1506
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 63

Portion of Road Closed in the District of Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands

Pursuant to section 613 of the Cook Islands Act 1915, the Minister of Island Territories hereby proclaims as closed the portions of road mentioned and described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE

ALL those parcels of land situate in the District of Avarua in the Island of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, containing 25·6 perches, 11·2 perches, and 19·2 perches respectively, be the same a little more or less, being parts of the road known as the Aratapu Beach Road; as delineated and coloured green on the plan signed by the Deputy Resident Commissioner of Rarotonga and deposited in the office of the Registrar of the High Court of the Cook Islands at Rarotonga under No. 56.

Given under my hand, and the Seal of the Cook Islands, this 12th day of October 1959.

[L.S.] J. MATHISON, Minister of Island Territories.

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:

HEADQUARTERS, N.Z. DIVISION

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) R. N. Patterson, seconded from HQ, CRASC, N.Z. Division, also attached to the Rangitikei College Cadets, to be Captain. Dated 4 September 1959.

HEADQUARTERS, 1ST INFANTRY BRIGADE

Lieutenant C. S. O. Shepherd, 6th Transport Company, RNZASC, seconded, to be temp. Captain. Dated 3 October 1959.

ROYAL REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY

Territorial Force

1st Field Regiment, RNZA

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) R. V. Carley, also attached to the St. Peter’s College Cadets, to be Captain. Dated 28 August 1959.

2nd Field Regiment, RNZA

Lieutenant Derek Moffat Mayne is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal Regiment of N.Z. Artillery, in the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 14 September 1959.

4th Medium Regiment, RNZA

Captain D. A. Mannering to be temp. Major. Dated 1 April 1959.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS

Territorial Force

The New Zealand Scottish Regiment, RNZAC

Lieutenant Donald Wilson Lang is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Armoured Corps, in the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 19 August 1959.

THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ENGINEERS

Territorial Force

5th Independent Field Squadron, RNZE

Captain L. C. L. Pryce, A.M.I.C.E., A.M.N.Z.I.E., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 1st Field Engineer Regiment, RNZE, in his present rank and seniority. Dated 1 September 1959.

ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS

Territorial Force

1st Divisional Signal Regiment, RNZ Sigs

Captain R. Severs, M.M., ceases to be seconded to HQ, N.Z. Division, and is transferred to the Regular Force. Dated 31 August 1959.

ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY CORPS

Regular Force

N.Z. Regiment

Captain (temp. Major) James Richard Milton Barker, from the 1st Battalion, The Canterbury Regiment, RNZ Inf, to be Lieutenant with seniority from 24 October 1954. Dated 3 August 1959.

Captain Roy Severs, M.M., from the 1st Divisional Signal Regiment, RNZ Sigs, is granted a short-service commission for a term of three years, in the rank of Captain. Dated 31 August 1959.

Territorial Force

1st Battalion, The Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington’s Own), RNZ Inf

Lieutenant J. F. Jones is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 1st Battalion, The Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington’s Own), RNZ Inf, in his present rank and seniority. Dated 1 August 1959.

1st Battalion, The Wellington West Coast and Taranaki Regiment, RNZ Inf

2nd Lieutenant G. T. Brown resigns his commission. Dated 16 June 1959.

1st Battalion, The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment, RNZ Inf

Lieutenant R. F. B. Older to be Captain. Dated 13 April 1959.

1st Battalion, The Canterbury Regiment, RNZ Inf

Captain (temp. Major) J. R. M. Barker is transferred to the Regular Force. Dated 3 August 1959.

Lieutenant M. B. Wilkinson resigns his commission. Dated 21 August 1959.

1st Battalion, The Otago and Southland Regiment, RNZ Inf

Captain James Seaton Brown-Rennie, from the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal Infantry Corps, to be Captain with seniority from 23 January 1954. Dated 6 August 1959.

Captain John Denis Joynt, B.A., DIP.ED., from the Reserve of Officers, General List, N.Z. Army Education Corps, to be Captain with seniority from 1 April 1957. Dated 10 September 1959.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS

Territorial Force

Headquarters, CRASC, N.Z. Division

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) R. N. Patterson, seconded HQ, N.Z. Division, and attached to the Rangitikei College Cadets, to be Captain. Dated 4 September 1959.

6th Transport Company, RNZASC

Lieutenant C. S. O. Shepherd, seconded to HQ, 1st Infantry Brigade, to be temp. Captain. Dated 3 October 1959.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

Territorial Force

2nd General Hospital, RNZAMC

Lieutenant Henry Jeffray Weston, M.B., CH.B., “W” Coy, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps, in the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 15 September 1959.

Otago University Medical Company, RNZAMC

Captain (acting Major) A. D. Macalister, D.D.S., RNZDC, to be temp. Major. Dated 1 May 1959.

Lieutenant J. H. Sinclair, B.D.S., RNZDC, resigns his commission. Dated 1 July 1959.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS

Regular Force (Supernumerary List)

Major and Quartermaster K. A. Bailey, M.M., is granted an extension of his engagement for a term of one year as from 13 January 1960.

THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS

Territorial Force

4th Transport Company, RNZASC Light Aid Detachment, RNZEME

2nd Lieutenant R. D. Hillyard to be Lieutenant. Dated 28 September 1959.

ROYAL N.Z. DENTAL CORPS

Territorial Force

2nd Mobile Dental Unit, RNZDC

Lieutenant J. B. Holdaway, B.D.S., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 2nd Mobile Dental Unit, RNZDC, in his present rank and seniority. Dated 10 September 1959.

3rd Mobile Dental Unit, RNZDC

Warwick Andrew Warden, B.D.S., to be Lieutenant with seniority from 28 August 1958. Dated 28 August 1959.

ROYAL N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT

Regular Force

The Rev. D. C. G. Cameron, Chaplain 4th Class (Church of England), is re-engaged from 1 March 1959 to 31 December 1961.

ROYAL N.Z. PROVOST CORPS

Territorial Force

1st Divisional Provost Company, RNZ Pro

Lieutenant N. K. Mann to be temp. Captain. Dated 28 August 1959.