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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No: 6

Land temporarily reserved in the Canterbury 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:

And whereas by the seventy-first section of the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, it is further provided that the Governor-General may from time to time, as he thinks fit, set aside reserves for any specified public purpose out of lands acquired under the last-mentioned Act, provided that no land so acquired shall be set aside for endowments:

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 Acts, do hereby temporarily reserve the land in the Canterbury Land District, described in the Schedule hereunder written, for recreation purposes.

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SCHEDULE

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT

RESERVE 4501 (formerly part of Section 8, Mead Settlement), Block IX, Selwyn Survey District: Area, 2 acres, more or less.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 3rd day of February, 1948.

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 1/1203.)

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Appointment of Director of Linen Flax Corporation of New Zealand

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Linen Flax Corporation Act, 1945, I, Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

Edwin Alexander Cameron

to be a Director of the Linen Flax Corporation of New Zealand, being a member of the New Zealand Workers’ Union, for a term expiring on the eighth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, in lieu of Frederick James Burnell, resigned.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 30th day of January, 1948.

A. H. NORDMEYER,
Minister of Industries and Commerce.

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

Army Department,
Wellington, 3rd February, 1948.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments of officers of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Japan Section):

APPOINTMENTS (TEMPORARY)

The undermentioned officers are reposted to the 2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force:—

Captain W. P. Morgan, M.B.E. Dated 22nd November, 1947.
Lieutenant P. K. Rhind. Dated 15th December, 1947.

The undermentioned officers are seconded to the 2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force:—

Temp. Major J. K. L. Fanthorpe. Dated 7th December, 1947.
Captain D. McCurrie. Dated 15th December, 1947.
Temp. Captain W. V. Pritchard. Dated 28th December, 1947.

Lieutenants—
G. N. McL. Boswell. J. M. Ross.
J. Harvey. C. L. Sanderson.
J. Brown. G. R. Tomline.
N. E. McLeod.

Dated 7th January, 1948.

Temp. Lieutenant R. W. Vette. Dated 24th November, 1947.

APPOINTMENT TO COMMISSION

The undermentioned to be temp. Lieutenant:—

652451 Robert John Cuthill. Dated 17th December, 1947.

APPOINTMENTS (SUBSTANTIVE)

The undermentioned temporary appointments are confirmed:—

Force Headquarters—Reinforcements

Temp. Major J. K. L. Fanthorpe.
Captain W. P. Morgan, M.B.E.
Lieutenant R. J. Cuthill.

Dated 22nd January, 1948.

The Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps—Reinforcements

Captain D. McCurrie.

Lieutenants—
P. K. Rhind. G. R. Tomline.
Dated 22nd January, 1948.

G. N. McL. Boswell. N. E. McLeod.
J. Brown. J. M. Ross.
Dated 26th January, 1948.

The Royal N.Z. Army Service Corps—Reinforcements

Lieutenant R. W. Vette. Dated 11th December, 1947.

The Royal N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps—Reinforcements

Lieutenants—
J. Harvey. C. L. Sanderson.
Dated 22nd January, 1948.

The Royal N.Z. Electrical and Mechanical Engineers—Reinforcements

Captain W. V. Pritchard. Dated 22nd January, 1948.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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Appointments and Retirements of Officers of the New Zealand Military Forces

Army Department,
Wellington, 30th January, 1948.

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

REGULAR FORCE

N.Z. REGIMENT

Stuart Leigh Hatch is granted a short-service commission for a period of three years as from 19th January, 1948, in the rank of Captain, with seniority from 19th January, 1948, and is appointed Assistant Director, Army Education and Welfare Services, Headquarters, Southern Military District, Christchurch. Dated 19th January, 1948.

TERRITORIAL FORCE

THE ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY CORPS

The Hauraki Regiment

Henry George Sparks to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.), and is seconded to the Te Aroha District High School Cadets, Area 2. Dated 1st December, 1947.

The Wellington West Coast Regiment

Major D. N. Ferguson, from the Retired List, to be temp. Major, with seniority from 3rd August, 1944, and is seconded to the Feilding Agricultural High School Cadets, Area 6. Dated 10th October, 1947.

The Taranaki Regiment

Lionel Conrad Meiklejohn (late Pilot Officer, R.N.Z.A.F.) to be temp. Lieutenant, and is seconded to the Waitara District High School Cadets, Area 8. Dated 1st February, 1948.

The Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps

Temp. Lieutenant O. A. Langtry, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be temp. Lieutenant, with seniority from 13th July, 1947, and is appointed Dispenser, Trentham Military Camp, on a part-time basis. Dated 10th January, 1948.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS

The undermentioned officers are posted to the Retired List:—

Major A. W. Johnson, M.C.
Major D. B. Shand, M.B.E., V.D.
Major A. C. Finlayson.
Major W. R. Christie.
Major A. C. Hinman.
Major R. F. Mitchell, M.C., V.D.
Major and Quartermaster R. E. B. Hopkirk, E.D.
Captain T. F. Christian, E.D.
Captain S. H. Lodge.
Captain W. G. Lyons, M.C., with the rank of Major.
Captain A. G. Quartley, M.B.E.
Lieutenant J. Fleming.
Lieutenant A. G. Macdonald.
2nd Lieutenant R. Ward.

Dated 21st January, 1948.

Colonel (temp. Major-General) W. H. Cunningham, C.B.E., D.S.O., V.D., with the rank of Major-General.
Colonel S. C. P. Nicholls, C.B.E., D.S.O.
Colonel H. C. Hurst, C.B.E., D.S.O., V.D.
Colonel G. R. Mitchell, D.S.O., V.D.
Lieutenant-Colonel W. R. Lang, M.C., V.D.
Lieutenant-Colonel W. McK. Geddes, M.C.
Lieutenant-Colonel W. F. Stilwell, M.C., V.D.
Lieutenant-Colonel K. B. Tennent, M.M.
Lieutenant-Colonel J. C. E. Wyatt, E.D.
Lieutenant-Colonel J. E. Barton.
Major L. R. C. Macfarlane, M.C., V.D., with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
Major V. P. Haughton, V.D.
Major C. H. Sykes.
Major H. N. Webster.
Major H. S. N. Robinson.