Blenheim Borough Council declared a Leasing Authority under the
Public Bodies' Leases Act, 1908

MICHAEL MYERS,
Administrator of the Government
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington, this 22nd day of
May, 1946.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT
IN COUNCIL
WHEREAS the Blenheim Borough Council is a body of persons
having power to lease lands held in trust, reserved, or set
apart for public purposes, and has requested the Administrator
of the Government in Council to declare it to be a leasing authority
within the meaning of the Public Bodies' Leases Act, 1908:
Now, therefore, in compliance with such request, and in exercise
of the powers in this behalf conferred by the above-mentioned Act,
His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, acting by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth
hereby order and declare that the Blenheim Borough Council is a
leasing authority within the meaning of the Public Bodies' Leases
Act, 1908.
W. O. HARVEY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.
(I.A. 127/24.)

Land of the Crown notified available as Site for Commercial or
Industrial Purposes
MICHAEL MYERS,
Administrator of the Government
PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the Land for
Settlements Act, 1925, and section forty of the Statutes
Amendment Act, 1945, I, Sir Michael Myers, the Administrator of
the Government of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify
and declare that the undermentioned land is available for disposal
as a site for commercial or industrial purposes.
SCHEDULE
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT
ALL that area in the Borough of Ellerslie, situated in Block I,
Otahuhu Survey District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre and
13 perches, more or less, being Sections 127, 128, 129, and 130,
Lawry Settlement. As the same is more particularly delineated on
plan L. and S. 20/73, deposited in the Head Office, Department of
Lands and Survey, Wellington, and thereon edged red. (S.O. 20955.)
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 16th day of May, 1946.
C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 20/73,)

Revoking a Warrant setting apart Crown Land under Section 20 of
the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912
MICHAEL MYERS,
Administrator of the Government
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred
upon me by section five of the Land Act, 1924, I, Sir Michael
Myers, the Administrator of the Government of the Dominion of
New Zealand, do hereby revoke the Warrant dated the twelfth day
of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, and
published in Gazette No. 24 of the fifteenth day of that month at
page 731, in so far as the said Warrant relates to the setting-apart
of the land described in the Schedule hereto for disposal under
section twenty of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912.
SCHEDULE
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT
SECTION 23, Block VIII, Rangaunu Survey District: Area, 80 acres,
more or less.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of
the Government, this 14th day of May, 1946.
C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 22/4192.)

Honorary Inspector of Scenic Reserves appointed
MICHAEL MYERS,
Administrator of the Government
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section four
of the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, I, Sir Michael Myers,
the Administrator of the Government of the Dominion of New
Zealand, do hereby appoint
Gordon Patrick Worsley
to be an Honorary Inspector under the said Act.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of
the Government, this 14th day of May, 1946.
C. F. SKINNER,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.
(L. and S. 4/693.)

Promotions of Officers of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
(Japan Section)
Army Department,
Wellington, 17th May, 1946.
His Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been
pleased to confirm the following promotions of officers of the
2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Japan Section), vide Lists
No. 4, dated 9th April, 1946, and No. 5, dated 17th April, 1946:-
LIST No. 4
GRANT OF TEMPORARY RANK
N.Z. Army Pay Corps
2nd Lieutenant J. R. L. Salisbury to be temp. Lieutenant
whilst employed as 2 i/c. N.Z. Pay Office. Dated 1st February,
1946.
LIST No. 5
PROMOTIONS
The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants:-
I. L. G. Stewart, N.Z. Inf. A. S. L. Barnes, N.Z.E.
A. A. Macintosh, N.Z. Inf. P. T. Mahon, N.Z. Inf.
R. C. Betts, N.Z. Inf. C. H. Telfer, N.Z. Inf.
D. H. McLeod, N.Z. Inf. R. Hoani, N.Z. Inf.
W. A. Jenkins, N.Z. Inf.
Dated 11th April, 1946.
A. J. Holland, N.Z. Inf., ex N.Z.A. Dated 14th April, 1946.
GRANT OF TEMPORARY RANK
N.Z. Artillery
Lieutenant S. J. Harvey to be temp. Captain whilst employed
as an Ordnance Officer. Dated 23rd March, 1946.
GRANT OF ACTING RANK
N.Z. Engineers
Lieutenant F. Boxall is granted the acting rank of Captain
whilst employed as Garrison Engineer, Hirao Area. Dated 9th
April, 1946.
F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments of Officers of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
(Victory Contingent)
Army Department,
Wellington, 17th May, 1946.
His Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been
pleased to approve of the following appointments of officers
of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Victory Contingent):-
APPOINTMENTS (SUBSTANTIVE)
The undermentioned are reposted to the 2nd New Zealand
Expeditionary Force, and seconded for duty with the Victory
Contingent. Dated 20th April, 1946:-
STAFF
Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Puttick, K.C.B., D.S.O.
N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS
Lieutenant-Colonel A. S. Playle, E.D.
Lieutenant-Colonel H. A. Robinson, D.S.O., M.C.
Major (Acting Lieutenant-Colonel) J. H. Sutherland, M.C.
Major F. W. Horton, E.D.
Major F. Poolman, M.C., E.D.
2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant, Acting-Captain) S. R.
McGuinnes.
Lieutenant R. G. Simpson.
2nd Lieutenant (Acting-Lieutenant) R. J. Booth, M.M.
2nd Lieutenant F. B. Ryan, M.C.
N.Z. ARTILLERY
Colonel K. W. R. Glasgow, D.S.O., E.D.
Captain T. G. Broadway.
Captain J. W. Donaldson, M.C.
Captain W. G. Hardcastle.
Captain I. T. Y. Johnston.
Captain G. T. Rapley.
Lieutenant P. N. Brown.
N.Z. ENGINEERS
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) D. G. McNab, M.C., D.C.M.
Lieutenant J. T. Pasco.
N.Z. INFANTRY
Colonel L. W. Andrew, V.C., D.S.O.
Colonel D. J. Fountaine, D.S.O., M.C.
Major R. B. Abbott, M.C.
Major R. W. Dunbar, M.B.E.
Major Y. K. Fleming, D.S.O.
Major H. J. G. Low, M.C.
Major G. A. Murray.
Captain W. A. J. Gorrie, M.M.
Captain C. H. Upham, V.C.
Lieutenant (Acting-Captain) V. D. Kirk, D.C.M.
Lieutenant G. H. Bonsall.
Lieutenant C. D. Hardy, M.C.
Lieutenant D. H. G. Hawkins.
Lieutenant J. P. Scanlan, M.M.
2nd Lieutenant A. A. N. Ford.
2nd Lieutenant R. Mollier, M.C.
2nd Lieutenant N. G. Tracey.
2nd Lieutenant K. Varley.