Oct. 24]

Varying the Determinations in respect of Portion (£65,000) of the Auckland Harbour Board's Loan of £200,000

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington, this 16th day of October, 1946

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
WHEREAS by Order in Council made on the twenty-fourth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six (hereinafter called the said Order in Council), and subject to the determinations as to borrowing and repayment therein set out, consent was given to the raising in New Zealand by the Auckland Harbour Board (hereinafter called the said local authority) of a loan of two hundred thousand pounds (£200,000) (hereinafter called the said loan), to be known as Harbour Loan, 1937, £1,000,000 -Fourth Issue, 1946, £200,000:

And whereas the authority conferred by the said Order in Council has not yet been exercised in respect of a portion thereof amounting to sixty-five thousand pounds (£65,000), and it is expedient to vary the determinations aforesaid in respect of this balance of sixty-five thousand pounds (£65,000) (hereinafter referred to as the said sum):

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section eleven of the Local Government Loans Board Act, 1926, as set out in section twenty-nine of the Finance Act, 1932 (No. 2), and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby vary certain of the determinations aforesaid in respect of the said sum by prescribing as follows:—

(1) In lieu of a rate of interest not exceeding three pounds ten shillings (£3 10s.) per centum per annum, as specified in clause two of the said Order in Council, the rate of interest that may be paid in respect of the said sum or any part thereof shall be such as shall not produce to the lender or lenders a rate exceeding three pounds two shillings and sixpence (£3 2s. 6d.) per centum per annum.

(2) In lieu of making provision for the repayment of the said sum by establishing a sinking fund in respect thereof, as specified in clause three of the said Order in Council, the said local authority may raise the said sum or any portion thereof upon terms of making the same, together with interest thereon, repayable by equal aggregate annual or half-yearly instalments extending over the term of twenty (20) years, as specified in the Order in Council made on the twenty-fourth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six.

W. O. HARVEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(T. 49/260/18.)

Member of Island Council of Niue appointed

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
PURSUANT to the authority vested in me by section sixty-five of the Cook Islands Act, 1915, and by an Order in Council of the twenty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, providing for the constitution of Island Councils in the Cook Islands, I, Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby nominate and appoint Eneri to be a member of the Island Council of Niue, to hold office during my pleasure as from the ninth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, vice Kalauta, appointment revoked.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, this 15th day of October, 1946.

P. FRASER,
Minister of Island Territories.

Officers authorized to take and receive Statutory Declarations

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the three-hundred-and-first section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1927, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that the persons whose names are set out in the Schedule hereto, being officers in the service of the Crown holding the offices stated opposite their names respectively in the said Schedule, are authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under the three-hundred-and-first section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1927.

SCHEDULE
John Colin McFarlane, Postmaster, Glenorchy.
John Thomas Boyle, Postmaster, Kelso.
William Edward Clemens, Postmaster, Tadmor.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 18th day of October, 1946.

F. JONES,
For the Minister of Justice.

Honorary Inspector of Scenic Reserves appointed
B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section four of the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Alexander Thomas Newlands Simpson to be an Honorary Inspector under the said Act.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 21st day of October, 1946.

B. ROBERTS,
For the Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.
(L. and S. 4/448.)

Promotions of Officers of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Japan Section)
Army Department,
Wellington, 23rd October, 1946.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to confirm the following promotions of officers of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Japan Section), vide List No. 28, dated 24th September, 1946:—

GRANTS OF TEMPORARY RANK
Lieutenant R. H. Kerr, N.Z.E., to be temp. Captain. Dated 12th August, 1946.
2nd Lieutenant T. J. W. Mallasch to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 20th September, 1946.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, and Retirements of Officers of the New Zealand Military Forces
Army Department,
Wellington, 23rd October, 1946.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, and retirements of officers of the New Zealand Military Forces:—

N.Z. STAFF CORPS
Lieutenant L. F. Brooker to be Captain. Dated 31st August, 1946.

N.Z. PERMANENT STAFF
With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 34, dated 24th May, 1945, relative to the posting to the Retired List of temp. Captain and Quartermaster W. Bates, D.C.M., for “Dated 21st May, 1945,” substitute “Dated 29th June, 1945.”
Staff Sergeant Frank Rennie to be temp. Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 13th October, 1946.

REGIMENT OF ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY
Bombardier Ernest John Manders to be temp. Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 3rd August, 1946.
Staff Sergeant Alan John Holland to be temp. Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Dated 13th October, 1946.

CORPS OF N.Z. ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
Sergeant Edward Rutherford Winter to be temp. Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 14th October, 1946.

N.Z. TEMPORARY STAFF
With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 66, dated 26th September, 1946, relative to temp. Major W. V. Pritchard relinquishing the temporary rank of Major and assuming the temporary rank of Captain, for “Dated 14th September, 1946,” substitute “Dated 30th September, 1946.”

TERRITORIAL FORCE
N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS
With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 73, dated 17th October, 1946, relative to the posting to the Retired List of Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Brigadier) H. S. Kenrick, C.B., C.B.E., E.D., M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.S. (Edin.), for “Dated 10th October, 1946,” substitute “Dated 24th October, 1946.”

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE
Charge Sister E. F. Laing is posted to the Retired List. Dated 9th October, 1946.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS
N.Z. Army Nursing Service
The undermentioned Sisters are posted to the Retired List:—
F. W. A. Landon-Lane (née Thain).
J. Skelly (née Wright).

Dated 7th October, 1946.

Supplementary List
Alfred Brotherhood to be Hon. 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 2nd October, 1946.