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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 13]

Vesting the Control of a Scenic Reserve in the Kirk’s Bush Scenic Board

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section thirteen of the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand doth hereby vest the control of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto (being land reserved under the said Act) for the period of five years from the date hereof (unless previously altered or revoked under the said Act), in the undermentioned persons, namely,—

The Commissioner of Crown Lands for the North Auckland Land District, ex officio,
Herbert George Garland,
Alfred Willis,
David John Graham,
Ernest Hosking, and
Arthur Mortimer Butterworth,

who are hereby constituted for that purpose a special Board by the name of the Kirk’s Bush Scenic Board (herein referred to as “the Board”), in trust, for the preservation of scenery, and with the powers and subject to the conditions hereinafter contained, that is to say,—

1. The first meeting of the Board shall be held on Monday, the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, at half past seven o’clock p.m., at the residence of Mr. A. M. Butterworth, Great South Road, Papakura; and thereafter the Board shall meet for the transaction of business on the first Monday in each quarter at the time and place aforesaid, or at such other time or place as may from time to time be fixed by the Board.

2. The Commissioner of Crown Lands shall be the Chairman of the Board. He may join in the discussion, and shall have an original as well as a casting vote.

3. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman, provided that two days’ notice of such meeting is given to each member, specifying the business to be transacted at such special meeting; and no other business than that so specified shall be transacted at such meeting.

4. Any four members of the Board shall form a quorum. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

5. All questions shall be determined by the majority of votes of the members of the Board present at the meeting.

6. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present at the time appointed for holding the same, the members present shall choose one of their number to be Chairman for such meeting.

7. If, by resignation, death, incapacity, or otherwise, the seat of any member shall be or become vacant, or if any member absents himself, without reasonable cause, from three consecutive meetings of the Board, the Governor-General shall have power to appoint any other person to be a member of the Board in his stead.

8. The Board shall prepare and submit at an annual meeting to be held in the month of April in each year a report of the proceedings of the Board for the previous year ending on the thirty-first day of March, together with a statement of the receipts and expenditure of the Board for such year. A copy of every such report and statement, certified by the Chairman to be correct, shall be sent to the Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation as soon as possible after each annual meeting.

9. The Board shall control the said reserve in accordance with the provisions of the said Act and of the regulations made thereunder.

SCHEDULE

KIRK’S BUSH SCENIC RESERVE.—NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

ALL that area containing by admeasurement 11 acres 0 roods 30·7 perches, more or less, being Lots 1 to 6 and 15 to 23, D.P. 15387, being parts Allotments 8 and 11, and part of closed road, Opaheke Parish, Block IV, Drury Survey District.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 26th day of February, 1946.

C. F. SKINNER,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

(L. and S. 4/336.)

Promotions and Transfers of Officers of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Army Department,
Wellington, 5th March, 1946.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following promotions and transfers of officers of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force:—

PROMOTIONS

N.Z. Divisional Cavalry

2nd Lieutenant E. A. R. Bishell to be Lieutenant. Dated 19th January, 1946.

N.Z. Armoured Corps

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants:—
W. Greenall. P. F. Griffin. Dated 1st February, 1946.

N.Z. Engineers

2nd Lieutenant S. J. Mathews to be Lieutenant. Dated 11th February, 1946.

N.Z. Infantry

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants:—
J. W. Morice. H. L. Sloane.
D. C. Reid. Dated 4th January, 1946.

W. N. Burgess. G. L. Ireland. Dated 19th January, 1946.

N.Z. Army Service Corps

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants:—
G. G. Burgess. A. J. King. Dated 12th February, 1946.

N.Z. Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants:—
P. J. Flood. Dated 24th January, 1946.
W. J. Perkins. Dated 11th February, 1946.

2nd N.Z. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (UNITED KINGDOM)

PROMOTIONS

N.Z. Dental Corps

Captain D. A. Greenslade to be Major. Dated 25th June, 1945.

N.Z. Army Education and Welfare Services

Major W. E. Alexander to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 26th May, 1945.

No. 1 N.Z. HOSPITAL SHIP “MAUNGANUI”

TRANSFER

N.Z. Medical Corps

Lieutenant-Colonel (Acting-Colonel) D. G. Wallace, O.B.E., is transferred from No. 1 N.Z. Hospital Ship “Maunganui” to 2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force (United Kingdom). Dated 11th January, 1946.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, Relinquishments of Temporary Rank, Resignations, and Retirements of Officers of the New Zealand Military Forces

Army Department,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1946.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, relinquishments of temporary rank, resignations, and retirements of officers of the New Zealand Military Forces:—

N.Z. STAFF CORPS

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) J. A. Pountney relinquishes the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 17th February, 1946.

N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS

Staff Sergeant Leonard Thomas Kennedy to be temp. Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 16th February, 1946.

N.Z. TEMPORARY STAFF

Temp. Captain A. C. Highet to be temp. Major. Dated 1st January, 1946.

Temp. Lieutenant C. W. O’Connor to be temp. Captain whilst commanding a workshops. Dated 13th February, 1946.

Temp. Lieutenant H. Percival, N.Z. Artillery, to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 5th January, 1946.

TERRITORIAL FORCE

N.Z. INFANTRY

The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own)

2nd Lieutenant A. J. Campbell resigns his commission. Dated 22nd February, 1946.

The North Auckland Regiment

Temp. Captain W. T. Andrews, M.M., is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain. Dated 14th January, 1946.

The Canterbury Regiment

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) W. M. Tolerton is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain. Dated 23rd February, 1946.

SCHOOL CADET UNITS

Christchurch Boys’ High School Cadets, Area 10

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be temp. Captains:—
J. L. H. Hewland. F. J. B. Murray.
W. W. Brassington. Dated 1st February, 1946.

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant W. J. A. Brittenden to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 1st February, 1946.

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant V. F. Wilkinson to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 24th February, 1946.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS

Lieutenant (temp. Major) G. M. Evans, M.B., Ch.B., is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Major. Dated 20th January, 1946.

Lieutenant K. R. Lothian, M.B., Ch.B., to be temp. Captain. Dated 5th February, 1946.