23 FEB.

Officer Authorised to Take and Receive Statutory
Declarations
C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
PURSUANT to the authority conferred on me by section
301 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1927, I, Lieutenant-
General Sir Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, the Governor-
General of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that
James Alexander Cavanagh, being an officer in the service of
the Crown holding the office of Senior Forest Ranger, State
Forest Service, Golden Downs, is authorised to take and
receive statutory declarations under section 301 of the Justices
of the Peace Act 1927.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General
this 13th day of February 1956.
J. R. MARSHALL, Minister of Justice.

Officer Authorised to Take and Receive Statutory
Declarations
C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
PURSUANT to the authority conferred on me by section
301 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1927, I, Lieutenant-
General Sir Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, the Governor-
General of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that
William Henry Minchall, being an officer in the service of the
Crown holding the office of Superintending Armament Supply
Officer, Kauri Point, is authorised to take and receive statutory
declarations under section 301 of the Justices of the
Peace Act 1927.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General
this 13th day of February 1956.
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:

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY
Regular Force
Major P. F. King, D.S.O., M.C., from the Reserve of
Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Artillery, is granted a
short-service commission for a period of eighteen months,
with the rank of Major, for duty with United Nations
Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan. Dated 11
January 1956.
Captain (temp. Major) P. W. F. Joplin relinquishes the
temp. rank of Major. Dated 16 January 1956.
Captain R. H. Smith to be temp. Major. Dated 16 January
1956.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) H. P. T. Willis, from the 1st
Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A., is granted a short-service com-
mission for a period of eighteen months, with the rank of
Captain, for duty as a Military Observer with United Nations
Palestine Truce Supervision Organisation. Dated 11 January
1956.
Territorial Force
1st Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) H. P. T. Willis is transferred
to the N.Z. Regular Force. Dated 11 January 1956.
4th Medium Regiment, R.N.Z.A.
Lieutenant F. H. Gibbison to be Captain. Dated 13 November
1955.
Lieutenant T. J. Smith to be temp. Captain. Dated 1
October 1955.
9th Coast Regiment, R.N.Z.A.
Lieutenant N. T. Potter, M.B., Ch.B., from the 1st General
Hospital, R.N.Z.A.M.C., is appointed R.M.O., 9th Coast
Regiment, R.N.Z.A., with his present rank and seniority.
Dated 1 October 1955.
Ronald Michael Haira to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 2
October 1955.
Gerald George Halling to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 2
October 1955.
10th Coast Regiment, R.N.Z.A.
Maxwell Andrew Hornblow to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated
2 October 1955.
Dennis Hugh Brown to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 30
November 1955.
Peter Ross Kemp to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 30 November
1955.
Edgar Reginald Hornblow to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 6
December 1955.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMoured CORPS
Regular Force
Captain F. S. L. B. Philpot is transferred to the Reserve of
Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Armoured Corps, with
the rank of Captain. Dated 26 December 1955.
Lieutenant and Quartermaster D. P. Birch to be acting
Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 23 November 1955.
33776 Staff Sergeant Eugene Woodward to be Lieutenant
and Quartermaster. Dated 9 January 1956.

Territorial Force
1st Armoured Regiment (Waikato), R.N.Z.A.C.
Leslie John Cooper to be Hon. Lieutenant, and is appointed
Bandmaster, 1st Armoured Regiment (Waikato), R.N.Z.A.C.
Dated 1 January 1956.
Morley Robert Daunton to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 24
September 1955.

2nd Armoured Regiment, R.N.Z.A.C.
Major R. B. F. Eastgate is transferred to the Reserve of
Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Armoured Corps, with
the rank of Major. Dated 24 November 1955.
2nd Lieutenant R. R. Morgan to be temp. Lieutenant.
Dated 25 September 1955.
Elliot Antony Jameson to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 2
October 1955.
Owen Douglas Davies to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 2
October 1955.
James Roland McGregor to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 2
October 1955.
Russell George Signal to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 2
October 1955.
Roy Brock to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 2 October 1955.

3rd Armoured Regiment, R.N.Z.A.C.
Theo Godwin McGregor to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 24
September 1955.

1st Armoured Car Regiment (New Zealand Scottish),
R.N.Z.A.C.
Peter Stanley Berry to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority
next below 2nd Lieutenant D. B. Abercrombie. Dated 29
July 1955.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants:
Harold Thomas Harris.
Thomas David Brewis.
Colin Maxwell Couch.
Russell Gwynne Rowe.
Owen Thomas Goold Wright
John Tucker Gould.
Ian Bell Blair.
Gilbert Charles Hogg.
Ian Richard Lambeth.
David James Stewart.
Dated 2 October 1955.

Queen Alexandra's (Wellington West Coast) Mounted
Rifles
With reference to the notice published in the Gazette, Vol.
I of 1944, page 303, relative to temp. Major W. G. Handley,
for "posted to the Retired List", substitute "transferred to
the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List.

THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ENGINEERS
Regular Force
2nd Lieutenant L. G. Young to be Lieutenant. Dated 22
October 1955.
31633 W.O. II Ernest Arthur Rogers to be Lieutenant and
Quartermaster. Dated 9 January 1956.

Territorial Force
1st Field Engineer Regiment, R.N.Z.E.
Lieutenant G. W. Butcher, M.C., B.E.(Civ.), to be temp.
Captain. Dated 1 December 1955.
2nd Lieutenant N. W. Sherring to be Lieutenant. Dated
13 June 1955.
2nd Lieutenant B. A. Morrison to be Lieutenant. Dated
13 June 1955.
Graeme Yuill Gemmell to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 1
October 1955.
Reginald Charles Amos to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 2
October 1955.

THE ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS
Regular Force
2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) R. G. B. Coulam to be 2nd
Lieutenant. Dated 15 December 1955.

Territorial Force
1st Divisional Signals Regiment, R.N.Z. Sigs.
Captain J. W. Bateman to be temp. Major. Dated 1 November
1955.