1962
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 76]

Authorizing the Taranaki Harbour Board to Reclaim Land in New Plymouth Harbour

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington this 1st day of December 1954

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS it is provided by section 175 of the Harbours Act 1950 (hereinafter called the said Act) that the Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, authorize any local authority or Harbour Board to reclaim from the sea areas, not exceeding 5 acres in extent, in any case where he considers that the reclamation will not affect navigation, and is for the benefit of the public.

And whereas the Taranaki Harbour Board (hereinafter called the Board) is desirous of reclaiming from the sea certain land at Ngamotu Beach in New Plymouth Harbour, and the said reclamation is of such a nature as aforesaid, and the Board has applied to the Governor-General in Council for an Order authorizing the execution of the said harbour works:

And whereas it has been made to appear to the Governor-General in Council that the proposed work will not be or tend to the injury of navigation, and is for the benefit of the public:

Now, therefore, pursuant to the Harbours Act 1950, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby authorizes and empowers the Board to reclaim from the sea at Ngamotu Beach in New Plymouth Harbour the land edged red on plan marked M.D. 9745 and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington, such reclamation to be carried out and constructed in accordance with plan marked M.D. 9745, subject to the provisions of the said Act.

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

(M. 4/4297)

Officers Authorized to Take and Receive Statutory Declarations

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section 301 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1927, His Excellency the Governor-General hereby authorizes the persons named in the Schedule hereto, being the holders of offices specified after their names, to take and receive statutory declarations under that section.

SCHEDULE

John Clegg, Postmaster and Telephonist, Allanton.
Thomas Evangelist O’Connell, Accountant, Chief Post Office, Auckland.
Hugh Robert Pascoe, Chief Postmaster, Blenheim.
George Anderson Bird, Accountant, Chief Post Office, Christchurch.
John Herbert Bryan, Postmaster, Clevedon.
Ivy Marguerite Brooke, Postmistress and Telephonist, Cowes.
Stanley George Burton Slater, Postmaster, Ellerslie.
Arthur Oscar Coombs, Divisional Director, General Post Office.
Henry Stanley Bruce Goddard, Chief Postmaster, Gisborne.
Ronald Graham Looker, Deputy Chief Postmaster, Hamilton.
Ralph Victor William Peters, Accountant, Chief Post Office, Hamilton.
Patrick Donald O’Connell, Postmaster, Hawera.
Charles Henry Frederick Miller, Accountant, Chief Post Office, Invercargill.
Ernest Mather, Postmaster, Kaitaia.
Iris Nolene Thompson, Postmistress, Kelso.
Alexander Ian Waitutu Bryant, Postmaster, Millers Flat.
Leslie Arthur Sporle, Postmaster, National Park.
Harold James Smith, Chief Postmaster, New Plymouth.
Walter Lachlan McKinnon, Postmaster, Ormondville.
Donald James Thomas, Postmaster, Ponsonby.
Robert Ross, Postmaster, Seddon.
Lionel Francis William Holdsworth, Postmaster, Taupo.
Reginald Law Ingham, Postmaster, Wairoa.
Robert Fountain Barber, Accountant, Chief Post Office, Wellington.
Ernest Victor Harrison, Postmaster and Telephonist, Whatatutu.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of November 1954.

T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.

Officers Authorized to Take and Receive Statutory Declarations

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section 301 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1927, His Excellency the Governor-General hereby authorizes the persons named in the Schedule hereto, being the holders of the offices specified after their names, to take and receive statutory declarations under that section.

SCHEDULE

John Allen Williams, District Accountant, Public Trust Office, Te Aroha.
Norman Ross Ford, District Manager, Public Trust Office, Feilding.
Noel Scott Mason, Trust Officer, Public Trust Office, Wellington.
John Aubray Bedingfield, Senior Estates Clerk, Public Trust Office, Otahuhu.
Bruce Clouston Wallace, District Manager, Public Trust Office, Wairoa.
James Maurice Bryce, District Manager, Public Trust Office, Marton.
John Desmond Corcoran, District Manager, Public Trust Office, Cambridge.

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of November 1954.

T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.

Officers Authorized to Take and Receive Statutory Declarations

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section 301 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1927, His Excellency the Governor-General hereby authorizes the persons named in the Schedule hereto, being the holders of offices specified after their names, to take and receive statutory declarations under that section.

SCHEDULE

Charles Archibald McFarlane, Director-General, Post and Telegraph Department, Wellington.
Alan Horgan Dow, Director of Accounts, Post and Telegraph Department, Wellington.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of September 1954.

J. R. MARSHALL, for the Minister of Justice.

Appointment in the Royal New Zealand Navy

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

Dr Edward George Sayers, M.B., Ch.B. (N.Z.), D.T.M. & H. (Lond), F.R.A.C.P., F.R.C.P., to be Honorary Consulting Physician to the Royal New Zealand Navy at Auckland, to date 3 November 1954.

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of November 1954.

T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

Appointments in the Royal New Zealand Navy

PURSUANT to the Naval Defence Act 1913, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointments, promotions, and terminations of appointments in the Royal New Zealand Navy:

Lieutenant Commander K. H. J. L. Phibbs, short-service commission terminated, released to date 18 July 1954. Reverted to R.N. Retired List, to date 19 July 1954.

Lieutenant Commander (L) L. B. Carey, promoted to rank of Commander (L) to date 30 June 1954.

Lieutenant R. H. L. Humby promoted to rank of Lieutenant Commander, to date 28 August 1954.

Acting Lieutenant T. A. Riddell confirmed in rank of Lieutenant with original seniority of 16 July 1953.

Surgeon Lieutenant J. D. Read, M.B., Ch.B., granted a further short-service commission of four and a half years from 9 August 1954, and appointed H.M.N.Z.S. Maori, additional, for passage to United Kingdom for post-graduate training, to date 15 September 1954.

Lieutenant (S) A. C. Lambert promoted to rank of Lieutenant Commander (S), to date 15 September 1954.

Acting Surgeon Lieutenant (D) A. J. Shaw confirmed in rank of Surgeon Lieutenant (D) with original seniority of 15 June 1953.

Sub-Lieutenant C. J. Steward promoted to rank of Acting Lieutenant and reappointed, to date 1 August 1954.

Acting Sub-Lieutenants R. G. Franklin, I. H. D. Tyler, and T. G. Quinn, confirmed in rank of Sub-Lieutenant with seniority of 1 September 1952.

Probationary Sub-Lieutenant A. C. Goodfellow, rank changed on entry to Probationary Acting Sub-Lieutenant, to date 20 April 1954.

Sub-Lieutenant (L) J. A. Burns, promoted to rank of acting Lieutenant (L) and reappointed, to date 1 February 1954.