1508
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 60

Exempting Land in the Westland Land District from the Operation of Part III of the Coal Mines Act 1925

H. E. BARROWCLOUGH,
Administrator of the Government

PURSUANT to the Coal Mines Act 1925, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government hereby gives the following notice.

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NOTICE

THE land described in the Schedule hereto is hereby exempted from the operation of Part III of the Coal Mines Act 1925.

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SCHEDULE

ALL those pieces or parcels of land containing in the aggregate 3 roods, more or less, situated in the Borough of Runanga, being Lots 3, 4, 5, 6, and 22, Block I, Deposited Plan 148 (Town of Dunollie), and being parts Section 4, Square 124, Block III, Cobden Survey District, comprising part of the land in certificate of title, Volume 45, folio 83, and the whole of the land in certificate of title, Volume 43, folio 17 (Hokitika Registry), reserving and excepting to the Bank of New South Wales, its successors and assigns the right to the minerals beneath the surface of the above-described lots with full power and authority to work, hew, and get the said minerals by underground workings without entering upon or in any manner affecting or exercising any rights or powers whatsoever in or over the surface of the said land.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government this 8th day of August 1957.

JOHN MCALPINE, Minister of Mines.

(Mines 6/10/100)

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Termination of Appointment in the Royal New Zealand Navy

PURSUANT to section 7 of the Naval Defence Act 1913, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government has accepted the resignation of Lieutenant Commander Thomas L. Luckman from the Active List of the Royal New Zealand Navy. He will be placed on the Retired List of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Navy, to date 1 October 1957.

Dated at Wellington this 6th day of August 1957.

T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

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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 Administrator of the Government has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, transfers, resignations, and retirements of officers of the New Zealand Army:

HEADQUARTERS, 1ST INFANTRY BRIGADE

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) J. M. Chamberlain, R.N.Z. A.S.C., to be Captain. Dated 1 April 1957.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY

Regular Force

31008 Warrant Officer, 1st Class, Ivan Joseph Doak, M.B.E., to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Dated 15 July 1957.

200035 Staff Sergeant Robert Scott Wait, E.D., to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Dated 15 July 1957.

Territorial Force

1st Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A.

2nd Lieutenant P. A. Harris to be Lieutenant. Dated 29 July 1957.

3rd Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A.

Captain (temp. Major) F. S. E. Neate, E.D., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Artillery, in the rank of Major. Dated 16 June 1957.

4th Medium Regiment, R.N.Z.A.

2nd Lieutenant G. S. Nolan to be Lieutenant. Dated 29 July 1957.

2nd Lieutenant L. M. Belz to be Lieutenant. Dated 29 July 1957.

6th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, R.N.Z.A.

Captain L. Turnbull to be temp. Major. Dated 1 March 1957.

2nd Lieutenant D. R. Watson to be Lieutenant. Dated 16 August 1956.

12th Heavy Anti-aircraft Regiment, R.N.Z.A.

Captain D. C. M. Baker, E.D., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Artillery, in the rank of Major. Dated 12 June 1957.

1st Locating Battery, R.N.Z.A.

Lieutenant F. L. Smith is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Artillery, in the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 6 June 1957.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS

Regular Force

2nd Lieutenant A. J. MacLeod, B.A., to be Lieutenant. Dated 11 June 1957.

Territorial Force

4th Armoured Regiment (Wellington and East Coast), R.N.Z.A.C.

Captain (temp. Major) J. C. Stewart is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Armoured Corps, in the rank of Major. Dated 7 June 1957.

Rex Clifford Dodson to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority next below 2nd Lieutenant G. C. Kelly. Dated 27 July 1956.

THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ENGINEERS

Territorial Force

4th Field Park Squadron, R.N.Z.E.

Robert Brian Armstrong, B.E.(MECH.)(HONS.), to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 9 May 1957.

THE ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS

Regular Force

32615 Warrant Officer, 1st Class, Douglas William McAlpine to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Dated 15 July 1957.

207146 Staff Sergeant Watt Nelson McEwan to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, Dated 15 July 1957.

33604 Staff Sergeant Benjamin James Creasey to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Dated 15 July 1957.

THE ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY CORPS

Regular Force

N.Z. Regiment

Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Colonel) T. C. Campbell, C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., E.D., to be Colonel, and is transferred to the Colonels’ List. Dated 3 December 1956.

Lieutenant R. I. Launder to be temp. Captain. Dated 1 August 1957.

31036 Warrant Officer, 1st Class, Ernest Leslie Alfred Kitney to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Dated 15 July 1957.

31135 Warrant Officer, 2nd Class, Arthur Christian Cottenham Kingsford to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Dated 15 July 1957.

33355 Warrant Officer, 2nd Class, Peter Hetherington Martin to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Dated 15 July 1957.

200462 Warrant Officer, 2nd Class, Cyril Morrel Simister to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Dated 15 July 1957.

Territorial Force

1st Battalion, The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own), R.N.Z. Inf.

Lieutenant R. E. Harvison to be temp. Captain. Dated 2 May 1957.

2nd Lieutenant D. H. McNally to be Lieutenant. Dated 29 July 1957.

2nd Lieutenant S. A. Matthews to be Lieutenant. Dated 29 July 1957.

1st Battalion, The Hauraki Regiment, R.N.Z. Inf.

Lieutenant P. H. Anaru to be temp. Captain. Dated 1 July 1957.

1st Battalion, The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment, R.N.Z. Inf.

Lieutenant G. R. Willis to be temp. Captain. Dated 15 April 1957.

Lieutenant P. L. Stuart to be temp. Captain. Dated 15 April 1957.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS

Regular Force

34387 Staff Sergeant Roy Kenneth Garner to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Dated 15 July 1957.

36206 Sergeant (temp. Staff Sergeant) Alfred Clarke to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Dated 13 August 1957.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

Regular Force

Lieutenant-Colonel J. M. Coutts, O.B.E., E.D., L.R.C.P. AND S.(EDIN.), L.R.F.P. AND S.(GLASG.), from the Retired List, is granted a short-service Regular commission, in the rank of Major, for an initial period of three years. Dated 2 July 1957.

Territorial Force

Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Colonel) R. R. Talbot, M.B., CH.B., F.R.C.S., F.R.A.C.S., M.R.C.O.G., to be Colonel. Dated 1 April 1957.

Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) G. F. Hall, M.A., M.B., CH.B., M.R.C.P.(EDIN.), M.R.A.C.P., to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 1 August 1956.