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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 6

Land Reserved in the Otago Land District

C. W. M. NORRIE, 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, Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, the Governor-General of New Zealand, hereby reserve, subject to the reservations and conditions imposed by section 59 of the Land Act 1948, the land in the Otago Land District described in the Schedule hereunder written for a site for a public hall.

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SCHEDULE

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT

SECTION 56 (formerly part Section 2), Block XI, Pomahaka Survey District: Area, 1 acre 3 roods 39·1 perches, more or less. (S.O. plan 11743.)

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 19th day of January 1954.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 22/3630/144; D.O. 8/1/98)

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Appointments and Promotions of Officers of the Emergency Force

PURSUANT to section 16 of the New Zealand Army Act 1950, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments and promotions of officers of the Emergency Force.

APPOINTMENTS

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY

The undermentioned graduates of the Kayforce O.C.T.U. to be 2nd Lieutenants:

690021 John Alan Douglas Holden.
330734 Selwyn Hugh Jones.
206412 Douglas Wilson.

Dated 10 December 1953.

THE ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS

The undermentioned graduate of the Kayforce O.C.T.U. to be 2nd Lieutenant:

204668 Graham Malcolm Watts. Dated 10 December 1953.

THE ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY CORPS

With reference to the notice published in the N.Z. Gazette No. 64, dated 19 November 1953, relative to the appointment of Major L. R. Musgrave, for ‘‘Dated 15 November 1953’’, substitute ‘‘Dated 27 November 1953’’.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS

The undermentioned graduate of the Kayforce O.C.T.U. to be 2nd Lieutenant:

457158 William Clinton Jones Care. Dated 10 December 1953.

PROMOTIONS

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (temp. Lieutenants) to be Lieutenants:

J. E. Hawkins.
R. G. Pollard.

Dated 30 November 1953.

THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ENGINEERS

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) G. W. Butcher, M.C., B.E.(Civ.), to be Lieutenant. Dated 19 March 1953.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) N. C. Rowlands to be Captain. Dated 1 December 1953.

Dated at Wellington, this 18th day of January 1954.

T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

General Court-martial Warrant Issued Under the Authority of the Chief of the Air Staff

To: The Air Member for Personnel for the time being of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

WHEREAS I am empowered by Warrant of His Excellency the Governor-General dated the 24th day of December 1953 to direct my Warrant to any officer under my command not below the rank of Squadron Leader, giving him a general authority to convene General Courts-martial for the trial of any person subject to the Royal New Zealand Air Force Act 1950 under his command who is charged with any offence for which that person may be tried by court-martial, and in respect of the proceedings of such courts-martial (excepting the proceedings which I in my discretion direct him to reserve for my confirmation or other decision or the proceedings which he thinks fit so to do) to exercise the powers of a confirming officer according to law:

Now, therefore, by virtue of the said Warrant, I do hereby authorize and empower you from time to time, as occasion may require, to convene General Courts-martial for the trial of any person under your command who is charged with an offence for which that person may be tried by court-martial, whether such offence was committed before or after the date of this Warrant or the date of your appointment to the above office:

And I do also hereby empower you in respect of any such courts-martial to confirm the findings and sentences thereof and to cause any such sentence to be put in execution according to law:

Provided always that if by the sentence of any general court-martial a commissioned officer has been sentenced to suffer death, imprisonment, or to be cashiered, or dismissed from Her Majesty’s service, or an airman has by any court-martial been sentenced to suffer death or imprisonment for a period in excess of two years, you shall in such case, as also in the case of any other court-martial in which you shall think fit so to do, transmit the proceedings thereof to me for my confirmation or other decision thereon:

And I do hereby further empower you to appoint a fit person to execute the office of Judge Advocate at any court-martial for the more orderly proceedings of same:

And for so doing, this shall be to you, as all others whom it may concern, a sufficient warrant.

Given under my hand at Wellington, this 15th day of January 1954.

D. V. CARNEGIE, Air Vice-Marshal,
Chief of the Air Staff, Royal New Zealand Air Force.

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General Court-martial Warrant Issued Under the Authority of the Chief of the Air Staff

To: The Director of Postings and Personal Services for the time being of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

WHEREAS I am empowered by Warrant of His Excellency the Governor-General dated the 24th day of December 1953 to direct my Warrant to any officer under my command not below the rank of Squadron Leader, giving him a general authority to convene General Courts-martial for the trial of any person subject to the Royal New Zealand Air Force Act 1950 under his command who is charged with any offence for which that person may be tried by court-martial, and in respect of the proceedings of such courts-martial (excepting the proceedings which I in my discretion direct him to reserve for my confirmation or other decision or the proceedings which he thinks fit so to do) to exercise the powers of a confirming officer according to law:

Now, therefore, by virtue of the said Warrant, I do hereby authorize and empower you from time to time, as occasion may require, to convene General Courts-martial for the trial of any person under your command who is charged with an offence for which that person may be tried by court-martial, whether such offence was committed before or after the date of this Warrant or the date of your appointment to the above office:

And I do also hereby empower you in respect of any such courts-martial to confirm the findings and sentences thereof and to cause any such sentence to be put in execution according to law:

Provided always that if by the sentence of any general court-martial a commissioned officer has been sentenced to suffer death, imprisonment, or to be cashiered, or dismissed from Her Majesty’s service, or an airman has by any court-martial been sentenced to suffer death or imprisonment for a period in excess of two years, you shall in such case, as also in the case of any other court-martial in which you shall think fit so to do, transmit the proceedings thereof to me for my confirmation or other decision thereon:

And I do hereby further empower you to appoint a fit person to execute the office of Judge Advocate at any court-martial for the more orderly proceedings of same:

And for so doing, this shall be to you, as all others whom it may concern, a sufficient warrant.

Given under my hand at Wellington, this 15th day of January 1954.

D. V. CARNEGIE, Air Vice-Marshal,
Chief of the Air Staff, Royal New Zealand Air Force.