MAY 8]THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
Land permanently reserved in the Westland Land District for Recreation Purposes
B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
WHEREAS by the three-hundred-and-fifty-ninth section of the Land Act, 1924, it is enacted that the Governor-General may from time to time set apart temporarily as reserves, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned:
And whereas by the three-hundred-and-sixtieth section of the said Act it is provided that land temporarily reserved under the said three-hundred-and-fifty-ninth section may, at the expiration of one month but not later than six months, after the publication in the Gazette of notice of such temporary reservation, be permanently reserved, and that notice of such permanent reservation shall be published in the Gazette:
And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto was, by the Warrant dated the thirteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, and published in the Gazette of the nineteenth day of that month, temporarily reserved under the authority of the said Act for recreation purposes:
Now, therefore, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the said Act, do hereby permanently reserve the land described in the Schedule hereto for recreation purposes for which purpose the said land was so temporarily reserved as aforesaid.
SCHEDULE
WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT
RESERVE 1874 (formerly closed road), Block XII, Greymouth Survey District: Area, 2 acres 2 roods 30.2 perches, more or less.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 1st day of May, 1947.
C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 1/1141.)
Member of the Nurses and Midwives Board appointed
B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section four of the Nurses and Midwives Act, 1945, I, Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Thomas Frederick Corkill, M.B., Ch.B. (Univ. Edin.), 1915, M.D., 1920, M.R.C.P. (Edin.), 1920, to be a member of the Nurses and Midwives Board under the aforesaid Act as from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, this 3rd day of May, 1947.
A. H. NORMEYER, Minister of Health.
Appointment of State Iron and Steel Commissioner
B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
PURSUANT to the authority vested in me by section three of the Iron and Steel Industry Act, 1937, providing for the appointment of Commissioners to exercise the powers and carry out the duties conferred and imposed on them by the said Act, I, Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby nominate and appoint George Augustus Pascoe to be a Commissioner under the said Act, and to hold office during my pleasure as from the date of this Warrant.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, this 3rd day of May, 1947.
A. H. NORDMEYER,
For the Minister of Industries and Commerce.
Appointments, Promotions, and Relinquishments of Temporary Rank of Officers of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Japan Section)
Army Department,
Wellington, 6th May, 1947.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to confirm the following appointment, promotions, and relinquishments of temporary rank of officers of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Japan Section), vide Lists Nos. 47, dated lst April, 1947, and 48, dated 15th April, 1947:-
LIST No. 47
GRANTS OF TEMPORARY RANK
The undermentioned Lieutenants to be temp. Captains :-R. D. Rowe, N.Z.A.M.C. Dated 14th March, 1947. M. C. Black, M.M., N.Z. Inf. Dated 15th March, 1947. J. M. MacDonald, N.Z.A.M.C. Dated 31st March, 1947.
2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) M. D. Hogan, N.Z. Inf., to be temp. Captain. Dated 1st March, 1947.
2nd Lieutenant J. A. Couper, N.Z. Inf., to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 20th March, 1947.
TEMPORARY RANK RELINQUISHED
The undermentioned Captains (temp. Majors) relinquish the temporary rank of Major :-W. P. Archibald, R.N.Z.A. Dated 27th April, 1947. S. R. Lewis, N.Z.A.S.C. Dated 29th April, 1947.
Captain (temp. Major) C. J Alexander, N.Z.A.M.C., relinquishes the temporary rank of Major and assumes the acting rank of Major. Dated 29th April, 1947.
LIST No. 48
GRANTS OF TEMPORARY RANK
Lieutenant A. V. Futter, N.Z.A.M.C., to be temp. Captain. Dated 10th April, 1947.
2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) F. White, N.Z. Inf., to be temp. Captain. Dated 29th March, 1947.
The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be temp. Lieutenants :-R. F. Wilson, N.Z.E. Dated 22nd March, 1947. J. A. Hannam, N.Z.A.M.C. Dated 10th April, 1947.
TEMPORARY RANK RELINQUISHED
2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) R. F. Wilson, N.Z.E., relinquishes the temporary rank of Lieutenant. Dated 11th March, 1947.
APPOINTMENT TO COMMISSION
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenant :-637134 Lawrence Arthur Gatfield, N.Z. Inf. Dated 15th April, 1947.
F. JONES, Minister of Defence.
Appointments, Promotion, and Relinquishments of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force
Air Department,
Wellington, 3rd May, 1947.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointments; promotion, and relinquishments of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force:-
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Appointments
The undermentioned officers relinquished their temporary commissions and are granted short-service commissions in the rank stated with present seniority. Dated Ist April, 1947:-As Pilots-
NZ 391340 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) John Francis CARRICK.
NZ 412716 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) (Acting Squadron Leader) Maxwell James MILLENER, D.F.C.
NZ 38228 Flying Officer (temp.) John Nigel TROLOVE.
As Navigator-
NZ 413340 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Charles Fray ORMEROD D.F.C.
As Navigator/Wireless Operator-
NZ 404423 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) John Marshall STEVENSON.
The undermentioned officers relinquish their temporary commissions and are granted extended-service commissions for a period of four years in the rank stated with present seniority. Dated Ist April, 1947:-As Pilots-
NZ 411457 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Eric James SHAW, D.F.C.
NZ 412298 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) John Bell WILSON.
The undermentioned officers relinquish their temporary commissions and are granted extended-service commissions for a period of two years in the rank stated with present seniority. Dated lst April, 1947:-As Pilots-
NZ 424526 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Maxwell SCANNELL.
NZ 4311364 Flying Officer (temp.) James Desmond WASHINGTON.
The undermentioned officers, on relinquishing their commissions in the Reserve of Air Force Officers, are granted extended-service commissions for a period of four years in the rank and seniority stated:-As Pilots-
Dated 6th January, 1947-With seniority as from 31st January, 1946 : NZ 42402 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Geoffrey Reid Burton HIGHET, D.F.C.
Dated 23rd January, 1947-With seniority as from 14th November, 1945 : NZ 42396 Flying Officer (temp.) Noel Elliott HANNA.