Mar. 1] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 271

Varying the Determinations in Respect of Portion (£70,000) of the
Nelson Harbour Board’s Loan of £500,000

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 14th day of
February, 1951

Present:
THE HON. K. J. HOLYOAKE PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS by Order in Council made on the 26th day of July,
1950 (hereinafter called the said Order in Council), and
subject to the determinations as to borrowing and repayment therein
set out, consent was given to the raising in New Zealand by the
Nelson Harbour Board (hereinafter called the said local authority)
of the sum of seventy thousand pounds (£70,000) (hereinafter called
the said sum), being portion of a loan of five hundred thousand
pounds (£500,000) to be known as “ Nelson Harbour Board Empower-
ing Act, 1948, Loan, 1949 ” :

And whereas the authority conferred by the said Order in Council
has not yet been exercised and it is expedient to vary certain of
the determinations aforesaid in respect of the said sum :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the
Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and in pursuance
and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by
section 11 of the Local Government Loans Board Act, 1926, as
set out in section 29 of the Finance Act, 1932 (No. 2), and of all
other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby
vary the determinations aforesaid in respect of the said sum by
prescribing that in lieu of a term of thirty (30) years, as specified
in clause (1) of the said Order in Council, the term for which the
said sum or any part thereof may be raised shall not exceed
twenty-five (25) years.

T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(T. 49/556/3.)

Varying the Determinations in Respect of the Palmerston North City
Council’s Loan of £100,000

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 20th day of
February, 1951

Present:
THE HON. K. J. HOLYOAKE PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS by Order in Council made on the 23rd day of
March, 1949 (hereinafter called the said Order in Council),
and subject to the determinations as to borrowing and repayment
therein set out, consent was given to the raising in New Zealand
by the Palmerston North City Council (hereinafter called the said
local authority) of a loan of one hundred thousand pounds (£100,000)
to be known as “ Waterworks Supply Main and Filtration Plant
Loan, 1948 ” (hereinafter called the said loan) :

And whereas the said loan has not yet been raised and it is
expedient to vary certain of the determinations aforesaid in respect
of the said loan) :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the
Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and in pursuance
and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by
section 11 of the Local Government Loans Board Act, 1926, as
set out in section 29 of the Finance Act, 1932 (No. 2), and of all
other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby
vary certain of the determinations aforesaid in respect of the said
loan by prescribing as follows :—

(1) In lieu of provision being made for the repayment of the
said loan by the establishment of a sinking fund in respect thereof,
as specified in clause (3) of the said Order in Council, the said loan
or any part thereof, together with interest thereon, shall be repaid
by equal aggregate annual or half-yearly instalments extending
over the term of thirty (30) years, as specified in clause (1) of the
said Order in Council.

(2) No moneys shall be borrowed under the consent given by
the said Order in Council after the expiration of four (4) years from
the date thereof.

T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(T. 49/284/27.)

Appointment of Member of Radiological Advisory Council Under the
Radioactive Substances Act, 1949

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

PURSUANT to the Radioactive Substances Act, 1949, I, Lieutenant General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand do hereby appoint

Edmund Roy Cooper

to be a member of the Radiological Advisory Council for a period
of five years from the 1st day of March, 1951, in place of Charles
Machell Norman Watson-Munro.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 21st day of February, 1951.

JACK T. WATTS, Minister of Health.

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

Army Department,
Wellington, 26th February, 1951.

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

COLONEL’S LIST

Regular Force—

The seniority of Colonel J. I. Brooke, O.B.E., is antedated to
1st October, 1949.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY

Regular Force—

Captain F. F. Whiting, from the 9th Coast Regiment, R.N.Z.A.
(Territorial Force), is granted a short-service commission for a
period of three years as from 3rd January, 1951, in the rank of
Captain and is posted for duty to the 9th Coast Regiment, R.N.Z.A.
Dated 3rd January, 1951.

Territorial Force—

Lieutenant N. Paterson, 4th Medium Regiment, R.N.Z.A., is
posted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain. Dated 11th
January, 1951.

Lieutenant W. L. Collins, 15th Composite Anti-aircraft
Regiment, R.N.Z.A., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers,
General List, The Royal N.Z. Artillery, with the rank of Lieutenant,
with seniority from 22nd June, 1948. Dated 28th January, 1951.

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant J. A. Riddell, late 22nd Anti-tank
Battery, resigns his commission. Dated 31st January, 1951.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS

Territorial Force—

Temp. Captain J. Hutchinson, 2nd Armoured Regiment,
R.N.Z.A.C., is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain.
Dated 31st January, 1951.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ENGINEERS

Territorial Force—

Leonard Sidney Donnelley, late Flight Lieutenant, R.N.Z.A.F.,
to be Captain, and is appointed Adjutant, 1st Field Engineer
Regiment, R.N.Z.E. Dated 8th September, 1950.

THE ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY CORPS

Regular Force—

N.Z. Regiment—

Captain H. Thompson, A.C.P.(Lond.), is posted to the Retired
List. Dated 15th February, 1951.

George Beaton to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster (on prob.)
and is appointed Assistant Quartermaster, Papakura Camp. Dated
12th February, 1951.

Territorial Force—

The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own)—

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 6, dated
8th February, 1951, relative to Temp. Lieutenant N. H. Thornton,
is hereby cancelled and the following substituted :—

“ Temp. Lieutenant N. H. Thornton is posted to the 1st
Battalion, with the rank of Lieutenant, with seniority from 21st
February, 1946, and remains seconded for duty to the Otahuhu
College Cadets. Dated 11th January, 1951.”

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant C. F. Smith, 1st Battalion, is transferred
to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Infantry
Corps, with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority from 21st
July, 1943. Dated 16th January, 1951.

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant R. L. G. Rogers, 1st Battalion, is posted
to the Retired List with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 16th
January, 1951.

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant J. T. Blackie, 1st Battalion, is posted to
the Retired List with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 18th
January, 1951.

The Hauraki Regiment—

Captain E. F. T. Beer, 1st Battalion, to be Temp. Major. Dated
14th December, 1950.

The Hawke’s Bay Regiment—

2nd Lieutenant W. T. Keelan, from the Reserve of Officers,
Regimental List, The Hawke’s Bay Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant,
with seniority from 28th January, 1946, and is posted to the 1st
Battalion. Dated 29th June, 1950.

The Canterbury Regiment—

2nd Lieutenant E. H. Blair to be Lieutenant, with seniority
from 1st May, 1945, and remains seconded to the St. Andrews’
College Cadets. Dated 6th February, 1951.

The Otago and Southland Regiment—

Norman Hastings Jones to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) and is
seconded to the Mosgiel District High School Cadets. Dated 1st
February, 1951.