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Appointing Five Non-elective Members of the South Canterbury Catchment Board

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

Pursuant to section forty-four of the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act, 1941, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint—
William Hylton Jolliffe, Esquire, B.Sc. (N.Z.), B.Sc.(For.) (Edin.), Assistant Forester, State Forest Service, Christchurch,
James Dickie Raeside, Esquire, M.Sc., A.R.I.C., Pedologist, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Wellington,
Thomas Scott McMillan, Esquire, Chief Surveyor, Department of Lands and Survey, Christchurch,
William Cunningham Stafford, Esquire, Dip. Agr. (Lincoln), Irrigation Officer, Department of Agriculture, Timaru, and James Oliver Riddell, Esquire, B.E., A.M.I.C.E., Irrigation Engineer, Public Works Department, Christchurch,
to be non-elective members of the South Canterbury Catchment Board for a term commencing on the twenty-seventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, and expiring on the thirtieth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 29th day of May, 1947.
R. Semple, Minister of Works.
(P.W. 75/6.)

Appointing Five Non-elective Members of the Rangitikei Catchment Board

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

Pursuant to section forty-four of the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act, 1941, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint—
Gerard William Sampson, Esquire, A.M.I.C.E., Resident Engineer, Public Works Department, Wanganui,
Alan Richard Dingwall, Esquire, B.Agr.Sc., Instructor in Agriculture, Department of Agriculture, Wanganui, Rowland William Gustaf Janson, Esquire, Senior Forest Ranger, State Forest Service, Palmerston North, Thomas Strathallan Roe, Esquire, Chief Surveyor, Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, and Leslie Isott Grange, Esquire, D.Sc., A.O.S.M., F.G.S., Director Soil Survey Bureau, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Wellington,
to be non-elective members of the Rangitikei Catchment Board for a term commencing on the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, and expiring on the thirtieth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 29th day of May, 1947.
R. Semple, Minister of Works.
(P.W. 75/10.)

Appointing Six Non-elective Members of the Westland Catchment Board

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

Pursuant to section forty-four of the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act, 1941, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint—
Elwyn Frank Evans, Esquire, A.M.I.C.E., Resident Engineer, Public Works Department, Greymouth,
John Roger Shepherd, Esquire, Fields Instructor, Department of Agriculture, Greymouth,
Courtney Biggs, Esquire, Conservator of Forests, State Forest Service, Hokitika,
George Wall Lowes, Esquire, M.I.M.M., Senior Inspector of Mines, Mines Department, Greymouth,
Harry Stephen Gibbs, Esquire, M.Sc., Pedologist, Soil Bureau, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Wellington, and Nelson Clay, Esquire, Commissioner of Crown Lands, Department of Lands and Survey, Hokitika,
to be non-elective members of the Westland Catchment Board for a term commencing on the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, and expiring on the thirtieth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 31st day of May, 1947.
R. Semple, Minister of Works.
(P.W. 75/4.)

Land of the Crown notified available as Site for Commercial or Industrial Purposes

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

Pursuant to the authority conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1924, and section forty of the Statutes Amendment Act, 1945, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General 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

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT

All that area containing by admeasurement 9 acres 3 roods 29·3 perches, more or less, being part of Section 77, Block V, Mangaone Survey District, and bounded as follows: Towards the east and south by the middle of the Ngatahaka Stream; towards the west generally by the eastern and northern boundaries of Section 9, Block V, Mangaone Survey District, distances of 510 links and 178·9 links, and by North Road No. 1, distances of 226·9 links, 262·8 links, and 259·1 links; towards the north generally by Section 8, Block V, Mangaone Survey District, a distance of 195 links, to the middle of a tributary of the Ngatahaka Stream, and by the middle of that tributary to the middle of the Ngatahaka Stream. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 6/5/44A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 29th day of May, 1947.
C. F. Skinner, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 6/5/44.)

Appointment in the Royal New Zealand Navy

Navy Office,
Wellington, 27th May, 1947.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointment in the Royal New Zealand Navy:
Captain John Graham Hewitt, D.S.O., R.N., lent Royal New Zealand Navy, 27th March, 1947, and appointed Second Naval Member of the New Zealand Naval Board, vice Taylor, to date 17th May, 1947. To act as First Naval Member of the New Zealand Naval Board and Chief of Naval Staff, temporarily, vice Faulkner, to date 19th May, 1947.
F. Jones, Minister of Defence.

Appointments in the Royal New Zealand Navy

Navy Office,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1947.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointments and promotions in the Royal New Zealand Navy:
Surgeon Lieutenant Michael Paul Glanville, Royal Navy, lent Royal New Zealand Navy and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 28th March, 1947.
Surgeon Lieutenant Gilbert Maurice Baird, Royal Navy, lent Royal New Zealand Navy and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 28th March, 1947.
Lieutenant (S) (Acting Lieutenant-Commander (S)) Owen Rowland James Skyrme, promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander (S), to date 1st May, 1947.
William Robert Paul, Chief Mechanician, N.Z. 2489, promoted to the rank of Acting Warrant Mechanician and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 1st March, 1947.
ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE
Lieutenant Arthur George Newell, promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander, to date 1st February, 1947.
Temporary Surgeon Lieutenant Richard Joseph Walton, promoted to the rank of Temporary Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander, to date 9th April, 1947.
Temporary Surgeon Lieutenant Henry Britton Coates Milsom, granted acting rank of Temporary Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander whilst holding present appointment, to date 12th February, 1947.
Probationary Temporary Surgeon Lieutenant Ian Sinclair de Berri Broadfoot, confirmed in rank with original seniority of 26th August, 1946.
Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (S) Wallis Noel Long, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant (S) and reappointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 24th November, 1946.
Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant (S) John Stuart Dick, promoted to the rank of Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (S) and reappointed H.M. ship as directed, to date 1st April, 1947.
Probationary Temporary Lieutenant (Sp.) James Hutton confirmed in rank with original seniority of 20th June, 1944.
F. Jones, Minister of Defence.