1038

***Declaring Portion of the Elslea Farm Settlement Road
(Wybourne Road) in the Patea County to be County Road

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington this 29th day of
June 1955
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to section 112 of the Public Works Act 1928,
His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby
orders and declares that the portion of road described in the
Schedule hereto shall, on and after the date of this Order in
Council, become county road.
SCHEDULE
ALL that portion of road in the Wellington Land District,
Patea County, containing an area of 1 acre 3 roods 16·4
perches, more or less, commencing at a point on the Whenua-
kura Road and proceeding in a north-westerly direction for a
distance of 18 chains 39 links, more or less, to the south-
eastern boundary of Section 472, Okotuku Block, and adjoining
Sections 472, 473, and 475, Okotuku Block, Block V,
Wairoa Survey District.
As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan
marked P.W.D. 146878 deposited in the office of the Minister
of Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.
T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(P.W. 39/567; D.O. 44/377)
***Consenting to Stopping Road in Block II, Karioi Survey
District, Raglan County

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington this 29th day of
June 1955
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to section 149 of the Public Works Act 1928,
His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby con-
sents to the Raglan County Council stopping the portions of
road described in the Schedule hereto.
SCHEDULE
APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of road permitted to be
stopped:
A. R. P. Adjoining or passing through
0 1 22·1 Road adjoining Lot 1, D.P. 16144, being part
Allotment 35, Whaingaroa Parish; coloured blue,
edged blue.
0 0 8·7 Road adjoining part Allotment 35, Whaingaroa
Parish; coloured blue, edged blue.
0 0 7 Road adjoining part Allotment 35, Whaingaroa
Parish; coloured yellow, edged yellow.
0 0 9·9 Road adjoining part Allotment 35, Whaingaroa
Parish; coloured yellow, edged yellow.
0 2 30·6 Road adjoining part Allotment 35; Whaingaroa
Parish; coloured blue, edged blue.
Situated in Block II, Karioi Survey District, Auckland R.D.
(S.O. 35174.)
In the South Auckland Land District; as the same are more
particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 140408
deposited in the office of the Minister of Works at Wellington,
and thereon coloured as above mentioned.
T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(P.W. 62/2/801/0; D.O. 2/801/0)
***Temporarily Appointing a Member of the Auckland Tramways
Appeal Board

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
WHEREAS it is provided in clause 12 of the regulations
under the Tramways Amendment Act 1910, made on
the 2nd day of February 1911, that in the case of the unavoid-
able absence of either of the members of the Board other than
the Chairman, the Governor-General may temporarily appoint
some suitable person to act as a member of the Board during
such absence:
And whereas the employees' representative on the Board is
unavoidably absent and it is expedient that a temporary
member should be appointed:
Now, therefore, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Willoughby
Moke Norrie, the Governor-General of New Zealand, pursuant
to clause 12 of the said regulations, hereby appoint
Howard Harrington Jeffreys,
of Auckland, to be the representative of the employees on the
Auckland Tramways Appeal Board during the absence of the
employees' representative.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General this 24th day of June 1955.
W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Works.
(P.W. 26/109/1)

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 42

***Officer 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
Philip Ernest Hudson, being Regional Superintendent, Air
Department, Harewood,
to take and receive statutory declarations under that section.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General
this 21st day of June 1955.
J. R. MARSHALL, Minister of Justice.
***Appointments and Promotions 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 and pro-
motions of officers of the Emergency Force:
APPOINTMENTS
THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS
Lieutenant N. C. Schofield (N.Z. Regular Force). Dated
20 May 1955.
N.Z. ARMY EDUCATION CORPS
Lieutenant T. F. Mackrell (N.Z. Regular Force). Dated
19 April 1955.
PROMOTIONS
THE ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) J. M. Kinraid to be Captain.
Dated 25 February 1955.
THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS
Lieutenant N. C. Schofield to be temp. Captain. Dated 25
May 1955.
THE ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS
2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) G. M. Watts to be
Lieutenant. Dated 10 December 1954.
THE ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY CORPS
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) R. G. J. Currie to be Captain.
Dated 1 April 1955.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) P. R. Butcher, LL.M., to be
Captain. Dated 1 April 1955.
THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL
ENGINEERS
Captain (temp. Major) J. M. Wilson, M.B.E., to be Major.
Dated 28 March 1955.
N.Z. ARMY PAY CORPS
2nd Lieutenant (temp. Captain) K. J. McKenzie to be
Lieutenant and retains the temporary rank of Captain. Dated
17 March 1955.
DATED at Wellington this 23rd day of June 1955.
E. H. HALSTEAD, for the Minister of Defence.
***Appointments, Confirmation of Appointment, Transfers,
Extensions of Date of Retirement, and Termination of
Commission of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

PURSUANT to section 15 of the Royal New Zealand Air
Force Act 1950, His Excellency the Governor-General has
been pleased to approve the following appointments, confirma-
tion of appointment, transfers, extensions of date of retire-
ment, and termination of commission of officers of the Royal
New Zealand Air Force.
REGULAR AIR FORCE
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Transfers and Appointments...
Flying Officer Trevor Beattie MORLEY (133255) is trans-
ferred from the Reserve of Air Force Officers and is granted
a temporary commission in the General Duties Branch, Regular
Air Force, for a period of two years with his present rank
and with seniority as from 21 April 1953. Dated 21 April 1954.
The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 65,
dated 21 October 1954, page 1661, relative to "Acting Pilot
Officer Donald Bernard REED" is hereby cancelled, and the
following substituted:
Acting Pilot Officer Donald Bernard REED (783606) is
transferred from the General Duties Branch, Territorial Air
Force, and is granted a short-service commission for a period
of four years with his present rank and seniority, to be fol-
lowed by a period of four years in the Reserve of Air Force
Officers. Dated 30 August 1954.