1806
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 72

Full General Court-martial Warrant

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

To: The Adjutant-General, Army Headquarters, Wellington.

PURSUANT to the New Zealand Army Act 1950, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, Governor-General of New Zealand, do hereby authorize and empower you from time to time and as occasion may require to convene General Courts-martial for the trial of such persons subject to military law as are for the time being under or within the territorial limits of your command or jurisdiction who shall be charged with any offence against the New Zealand Army Act for which they may be tried by Court-martial, whether such offence shall have been committed before or after you shall have taken upon yourself your command or appointment, and I do hereby authorize and empower you to confirm the findings and sentences of General Courts-martial and to cause any sentence thereof to be put into execution so far as you may lawfully do:

And I do hereby further authorize and empower you to delegate to any officer under your command or jurisdiction not below the rank of field officer a general or a limited authority to convene General Courts-martial for the trial of such persons subject to military law as are for the time being under or within the territorial limits of his command or jurisdiction, whether the offences shall have been committed before or after such officer shall have taken upon him his command and, if you deem it desirable, to confirm the findings and sentences of such Courts-martial and to cause any sentence thereof to be put into execution so far as he may lawfully do:

And I further authorize and empower you to appoint and to delegate to any qualified officer as aforesaid the power of appointing a fit and proper person from time to time for executing the office of Judge-Advocate at any Court-martial for the more orderly proceedings of the same:

And for executing the several powers, matters, and things herein expressed, this warrant shall be to you, and to others whom it may concern, a sufficient warrant and authority.

And I declare that this warrant shall without ratification extend to and invest with the aforesaid authorities and powers, your successors, and any officer for the time being appointed as Acting Adjutant-General of the New Zealand Army.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 16th day of November 1955.

E. H. HALSTEAD, for the Minister of Defence.

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

Basil Francis Bramble, Postmaster, Awanui.
William Neill Taylor, Postmaster, Bluff.
David Forbes Johnson, Postmaster, Collingwood.
Thomas Baden Adams, Deputy Chief Postmaster, Dunedin.
Albert Edward Blaymires Scadden, Accountant, Chief Post Office, Hamilton.
Leonard James Jackson, Postmaster, Hanmer.
Bernard Tucker, Postmaster, Helensville.
James Charles Beach Bradley, Chief Postmaster, Invercargill.
Anthony Roy Tucker, Postmaster, Kawhia.
Roy Bertrand Matheson, Postmaster, Mania.
Archibald Drummond Sharpe, Postmaster and Telephonist, Motupiko.
Alick McGrath, Postmaster, Mount Eden.
Graham Charles McCarlie, Postmaster and Telephonist, Omaio.
Henry Tressider Harris, Postmaster, Ongarue.
James Provo Millar, Postmaster, Otahuhu.
Hugh Robert Pascoe, Chief Postmaster, Palmerston North.
Edward Charles Dobson, Postmaster, Port Chalmers.
Charles John King, Postmaster, Reefton.
Harvey Ashton Eves, Postmaster, Takaka.
Edward Lawson Tyndall, Postmaster, Te Awamutu.
Clarence Hyman Levinson, Postmaster and Telephonist, Te Pohue.
Alfred Leonard Heath, Accountant, Chief Post Office, Thames.
Alexander James Thomas Aitken, Chief Postmaster, Wanganui.
Percy George Wederell, Chief Postmaster, Wellington.
Ephraim Leo Dickie, Chief Postmaster, Whangarei.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 15th day of November 1955.

J. R. MARSHALL, Minister of Justice.

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 promotions of officers of the Emergency Force.

PROMOTIONS

THE ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) J. H. Hewitt to be Captain. Dated 10 September 1955.

THE ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY CORPS

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) P. H. Osborne to be Captain. Dated 1 October 1955.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) D. J. Wiffin to be Captain. Dated 25 July 1955.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) W. C. J. Care to be Captain. Dated 25 July 1955.

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Captain) L. T. Crapp to be Lieutenant and retains the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 1 June 1955.

2nd Lieutenant J. L. Bowen to be Lieutenant. Dated 2 September 1955.

206993 S/Sgt. Leslie Bryan Eagles to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 6 October 1955.

N.Z. ARMY PAY CORPS

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) K. J. McKenzie to be Captain. Dated 7 May 1955.

N.Z. ARMY EDUCATION CORPS

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) T. F. Mackrell to be Captain. Dated 1 October 1955.

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of November 1955.

E. H. HALSTEAD, for the Minister of Defence.

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, 3RD INFANTRY BRIGADE

Captain N. S. Murchison, LL.B., 3rd Armoured Regiment, is seconded. Dated 1 June 1955.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY

Regular Force

Major A. M. Smith, E.D., is granted an extension of his short-service commission for a period of six months from 2 January 1956.

Territorial Force

2nd Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A.

Lieutenant W. J. Trezise, M.B., Ch.B., relinquishes the appointment of R.M.O., and is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps. Dated 8 September 1955.

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

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) F. S. E. Neate, E.D., to be Captain. Dated 12 September 1955.

Lieutenant T. Parore, from the 4th Medium Regiment, R.N.Z.A., to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 4 July 1954, next below Lieutenant J. A. Kennedy. Dated 8 August 1955.

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

Lieutenant T. Parore is transferred to the 3rd Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A. Dated 8 August 1955.

11th Coast Regiment, R.N.Z.A.

Malcolm Hamilton Stewart to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 29 July 1955.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS

Territorial Force

3rd Armoured Regiment, R.N.Z.A.C.

Captain (temp. Major) H. J. Stace to be Major. Dated 20 May 1955.

Captain N. S. Murchison, LL.B., is seconded to Headquarters, 3rd Infantry Brigade. Dated 1 June 1955.

2nd Lieutenant M. B. Wilyams to be Lieutenant. Dated 18 October 1955.

THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ENGINEERS

Regular Force

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) A. J. R. Wilson, B.E.(Civ.), to be Captain. Dated 2 September 1955.