Releasing Land from the Provisions of Part I of the Maori Land Amendment Act, 1936

PURSUANT to subsection (2) of section 4 of the Maori Land Amendment Act, 1936, the Board of Maori Affairs hereby revokes, so far as it affects the land described in the Schedule hereto, a certain notice dated the 25th day of January, 1938, and published in Gazette No. 5 of the 27th day of the same month, at page 121, whereby the said land was, inter alia, declared to be subject to Part I of the Maori Land Amendment Act, 1936, and such land is hereby excluded from the Whareongaonga Development Scheme.

SCHEDULE

ALL that area of land in the Tairawhiti Maori Land Court District, containing 5 acres 3 roods, more or less, called or known as Whareongaonga O 12, Sub. 5A, and situate in Block I, Part Survey District.

Dated at Wellington, this 11th day of June, 1948.

For and on behalf of the Board of Maori Affairs—

G. P. SHEPHERD,

Under-Secretary of the Department of Maori Affairs
(N.D. 1/4/20.)

Releasing Land from the Provisions of Part I of the Maori Land Amendment Act, 1936

PURSUANT to subsection (2) of section 4 of the Maori Land Amendment Act, 1936, the Board of Maori Affairs hereby revokes, so far as it affects the land described in the Schedule hereto, a certain notice dated the 13th day of January, 1932, and published in Gazette No. 6 of the 21st day of the same month, at page 115, whereby the provisions of section 522 of the Maori Land Act, 1931 (now Part I of the Maori Land Amendment Act, 1936), were applied to, inter alia, the said land, and such land is hereby excluded from the Te Kaha Development Scheme.

SCHEDULE

ALL that area of land in the Waiariki Maori Land Court District, containing 76 acres 0 roods 13 perches, more or less, and called or known as Maungaroa 1, Section 1 (part).

Dated at Wellington, this 11th day of June, 1948.

For and on behalf of the Board of Maori Affairs—

G. P. SHEPHERD,

Under-Secretary of the Department of Maori Affairs
(N.D. 1/3/19.)

Notice to Mariners No. 27 of 1948

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 15th June, 1948.

NEW ZEALAND.—SOUTH ISLAND.—QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND.— MOTUARA ISLAND

Light established

Position: Southern extreme, Motuara Island. Lat., 41° 06′·2 S.; long., 174° 17′·6 E. (approx.). Chart No. 2685.

Abridged Description: Fl. 10 secs. 75 ft. 14 M. (U.).

Details: A white light (electric) flashing every 10 seconds, thus—flash 0·4 seconds, eclipse 1·6 seconds, flash 0·4 seconds, eclipse 7·6 seconds, will be exhibited on or about 1st July, 1948; from a white steel tubular tower in the above position.

Elevation, 75 ft.; height of tower, 15 ft.; arc uninterrupted.

NOTE.—This light is experimental pending receipt of permanent equipment from England, and masters are requested to forward to Secretary, Marine Department, reports on the behaviour of the light regarding extreme range and visibility.

Charts affected: Nos. 2685, 695, 2054.

Publications: New Zealand Pilot, 1946, page 269; Admiralty List of Lights, 1947, Part X, page 315; New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide-tables, pages 147 and 264.

W. C. SMITH, Secretary.

Birthday Honours List

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has announced that His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to confer the following Honours:

CIVIL DIVISION

Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.)

Major-General Howard Karl Kippenberger, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., Editor-in-Chief, New Zealand War Histories, of Wellington.

Knight Bachelor

Donald Charles Cameron, Esquire, Mayor of Dunedin.

Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (C.M.G.)

The Reverend John George Laughton, of Ohope, Whakatane.

Berkeley Lionel Scudamore Dallard, Esquire, of Wellington.

Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.)

Miss Agnes Lang Loudon, of Auckland.

Dr. Harry Howard Barton Allan, of Wellington.

William Robert Brugh, Esquire, of Dunedin.

Companion of the Imperial Service Order (I.S.O.)

George Patrick Shepherd, Esquire, of Wellington.

