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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 11

Vesting the Control of a Scenic Reserve in the Invercargill City Council

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section thirteen of the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand doth hereby vest the control of the scenic reserve described in the Schedule hereto (being land reserved under the said Act) in the Invercargill City Council, subject to the conditions hereinafter contained, that is to say:—

1. The period for which the control of the reserve is hereby vested shall be five years from the date hereof, unless the reservation is previously altered or revoked under the said Act.

2. The said Council shall prepare a report each year ending on the thirty-first day of March, together with a statement of receipts and expenditure in connection with the said reserve.

Such report and statement shall be sent to the Minister charged with the administration of the said Act as soon as possible after the close of the year.

3. The said Council shall control the said reserve in accordance with the provisions of the said Act and of the regulations made thereunder.

SCHEDULE

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—OTATARA SCENIC RESERVE

ALL that area containing by admeasurement 126 acres 0 roods 33 perches, more or less, being Lot 2 of Section 10 and part of 11, Block XXI, Invercargill Hundred. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 4/244A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 20th day of February, 1948.

H. G. R. MASON,
For the Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.
(L. and S. 4/244.)

Extending the Period within which the Sheep Farming Commission shall report

GEORGE THE SIXTH by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of the Faith:

To Our Trusty and Well-beloved RONALD HUGH WHITE, of Otane, Sheep-farmer; RICHARD EDDY, of Wellington, Member of the Legislative Council, LINTON CHARRINGTON GARDINER, of Waiau, Sheep-farmer; WALLACE FLETCHER METCALFE, of Te Araroa, Sheep-farmer; WILLIS ALAN SCAIFE, of Wanaka, Sheep-farmer; and HAROLD WILFRED YOUREN, of Napier, Sheep-farmer: GREETING.

WHEREAS by Our Warrant dated the sixth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, issued under the authority of the Letters Patent of His late Majesty dated the eleventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and under the authority of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, you were appointed to be a Commission to inquire into and report upon the matters in Our said Warrant set out:

And whereas in Our said Warrant the name of you the said Linton Charrington Gardiner was erroneously set out as Lionel Charington Gardiner and the name of you the said Harold Wilfred Youren was erroneously set out as Howard Wilfred Youren:

And whereas by Our said Warrant you were required to report not later than the first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, your findings and opinions on the matters referred to you:

And whereas it is expedient that the time for so reporting should be extended as hereinafter provided:

Now, therefore, We do hereby extend until the first day of September, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, the time within which you are so required to report:

And we do hereby confirm the said Commission and the Warrant hereinbefore referred to except as altered by these presents.

In witness whereof We have caused these presents to be issued and the Seal of Our Dominion of New Zealand to be hereunto affixed at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of February, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, and in the twelfth year of Our Reign.

Witness Our Trusty and Well-beloved Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, on whom has been conferred the Victoria Cross, Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of Our Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Knight Commander of Our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Companion of Our Distinguished Service Order, Doctor of Laws, Lieutenant-General in Our Army, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion.

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command—

EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Approved in Council—

T. J. SHERRARD,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointments in the Royal New Zealand Navy

Navy Office,
Wellington, 23rd January, 1948.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the entry of Messers. Gordon Harold Tunnicliffe (ex Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (Sp. Br.), Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve), James Robertson Day, and Robert James Sherriff in the Royal New Zealand Navy in the rank of Acting Instructor Lieutenant, with seniority of 21st January, 1948, for a period of five years, to date from 21st January, 1948.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,
Wellington, 20th February, 1948.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointments of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force:—

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Appointments

The undermentioned officers relinquish their temporary commissions and are granted short-service commissions in their present rank and seniority:—

As Pilot—
NZ 1031 Squadron Leader (temp.) Edward Bongard WATERS.

As Navigator—
NZ 2036 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) John Bernard Clifton NICHOLLS.

Dated 1st April, 1947.

Amendment

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 59, dated 9th October, 1947, page 1437, under the heading “General Duties Branch—Appointments,” is amended, so far as it relates to “NZ 416968 Hotorua Arnel Dean MEYER, D.F.C.,” to read “with seniority as from 29th August, 1946.”

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments and Relinquishments of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,
Wellington, 20th February, 1948.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointments and relinquishments of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force:—

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Appointments

As Pilots—
The undermentioned officers, on relinquishing their commissions in the Reserve of Air Force Officers, are granted short-service commissions in the temporary rank of Flying Officer, with seniority as stated:—

With seniority as from 21st August, 1947—
NZ 433823 Frederick John O’NEILL.

With seniority as from 12th November, 1947.
NZ 4215842 Reginald William HENDERSON.

Dated 6th February, 1948.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
Relinquishments

The undermentioned officers relinquish their commissions—
NZ 433823 Flying Officer Frederick John O’NEILL.
NZ 4215842 Flying Officer Reginald William HENDERSON.

Dated 6th February, 1948.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Consul-General of the Philippines in New Zealand provisionally recognized

Minister of External Affairs,
Wellington, 30th January, 1948.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that the appointment of

Manuel A. Alzate, Esquire,

as Consul-General of the Philippines in New Zealand has been provisionally recognized.

P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.

Charge d’Affaires ad interim of the Royal Danish Legation at Wellington appointed

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 17th February, 1948.

IT is hereby notified for public information that in the absence from New Zealand of His Excellency Mr. C. M. Rottbøll, Minister of Denmark,

Karl I. Eskelund, Esquire,

will assume charge of the legation at Wellington as Charge d’Affaires ad interim.

P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.