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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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who are hereby constituted for that purpose a special Board by the name of the Papatawai Scenic Board (herein referred to as “the Board”), in trust, for the preservation of scenery, and with the powers and subject to the conditions hereinafter contained, that is to say:—

1. The first meeting of the Board shall be held on Friday, the seventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, at eight o’clock p.m., in the Maclennan Cash Store, Maclennan, and thereafter the Board shall meet for the transaction of business on the first Friday in each quarter at the time and place aforesaid, or at such other time or place as may from time to time be fixed by the Board.

2. The members of the Board shall at their first meeting and thereafter at the annual meeting hereinafter mentioned elect one of themselves to be Chairman, who may join in the discussion, and shall have an original as well as a casting vote. The Chairman shall hold office until the election of his successor.

3. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman, provided that two days’ notice of such meeting is given to each member, specifying the business to be transacted at such special meeting; and no other business than that so specified shall be transacted at such meeting.

4. Any four members of the Board shall form a quorum. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

5. All questions shall be determined by the majority of votes of the members of the Board present at the meeting.

6. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present at the time appointed for holding the same, the members present shall choose one of their number to be Chairman for such meeting.

7. If, by resignation, death, incapacity, or otherwise, the seat of any member shall be or become vacant, or if any member absents himself, without reasonable cause, from three consecutive meetings of the Board, the Governor-General shall have power to appoint any other person to be a member of the Board in his stead.

8. The Board shall prepare and submit at an annual meeting to be held in the month of April in each year a report of the proceedings of the Board for the previous year ending on the thirty-first day of March, together with a statement of the receipts and expenditure of the Board for such year. A copy of every such report and statement, certified by the Chairman to be correct, shall be sent to the Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation as soon as possible after each annual meeting.

9. The Board shall control the said reserves in accordance with the provisions of the said Act and of the regulations made thereunder.

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SCHEDULE

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—PAPATAWAI SCENIC RESERVES

SECTIONS 132 to 152 and 154 to 156 inclusive, together with closed streets, Town of Papatawai: Area, 156 acres 3 roods, more or less.

Also Section 1, Block IX, Woodland Survey District: Area, 786 acres 3 roods, more or less.

Also Sections 18, 19, and 20, Block XV, Rimu Survey District, and Sections 27 and 28, Block IX, Woodland Survey District: Area, 69 acres 2 roods 24 perches, more or less.

Also Sections 29, 30, and 31, Block IX, Woodland Survey District: Area, 19 acres 3 roods 1 perch, more or less.

Also Sections 23 and 25, Block IV, Tautuku Survey District: Area, 233 acres 3 roods 32 perches, more or less.

Also Lot 2 on D.P. 5630, being part of Sections 24 and 26, Block IV, Tautuku Survey District: Area, 338 acres 2 roods 10 perches, more or less.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 1st day of May, 1948.

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

(L. and S. 4/422.)

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

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Army Department,
Wellington, 26th April, 1948.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to confirm the following appointments, promotions, and relinquishment of temporary rank of officers of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Japan Section), vide Lists Nos. 88, dated 30th March, 1948, and 89, dated 6th April, 1948:—

LIST No. 88

PROMOTION

Lieutenant (temp. Major) G. Johns, R.N.Z.E., to be Captain and retains the temporary rank of Major. Dated 16th March, 1948.

GRANTS OF TEMPORARY RANK

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) L. A. Faigan, R.N.Z.A.D. Corps, to be temp. Major whilst employed as O.C. Dental Section. Dated 2nd March, 1948.

2nd Lieutenant H. Simmonds, R.N.Z.E., to be temp. Lieutenant whilst employed as Garrison Engineer, 5 R.N.Z.E. Works Company. Dated 16th March, 1948.

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) A. L. Hassall, R.N.Z. Inf., to be temp. Captain whilst employed as Legal Staff Officer, 2nd N.Z.E.F. (Japan). Dated 16th March, 1948.

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TEMPORARY RANK RELINQUISHED

Captain (temp. Major) G. Johns, R.N.Z.E., relinquishes the temporary rank of Major and assumes the acting rank of Major on being placed on N.Z. Roll. Dated 14th April, 1948.

