Investment of £3,000 of the Renewal and Replacement Fund
of the South Canterbury Catchment Board

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington this 5th day of
December 1956
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to section 120 of the Soil Conservation and Rivers
Control Act 1941, His Excellency the Governor-General,
acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council, hereby authorises the South Canterbury Catchment
Board to invest from the Board’s Renewal and Replacement
Fund the sum of three thousand pounds (£3,000) in the
debentures of the Timaru City Council for the “Sewerage and
Drainage Loan 1954”.
T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(P.W. 75/6/32)
Consenting to Stopping Road in Block IX, Maungatautari
Survey District, Waipa County

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington this 5th day of
December 1956
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 consents
to the Waipa County Council stopping the portion of road
described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE
APPROXIMATE area of the piece of road permitted to be
stopped: 3 roods 31·1 perches.
Adjoining or passing through Maungatautari 5A 1c 3B Block
and part 5A No. 2 Block.
Situated in Block IX, Maungatautari Survey District, Auckland R.D. (S.O. 37734.)
In the South Auckland Land District; as the same is more
particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 152206
deposited in the office of the Minister of Works at Wellington,
and thereon coloured green.
T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(P.W. 62/2/314/0; D.O. 20/7)
Authorising the Borrowing by the Springs-Elesmere Electric
Power Board by way of Hypothecation of Debentures
Issued in Respect of a Loan of £100,000

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington this 28th day of
November 1956
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
WHEREAS, by Orders in Council made on the 1st day of
December 1954 and the 7th day of September 1955, consent
was given to the raising in New Zealand by the Springs-
Elesmere Electric Power Board (hereinafter called the said
local authority) of a loan of £100,000 to be known as No. 11
Reticulation Loan 1954 (hereinafter called the said loan):
And whereas the said local authority, pending the raising
of portion of the said loan amounting to £14,000 (hereinafter called the said sum), is desirous of borrowing the said
sum or part thereof by hypothecation or mortgage, pursuant
to section 34 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act 1926, of the
debentures authorised to be issued in respect of the said
loan:
Now, therefore, pursuant to section 7 of the Local Authorities Interest Reduction and Loans Conversion Act 1932–33
and section 8 of the Local Authorities Interest Reduction and
Loans Conversion Amendment Act 1933, His Excellency the
Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council, hereby consents to the said local
authority, pending the raising of the said sum in accordance
with the determinations of the Local Government Loans
Board, borrowing the said sum or any part thereof by the
hypothecation or mortgage of the said debentures at a rate of
interest not exceeding 4½ per cent per annum.
T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(T. 49/314/11)
Consenting to Raising of Loans by Certain Local Authorities

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington this 28th day of
November 1956
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCEY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to the Local Government Loans Board Act 1926,
His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby
consents to the borrowing by the local authorities mentioned
in the Schedule hereto by way of loan of the whole or any
part of the respective amounts specified in that Schedule.

SCHEDULE
Amount
Local Authority and Name of Loan Consented to
Alexandra Borough Council: Community Centre £
Loan No. 2 1956 ……………………… 12,500
Auckland City Council: Grafton Bridge Loan 1956 30,000
Auckland Transport Board: Modernisation and Development (Stage 3) Loan 1954, £1,660,000 400,000
Balclutha Fire Board: Fire Engine Loan 1956 1,400
Christchurch City Council: Roading Loan 1955, £500,000 200,000
East Coast Bays Borough Council: Plant Loan 1956 10,000
Inglewood Borough Council: Fire Services Loan 1956 4,300
Manawatu Catchment Board: Mangaone Drainage Loan 1956 2,000
Manawatu Catchment Board: Waikanae River Control Loan 1956 5,500
North Shore Fire Board: Plant and Equipment Loan No. 3 1956 10,000
Pahiatua Fire Board: Fire Engine Loan 1956 1,250
Queenstown Borough Council: Staff Housing Loan 1956 5,500
Rangitikei County Council: Workers' Dwellings Loan 1956 15,000
Timaru City Council: Municipal Buildings Loan 1955 30,000
Timaru City Council: Sewer and Drainage Loan 1954, £93,000 28,000
T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.
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 J. A. Pountney, M.B.E., is granted the acting rank of
Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 2 November 1956.
Captain and Quartermaster D. A. Phillips is seconded to the
Fiji Military Forces. Dated 26 October 1956.
Captain and Quartermaster D. A. Phillips to be Major and
Quartermaster. Dated 6 November 1956.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) G. A. Hitchings relinquishes the
temp. rank of Captain. Dated 18 October 1956.
2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) C. C. Stewart to be
Lieutenant. Dated 7 October 1956.
Territorial Force
Major A. J. Marshall (late 13th Heavy Battery, N.Z.A.) is
posted to the Retired List. Dated 1 November 1956.
1st Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) F. V. N. Beasley to be Captain.
Dated 7 September 1956.
2nd Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A.
Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) E. H. Carew, E.D., to be
Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 17 August 1956.
2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) R. E. Donaldson to be
Lieutenant. Dated 25 September 1956.
James Gordan Hadfield to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 7
October 1956.
3rd Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A.
Lieutenant J. V. Allison is transferred to the Otago University Medical Company, R.N.Z.A.M.C. Dated 1 August 1956.
2nd Lieutenant E. A. Lawry, from the 6th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, R.N.Z.A., to be 2nd Lieutenant, with
seniority from 17 October 1953. Dated 1 August 1956.
2nd Lieutenant E. A. Lawry to be Lieutenant. Dated 17
October 1955.