Royal Tour Honours List

THE Queen has been graciously pleased to make the following appointments and promotions in the Royal Victorian Order on the occasion of Her Majesty's visit to New Zealand.

To be a Knight Grand Cross (G.C.V.O.)

His Excellency Brigadier Sir Bernard Edward Fergusson, G.C.M.G., D.S.O., O.B.E., Governor-General of New Zealand.

To be a Knight Commander (K.C.V.O.)

The Honourable Frank Léon Aroha Götz, M.P., of Auckland.

To be Commanders (C.V.O.)

Mr John Valentine Meech, of Wellington. Mr Carl Leslie Spencer, of Wellington.

To be Members of the Fourth Class (M.V.O.)

Major John Webster Mawson, Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps, of Wellington. Mr Patrick Jerard O'Dea, M.V.O., of Lower Hutt. Mr Charles Henry Williams, M.V.O., of Wellington.

To be Members of the Fifth Class (M.V.O.)

Mr Alonzo George Edgar Beal, B.E.M., of Wellington. Major Harry Bowen Honnor, The Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery, of Wellington. Mr Douglas Alexander Johnston, of Wellington. Mr Silvanus Gordon Mudge, of Wellington.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to award the Royal Victorian Medal to the under-mentioned on the occasion of Her Majesty's visit to New Zealand:

Detective Sergeant Arthur Henry Hart, of Wellington. Detective Senior Sergeant Angus William MacDougall, of Wellington. Mr Harold Eugene Symonds, of Lower Hutt.

D. C. WILLIAMS, Official Secretary.

Notification of Vacancy of Seat in the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of Grey Lynn

IN compliance with the provisions of section 72 of the Electoral Act 1956, I, Ronald Macmillan Algie, Speaker of the House of Representatives of New Zealand, hereby notify that Frederick Hackett, a member of the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of Grey Lynn, died on the 19th day of March 1963, during a recess of the House, and that the said seat in the House of Representatives for the said Electoral District is vacant by reason of such death.

Dated at Wellington the 26th day of March 1963.

R. M. ALGIE, Speaker.

Exemption Order Under the Motor Drivers Regulations 1940

PURSUANT to the Motor Drivers Regulations 1940, the Minister of Transport hereby orders and declares that the provisions of clause (1) of regulation 7 of the said regulations so far as they relate to the driving of heavy trade motors shall not apply to the persons hereinafter mentioned, but in lieu thereof the following provision shall apply:

A motor driver’s licence issued under the Motor Drivers Regulations 1940 to the persons described in column 1 of the Schedule hereunder may authorise them to drive a heavy trade motor in the course of their employment for the employers described in column 2 of the said Schedule, but shall not authorise them, while they are under the age of 18 years, to drive a heavy trade motor for any other purpose.

SCHEDULE

Dated at Wellington this 21st day of March 1963.

JOHN McAIPINE, Minister of Transport.

(TT. 5/3/1)

Approval of Testing Officer Under the Motor Drivers Regulations 1940

PURSUANT to regulation 5 of the Motor Drivers Regulations 1940, the Minister of Transport hereby approves of the person named in column 2 of the Schedule hereunder being a testing officer under the said regulations for the authority specified in column 1 of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of March 1963.

JOHN McALPINE, Minister of Transport.

(TT. 2/7/3)

Crown Land Set Apart for Railway Purposes at Kenepuru

PURSUANT to section 25 of the Public Works Act 1928, the Minister of Railways hereby declares the land described in the Schedule hereto to be set apart for railway purposes from and after the 1st day of April 1963.

SCHEDULE

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT

ALL that piece of Crown land containing 2 roods and 18·36 perches situated in the Borough of Tawa, Wellington R.D., being Lot 126, D.P. 20928, being part Sections 56 and 58, Porirua District. Formerly part certificate of title, Volume 825, folio 25, Wellington Land Registry.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of March 1963.

JOHN McALPINE, Minister of Railways.

(N.Z.R. L.O. 24660/15/2)

Declaring Land at Newmarket Taken for the Purposes of the Kaipara-Waikato Railway

PURSUANT to section 32 of the Public Works Act 1928, the Minister of Railways hereby declares that, a sufficient agreement to that effect having been entered into, the land described in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes of the Kaipara-Waikato railway from and after the 1st day of April 1963.

SCHEDULE

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land taken:

A. R. P. Being

0 0 6·24 Lot 5, D.P. 51556, being part Allotment 23 of Section 4, Suburbs of Auckland.

Situated in the Borough of Newmarket.

As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L.O. 18562 deposited in the office of the Minister of Railways at Wellington, and thereon edged green.

Dated at Wellington this 25th day of March 1963.

JOHN McALPINE, Minister of Railways.

(N.Z.R. L.O. 3904/92)

Declaring Land in the North Auckland Land District to be Crown Land Subject to the Land Act 1948

PURSUANT to the Coal Mines Act 1925, the Minister of Mines hereby gives the following notice:

NOTICE

THE land described in the Schedule hereto is hereby declared to be Crown land subject to the Land Act 1948.

SCHEDULE

ALL that parcel of land containing 6 acres 2 roods 21 perches, more or less, being Lot 2, D.P. 45633, being part Allotments 76 and 77, Hikurangi Parish, situated in Block XVI, Hukerenui Survey District, and being the residue of the land in certificate of title, Volume 890, folio 251 (Auckland Land Registry), excepting thereout from the part of Lot 2, being part Allotment 76, all mines, layers, veins, seams, and strata of coal contained and described in certificate of title, Volume 507, folio 239, and from the part of Lot 2, being part Allotment 77, all mines, beds, and seams of coal and fireclay and all other minerals contained and described in certificate of title, Volume 503, folio 236, and deeds conveyances 250230 and 293607.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of March 1963.

T. P. SHAND, Minister of Mines.

(Mines 12/59/6)