ORDR

1. This order may be cited as the Waiheke Rural Fire District Order 1950, Amendment No. 1, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the order constituting the Western Waiheke Rural Fire District made on the 22nd day of November 1950* (hereinafter referred to as the principal order).
2. The principal order may hereafter be cited as the Waiheke Rural Fire District Order 1950.
3. The principal order is hereby amended by omitting the word "Western" in each place where it occurs.
4. The Schedule to the principal order is hereby amended by omitting the words describing the area which forms the said rural fire district, and substituting the words "All that area in the North Auckland Land District known as Waiheke Island".

T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.
*Gazette 1950, Vol. III, p. 2035
(F.S. 12/9/1/32)

Approving the Supply Association for Certain Areas (Notice No. Ag. 6154)

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington this 29th day of August 1956
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to the Milk Act 1944, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby approves the Dairy Farmers Co-operative Milk Supply Company Limited as the supply association for the areas described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE
Name of Area Description of Area
Alexandra All that area within a radius of 2 miles from the post office at Alexandra.
Clyde All that area within a radius of 2 miles from the post office at Clyde.
Cromwell All that area within a radius of 2 miles from the post office at Cromwell.
Karitane All that area within a radius of 2 miles from the post office at Karitane.
Lawrence All that area within a radius of 2 miles from the post office at Lawrence.
Millers Flat All that area within a radius of 2 miles from the post office at Millers Flat.
Naseby All that area within a radius of 2 miles from the post office at Naseby.
Omakau All that area within a radius of 2 miles from the post office at Omakau.
Outram All that area within a radius of 2 miles from the post office at Outram.
Owaka All that area within a radius of 2 miles from the post office at Owaka.
Ranfurly All that area within a radius of 2 miles from the post office at Ranfurly.
Tapanui All that area within a radius of 2 miles from the post office at Tapanui.
Waikouaiti All that area within a radius of 2 miles from the post office at Waikouaiti.
Waitati All that area within a radius of 2 miles from the post office at Waitati.

T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(Ag. 87/12/36)

General Court-martial Warrant Under Section 6 of the Visiting Forces Act 1939

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
To the General Officer Commanding Land Forces, Hong Kong, for the time being, and his successors.
WHEREAS by section 6 (4) (b) of the Visiting Forces Act 1939 (New Zealand) it is provided that when a home force and another force are acting in combination any officer of the other force duly appointed to command the combined force, or any part thereof, shall be treated and shall have over members of the home force the like powers of command and punishment, and may be invested with the like authority to convene and confirm the findings and sentences of Courts Martial as if he were an officer of the home force of relative rank and holding the same command:
And whereas by the Emergency Force (Visiting Forces) Order 1951, issued pursuant to section 6 (5) of the aforesaid Act, it was declared that the Emergency Force raised under Part I of the Emergency Forces Act 1950 is serving together and acting in combination with every part of the military forces, other than the military forces of Her Majesty raised in New Zealand, to which section 6 of the Visiting Forces Act

1939 applies, and with which the said Emergency Force is serving from time to time in support of the United Nations action in Korea:
And whereas Part I of the Emergency Forces Act 1950 was repealed by the New Zealand Army Act 1950, but the aforesaid order remains in full force and effect:
And whereas you have been for the time being appointed to command that portion of the combined Commonwealth Force of which Commonwealth Contingent Korea forms part:
Now, therefore, pursuant to the New Zealand Army Act 1950 and the Visiting Forces Act 1939, I hereby authorise 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 members of the aforesaid Emergency Force as are for the time being under or within the territorial limits of your command 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 the date of this Warrant or the date you shall have taken upon yourself the Command:
And I do hereby further authorise and empower you to confirm the findings and sentences of such General Courts Martial, but not to confirm in the case of officers any sentence of dismissal from Her Majesty's service or any greater punishment, and in the case of soldiers any sentence of imprisonment with hard labour, discharge with ignominy from Her Majesty's service, and imprisonment or detention exceeding twelve months or any greater punishment, and to cause any sentence thereof to be put into execution so far as you may lawfully so do under New Zealand military law.
And lastly I authorise and empower you to appoint a fit and proper person from time to time for executing the office of Judge Advocate at any such 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 General Officer Commanding Land Forces, Hong Kong.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 17th day of July 1956.
T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

Officers Authorised 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 authorises 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 Hardie Thomson, Accountant, Post Office, Ashburton.
Fred Oscar North, Accountant, Chief Post Office, Auckland.
Timothy Joseph Crowe, Postmaster, Bulls.
Charles Henry Frederick Miller, Manager, Money Order and Savings Bank Branch, Dunedin.
Maxwell Roy Mildon, Postmaster, Eltham.
Frederick George Ryan, Postmaster, Henderson.
Edward Alexander Richmond, Postmaster, Inglewood.
Stanley William Thomas, Postmaster, Kaitaia.
Anne Maud Josephine Hayward (Mrs), Postmistress, Karioi.
Henry William Becker, Postmaster, Martinborough.
Wilfred Eric Tollan, Postmaster, Mount Eden.
Clifford George Lakeman, Postmaster, Murchison.
Walter William Leach, Postmaster, Naenae.
James Christensen, Postmaster, Petone.
Stanley George McRae, Postmaster, St. Heliers.
Leslie Norman Edward Vendt, Postmaster, Te Aroha.
Stanley Morrison, Postmaster, Waiuku.
Owen Oliver Riley, Accountant, Chief Post Office, Wellington.
John Cameron Pirrit Leathem, Relieving Postmaster, Whangarei. Any office, Whangarei Postal District.
Charles Benedict Waigth, Senior Telegraphist, Whangarei. Any office, Whangarei Postal District.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 27th day of August 1956.
J. R. MARSHALL, Minister of Justice.

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.

ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVAL RESERVE
Lieutenant John Leon Harrison, Royal Naval Reserve, entered as Lieutenant to date 3 April 1956, with seniority of 1 February 1953.