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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 53

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Promotions

Flying Officer Donald Alfred Williams (130600) to be temporary Flight Lieutenant, with effect from 1 January 1955.

Pilot Officer Barry John Paterson (462953) to be Flying Officer, with effect from 28 February 1958.

Extensions of Commissions

Wing Commander Oliver James O'Brien, A.F.C. (133936), is granted an extension of his present commission for a period of four years, with effect from 24 August 1958.

The under-mentioned officers are granted extensions of their present commissions until the dates shown:

Squadron Leader:

Edwin Perrett Richardson, M.B.E. (131894), 2 August 1961.

Flight Lieutenants:

Maurice Edwin David Balls (131931), 10 August 1962.

Orton Wallace Knight (132095), 23 August 1962.

Flight Lieutenants (temp.):

Ivan Herman Gundersen (130586), 25 August 1959.

Clifford George Connell (132617), 27 August 1962.

Flying Officers:

Ronald Arthur Robert Alexander (131924), 10 August 1962.

Rosslyn Charles Hislop (132124), 27 August 1962.

Transfer

Squadron Leader Robert John Croke, M.B., CH.B. (72875), is transferred from the Medical Branch, Regular Air Force, to the Reserve of Air Force Officers for a period of four years, with effect from 19 June 1958.

Terminations of Commissions

The commissions of the under-mentioned officers are terminated, with effect from the dates shown:

Squadron Leader Alfred Louis Cadman (131363), 12 June 1958.

Flight Lieutenant Desmond Harold Hamblyn (131468), 13 June 1958.

Flying Officer Stanley Frank Partridge (132729), 30 August 1958.

Pilot Officer James Edward Kelly (131481), 15 June 1958.

Resignations

The under-mentioned officers resign their commissions, with effect from the dates shown:

Flight Lieutenant Norton Stockley Atkinson (131926), 10 August 1958.

Flight Lieutenant Robert Henry Blyth, D.F.C. (131952), 10 August 1958.

Flight Lieutenant Arthur John William Bodley (132355), 21 August 1958.

Flight Lieutenant Walter Frederick Ingram (132654), 30 August 1958.

Flying Officer Ian Kirkcaldie (131875), 3 August 1958.

Flying Officer Howard Collis Ironside (132130), 24 August 1958.

Flying Officer Joseph Reynolds Tidswell (132452), 30 August 1958.

Flying Officer Robert Harry Granger, B.COM., F.P.A.N.Z. (132107), 31 August 1958.

Flying Officer Cecil Naylor Palmer (132203), 3 September 1958.

Pilot Officer Jack Wallace Gandell (132081), 23 August 1958.

Dated at Wellington this 18th day of August 1958.

PHILLIP G. CONNOLLY, Minister of Defence.

Officers Authorised to Attest Signatures of Maoris to Instruments of Alienation

PURSUANT to section 222 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to authorise:

Robert Emett Fanning, building supervisor, Hamilton;

Robert Allen McAra, building supervisor, Whangarei;

Laurence Phillip Patterson, building supervisor, Kaitaia; and

Joe Hui, building supervisor, Kaikohe;

being officers in the service of the Crown employed by the Department of Maori Affairs, to attest, in accordance with the provisions of the said section 222, the signatures of Maoris to instruments of alienation of Maori land.

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of August 1958.

W. NASH, Minister of Maori Affairs.

(M.A. 19/1/126)

Officer Authorised to Attest Signatures of Maoris to Instruments Under Chattels Transfer Act 1924

PURSUANT to section 464 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to authorise Robert Emett Fanning, building supervisor, Hamilton, being an officer in the service of the Crown employed by the Department of Maori Affairs, to attest, in accordance with the provisions of the said section 464, the signatures of Maoris to instruments within the meaning of the Chattels Transfer Act 1924.

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of August 1958.

W. NASH, Minister of Maori Affairs.

(M.A. 19/1/126)

High Commissioner for New Zealand in Canada Appointed

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council has been pleased to appoint

Foss Shanahan

to be High Commissioner for New Zealand in Canada under and for the purposes of the External Affairs Act 1943, to hold the said office as on and from the 1st day of September 1958, to the 31st day of August 1961.

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of August 1958.

W. NASH, Minister of External Affairs.

Member of the Veterinary Services Council Reappointed

(Notice No. Ag. 6596)

PURSUANT to section 3 of the Veterinary Services Act 1946, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to reappoint

John McCoubrie Stewart, B.V.SC.,

to be a member of, and representative of the New Zealand Veterinary Association (Incorporated) on, the Veterinary Services Council for a term of three years commencing on the 1st day of August 1958.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of August 1958.

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 3037)

Mt. Cook National Park—Board of Control Appointed

PURSUANT to section 18 of the National Parks Act 1952, the Minister of Lands hereby appoints

The Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Canterbury Land District, ex officio,

John Philip Cook,

Alan McLean Cookson,

Alan David Dick,

William Emerson Lucy,

William Percival Packard,

John William Rolleston,

Henry John Stevenson, and

Allan Priestley Thomson

to be the Mt. Cook National Park Board, having the control and management of the Mt. Cook National Park, the members of such Board to hold office for a term of three years from the date hereof.

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of August 1958.

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. N.P. 3; D.O. 8/6/3)

Appointment of the Ship Cove Reserve Board to Control and Manage a Reserve

PURSUANT to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, the Minister of Lands hereby appoints the

Ship Cove Reserve Board

to control and manage the reserve described in the Schedule hereto, subject to the provisions of the said Act, as a scenic reserve until 7 March 1959.

SCHEDULE

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT—RUAKAKA BAY SCENIC RESERVE

SECTIONS 30 to 39 (inclusive), and Sections 41 to 44 (inclusive), Block II, Arapawa Survey District: Area, 73 acres 1 rood 13 perches, more or less. (S.O. Plan 1498.)

Dated at Wellington this 21st day of August 1958.

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 4/446, 4/495; D.O. 13/74)