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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 45

Lands Reserved in the Otago Land District

FREYBERG, Governor-General

WHEREAS by section 167 of the Land Act 1948, it is enacted that the Governor-General may from time to time set apart as a reserve, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral lease or pastoral occupation licence, any Crown land for any purpose which, in his opinion, is desirable in the public interest, and notice thereof shall be published in the New Zealand Gazette :

Now, therefore, pursuant to section 167 of the said Act, I, Bernard Cyril, Baron Freyberg, the Governor-General of New Zealand, hereby reserve, subject to the reservations and conditions imposed by section 59 of the Land Act 1948, the lands in the Otago Land District described in the Schedule hereunder written, for the purposes specified at the end of the respective descriptions of the lands so intended to be reserved.

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SCHEDULE

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT

SECTION 8 (formerly part of Sections 4 and 6), Block X, Tiger Hill Survey District: Area, 2 roods 33 perches, more or less. (S.O. plan 11511.) (Site for a public hall.)

Section 9 (formerly part of Sections 3, 4, and 6), Block X, Tiger Hill Survey District: Area, 10 acres 1 rood 21 perches, more or less. (S.O. plan 11511.) (Site for racemen’s cottages.)

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 1st day of July 1952.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 22/3630/102 ; D.O. 8/1/67)

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Appointing an Acting Member of the Main Highways Board

FREYBERG, Governor-General

PURSUANT to subsection (5) of section 5 of the Main Highways Act 1922, I, Bernard Cyril, Baron Freyberg, the Governor-General of New Zealand, hereby appoint

James Leslie Burnett, Esquire, of Waimana,

Farmer, to be an acting member of the Main Highways Board to act during the absence from New Zealand of William George Belton, Waverley, Farmer, who was appointed in terms of subsection (3) clause (c), of the said section 5, to be a member of the said Board by Warrant dated the 2nd day of August 1948, and gazetted on the 5th day of the same month at page 981.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 1st day of July 1952.

W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Works.

(P.W. 62/25)

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Extending the Time Within Which the Royal Commission on 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 of date 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 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 divers further Warrants the latest of which is dated the 9th day of April 1952 the time within which you were so required to report was extended until the 30th day of June 1952 :

And whereas no report was furnished within the time specified in Our said Warrant dated the 9th day of April 1952 :

And whereas it is expedient that the Commission should continue in force with an extension of time for reporting your opinion as to the matters thereby referred to you :

Now, therefore, We do hereby re-appoint you the said Sir Robert Kennedy, Thomas Bloodworth, and James Savers to be a Commission for the purposes set out in the said Warrant of date the 9th day of April 1952 with the powers and authorities and subject to the directions set out in the said Warrant save as modified by these presents :

And We do hereby re-appoint you the said Sir Robert Kennedy to be the Chairman of the said Commission :

And using all diligence you are required to report to His Excellency the Governor-General in writing under your hands not later than the 31st day of July 1952 your findings and opinions on the matters set out in the said Warrant together with such recommendations as you think fit to make in respect thereof :

And We do hereby confirm, republish, and re-enact the said Warrant and reconstitute the Commission thereby constituted subject only to the modifications appearing in and 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 second day of July 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.

FREYBERG, Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command—

W. SULLIVAN,
Minister of Labour.

Approved in Council—

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

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Appointments in the Royal New Zealand Navy

Navy Office,
Wellington 26 June 1952.

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

Commander Colin Courtenay Lowry, R.N., lent to the Royal New Zealand Navy for three years Loan Service and as “H” Charge, to date 14 April 1952, and appointed H.M.N.Z.S. Philomel, additional, for passage, to date 18 April 1952.

Lieutenant Lionel Ernest Hodge, R.N., entered in the Royal New Zealand Navy in the rank of Lieutenant with seniority of 24 April 1946, and re-appointed, to date 1 May 1952.

Surgeon Lieutenant Lawrence Gowan Young, M.B., Ch.B., transferred to the Permanent List in the rank of Surgeon Lieutenant with seniority of 16 February 1947, re-appointed, to date 16 February 1952, and appointed H.M.N.Z.S. Philomel, additional, to date 26 May 1952.

Lieutenant (E) Leslie Samuel George Martin, M.B.E., R.N.Z.N., (Retired), recalled to the Active List for approximately six months duty and appointed H.M.N.Z.S. Philomel, additional, for duty with Minesweeping Vessels in Reserve, to date 9 April 1952.

Midshipman (E) John Burton, promoted to the rank of Acting Sub-Lieutenant (E), to date 1 May 1952, and re-appointed.

Cadets John O’Hara Tobin and Alexander Craig Coutts, promoted to the rank of Midshipman, to date 1 May 1952.

Senior Commissioned Gunner Arthur Beevor Wilkinson, promoted to the rank of Lieutenant and re-appointed 1 April 1952.

Commissioned Communications Officer Stanley Charles Keeley, promoted to the rank of Senior Commissioned Communications Officer, to date 1 April 1952.

Senior Commissioned Writer Officer John Norman Richards, M.B.E., promoted to the rank of Lieutenant (S) and re-appointed, to date 1 April 1952.

Commissioned Cookery Officer Joseph Henry Dobbyn, promoted to the rank of Senior Commissioned Cookery Officer, to date 1 April 1952.

Acting Commissioned Electrical Officer (R) David Trevor Ingram, confirmed in rank, to date 5 March 1952, with original seniority of 5 March 1951.

Temporary Commissioned Mechanician Joseph Kendal Croft, B.E.M., granted an extension of Short-service Commission of three years from 15 October 1952.

Chief Engine Room Artificer Percival Roland Honton, N.Z. 11194, promoted to the rank of Acting Commissioned Engineer, and appointed H.M.N.Z.S. Philomel, additional, for H.M.N.Z. Dockyard, to date 1 April 1952.

ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVAL RESERVE

Commander Cecil Rivers Carlyon, R.D., placed on the Retired List of Officers, to date 31 December 1951.

Lieutenant-Commander Robert Inglis Floris, R.D., placed on the Retired List of Officers, to date 31 December 1951.

Lieutenant-Commander John Leslie Watson, R.D., placed on the Retired List of Officers, to date 31 December 1951.

ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE

Commander Daniel Patrick Joseph Enright, M.V.O., D.S.O., R.N. (Retired), entered as Temporary Lieutenant-Commander (Sp), with seniority of 21 February 1949, and appointed for duty outside Navy Office, Wellington, with Sea Cadet Corps, and in Command of New Zealand Contingent of Sea Cadets to attend the Empire Sea Cadet Camp in United Kingdom, to date 22 April 1952. (Not to be borne on ship’s books.)

Lieutenant-Commander Alan Douglas Tweedie, M.A., F.R.G.S., Otago Division, commission terminated (at own request), to date 1 May 1952.

Surgeon Lieutenant Cornelius William Whetter, M.B., Ch.B., Canterbury Division, promoted to Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander, to date 14 February 1952.

Surgeon Lieutenant Harman Gilbert Smith, M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.S., Auckland Division, promoted to Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander, to date 21 March 1952, with seniority of 15 January 1951.