LIST No. 89

GRANT OF TEMPORARY RANK

Captain R. H. Smith, R.N.Z. Inf., to be temp. Major whilst employed as Company Commander, 2 Bn., N.Z. Regiment. Dated 6th April, 1948.

APPOINTMENTS TO COMMISSIONS

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants:—

440414 Edward Walter Lett, R.N.Z. Inf.
811865 Mervyn Ronald Cleaver, R.N.Z. Inf.

Dated 6th April, 1948.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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Appointments and Promotions of Officers of the New Zealand Military Forces

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Army Department,
Wellington, 26th April, 1948.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments and promotions of officers of the New Zealand Military Forces:—

REGULAR FORCE

COLONELS’ LIST

Colonel R. C. Queree, C.B.E., D.S.O., to be temp. Brigadier. Dated 1st April, 1948.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY

Captain (temp. Major) G. P. Cade, D.S.O., is granted the rank of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 1st April, 1948.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ENGINEERS

Temp. Captain J. M. Stringer, D.C.M., M.M., from the N.Z. Temporary Staff, is granted a short-service commission for a period of three years as from 1st April, 1948, in the rank of Captain, with seniority from 31st March, 1944. Dated 1st April, 1948.

Temp. Captain J. Muir, from the N.Z. Temporary Staff, is granted a short-service commission for a period of three years as from 1st April, 1948, in the rank of Captain, with seniority from 31st March, 1944. Dated 1st April, 1948.

Temp. Captain E. W. Boyle, from the N.Z. Temporary Staff, is granted a short-service commission for a period of three years as from 1st April, 1948, in the rank of Captain, with seniority from 4th July, 1944. Dated 1st April, 1948.

Temp. Captain B. D. Richards, from the N.Z. Temporary Staff, is granted a short-service commission for a period of three years as from 1st April, 1948, in the rank of Captain, with seniority from 29th March, 1946. Dated 1st April, 1948.

THE ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS

Major E. J. Horwood, M.Sc., is appointed Area Commander, Area 11, Dunedin. Dated 1st April, 1948.

N.Z. REGIMENT

Edward William Bennett (late Captain 2 N.Z.E.F.) to be Captain and Quartermaster, with seniority from 1st April, 1942. Dated 1st April, 1948.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS

Captain and Quartermaster L. H. Stroud to be temp. Major and Quartermaster. Dated 4th February, 1948.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS

Temp. Major L. Harris, from the N.Z. Temporary Staff, is granted a short-service commission for a period of one year as from 1st April, 1948, in the rank of Major, with seniority from 18th December, 1943. Dated 1st April, 1948.

Temp. Captain J. L. Napier, M.B.E., E.D., from the N.Z. Temporary Staff, is granted a short-service commission for a period of one year as from 1st April, 1948, in the rank of Captain, with seniority from 31st March, 1944. Dated 1st April, 1948.

Temp. Captain W. G. Hewitt, from the N.Z. Temporary Staff, is granted a short-service commission for a period of one year as from 1st April, 1948, in the rank of Captain, with seniority from 12th January, 1946. Dated 1st April, 1948.

Temp. Captain F. A. Gunn, from the N.Z. Temporary Staff, is granted a short-service commission for a period of one year as from 1st April, 1948, in the rank of Captain, with seniority from 3rd July, 1946. Dated 1st April, 1948.

SUPERNUMERARY LIST, N.Z. REGULAR FORCE

Temp. Captain C. A. Rattray, from the N.Z. Temporary Staff, is granted a short-service commission as from 1st April, 1948, in the rank of Captain, with seniority from 31st March, 1944. Dated 1st April, 1948.

OFFICER CEASING TO BE SECONDED TO THE 2ND NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

Major E. J. Horwood, M.Sc., and is reposted to the N.Z. Regular Force with the rank of Major, with seniority from 1st December, 1945. Dated 31st March, 1948.

OFFICERS STRUCK OFF THE STRENGTH OF THE 2ND NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

Captain E. W. Bennett. Dated 31st March, 1948.

Captain E. H. Hill, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 30th April, 1948.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.