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Appointment and Promotions of Officers of the Emergency Force

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointment and promotions of officers of the Emergency Force:

APPOINTMENT

THE ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS

Peter Arnott Tacon to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 5 February 1953.

PROMOTIONS

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY

Lieutenant J. C. Flack to be temp. Captain whilst employed as Troop Commander. Dated 30 June 1953.

207794 Sergeant James Frank Hargest to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 5 June 1953.

THE ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS

2nd Lieutenant P. A. Tacon to be temp. Lieutenant whilst employed as O.C. 'H' Troop. Dated 3 August 1953.

Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of August 1953.
T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

Member of the Kiwitahi Rabbit Board Appointed (Notice No. Ag. 5493)

Pursuant to section 37 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act 1928, the Minister of Agriculture hereby appoints George Robertson Mackintosh, being an Inspector appointed under Part I of the said Act, to be a member of the Kiwitahi Rabbit Board vice Alexander Crabb.

Dated at Wellington, this 26th day of August 1953.
K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.
(Ag. 64/1/105)

Members of Hop Marketing Committee Appointed (Notice No. Ag. 5494)

Pursuant to regulation 2 (b) of the Hop Marketing Regulations 1939, the Minister of Agriculture hereby appoints:

Albert Douglas Askew,
Henry Conrad Becro,
Jeffrey MacGlashen Inglis,
Laurie Alan Palmer, and
Bertie Thomas Rowling

to be members of the Hop Marketing Committee established by the said regulations.

Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of August 1953.
K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.

Member of Honey Marketing Committee Appointed (Notice No. Ag. 5495)

Pursuant to regulation 7 of the Honey Marketing Committee Regulations 1948, the Minister of Agriculture hereby appoints William Wallace Nelson

to be a member of the Honey Marketing Committee established by the said regulations.

Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of August 1953.
K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.

High Commissioner for New Zealand in Canada Reappointed

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council has been pleased to reappoint
Thomas Charles Atkinson Hislop, a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George,
as High Commissioner for New Zealand in Canada under and for the purposes of the External Affairs Act 1948, to hold the said office as on and from the 8th day of August 1953 to the 7th day of August 1956.

Dated at Wellington, this 25th day of August 1953.
T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of External Affairs.

High Commissioner for New Zealand in Australia Reappointed

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council has been pleased to reappoint
George Edwin Lisle Alderton, Esquire,
as High Commissioner for New Zealand in Australia under and for the purposes of the External Affairs Act 1948, to hold the said office as on and from the 31st day of August 1953 to the 30th day of August 1956.

Dated at Wellington, this 25th day of August 1953.
T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of External Affairs.

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Stipendiary Magistrate Appointed

Pursuant to section 5 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1947, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint
William Hector Carson, Esquire, of Dunedin,
to be a Stipendiary Magistrate to exercise civil and criminal jurisdiction within New Zealand.

Dated at Wellington, this 18th day of August 1953.
T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.

Appointment of Honorary Fishery Officer

Pursuant to section 29 of the Statutes Amendment Act 1946, the Minister of Marine hereby appoints Allen David Knight, of Chatham Islands,
to be an Honorary Fishery Officer for the purposes of Part I of the Fisheries Act 1908, such person to hold office until the 31st day of March 1956.

Dated at Wellington, this 1st day of September 1953.
W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Marine.

Appointments in the Public Service

The Public Service Commission has made the following appointment in the Public Service:
Charles Edward Henry Quin to be Resident Commissioner of Niue on and from the 1st day of September 1953.

Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of August 1953.
V. W. THOMAS, Secretary, Public Service Commission.

Special Order Made by the West Harbour Borough Council Redividing West Harbour Borough into Wards

Pursuant to section 148 of the Municipal Corporations Act 1933, the following special order made by the West Harbour Borough Council redividing West Harbour Borough into wards is hereby published.

Dated at Wellington, this 26th day of August 1953.
W. A. BODKIN, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 103/212/2)

SPECIAL ORDER

In exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 148 of the Municipal Corporations Act 1933, the West Harbour Borough Council resolves by way of special order as follows:

1. The present subdivision of the Borough of West Harbour into four wards shall be revoked and in lieu thereof the said Borough shall be divided into two wards to be called respectively Rothesay Ward and St. Leonards Ward, which said wards are respectively described in the Schedule hereto.
2. Exclusive of the Mayor, the said West Harbour Borough Council shall consist of eight members, who shall be elected as follows:
   a) The electors of the Rothesay Ward shall elect five councillors.
   b) The electors of the St. Leonards Ward shall elect three councillors.
3. The alterations hereby made in the number of the members of the said Council shall take effect on and after the 1st day of November 1953, and the councillors to be elected in the month of October 1953 shall be elected in accordance with the provisions of this special order.'

SCHEDULE

Rothesay Ward

All that area in the Otago Land District, Borough of West Harbour, containing 784 acres, more or less, bounded by a line commencing at Trig. E in Section 1 of 28, Block IX, North Harbour and Blueskin Survey District; thence north-easterly along the north-western boundary of the Borough of West Harbour as described in New Zealand Gazette, 1945, page 1576, to its intersection with the western boundary of Section 3 of 27, Block IX aforesaid; thence generally south-easterly along the north-eastern boundaries of Sections 1 of 28, Block IX, and Lots 114, 113, 112, 111, and 109, Deposited Plan 331, Township of Maia, to Rosa Road; thence south-westerly along the north-western side of Rosa Road and its production to the southern side of Babsie Road; thence generally south-easterly along the southern and western sides of Babsie Road to and across Netta Road to Isabel Road, and again south-easterly along the western side of Isabel Road across Anna Road and again across Anna Road, to and across the Dunedin-Port Chalmers Main Highway, and that line produced to its intersection with the south-eastern boundary of the land vested in the Otago Harbour Board by the Otago Harbour Board Lands Vesting Bill 1910; thence generally south-westerly and north-easterly along the boundary of the Borough of West Harbour described as aforesaid, to the point of commencement.