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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 1

The Queen's Fire Service Medal—
Chief Fire Officer Frederic Cowan Laidlaw, of Dunedin.
Third Officer Herbert Leslie Warner, of Hawera.

MILITARY DIVISION

Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.)—
Rear Admiral John Edwin Home McBeath, D.S.O., D.S.C.,
Royal Navy, of Wellington.

Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.)—
Air Commodore Ian Gordon Morrison, O.B.E., Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Wellington.

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)—
Acting Captain Brian Edmund Turner, D.S.C., Royal New
Zealand Navy, of London.
Lieutenant-Colonel Stanley Frederick Catchpole, M.C., E.D.,
The Royal New Zealand Artillery (Territorial Force), of
Auckland.
Squadron Leader Maurice Beehan Furlong, Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Whenuapai.

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)—
Senior Commissioned Stores Officer John Harper Craig,
Royal New Zealand Navy, of Auckland.
Major Richard James Holden Webb, The Royal New Zea-
land Artillery (Regular Force), of Christchurch.
Major Douglas Stewart Ross, The Royal New Zealand
Infantry (Territorial Force), of Auckland.
Flight Lieutenant Colin Francis Laloli, D.F.C., Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Wellington.
Flight Lieutenant Colin Ernest Baird Papps, D.F.C., Royal
New Zealand Air Force, of Whenuapai.
Warrant Officer Class II Lindsay Easter Pallister Atkin, The
Royal New Zealand Infantry (Territorial Force), of
Kaitaia.
Warrant Officer Class II Noel McLennan, The Royal New
Zealand Armoured Corps (Territorial Force), of Auck-
land.

Air Force Cross (A.F.C.)—
Wing Commander Douglas Fitzclarence St. George, D.F.C.,
Royal New Zealand Air Force, serving in Melbourne,
Australia.
Squadron Leader William Medworth Golden, Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Ohakea.

British Empire Medal (B.E.M.)—
Chief Shipwright James Patrick Dobbyn, Royal New Zea-
land Navy, of Auckland.
Chief Petty Officer Fredrick George Heath, Royal New Zea-
land Navy, of Auckland.
Acting Chief Petty Officer Donald Edward Tuck, Royal
New Zealand Navy, of H.M.N.Z.S. Lachlan.
Chief Engineroom Artificer Arthur Malcolm Roxborough
Bennett, Royal New Zealand Navy, of Auckland.
Sergeant Ronald Alexander Watson, The Royal New Zea-
land Army Service Corps (Regular Force), of Papakura.
Flight Sergeant Kenneth James Clark, Royal New Zealand
Air Force, of Hobsonville.
Sergeant William Henry O'Byrne, Royal New Zealand Air
Force, of Whenuapai.

D. E. FOUHY, Official Secretary.

Altering Times and Sitings of the Supreme Court in the
Gisborne Judicial District

WHEREAS by rule under their hands bearing date 4 October
1956, and published in Gazette of 8 November 1956, five
of the Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, with the
approval of the Governor-General in Council, did appoint
sittings for the trial of criminal and civil cases and causes
under the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act 1928 for the
respective judicial districts thereinafter mentioned:
And whereas it was appointed (inter alia) that for the
Gisborne Judicial District such sittings should be held at
Gisborne on

Tuesday, 19 February 1957, at 10.30 a.m.
Tuesday, 14 May 1957, at 10.30 a.m.
Tuesday, 13 August 1957, at 10.30 a.m.
Tuesday, 12 November 1957, at 10.30 a.m.

And whereas it is expedient to revoke the above appoint-
ment for the Gisborne Judicial District and to make an
appointment in substitution therefor.
Now, therefore, we, three of the Judges of the Supreme
Court of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in
us by the Judicature Act 1908, and all other powers us there-
unto enabling, do hereby revoke the said appointment for the
Gisborne Judicial District, and in lieu thereof appoint that
sittings for the trial of criminal and civil cases and causes
under the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act 1928 shall be
held in the Gisborne Judicial District at Gisborne on

Tuesday, 26 February 1957, at 10.30 a.m.
Tuesday, 28 May 1957, at 10.30 a.m.
Tuesday, 27 August 1957, at 10.30 a.m.
Tuesday, 26 November 1957, at 10.30 a.m.

Given under our hands at Wellington this 19th day of
December 1956.

H. E. BARROWCLOUGH, Chief Justice.
K. M. GRESSON, Judge.
J. D. HUTCHISON, Judge.

Approved in Council—21 December 1956.

T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Land Surveyors’ Examination, February 1957—Australia and
New Zealand

It is hereby notified for general information that the Survey
Board, in conjunction with the Australian Surveyors’ Boards,
will conduct an examination of candidates for registration as
surveyors, commencing at 9 a.m. on Monday, 11 February
1957, at Wellington.
Candidates are notified that their applications, on the
proper form, must reach the Secretary of the Board not later
than Monday, 14 January 1957, and that the examination fee
must be paid at the same time to the Secretary, from whom
application forms and other particulars may be obtained.
Candidates presenting themselves for examination in any
written subject or subjects may present themselves for examina-
tion at any Chief Surveyor’s office, or at Rotorua, Whangarei,
or Hamilton.
Candidates for the oral and practical portion of the
examination must sit in Wellington. Plans for this portion of
the examination, the certificate, and other evidence required
by regulation No. 31 of the Survey Examination Regulations
1953, must be forwarded not later than 4 March 1957.
The fees for examination are as follows:

Full examination £ s. d.
Part examination 5 5 0
Each subsequent part of examination 3 3 0
For each written paper in addition 0 10 6

Dated this 4th day of January 1957.

R. C. AIREY, Secretary, Survey Board.
Government Buildings, Wellington.

Law Practitioners Act 1955

PURSUANT to the Law Practitioners Act 1955, notice is hereby
given that the Disciplinary Committee of the New Zealand
Law Society on the 26th day of November 1956 ordered that
Tasman Gunnell Taylor be suspended from practice until
the charge has been heard and disposed of.

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of December 1956.

J. L. W. GERKEN, Registrar.

Releasing Land From the Provisions of Part XXIV of the
Maori Affairs Act 1953 (Hokianga Development Scheme)

PURSUANT to section 332 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, the
Board of Maori Affairs hereby declares that on the date of
the publication of this notice in the Gazette the land described
in the Schedule hereto shall cease to be subject to the
provisions of Part XXIV of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, the
said land being so subject by virtue of a notice dated 15
September 1930, and published in the Gazette, 25 September
1930, Volume III, page 2850.

SCHEDULE

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

Land Block and Area
Survey District A. R. P.

Paihia 1d 2A 2 XII, Whangape 2 1 19
Paihia 1d 2A 3 XII, Whangape 14 1 23
Paihia 1d 2B 1 XII, Whangape 4 2 30
Paihia 1d 7 XII, Whangape 7 1 21
Paihia 1d 9B XII, Whangape 21 0 0
Motukāraka West A 1A 5 Mangamuka 37 3 23

Dated at Wellington this 19th day of December 1956.

For and on behalf of the Board of Maori Affairs—

M. SULLIVAN,
Assistant Secretary for Maori Affairs.

(M.A. 61/3; D.O. 19/K/7, 19/H/16)