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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 29

Officer Authorized to Take and Receive Statutory Declarations

FREYBERG, Governor-General

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by section 301 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1927, I, Bernard Cyril, Baron Freyberg, the Governor-General of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that Francis Anthony Wooller, being an officer in the service of the Crown holding the office of Resident Officer, State Advances Corporation, at Blenheim, is authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under section 301 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1927.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 8th day of April 1952.

T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.

Officer Authorized to Take and Receive Statutory Declarations

FREYBERG, Governor-General

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by section 301 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1927, I, Bernard Cyril, Baron Freyberg, the Governor-General of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that Francis James Malley, being an officer in the service of the Crown holding the office of Clerk, District Office, Rehabilitation Department, at Wellington, is authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under section 301 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1927.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 8th day of April 1952.

T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.

Vesting the Control of Scenic Reserves in the Whangarei Borough Council

FREYBERG, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Scenery Preservation Act 1908 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), His Excellency the Governor-General hereby vests the control of the scenic reserves described in the Schedule hereto (being lands reserved under the said Act) in the Whangarei Borough Council, subject to the conditions hereinafter contained, that is to say:—

1. The period for which the control of the reserves is hereby vested shall be ten years from the date hereof, unless the reservation is previously altered or revoked under the said Act.

2. The said Council shall prepare a report each year ending on the 31st day of March, together with a statement of receipts and expenditure in connection with the said reserves. Such report and statement shall be sent to the Minister charged with the administration of the said Act as soon as possible after the close of the year.

3. The said Council shall control the said reserves in accordance with the provisions of the said Act and of the regulations made thereunder.

SCHEDULE

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

ALL those areas containing by admeasurement 1 acre 1 rood 2·7 perches, 2 acres 2 roods 9·4 perches, and 3 acres 1 rood 1·2 perches, being Lots 1, 2, and 3 respectively as shown on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Auckland under No. 27927 and being parts Allotment 1, Whangarei Parish.

Also all that area containing by admeasurement 11 acres 2 roods 28 perches, more or less, being part Allotment 1, Whangarei Parish, and being all the land as shown on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Auckland under No. 27619.

As the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 4/830A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 9th day of April 1952.

E. B. CORBETT,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

(L. and S. H.O. 4/830 ; D.O. 13/104)

Extending the Period Within Which the Royal Commission of the Waterfront Industry Shall Report

ELIZABETH THE SECOND by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Queen, Defender of the Faith.

To Our Trusty and Well-beloved SIR ROBERT KENNEDY, of Dunedin, lately a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, THOMAS BLOODWORTH, of Auckland, lately a Member of the Legislative Council, and JAMES SAVERS, of Wellington, Retired General Manager of Railways :

GREETING :

WHEREAS by Our Warrant dated the 21st day of September 1950, issued under the authority of the Letters Patent of His late Majesty dated the 11th day of May 1917, and under the authority of the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908, and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, you were appointed to be a Commission to inquire into and report upon the matters in Our said Warrant set out :

And whereas by Our said Warrant you were required to report not later than the 31st day of March 1951 your findings and opinions on the matters referred to you and your recommendations thereon :

And whereas by Our further Warrant dated the 28th day of March 1951 the time within which you were so required to report was extended until the 30th day of September 1951 :

And whereas by Our further Warrant dated the 19th day of September 1951 the time within which you were so required to report was extended until the 31st day of March 1952.

And whereas it is expedient that the time for so reporting should be extended as hereinafter provided :

Now, therefore, we do hereby extend until the 30th day of June 1952 the time within which you are so required to report :

And we do hereby confirm the said Warrant and the Commission thereby constituted save as modified by these presents.

In witness whereof we have caused these presents to be issued and the Seal of New Zealand to be hereunto affixed at Wellington, this 9th day of April in the year of Our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-two, and in the first year of Our Reign.

Witness Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Bernard Cyril, Baron Freyberg, on whom has been conferred the Victoria Cross, Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of Our Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Knight Commander of our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Companion of Our Distinguished Service Order, Lieutenant-General in Our Army, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over New Zealand and its Dependencies, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand.

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

By His Excellency’s Command—
W. SULLIVAN, Minister of Labour.

Approved in Council—
T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, and Retirements of Officers of the New Zealand Army

Army Department,
Wellington, 10 April 1952.

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

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY

Territorial Force—

1st Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A.—

Lieutenant G. R. Brabant to be temp. Captain. Dated 23 January 1952.

15 Composite Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.N.Z.A.—

Major T. M. V. Bain, M.C., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 15th Composite Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.N.Z.A., with the rank of Major, with seniority from 1 March 1950. Dated 22 March 1952.

Captain B. F. Betts to be Major. Dated 23 March 1952.

THE ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY CORPS

Regular Force—

N.Z. Regiment—

2nd Lieutenant George Moore Lloyd Whyte, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, is granted a short-service commission for a period of three years as from 17 March 1952, in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant, and is seconded to the Fiji Military Forces. Dated 17 March 1952.

Territorial Force—

The Northland Regiment—

Major A. D. W. Woolcott, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, The Northland Regiment, with the rank of Major, with seniority from 8 September 1946. Dated 26 February 1952.

Major I. McD. Matheson, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, The Northland Regiment, with the rank of Major, with seniority from 1 April 1950. Dated 20 March 1952.

Captain S. E. Weston, 1st Battalion, to be temp. Major. Dated 26 February 1952.

Captain C. M. S. Geard, 1st Battalion, to be temp. Major. Dated 20 March 1952.

Lieutenant P. Skelly, 1st Battalion, to be temp. Captain. Dated 20 March 1952.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS

Regular Force—

The appointment of Captain (on prob.) V. R. Bonner is confirmed.

Territorial Force—

4th Company, R.N.Z.A.S.C.—

Captain M. J. Mason, M.C., from the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, The Royal N.Z. Army Service Corps, to be Captain, with seniority from 23 November 1944. Dated 28 February 1952.