Mar. 10] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 703

Authorizing Erection of a Public Hall on Newman Domain, Wellington Land District

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by subsection one (d) of section fifty-two of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby authorize the Newman Domain Board to erect a public hall on that portion of the Newman Domain under its control described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—PORTION OF NEWMAN DOMAIN
ALL that area containing by admeasurement 2 roods, more or less, being part of Section 69, Town of Newman, being the whole of the land comprised and described in Certificate of Title, Volume 58, folio 271 (Wellington Registry).

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 2nd day of March, 1949.

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. H.O. 1/270; D.O. 8/510.)

Land Set Apart in the Otago Land District as a Site for a Public School

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

WHEREAS by section thirty-three of the Education Reserves Act, 1928, it is enacted that the Governor-General may, on the recommendation of the Land Board of the district in which are situated any reserves or endowments vested in the Crown by or in pursuance of section two of the Education Reserves Amendment Act, 1910, or of section twenty-two of the first-mentioned Act, set apart as sites for public schools, secondary schools, or technical schools any part of such reserves or endowments:

And whereas the Land Board of the Otago Land District has duly passed a resolution recommending that the land described in the Schedule hereto should be set apart as a site for a public school, and it is expedient to give effect to such recommendation:

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 conferred by the Acts aforesaid, do hereby set apart the land described in the Schedule hereto as a site for a public school.

SCHEDULE

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT
SECTION 120, Block III, Shotover Survey District: Area, 7 acres 1 rood 9 perches, more or less.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 8th day of March, 1949.

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. H.O. 6/6/903; D.O. 8/1/64.)

Declaring Crown Land in the Wellington Land District to be Subject to the Land for Settlements Act, 1925

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto (hereinafter referred to as the said land) is Crown land not acquired under the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, but is adjacent to certain land acquired under the said Act, and known as the Kopane Settlement and can conveniently be disposed of therewith:

Now, therefore, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section one hundred and five of the said Act, and on the recommendation of the Land Settlement Board, and after considering the report of the Wellington District Land Board, do hereby declare the said land to be subject to the said Act, to the intent that it shall hereupon be deemed to be portion of the said Kopane Settlement and may be disposed of accordingly.

SCHEDULE

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT
ALL that area containing 33 acres 1 rood 38 perches, being Lot 8, D.P. 5846, and being portion of Rural Section 384, Township of Carnarvon.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 3rd day of March, 1949.

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 21/149/3382.)

Appointments, Relinquishments, and the Extension of the Date of Retirement of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,
Wellington, 1st March, 1949.

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

REGULAR AIR FORCE
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Extension of the Date of Retirement

70001 Air Commodore (temp.) Maurice William BUCKLEY, C.B.E., is granted an extension of his commission beyond the compulsory retiring age limit, for a period of one year as from the 3rd August, 1948.

TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Appointments

As Pilots—

130089 Lance Raymond CORICH is granted a commission for a period of five years in the temporary rank of Flying Officer, with seniority as from 13th February, 1945. Dated 1st December, 1948.
130092 Maurice Raymond BLANK, D.F.C., is granted a commission for a period of four years in the temporary rank of Flying Officer, with seniority as from 12th July, 1944. Dated 1st December, 1948.

The undermentioned officers on relinquishing their commissions in the Reserve of Air Force Officers, are granted commissions for a period of four years in the temporary rank of Flying Officer, with seniority as stated:—

As Pilots—

With seniority as from 11th January, 1943—
130088 Raymond Jack Nelson ARCHIBALD, D.F.C.
With seniority as from 16th October, 1944—
130107 Eric Steele DOHERTY, D.F.M.
With seniority as from 21st November, 1944—
130091 Brian Anderson MURRAY, D.F.C.
With seniority as from 22nd March, 1945—
130090 Peter Travis NORMAN.

Dated 1st December, 1948.

As Navigators—

With seniority as from 16th December, 1944—
130094 Walter Douglas WILLIAMSON.
With seniority as from 12th March, 1945—
130095 William Henry BURNELL.

Dated 1st December, 1948.

The undermentioned officers on relinquishing their commissions in the Reserve of Air Force Officers are granted commissions for a period of three years in the rank and seniority stated:—

As Pilots—

With seniority as from 1st September, 1940—
130083 Squadron Leader (temp.) James Richard MALING, A.F.C.
With seniority as from 1st March, 1942—
130101 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Matthew Garry BARNETT, D.F.C.
With seniority as from 12th May, 1943—
130086 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Richard Stansfield Derek KEARNS, D.S.O., D.F.C., D.F.M.
With seniority as from 1st July, 1943—
130103 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Mervyn Charles Pryce JONES.
With seniority as from 13th November, 1944—
130084 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Stanley Franklin BROWNE, D.F.C.

Dated 1st December, 1948.

As Navigator—

With seniority as from 1st May, 1944—
130104 Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Ralph Harvey CHAPLIN.

Dated 1st December, 1948.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
Relinquishments

The undermentioned officers relinquish their commissions—
2459 Wing Commander James Richard MALING, A.F.C.
391338 Squadron Leader Matthew Garry BARNETT, D.F.C.
402873 Squadron Leader Mervyn Charles Pryce JONES.
405572 Squadron Leader Richard Stansfield Derek KEARNS, D.S.O., D.F.C., D.F.M.
402165 Flight Lieutenant Ralph Harvey CHAPLIN.
416435 Flight Lieutenant Raymond Jack Nelson ARCHIBALD, D.F.C.
411853 Flight Lieutenant Stanley Franklin BROWNE, D.F.C.
415296 Flying Officer Eric Steele DOHERTY, D.F.M.
425927 Flying Officer Brian Anderson MURRAY, D.F.C.
432750 Flying Officer Walter Douglas WILLIAMSON.
416452 Flying Officer William Henry BURNELL.
432833 Flying Officer Peter Travis NORMAN.

Dated 1st December, 1948.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.