808 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 34

Setting Apart Maori Freehold Land as a Maori Reservation

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 10th day of May 1955

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. K. J. HOLYOAKE PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to section 439 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby sets apart the Maori freehold land described in the Schedule hereto for the common use and benefit of the members of the Ngati Hari hapu of the Maniapoto Tribe as a Maori reservation for the purposes of a village site, meeting place, recreation ground, and sports ground.

SCHEDULE

SOUTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

Land Block and Survey District Area A. R. P.
Ohura South A 3E 2C 1A XIV, Tuhua 5 3 3

As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked M.A. 21/3/295 deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Maori Affairs at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

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

(M.A. 21/3/295)

Exempting Residence Site Licences Nos. 3195 and 6070 (Westport Mining Registry) from the Operation of Part III of the Coal Mines Act 1925

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

PURSUANT to the Coal Mines Act 1925, His Excellency the Governor-General hereby gives the following notice.

NOTICE

THE Residence Site Licences described in the Schedule hereto are hereby exempted from the operation of Part III of the Coal Mines Act 1925.

SCHEDULE

(a) All that piece of land containing 5·82 perches, being the balance of that piece of land situate in Block VI, Kawatiri Survey District, commencing at a point on the east side of the Denniston–Burnetts Face Road, 12 chains from the point where the Denniston–Burnetts Face Road crosses the south-east town boundary of the Township of Denniston; thence north-east 200 links; thence south-east 100 links; thence south-west 200 links; and thence north-west along the said road to the commencing point after excluding that area of land containing twenty-six decimal one eight perches (26·18 perches) surrendered on the 6th day of March 1946 under Application No. 1/46, being the balance of the land comprised in Residence Site Licence No. 6070.

(b) All that piece of land containing one rood, situate at Denniston, commencing at a point on the east side of the Denniston–Burnetts Face Road and adjoining Dickenson’s property on the north side, frontage to county road 1 chain by 2½ chains deep, being all the land comprised and described in Residence Site Licence No. 3195.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 11th day of May 1955.

W. SULLIVAN, Minister of Mines.

(Mines 11/30/3)

Declaring Crown Land to be Samoan Land

[l.s.] C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section 58 of the Statutes Amendment Act 1944, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, the Governor-General of New Zealand, hereby declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto, being Crown land which is not subject to any lease or to any other right, title, estate, or interest vested in any person other than a Samoan, shall be Samoan land within the meaning of Part IX of the Samoa Act 1921, and shall be held by High Chief Mata’afa Faumuina Fiame Mulinu’u II.

SCHEDULE

ALL those pieces or parcels of land containing together an area of twenty-five acres (25 acres), more or less, situated at Lepea in the District of Tuamasaga, described as Parcel 87/19, being Court Grant 813, and Parcels 20, 88/19, and 89/19, being Court Grant 419, all in Flur IV, Upolu, being the whole of the land registered in Volume 1, folio 100, of the Land Register of Western Samoa.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of New Zealand, this 13th day of May 1955.

T. L. MACDONALD,
Minister of Island Territories.

Officers Authorized to Take 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

James Brian Callaghan, Trust Officer, Public Trust Office, Christchurch.

Charles Carl Orsulich, Trust Officer, Public Trust Office, Auckland.

Francis Arnold Wallis, Trust Officer, Public Trust Office, Wanganui.

Selwyn Norman Munn Hallett, Assistant District Public Trustee, Auckland.

Thomas William Kilpatrick, Assistant District Public Trustee, Hamilton.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 3rd day of May 1955.

J. R. MARSHALL, Minister of Justice.

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

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, promotions, transfers, resignations, and retirements of officers of the New Zealand Army:

HEADQUARTERS, 2ND INFANTRY BRIGADE

Major S. J. Wilson, 1st Armoured Car Regiment (New Zealand Scottish), R.N.Z.A.C., relinquishes the appointment of D.A.A. and Q.M.G., Headquarters, 2nd Infantry Brigade, and ceases to be seconded. Dated 14 April 1955.

HEADQUARTERS, 3RD INFANTRY BRIGADE

Captain G. McC. Gray, The Canterbury Regiment, is appointed O.C., H.Q. Coy., 3rd Infantry Brigade, and is seconded. Dated 20 July 1954.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY

Territorial Force

3rd Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A.

Captain G. L. Frank, from the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 3rd Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A., to be Captain, with seniority from 27 June 1947. Dated 1 April 1955.

4th Medium Regiment, R.N.Z.A.

Lieutenant I. N. Thompson, from the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Artillery, to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 6 December 1954. Dated 1 April 1955.

Lieutenant W. W. Waddel is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Artillery, with the rank of Captain. Dated 12 April 1955.

5th Light Regiment, R.N.Z.A.

Lieutenant J. R. Caldwell to be temp. Captain. Dated 5 April 1955.

Lieutenant W. P. Adank to be temp. Captain. Dated 5 April 1955.

John Birchall Blomfield to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 1 October 1954.

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

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) W. S. Douglas is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Artillery, with the rank of Captain. Dated 4 May 1955.

10th Coast Regiment, R.N.Z.A.

Captain C. J. Bowie to be Major. Dated 1 April 1955.

Captain H. J. N. A’Court to be Major. Dated 1 April 1955.

Kevin Francis McEnirney to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 18 February 1955.

John Smith Williams to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 18 February 1955.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS

Territorial Force

1st Armoured Regiment (Waikato), R.N.Z.A.C.

Brian Richard Perry to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 19 February 1955.

Peter Derald Petherbridge to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 19 February 1955.

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

Major S. J. Wilson ceases to be seconded to Headquarters, 2nd Infantry Brigade, for duty as D.A.A. and Q.M.G., and is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Armoured Corps, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 14 April 1955.