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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 46

Birthday Honours List

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has announced that the King has been pleased, on the occasion of the celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to confer the following honours:—

CIVIL DIVISION

Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (K.C.M.G.)—

Mr. William John Polson, of Fordell, Wanganui.

Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (D.B.E.)—

Mrs. Elizabeth May Knox Gilmer, O.B.E., of Wellington.

Knight Bachelor—

The Honourable Arthur Fair, M.C., of Auckland.

Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.)—

Mr. Ernest James Fawcett, M.C., of Wellington.

Professor Bernard Edward Murphy, of Wellington.

Mr. John Porteous Rutherford, of Wellington.

Mr. Leonard Owen Howard Tripp, O.B.E., of Wellington.

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)—

Mr. Thomas William Mark Ashby, of Auckland.

Mr. Hugh Blake Burdekin, of Levin.

Mr. Alfred Edward Caddick, of Christchurch.

Mr. William Reynolds Carey, of Christchurch.

Miss Letty Mabel Croft, of Napier.

Mr. James William Dove, of Dunedin.

Mr. Hugh Charles Jenkins, of Wanganui.

Mr. Kenneth Ewart Luke, of Wellington.

Mr. Thomas James Maling, of Christchurch.

Dr. Harry Montefiore Wilson, of Hastings.

Companion of the Imperial Service Order (I.S.O.)—

Mr. Roy Percy Angus, of Lower Hutt.

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire—

Mr. Morris John Barnett, of Christchurch.

Mr. William Bringans, of Alexandra.

Mr. Alexander Christie Cameron, M.C., of Dunedin.

Mr. John Wiltshire Card, of Featherston.

Mr. Norman Royle Chapman, of Auckland.

Mr. Herbert Peachey Desmoulins, of Dunedin.

Mrs. Agnes Marshall Ferguson, of Auckland.

Mr. Harry Cecil Alderson Fox, of Hawera.

Mr. Thomas Threader Garland, of Auckland.

Mr. John Guiniven, of Takapuna, Auckland.

Dr. Elizabeth Cathérine Gunn, of Wellington.

Miss Annie Henry, of Ohope, Whakatane.

Miss Margaret Jane McKerrow, of Hampden.

Miss Stella Murray, of London.

Mr. Alexander James Nicol, of Gisborne.

Miss Jane Trotter, of Christchurch.

Dr. Ninian George Trotter, of Riverton.

Mr. Charles Edward Wheeler, of Wellington.

Mrs. Mary Frances Wyber, of Balclutha.

MILITARY DIVISION

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)—

Commander Alexander Cochrane Swanson, V.R.D., R.N.Z.N.V.R., of Dunedin.

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Trevor Kensington, E.D., A.D.C., R.N.Z.A., of Methven.

Squadron Leader Grevis Goetz, R.N.Z.A.F., of Wellington.

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)—

Senior Commissioned Engineer Hiram William Harris, R.N.Z.N., of Auckland.

Major Jack Sloan Berry, R.N.Z.E., of Johnsonville.

Captain John Ayto, R.N.Z.C.S., of Heretaunga.

Lieutenant Ellen Marion Pysden, N.Z.W.A.C., of Waiouru.

Warrant Officer (First Class) Richard Wilson Heaps, R.N.Z.A.S.C., of Trentham.

Flight Lieutenant Gordon Alan Lee Webby, D.F.C., R.N.Z.A.F., of Ohakea.

Warrant Officer Mervyn Milton Bentley, R.N.Z.A.F., of Blenheim.

Air Force Cross (A.F.C.)—

Flight Lieutenant Donald Miles Hutton, R.N.Z.A.F., of Whenuapai, Auckland.

Royal Red Cross, Second Class (A.R.R.C.)—

Charge Sister Phyllis May Aitcheson, N.Z.A.N.S., of Dunedin

British Empire Medal (B.E.M.)—

Chief Joiner Edward Ernest Dorrell, R.N.Z.N., of Auckland.

