104

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 5

Removal of Restriction Against Alienation of Maori Land

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington this 25th day of January 1956
Present:
His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
P
URSUANT to section 207 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953,
His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby
revokes an Order in Council made on 15 December 1932 and
published in Gazette, 22 December 1932, No. 78, page 2782,
and affecting Ruatoki No. IA No. 1 and other blocks.
T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(M.A. 29/4/6)

Waikato Branding Registration District Abolished and New Branding Registration Districts Constituted in Lieu Thereof
(Notice No. Ag. 6027)

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
P
URSUANT to the Stock Act 1908, I, Lieutenant-General
Sir Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, the Governor-General of New Zealand, do hereby abolish the Waikato
Branding Registration District as at present constituted, and
do hereby constitute, in lieu thereof, the branding registration districts described in the Schedule hereto and
declare that the said districts shall hereafter be comprised as
described in the said Schedule; and I do also hereby appoint
the places named in the said Schedule to be the registration
offices for the said districts.

SCHEDULE

WAIKATO BRANDING REGISTRATION DISTRICT
All that area comprising the Counties of Thames, Ohinemuri,
Waikato, Raglan, Waipa, and Hauraki Plains as at present
constituted and including all boroughs and town districts in
or adjacent to that area. City of Hamilton.

MATAMATA BRANDING REGISTRATION DISTRICT
All that area comprising the County of Matamata as at
present constituted and including all boroughs and town districts in or adjacent to that area. Borough of Matamata.

PIAKO BRANDING REGISTRATION DISTRICT
All that area comprising the County of Piako as at present
constituted and including all boroughs and town districts in
or adjacent to that area. Borough of Matamata.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 24th day of January 1956.
K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.
(Ag. 84/12/42)

Appointing One Member of the Auckland Harbour Bridge Authority

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
P
URSUANT to section 4 of the Auckland Harbour Bridge
Act 1950, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Willoughby
Moke Norrie, the Governor-General of New Zealand, hereby
appoint
Sir John Andrew Charles Allum, C.B.E.,
to be a member of the Auckland Harbour Bridge Authority
for a term of five years from the 23rd day of February 1956.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 19th day of January 1956.
W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Works.
(P.W. 34/2734/3)

Transfer

Flying Officer Frank Arnold STEPHENS, M.Sc. (78129) is transferred from the Technical Branch (Engineering Division)
to the General Duties Branch with effect from 2 June 1955.
On transfer he relinquishes his permanent commission and is granted a short-service commission for a period of four years
with his present rank and seniority, to be followed by a
period of four years in the Reserve of Air Force Officers.
WOMEN'S ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE
REGULAR SECTION
Resignation of Commission
Section Officer Gretchen Margaret SWAP (née Blott)
(70807) resigns her commission with effect from 17 December 1955.
TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH
Appointment
Special Duties Division
Anthony Robert TAYLOR, M.Sc. (134081) is granted a commission in the Administrative and Supply Branch (Special
Duties Division), Territorial Air Force, for a period of five
years with the rank of Acting Pilot Officer and with seniority
as from date of appointment, to be followed by a period of
four years in the Reserve of Air Force Officers. Dated 9 November 1955.
AIR TRAINING CORPS
Resignation of Commission
Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Cuthbert Leslie RIDGEN resigns his commission, with effect from 31 December 1955.
RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
Appointment
Sergeant Leslie George BOLOUS (132250) is granted a commission in the Administrative and Supply Branch (Special
Duties Division), Reserve of Air Force Officers, for a period
of four years with the rank of Pilot Officer and with seniority
as from date of appointment, with effect from 25 November 1955.
Transfers
Flying Officer Allen White ELLIS, B.A., Dip.Ed. (131345) is transferred from the General Duties Branch to the Education Branch, with effect from 21 November 1955.
Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Peter Hamilton SCOTT (130817) is transferred from the Administrative and Supply Branch
(Special Duties Division), Territorial Air Force, to the
Reserve of Air Force Officers for a period of four years,
with effect from 1 December 1955.
Flying Officer Desmond Weston WHEELER (132718) is transferred from the General Duties Branch, Territorial Air
Force, to the Reserve of Air Force Officers for a period of
four years, with effect from 25 November 1955.
Dated at Wellington this 26th day of January 1956.
T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

Member of Merton Rabbit Board Appointed (Notice No. Ag. 6021)

P
URSUANT to section 40 of the Rabbits Act 1955, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint
Ian Warren Macbean Stewart
to be a member of the Merton Rabbit Board, vice George Thomas Lister, resigned, as from the 7th day of January 1956.
Dated at Wellington this 24th day of January 1956.
K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.
(Ag. 64/1/247)

Additional Member of the Kekerengu Rabbit Board
(Notice No. Ag. 6022)

P
URSUANT to section 25 of the Rabbits Act 1955, the Minister of Agriculture hereby publishes the following resolution passed by the Kekerengu Rabbit Board on the 12th day of December 1955.
RESOLUTION
"PURSUANT to section 25 (4) of the Rabbits Act 1955, the Board increases the number of its elective members to six."
Dated at Wellington this 24th day of January 1956.
K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.
(Ag. 64/1/161)

Appointments, Extension of Commission, Transfers, and Resignations of Commissions of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

P
URSUANT 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,
extension of commission, transfers, and resignations of commissions of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
REGULAR AIR FORCE
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Extension of Commission
Group Captain Reginald William Kennedy STEVENS, C.B.E.,
p.s.a. (75627), is granted an extension of his present commission for a period of two years with effect from 4 December 1955.