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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 30

Officers Authorized to Take and Receive Statutory Declarations

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the three-hundred-and-first section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1927, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that the persons whose names are set out in the Schedule hereto, being officers in the service of the Crown holding the offices stated opposite their names respectively in the said Schedule, are authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under the three-hundred-and-first section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1927.

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SCHEDULE

Arthur James Bannister, Relieving Postmaster,
General Post Office . . . . . . Wellington.
Frank Sampson David, Postmaster . . . . Fairlie.
David Nelson Melrose, Postmaster . . . . Miller’s Flat.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 11th day of May, 1949.

H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

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Land Resumed for Works of Public Utility at Purewa Creek, Port of Auckland, Waitemata Harbour

[L.S.] B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

IN pursuance and exercise of section one hundred and forty-one of the Harbours Act, 1923, and every other power in anywise enabling me in this behalf, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting on behalf of His Majesty the King, in respect of the Government of New Zealand, do hereby give to the Auckland Harbour Board notice that, at the expiration of a period of one month after the day on which this notice is served on the Board, I intend to enter upon and take possession of the lands vested in the Harbour Board which are described in the Schedule hereto for the construction of a public work—namely, housing—as defined in the Housing Act, 1919.

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SCHEDULE

ALL that parcel of land shown coloured yellow on the plan marked M.D. 8864, deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington, containing 16 perches, be the same a little more or less, situated in Block IX, Rangitoto Survey District, being part of the land below mean high-water mark in the Auckland Harbour, and being part of the land comprised in Certificate of Title, Register-book, Volume 55, folio 236 (Auckland Registry).

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 26th day of March, 1949.

F. HACKETT, Minister of Marine.

To the Chairman, Auckland Harbour Board, Auckland.

(H.C. 4/17/1411 and M. 4/3837.)

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Setting Apart Unalienated Crown Land for Purposes of Part III (State Coal-mines) of the Coal-mines Act, 1925

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by subsection one of section one hundred and sixty-seven of the Coal-mines Act, 1925, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the unalienated Crown land described in the Schedule hereto is hereby set apart for the purposes of Part III of the said Act; and do hereby further declare that this notice shall take effect as from the date of the gazetting hereof.

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SCHEDULE

ALL that area in the Nelson Land District, Buller County, containing by admeasurement 1 rood, more or less, being Section 274, Town of Millerton, as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked 6/4/65, deposited in the Head Office of the Mines Department at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General
this 5th day of May, 1949.

A. MCLAGAN, Minister of Mines.

(Mines 6/4/65.)

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Appointment of Cemetery Trustees, Ruapuna Public Cemetery

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by section fifty-five of the Cemeteries Act, 1908, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

The Ashburton County Council

to be trustees of the Ruapuna Public Cemetery, formerly known as the Mayfield Public Cemetery, as described in the Schedule hereto; and to have the control and management of the said cemetery.

SCHEDULE

RUAPUNA Public Cemetery, formerly known as the Mayfield Public Cemetery.

Reserves 3049 and 3069, Block XI, Shepherds Bush Survey District, Canterbury Land District: Area, 6 acres, more or less.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General
this 7th day of May, 1949.

M. B. HOWARD, Minister of Health.

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Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Resignations, Relinquishments of Commissions, and Retirements of Officers of the New Zealand Military Forces

Army Department,
Wellington, 10th May, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, transfers, resignations, relinquishments of commissions, and retirements of officers of the New Zealand Military Forces:—

COLONELS’ LIST

Regular Force—

Colonel (temp. Brigadier) R. C. Querce, C.B.E., D.S.O., to be Brigadier. Dated 1st April, 1949.

Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Colonel) G. H. Clifton, D.S.O., M.C., from the N.Z. Regiment, to be Colonel. Dated 1st April, 1949.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY

Regular Force—

The notice published in the N.Z. Gazette No. 62, dated 2nd December, 1948, relative to Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Colonel) C. S. J. Duff, D.S.O., is hereby cancelled and the following substituted: “Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Colonel) C. S. J. Duff, D.S.O., relinquishes the appointment of N.Z. Liaison Officer, Melbourne, and retains the temporary rank of Colonel. Dated 20th November, 1948.”

Territorial Force—

Lieutenant (temp. Major) J. W. Moodie, E.D., from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Major, with seniority from 4th January, 1947, is posted to the 3rd Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A., and appointed 2 i/c of the Regiment. Dated 1st December, 1948.

Lieutenant (temp. Major) H. C. Bliss, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Major, with seniority from 4th February, 1945, and is posted to the 3rd Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A. Dated 1st December, 1948.

Temp. Captain R. K. Baker, 3rd Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A., to be Captain, with seniority from 1st December, 1944. Dated 1st December, 1948.

Temp. Captain T. G. Broadway, 3rd Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A., to be Captain, with seniority from 28th January, 1945. Dated 1st December, 1948.

Captain W. A. S. Armour, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Captain, with seniority from 12th September, 1946, and is posted to the 3rd Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A. Dated 1st December, 1948.

Captain B. H. Brown, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Captain, with seniority from 14th July, 1947, and is posted to the 3rd Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A. Dated 1st December, 1948.

Lieutenant N. S. Sutherland, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 4th February, 1947, and is posted to the 3rd Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A. Dated 1st December, 1948.

Temp. Lieutenant J. A. Crawley, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 13th August, 1947, and is posted to the 3rd Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A. Dated 1st December, 1948.

Temp. Major G. L. Falck, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Major, with seniority from 16th August, 1946, and is posted to the 11th Coast Regiment, R.N.Z.A. Dated 1st December, 1948.

Temp. Captain I. D. Bell, 11th Coast Regiment, to be Captain, with seniority from 1st November, 1943. Dated 1st December, 1948.

Captain R. T. Doig, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Captain, with seniority from 12th May, 1947, and is posted to the 11th Coast Regiment, R.N.Z.A. Dated 1st December, 1948.

John Leo Gillooly, late Lieutenant, 2nd N.Z.E.F., to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 25th March, 1946, and is posted to the 11th Coast Regiment, R.N.Z.A. Dated 1st December, 1948.

Captain D. G. W. Green, from the Retired List, to be Captain, with seniority from 12th May, 1945, and is posted to the 15th Composite Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.N.Z.A. Dated 1st December, 1948.

Temp. Lieutenant I. R. Johnson, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 3rd June, 1947, and is posted to the 15th Composite Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.N.Z.A. Dated 1st December, 1948.