Petty Officer Arthur George Cooper, R.N.Z.N., H.M.N.Z.S. “Bellona”.

Staff Sergeant (Temp. Warrant Officer Second Class) John Allan, N.Z. Regt., of Palmerston North.

Flight Sergeant Donald Edward Harris, R.N.Z.A.F., of Suva, Fiji.

Corporal Christopher John Lennox, R.N.Z.A.F., of Auckland.

D. E. FOUHY, Official Secretary.

Honour for Prime Minister

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has just received advice from London that The King has been pleased to appoint The Right Honourable Sidney George Holland, M.P., Prime Minister of New Zealand, to be a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour.

D. E. FOUHY, Official Secretary.

Board of Trade Notice No. 7.—Review of Import Licensing

Board of Trade,

Wellington, 8th June, 1951.

NOTICE is hereby given—

(1) That in response to Board of Trade Notices Nos. 1 and 2 the Board has received a statement of certain objections to the exemption from import licensing in respect of goods from other than scheduled countries comprised in the following items as set out in the 1951 Import Licensing Schedule, namely:—

Ex T.I. 356 (1) (c) . . Butchers’, slaughtermen’s, and skin- ing knives.

Ex T.I. 419 (2) . . Shaving brushes; paint brushes; brushes, brushware and brooms, n.e.i., including knots or tufts for brushmaking.

Ex T.I. 199 (1) . . Plastic hose.

(2) That persons, firms, or organizations considering themselves or their members likely to be materially affected by the continuance of the import licensing of these goods and desirous of lodging an objection to such continuance, must do so in writing by sending five copies of the statement of objections addressed to the undersigned so as to reach him on or before the 6th July, 1951;

(3) That each statement lodged as above should relate only to one of the above items and should state clearly but concisely the grounds of the objection to continuance; and

(4) That in the event of the Board desiring to hear oral representations in regard to the objections, notice will be given to both the objectors to the exemption from licensing and the objectors to the continuance of licensing of the time or times fixed for hearings.

R. F. WILSON, Secretary.

Board of Trade, G.P.O. Box 494, Wellington.

Officiating Ministers for 1951.—Notice No. 17

Registrar-General’s Office,

Wellington, 11th June, 1951.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following name of an officiating minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

The Presbyterian Church of New Zealand

The Reverend Frank Leslie Gardner.

P. H. WYLDE, Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1951.—Notice No. 18

Registrar-General’s Office,

Wellington, 11th June, 1951.

IT is hereby notified that the names of the undermentioned officiating ministers have been removed from the List of Officiating Ministers under the Marriage Act, by request:—

Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

The Reverend Alfred Robert Gunning

Waiheke Island Inter-denominational Church

Mr. Frank Leslie Gardner.

P. H. WYLDE, Registrar-General.

Notice of Vesting of Land in the Public Trustee Under the Public Trust Office Act, 1908 (Part II), (Unclaimed Lands)

WHEREAS I, the undersigned, the Public Trustee, have for the purposes of Part II of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, (relating to unclaimed lands), made due inquiry with respect to the lands described in the Schedule hereunder and the whereabouts of the owner thereof, and have, in respect of the said lands, given the notices prescribed by section 66 of that Act and have in all respects complied with the provisions of that Act pertinent thereto: And whereas the owner has not established his title to the said lands as required by that Act: I hereby give notice that the said lands are under and by virtue of that Act vested in the Public Trustee as aforesaid as from the date of the publication hereof, and will be administered under the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, the value of the lands for the purposes of section 67 (d) of that Act being less than five hundred pounds (£500).

SCHEDULE

ALL that parcel of land containing 1 rood 2 poles, more or less, being Section 7 of Block I of the Town of Beauly as shown on the plan endorsed on Crown Grant No. 31909, to John Patton, of Beauly, Settler, and being the whole of the land comprised in Certificate of Title, Volume 211, folio 98, of the Register Book at Dunedin.

Dated at Wellington, this 1st day of June, 1951.

H. W. S. PEARCE, Public Trustee.