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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 23

Officer 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

Cecil Frank Houlton,

being an officer in the service of the Crown holding the office of Senior Clerk, Correspondence School, Education Department, Wellington, is authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under the three-hundred-and-first section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1927.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 25th day of April, 1947.

H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Appointing a Member of the Otago Harbour Board

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

I N pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Harbours Act, 1923, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

Leslie Lewis Derbridge

to be a member of the Otago Harbour Board as a representative of the payers of harbour dues on ships in place of George Frederick Booth, resigned.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 26th day of April, 1947.

F. JONES,
For the Minister of Marine.

Appointment in the Royal New Zealand Navy

Navy Office,
Wellington, 17th April, 1947.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant Francis Nigel Featherstone Johnston, Royal Navy (Retired), to a permanent commission in the Royal New Zealand Navy, to date 15th March, 1947, in the rank of Lieutenant, Royal New Zealand Navy, and with seniority of 1st July, 1941.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, Relinquishment of Commission, and Retirements of Officers of the New Zealand Military Forces

Army Department,
Wellington, 30th April, 1947.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, relinquishment of commission, and retirements of officers of the New Zealand Military Forces:—

ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY

Temp. Captain and Quartermaster R. M. Nutsford to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, with seniority from 19th April, 1941, and retains the temporary rank of Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 1st April, 1947.

Temp. Captain and Quartermaster N. B. Mitchell to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, with seniority from 9th May, 1941, and retains the temporary rank of Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 1st April, 1947.

Temp. Lieutenant and Quartermaster J. R. Spence, M.B.E., to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, with seniority from 12th December, 1942. Dated 1st April, 1947.

Temp. Lieutenant and Quartermaster A. J. Holland to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, with seniority from 26th January, 1943. Dated 1st April, 1947.

Temp. Lieutenant and Quartermaster D. A. Phillips to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, with seniority from 6th November, 1943. Dated 1st April, 1947.

Sergeant Allan Stuart Leighton to be temp. Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Dated 15th March, 1947.

N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS

Temp. Lieutenant and Quartermaster R. G. Aitken to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, with seniority from 28th December, 1943. Dated 1st April, 1947.

N.Z. REGIMENT

Temp. Lieutenant and Quartermaster C. Meiklejohn to be Captain and Quartermaster, with seniority from 2nd November, 1946. Dated 1st April, 1947.

Temp. Captain and Quartermaster L. Rawley to be Captain and Quartermaster, with seniority from 15th January, 1947. Dated 1st April, 1947.

Temp. Captain and Quartermaster C. E. Burgess to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, with seniority from 7th June, 1941, and retains the temporary rank of Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 1st April, 1947.

Temp. Lieutenant and Quartermaster J. W. Beaumont to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, with seniority from 1st May, 1942. Dated 1st April, 1947.

Temp. Lieutenant and Quartermaster R. B. Lockett to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, with seniority from 1st May, 1942. Dated 1st April, 1947.

Temp. Lieutenant and Quartermaster W. E. Grogan to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, with seniority from 19th June, 1942. Dated 1st April, 1947.

Temp. Lieutenant and Quartermaster S. Catchpole to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, with seniority from 30th September, 1942. Dated 1st April, 1947.

Temp. Captain and Quartermaster D. M. Sweeney to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, with seniority from 19th December, 1942, and retains the temporary rank of Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 1st April, 1947.

Temp. Lieutenant and Quartermaster W. A. Staff to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, with seniority from 19th December, 1942. Dated 1st April, 1947.

Temp. Lieutenant and Quartermaster B. J. Wilson to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, with seniority from 27th January, 1943. Dated 1st April, 1947.

Temp. Lieutenant and Quartermaster R. H. Manson to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, with seniority from 29th February, 1944. Dated 1st April, 1947.

Temp. Lieutenant and Quartermaster E. W. Round to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, with seniority from 5th July, 1945. Dated 1st April, 1947.

N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS

Temp. Captain and Quartermaster W. G. Quartermain to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, with seniority from 13th November, 1941, and retains the temporary rank of Captain and Quartermaster, Dated 1st April, 1947.

Temp. Lieutenant and Quartermaster G. G. W. Blandford to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, with seniority from 12th June, 1943. Dated 1st April, 1947.

N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

Temp. Lieutenant and Quartermaster G. H. Watson to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, with seniority from 24th December, 1945. Dated 1st April, 1947.

N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS

Temp. Major F. Reid, N.Z. Temporary Staff, to be Major (on prob.). Dated 1st April, 1947.

Temp. Captain S. A. Knight, N.Z. Temporary Staff, to be Captain (on prob.), with seniority from 19th December, 1942. Dated 1st April, 1947.

Temp. Captain R. P. Kennedy, E.D., N.Z. Temporary Staff, to be Captain and Quartermaster (on prob.), with seniority from 3rd September, 1945. Dated 1st April, 1947.

Temp. Major I. S. Miller, N.Z. Temporary Staff, to be Captain and Quartermaster (on prob.), with seniority from 12th September, 1945, and temp. Major and Quartermaster as from 1st April, 1947. Dated 1st April, 1947.

Temp. Captain A. A. Barwick, N.Z. Temporary Staff, to be Captain and Quartermaster (on prob.), with seniority from 2nd December, 1945. Dated 1st April, 1947.

Temp. Captain G. A. Perry, E.D., N.Z. Temporary Staff, to be Captain and Quartermaster (on prob.), with seniority from 8th December, 1945. Dated 1st April, 1947.

Temp. Captain and Quartermaster C. C. Pipson to be Captain and Quartermaster, with seniority from 12th August, 1946. Dated 1st April, 1947.

Temp. Captain L. H. Stroud, N.Z. Temporary Staff, to be Captain and Quartermaster (on prob.), with seniority from 21st September, 1946. Dated 1st April, 1947.

Temp. Captain R. T. J. Adams, N.Z. Temporary Staff, to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster (on prob.), with seniority from 24th November, 1941, and temp. Captain and Quartermaster as from 1st April, 1947. Dated 1st April, 1947.

Temp. Captain and Quartermaster S. H. E. Bryant to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, with seniority from 1st July, 1942, and retains the temporary rank of Captain and Quartermaster, Dated 1st April, 1947.

Temp. Captain R. Stroud, N.Z. Temporary Staff, to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster (on prob.), with seniority from 1st December, 1942. Dated 1st April, 1947.

N.Z. ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS

Captain J. D. Fenton, M.B.E., is appointed Assistant Director of Mechanical Engineering, Central Military District, and is granted the temporary rank of Major whilst so employed. Dated 21st April, 1947.

Temp. Captain and Quartermaster E. L. George to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, with seniority from 23rd August, 1941, and retains the temporary rank of Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 1st April, 1947.

Temp. Lieutenant and Quartermaster H. J. McDonald to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, with seniority from 27th January, 1943. Dated 1st April, 1947.

Temp. Lieutenant and Quartermaster C. E. Chetwin to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, with seniority from 12th November, 1945. Dated 1st April, 1947.

SUPERNUMERARY LIST, N.Z. REGULAR FORCE

Captain and Quartermaster R. R. Mace is posted to the Retired List. Dated 18th April, 1947.

Temp. Major A. D. Leighton, N.Z. Temporary Staff, to be Major and Quartermaster, with seniority from 1st February, 1942. Dated 1st April, 1947.

Temp. Major C. J. J. Storie, N.Z. Temporary Staff, to be Major and Quartermaster, with seniority from 1st February, 1942. Dated 1st April, 1947.