JULY 10] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 855
Appointing a Non-elective Member of the Wairarapa Catchment Board
B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General WHEREAS by a Warrant dated the seventeenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 26 of the twenty-second day of the same month, Thomas Thoresby Caccia Birch, Esquire, M.A. (Oxon.), was appointed a non-elective member of the Wairarapa Catchment Board in terms of section forty-four of the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act, 1941:
And whereas the said Thomas Thoresby Caccia Birch has resigned from membership of the said Board, and it is considered expedient to appoint another non-elective member in lieu of the said Thomas Thoresby Caccia Birch:
Now, therefore, in pursuance of the powers vested in me by section forty-four of the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act, 1941, and of all other powers and authorities in anyway enabling me in this behalf, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby cancel the appointment of the said Thomas Thoresby Caccia Birch to be a non-elective member of the Wairarapa Catchment Board, and do hereby appoint Charles Orlando Bridgeman, Esquire, Forest Ranger, State Forest Service, Masterton, to be a non-elective member of the Wairarapa Catchment Board for a term commencing on the tenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, and terminating on the thirtieth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 3rd day of July, 1947.
R. SEMPLE, Minister of Works. (P.W. 75/9.)
Land temporarily reserved in the Wellington Land District 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 licence, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned:
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 temporarily reserve the land in the Wellington Land District, described in the Schedule hereunder written, for recreation purposes.
SCHEDULE WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT SECTION 1, Block IX, Belmont Survey District: Area, 29 acres and 21-5 perches, more or less.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 4th day of July, 1947.
C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands. (L. and S. 1/1128.)
Appointment of Analyst for the Purpose of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1908
B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General PURSUANT to the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1908, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Dennis Newton Allen to be an Analyst for the purposes or the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1908.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 2nd day of July, 1947.
M. B. HOWARD, Minister of Health.
Promotions and Relinquishments of Temporary Rank of Officers of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Japan Section)
Army Department, Wellington, 7th July, 1947. HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to confirm the following promotions and relinquishments of temporary rank of officers of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Japan Section), vide List No. 54, dated 10th June, 1947:
PROMOTIONS The undermentioned Captains (temp. Majors) to be Majors:- G. E. L. Dawson, N.Z. Inf. W. L. Dillon, N.Z.A.S.C. R. J. H. Webb, R.N.Z.A.
Dated 1st June, 1947. The undermentioned Lieutenants (temp. Captains) to be Captains:- C. G. Henderson, N.Z. Inf. A. C. Weddell, N.Z.E.M.E. A. N. Rutledge, N.Z.P.R.S.
Dated 1st June, 1947. The undermentioned to be Lieutenants:- 2nd Lieutenant P. T. W. Heath, N.Z. Inf. 2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) J. F. Pope, N.Z. Inf. 2nd Lieutenant L. F. Smith, N.Z. Inf. 2nd Lieutenant (temp. Captain) F. White, N.Z. Inf., and retains the temporary rank of Captain. 2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) N. W. H. Rollinson, N.Z. Pro. 2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) H. Bleasdale, N.Z. Inf. 2nd Lieutenant (temp. Captain) W. R. Heatherwick, N.Z. Inf., and retains the temporary rank of Captain. 2nd Lieutenant B. T. Henare, N.Z. Inf. 2nd Lieutenant (temp. Captain) N. L. G. Baker, N.Z.A.O.C., and retains the temporary rank of Captain.
Dated 8th June, 1947.
GRANTS OF TEMPORARY RANK The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (temp. Lieutenants) to be temp. Captains:- J. A. Couper, N.Z. Inf. Dated 1st June, 1947. G. R. Marriner, N.Z.A.S.C. Dated 6th June, 1947. The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be temp. Lieutenants:- J. B. Marsh, N.Z. Inf. R. T. Garlick, N.Z. Inf. Dated 1st June, 1947. P. T. Hamilton, N.Z. Inf. Dated 6th June, 1947.
TEMPORARY RANK RELINQUISHED Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) R. C. Hollis, M.C., N.Z. Inf., relinquishes the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 2nd June, 1947. Lieutenant (temp. Captain) T. M. Rouse, N.Z. Inf., relinquishes the temporary rank of Captain and assumes the acting rank of Captain on being placed on N.Z. Roll. Dated 12th July, 1947. 2nd Lieutenant (temp. Captain) D. Calwell, N.Z.E., relinquishes the temporary rank of Captain and assumes the acting rank of Captain on being placed on N.Z. Roll. Dated 12th July, 1947. Lieutenant (temp. Captain) C. F. H. Mansfield, D.F.C., N.Z. Inf., relinquishes the temporary rank of Captain and assumes the acting rank of Captain on being placed on N.Z. Roll. Dated 12th July, 1947. 2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) H. A. L. Laing, R.N.Z.A., relinquishes the temporary rank of Lieutenant and assumes the acting rank of Lieutenant on being placed on N.Z. Roll. Dated 12th July, 1947. Sister (temp. Charge Sister) C. Smeeton, N.Z. Army Nursing Service, relinquishes the temporary rank of Charge Sister and assumes the acting rank of Charge Sister on being placed on N.Z. Roll. Dated 12th July, 1947.
F. JONES, Minister of Defence.
Appointments, Promotions, Retirements, and Resignations of Officers of the New Zealand Military Forces
Army Department, Wellington, 3rd July, 1947. HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, retirements, and resignations of officers of the New Zealand Military Forces:-
N.Z. TEMPORARY STAFF Temp. Captain N. A. Arthur is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain. Dated 30th June, 1947.