Frederick Templeton Manheim Kissel, Esquire, of Wellington.

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)

Dr. Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd Bennett, of Lowry Bay, Wellington.

Dr. Percy Leslie Foote, of Westport.

Athol Eady Gibbons, Esquire, of Hamilton.

Thomas Jackson, Esquire, of Rotorua.

Martin Maxwell Fleming Luckie, Esquire, of Wellington.

Miss Edith Ngaio Marsh, of Christchurch.

Wiremu Teihoka Parata, Esquire, of Seacliff.

Miss Emily Margaret Sparkes, of Christchurch.

Percy Vernon Esmond Stainton, Esquire, M.B.E., of New Plymouth.

David Tannock, Esquire, of Dunedin.

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)

John Bennetts, Esquire, of Roxburgh.

Mrs. Mabel Lillian Campbell, of Auckland.

Mrs. Amelia Emily Carpenter, of Waipukurau.

Mrs. Ada Frances Cochrane, of Gore.

Miss Mary Teresa Enright, of Christchurch.

Alfred Fraser, Esquire, of Auckland.

Mrs. Muriel Archer Guthrie, of Wellington.

Miss Mary Alice Hall, of Aorangi, Gisborne (formerly of Helensville).

Mrs. Amy May Hutchinson, of Auckland.

Miss Marie Louise Dansey Iles, of Havelock North.

Hugh Livingstone McKinnon, Esquire, of Pahiatua.

Charles Mallia, Esquire, of Wellington.

Alfred Hamish Reed, Esquire, of Dunedin.

Miss Clara Emily Marion Rogers, of Rangiora.

Thomas James McDowell Tweed, Esquire, of Auckland.

British Empire Medal (B.E.M.)

Montague William George Wareham, Esquire, of Auckland.

MILITARY DIVISION

Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.)

Major-General Norman William McDonald Weir, C.B., C.B.E., Chief of the General Staff, New Zealand Military Forces, of Lower Hutt.

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)

Commander (S) Herbert Russell Sleeman, M.B.E., Royal New Zealand Navy, of Wellington.

Lieutenant-Colonel (Temporary Colonel) John Ingham Brooke, New Zealand Regular Force, of Wellington.

Wing Commander Francis Ross Dix, R.N.Z.A.F., of Christchurch.

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)

Major and Quartermaster Claude Harold Kidman, M.M., Royal New Zealand Medical Corps, of Heretaunga.

Captain and Quartermaster Leslie Mossong, Royal New Zealand Artillery, of Takapuna.

Temporary Captain Robert Lepper, D.C.M., New Zealand Temporary Staff, of Invercargill.

Junior Commander (Mrs.) Mabel Emma Steele, N.Z.W.A.A.C., of Wellington.

Section Officer May Catherine Middleton, N.Z.W.A.A.F., of Wellington.

Warrant Officer Gilbert James McKay, R.N.Z.A.F., of Wellington.

Air Force Cross (A.F.C.)

Flight Lieutenant John Richard Wenden, R.N.Z.A.F., Papawai, Greytown.

Flight Lieutenant Basil John Townsend Heath, R.N.Z.A.F., of Auckland.

British Empire Medal (B.E.M.)

Chief Petty Officer John William Jeffcote, Royal New Zealand Navy, of Auckland.

Engine-room Artificer (First Class) Fred Broadbent, Royal New Zealand Navy, of Auckland.

Ordance Artificer (Third Class) Ernest Gard, of Auckland.

Temporary Warrant Officer (Class I) Roy Veysey, New Zealand Temporary Staff, of Nelson.

Temporary Warrant Officer (Class II) Andrew Wilfred Stewart Murray, New Zealand Regiment, of Hamilton.

Flight Sergeant Francis James Herbert Patterson, Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.

Flight Sergeant Eric William Scott, Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.

Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

Flight Lieutenant Colin Beresford Knight, D.F.M., Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Kumeu.

Flying Officer Lloyd Kenrick Burch, Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Wellington.

D. E. FOUHY, Official Secretary.