Nov. 3] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2531

Appointments in the Royal New Zealand Navy

Navy Office,
Wellington, 26th October, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointments in the Royal New Zealand Navy:

Commander John Michael Sharpey-Schafer, R.N., lent Royal New Zealand Navy and appointed H.M.N.Z.S. “Maori” (H. Charge) additional, to date 12th August, 1949. Appointed H.M.N.Z.S. “Lachlan” (H. Charge) in Command, and as Staff Adviser on Hydrography to the New Zealand Naval Board (both dates to be reported).

Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey Penrose Dickinson Hall, D.S.C., R.N., lent Royal New Zealand Navy and appointed H.M.N.Z.S. “Maori” (H. 1st Class) additional, to date 20th August, 1949. Appointed H.M.N.Z.S. “Lachlan” (H. 1st Class) (date to be reported).

Lieutenant-Commander Christopher Baldwin Hughes Wake-Walker, R.N., placed on one year's exchange service with the Royal New Zealand Navy, vice Thorne and re-appointed, to date 10th June, 1949.

Lieutenant John Ernle Washbourn, promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander and re-appointed, to date 16th August, 1949.

Lieutenant (L) Frederick Hardman, promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander (L) and re-appointed, to date 17th August, 1949.

Probationary Surgeon-Lieutenant Desmond Alexander Purdie, M.B., Ch.B., confirmed in rank, with original seniority of 7th June, 1946.

Midshipman (S) Christopher Richard Vennell, promoted to the rank of Acting Sub-Lieutenant (S), with seniority of 1st September, 1949.

Midshipman (S) John Hugh Newcome Waymouth, promoted to the rank of Acting Sub-Lieutenant (S), with seniority of 1st September, 1949.

Mr. Morris Aaron Lawson, Commissioned Writer Officer, promoted to the rank of Senior Commissioned Writer Officer, to date 1st October, 1949, and re-appointed.

ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVAL RESERVE

Mr. Montague Bate, entered in the rank of Probationary Sub-Lieutenant, with seniority of 24th August, 1949, and appointed H.M.N.Z.S. “Philomel” additional for training, to date 24th August, 1949.

ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE

Probationary Surgeon-Lieutenant Cornelius William Whetter, M.B., Ch.B., confirmed in the rank of Surgeon-Lieutenant with original seniority of 5th August, 1948.

Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant John Rannie Ward (Discharged), entered in the Canterbury Division in the rank of Sub-Lieutenant, with seniority of 14th September, 1946, to date 1st September, 1949.

WOMEN'S ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVAL SERVICE

Third Officer Mary Vernon Morten (Discharged), re-entered in the rank of 3rd Officer with seniority of 11th October, 1948, and appointed H.M.N.Z.S. “Philomel,” to date 3rd October, 1949.

CORRIGENDUM

New Zealand Gazette 15th August, 1949, page 1758:

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant John Elderson Millar, the date “9th December, 1946,” should read, “9th December, 1947.”

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Directors of the Wanganui Milk Treatment Corporation Appointed

Office of Minister of Marketing,
Wellington, 31st October, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of subclause (2) of Regulation 3 of the Wanganui Milk Treatment Regulations 1946, to appoint—

(a) As the representative of the Government—

William James Rogers;

(b) As the representative of the consumers—

Thomas Norman Dickson, and
William Stanley Norman Rennie ;

(c) As representatives of the producers—

John Parkinson Wells, and
Robert Rowan ;

(d) As the representative of the vendors of milk—

Donald Ross Robbins ;

(e) As the representative of producer-vendors of milk—

John Henry Somerville McKee,

to be directors of the Wanganui Milk Treatment Corporation established by the said regulations for a term of three years commencing on the 1st day of November, 1949.

EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Marketing.

Stipendiary Magistrates Appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th October, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint William Stanley Spence, Esquire, of Auckland, and Michael Bernard Scully, Esquire, of Westport, to be Stipendiary Magistrates to exercise criminal and civil jurisdiction within New Zealand.

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

Registrars of Marriages, &c., Appointed

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 31st October, 1949.

IT is hereby notified that the following appointments have been made:

John William Germain

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Springburn, on and from the 18th day of October, 1949.

Bruce Arthur Kinvig

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Te Araroa, on and from the 11th day of October, 1949.

Allan David Martyn

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Amuri at Hanmer Springs, on and from the 13th day of October, 1949.

John Mervyn Keilar

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Halcombe, on and from the 19th day of October, 1949.

Leonard Stephen Duffy

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Castlepoint, on and from the 3rd day of October, 1949.

Mervyn Aubrey Curry

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Waimate, on and from the 3rd day of October, 1949.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

Notice of Intention to Take Land for Road in Block XII, Puketapu Survey District, Hawke’s Bay County

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1928, to take the land described in the Schedule hereto for road: And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Eskdale and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land required to be taken:—

A. R. P. Being
0 0 24 Part Block 3, Eskdale Crown Grant District.
0 0 0·9 Part Block 3, Eskdale Crown Grant District.

Situat ed in Block XII, Puketapu Survey District (Hawke’s Bay R.D.). (S.O. 2360.)

In the Hawke’s Bay Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 130009, deposited in the office of the Minister of Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured sepia.

As witness my hand at Wellington, this 2nd day of November, 1949.

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Works.

(P.W. 70/5/22/0.)

Administration of Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, in Springs County. (Notice No. Ag. 4790)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 21st October, 1949.

THE following resolution, passed by the Springs County Council on the 13th day of October, 1949, is published in accordance with the provisions of section 7 (2) of the Noxious Weeds Amendment Act, 1934.

RESOLUTION

“THAT the Springs County Council assume responsibility for the administration of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, within the County as from the 17th day of November, 1949.”

EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 70/3/189.)