 62/86/3/27.)

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block XIII, East Cape 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 Te Araroa 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 : 4 acres. Being part Marangairoa 2E 2B 5 Block. Situated in Block XIII, East Cape Survey District (Gisborne R.D.). (S.O. 4329.) In the Gisborne Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 122324, deposited in the office of the Minister of Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured blue.
As witness my hand at Wellington, this 21st day of November, 1945. R. SEMPLE, Minister of Works. (P.W. 31/1142.)

Notice of Intention to take Additional Land for the Purposes of a Native School in Block VII, Ohinewairua Survey District

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1928, to take the land described in the Schedule hereto for the purposes of a Native school : And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Taihape and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections 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 additional piece of land required to be taken : 2 roods 17.4 perches. Being part Awarua 2c 13L. Situated in Block VII, Ohinewairua Survey District. (S.O. 21291.) In the Wellington Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 122570, deposited in the office of the Minister of Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured sepia.
As witness my hand at Wellington, this 21st day of November, 1945. R. SEMPLE, Minister of Works. (P.W. 31/1146.)