SEPT. 18]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Members appointed to New Plymouth Scenic Reserves Board

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

WHEREAS by a Warrant dated the eighteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and forty-three, and published in the Gazette of the twenty-fifth day of that month, the control of certain scenic and historic reserves in the Taranaki Land District was vested in certain persons therein named, who were by the said Warrant constituted a special Board by the name of the New Plymouth Scenic Reserves Board, in pursuance of section thirteen of the Scenic Preservation Act, 1908: And whereas it is desirable that Byford Alford Norman should be appointed a member of the said Board in place of Leonard William Delph, resigned:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by section thirteen of the Scenic Preservation Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby appoint the said Byford Alford Norman to be a member of the New Plymouth Scenic Reserves Board constituted by the Warrant dated the eighteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and forty-three, hereinbefore referred to, in place of the said Leonard William Delph, resigned; and, in pursuance of the said section thirteen, doth hereby appoint Allan Francis Waters as an additional member of the Board.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 16th day of September, 1947.

C. F. SKINNER,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

(L. and S. 4/323.)

Judge of Assessment Court under Urban Farm Land Rating Act, 1932, appointed

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section nine of the Urban Farm Land Rating Act, 1932, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, hereby appoint Leonard George Herston Sinclair, Esquire, Stipendiary Magistrate, Auckland, in place of John Hector Luxford, Esquire, Stipendiary Magistrate, Auckland, to be the Judge of the Assessment Court for the Borough of Northcote.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 15th day of September, 1947.

F. HACKETT,
For the Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 103/2/19.)

Appointment, Promotions, and Relinquishments of Temporary Rank of Officers of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Japan Section)

Army Department,
Wellington, 15th September, 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. 62, dated 5th August, 1947, and 63, dated 13th August, 1947:

LIST No. 62
PROMOTION

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Captain) M. D. Hogan, Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, to be Lieutenant, with seniority next below Lieutenant C. A. Baynes, Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, and retains the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 30th July, 1947.

TEMPORARY RANK RELINQUISHED

The undermentioned Lieutenants (temp. Captains) relinquish the temporary rank of Captain, and assume the acting rank of Captain on being placed on N.Z. Roll:

K. L. Hole, Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps.
I. F. Jamieson, Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps.
N. L. G. Baker, Royal N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps.
M. D. Hogan, Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps.

Dated 3rd September, 1947.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (temp. Lieutenants) relinquish the temporary rank of Lieutenant, and assume the acting rank of Lieutenant on being placed on N.Z. Roll:

S. H. Beresford, Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps.
R. A. Wright, Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps.

Dated 3rd September, 1947.

Sister (temp. Charge Sister) J. C. Aitken, 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 3rd September, 1947.

LIST No. 63
PROMOTIONS

2nd Lieutenant G. Doig, Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, to be Lieutenant, with seniority next below Lieutenant R. T. Garlick, Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps. Dated 30th July, 1947.
2nd Lieutenant I. J. Thomson, Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, to be Lieutenant, with seniority next below Lieutenant G. F. W. Goodhall, Royal N.Z. Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Dated 30th July, 1947.

TEMPORARY RANK RELINQUISHED

Lieutenant (temp. Major) B. K. Knowles, N.Z. Army Education Service, relinquishes the temporary rank of Major on ceasing to hold the appointment of O.C., N.Z. Army Education Service, and assumes the temporary rank of Captain whilst employed as Administrative Officer, N.Z. Army Education Service. Dated 12th August, 1947.

GRANT OF TEMPORARY RANK

Captain B. J. L. Roberts, Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, to be temp. Major. Dated 12th August, 1947.

APPOINTMENT TO COMMISSION

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenant:-

643437 Douglas Ian Youle, N.Z. Postal Unit. Dated 12th August, 1947.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Army Department,
Wellington, 15th September, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to confirm the following promotions of officers of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Japan Section), vide List No. 49, dated 29th April, 1947:

GRANTS OF TEMPORARY RANK

Captain (temp. Major) R. C. Hollis, M.C., N.Z. Inf., to be temp. Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 17th April, 1947.

The undermentioned Captains to be temp. Majors:-

C. O. Neilsen, N.Z. Inf. Dated 1st April, 1947.
I. R. Diggle, N.Z.A. Dated 29th April, 1947.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be temp. Captains:-

M. Tebbutt, N.Z. Inf. Dated 1st April, 1947.
P. W. F. Joplin, N.Z.A. Dated 29th April, 1947.

2nd Lieutenant R. Chapman-Taylor, N.Z.A.E.S., to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 18th April, 1947.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Minister of the Netherlands at Wellington appointed

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 15th September, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that Dr. A. F. H. van Troostenburg de Bruyn, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Netherlands to New Zealand, presented his letters of credence at Government House on Thursday, 19th June, 1947.

P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th September, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint Alfred Thomas Ellison Miller, Esquire, to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Lyttelton.

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

Member of Licensing Committee appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th September, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint Frederick Newnham Christian, Esquire, to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Tauranga.

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