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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 18

The Coinage Proclamation 1953

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[L.S.] C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

A PROCLAMATION

PURSUANT to the Coinage Act 1933, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, the Governor-General of New Zealand, hereby proclaim as follows:—

1. This Proclamation may be cited as the Coinage Proclamation 1953.

2. There may be made and issued cupro-nickel coins of the denomination of a crown.

3. Every crown shall have for the obverse impression the uncrowned effigy of Her Majesty the Queen with the legend “Queen Elizabeth the Second”, and for the reverse impression the characters “EII R” surmounted by a crown with a representation of Maori carving below, all between four five-pointed stars representing the constellation of the Southern Cross and surrounded by the legend “New Zealand Crown” and the date of the year.

4. The crown shall be circular with a graining upon the edge, and shall have a diameter of 1·525 in.

5. The weight and composition of the crown and the amount of the remedy to be allowed in the making thereof shall be as specified in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE

NEW ZEALAND CUPRO-NICKEL CROWN

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, and issued under the Seal of New Zealand, this 25th day of March 1953.

S. G. HOLLAND, Minister of Finance.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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Declaring Blocks IX, XIII, and XIV, Rotoiti Survey District, to be a Sanctuary Under the Animals Protection and Game Act 1921–22 (Rotorua Acclimatization District)

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C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section 6 of the Animals Protection and Game Act 1921–22, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, the Governor-General of New Zealand, hereby declare the area described in the Schedule hereto to be a Sanctuary under the above act.

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SCHEDULE

All that area in the Rotorua County situated in Blocks IX, XIII, and XIV, Rotoiti Survey District containing by admeasurement 334 acres, more or less, being Mokoia Island in Lake Rotorua. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan numbered I.A. 52/241, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Internal Affairs at Wellington, and thereon edged red. (M.L. 10120.)

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 27th day of March 1953.

W. A. BODKIN, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 52/241)

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Appointment in the Royal New Zealand Navy

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

Mr. John Malfroy Stavely, M.B., Ch.B. (N.Z.), M.R.C.P. to be Honorary Consulting Haematologist to the Royal New Zealand Navy at Auckland, to date 26 February 1953.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of March 1953.

T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

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

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

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY

Regular Force

Lieutenant (Acting unpaid Captain) M. J. Black to be Captain. Dated 2 December 1952.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.):—

920766 Gunner (temp. Lance-Bombadier) Francis John Evans.

688381 Gunner (temp. Lance-Bombadier) Clyde Cyril Stewart.

Dated 1 March 1953.

Territorial Force

6th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.N.Z.A.

The notice published in the N.Z. Gazette No. 8, dated 12 February 1953, relative to the transfer of Captain (temp. Major) J. F. Solomon to the Reserve of Officers, is hereby cancelled and the following substituted:—

“Captain (temp. Major) J. F. Solomon is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 3rd Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A., with his present rank and seniority. Dated 1 November 1952.”

13th Composite Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.N.Z.A.

Captain E. Worthington is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 13th Composite Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.N.Z.A., with the rank of Captain, with seniority from 1 April 1951. Dated 31 January 1953.

14th Composite Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.N.Z.A.

2nd Lieutenant P. J. O’Dea, from the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Artillery, to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority from 26 September 1951. Dated 15 November 1952.

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

Leonard Brian Hogue to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 6 December 1952.

John Harold Kirby to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 7 December 1952.

John Stanley Nicholson to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 8 December 1952.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS

Territorial Force

1st Armoured Car Regiment (New Zealand Scottish), R.N.Z.A.C.

Robert William Lee to be Hon. Lieutenant (Bandmaster) with seniority from 1 June 1950. Dated 1 August 1952.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ENGINEERS

Regular Force

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on prob.):—

921408 Sapper (temp. Lance-Corporal) John Thomas Blythe.

688314 Sapper Kenneth Brian Stockman.

Dated 1 March 1953.

Territorial Force

1st Field Engineer Regiment, R.N.Z.E.

2nd Lieutenant J. H. B. Fisher to be Lieutenant. Dated 3 February 1953.

THE ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY CORPS

Regular Force

N.Z. Regiment

Captain (temp. Major, Acting Lieutenant-Colonel) H. J. G. Low, M.C., relinquishes the appointment of A.A.L.O., N.Z.A.L.S., London, and the acting rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 15 January 1953.

Captain Y. K. Fleming, D.S.O., to be temp. Major. Dated 2 December 1952.

Captain S. L. Hatch is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, with the rank of Captain. Dated 8 March 1953.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on prob.):—

329183 Private (temp. Lance-Corporal) Alan Guy Armstrong.

708770 Private Brian Edward Hatton.

508108 Private (temp. Lance-Corporal) Roy Thomas Victor Taylor.

327972 Private (temp. Lance-Corporal) Neville Alan Wallace.

Dated 1 March 1953.