Nov. 21] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1767

Vesting the Control of a Scenic Reserve in the Tapuinikau Pa Scenic Board

B. C. FREYBERG, 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 below (being a scenic reserve 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 Taranaki Land District, ex officio,
Wira Rangitekiri,
Tiriti Wharepouri,
Tuatahi Kape Witi,
William Laurence Smith, and
Ernest Eric Chapman,

who are hereby constituted for that purpose a special Board by the name of the Tapuinikau Pa Scenic Reserve 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 Board shall meet for the transaction of business on the fourth Monday in the months of April and October in each year at four o'clock p.m., at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, or at such other time or place as may from time to time be fixed by the Board. The first meeting shall be held on Monday, the twenty-eighth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven.

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 be 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 a 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 of 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 the 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 charged with the administration of the said Act 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.

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SCHEDULE

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT

TAPUINIKAU A Block, Block IX, Cape Survey District: Area, 2 acres 2 roods 25 perches, more or less.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 14th day of November, 1946.

B. ROBERTS,
For the Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

(L. and S. 4/504.)

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Appointments of Officers of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Japan Section)

Army Department,
Wellington, 20th November, 1946.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments of officers of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Japan Section) :—

APPOINTMENTS (TEMPORARY)

N.Z. Dental Corps

Lieutenant F. Akel, B.D.S., is seconded from the Territorial Force. Dated 4th September, 1946.

N.Z. Medical Corps

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant :—

464185 Albert Valentine Futter. Dated 14th October, 1946.

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APPOINTMENTS (SUBSTANTIVE)

N.Z. Infantry

Lieutenant W. B. Thomas, D.S.O., M.C. (The Hampshire Regiment), is seconded to the 2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force, and is granted the local (paid) rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 31st July, 1946.

The undermentioned temporary appointments are confirmed :—

N.Z. Medical Corps

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) A. V. Futter, and is seconded to Headquarters, British Commonwealth Occupation Force. Dated 5th November, 1946.

N.Z. Dental Corps

Lieutenant F. Akel. Dated 5th November, 1946.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Army Department,
Wellington, 18th November, 1946.

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

N.Z. STAFF CORPS

The undermentioned Majors (temp. Lieutenant-Colonels) relinquish the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel :—

J. A. M. Clachan. K. N. Todd.
J. W. Barry. F. G. M. Jenkins, D.C.M.
A. J. Moore.

Dated 1st November, 1946.

N.Z. TEMPORARY STAFF

Temp. Major R. D. Boyes is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Major. Dated 8th November, 1946.

TERRITORIAL FORCE

N.Z. INFANTRY

The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own)

Lieutenant J. R. Day, from the Retired List, to be temp. Lieutenant, and is seconded to the Auckland Grammar School Cadets, Area 1. Dated 22nd May, 1946.

The Hawke's Bay Regiment

Lieutenant (temp. Major) C. C. Johansen is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Major. Dated 16th October, 1946.

The Southland Regiment

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) H. S. D. Yates, E.D., is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain. Dated 1st November, 1946.

SCHOOL CADET UNITS

Auckland Grammar School Cadets, Area 1

2nd Lieutenant G. N. Marshall to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 23rd May, 1946.

Greymouth Technical High School Cadets, Area 9

The undermentioned to be temp. Lieutenants :—

2nd Lieutenant A. V. Scanlon. Dated 1st October, 1946.
Temp. 2nd Lieutenant B. G. Tindale. Dated 2nd October, 1946.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS

Richard Desmond Rowe, M.B., Ch.B., to be Lieutenant. Dated 30th October, 1946.

N.Z. DENTAL CORPS

Frederick Akel, B.D.S., to be Lieutenant. Dated 4th September, 1946.

OFFICERS CEASING TO BE SECONDED TO THE 2ND NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel V. J. Innes, O.B.E., and is reposted to the N.Z. Staff Corps with the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, with seniority from 22nd April, 1941. Dated 9th September, 1946.

Major F. B. Korkis, M.B., Ch.B., D.L.O., F.R.C.S. (Eng.), N.Z. Medical Corps, and is reposted to the Territorial Force with the temporary rank of Major, with seniority from 20th January, 1945. Dated 13th September, 1946.

Major W. C. T. Foley, and is reposted to the N.Z. Staff Corps with the rank of Captain, with seniority from 21st November, 1943. Dated 21st October, 1946.

Major V. C. Butler, and is reposted to the 1st Battalion, The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own), with the temporary rank of Major, with seniority from 19th March, 1945. Dated 31st October, 1946.