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

BERNARD FERGUSSON, Governor-General

PURSUANT to the Coal Mines Act 1925, His Excellency the
Governor-General hereby gives the following notice.

NOTICE

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

SCHEDULE

ALL that parcel of land containing 32'9 perches, more or less,
being Lot 2 on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office
at New Plymouth under number 9071, situated in Block X,
Mapara Survey District, and being part of the land in certificate
of title, Volume 106, folio 191 (New Plymouth Land
Registry), subject to building-line restriction imposed by K.
No. 126511.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General this 31st day of March 1963.

T. P. SHAND, Minister of Mines.
(Mines 6/6/29-1)

Appointments, Promotions, Extensions of Commissions,
Transfers, Resignations, and Retirement of Officers of the
Royal New Zealand Air Force

PURSUANT to section 15 of the Royal New Zealand Air Force
Act 1950, His Excellency the Governor-General has been
pleased to approve the following appointments, promotions,
extensions of commissions, transfers, resignations, and retirement
of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

REGULAR AIR FORCE
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Extension of Commission
Flying Officer Michael Palairet (79478) is granted an
extension of his commission until 3 July 1970.

Resignation
Flight Lieutenant Mervyn Neil Rogers (76952) resigns his
commission, with effect from 23 January 1963.

TECHNICAL BRANCH
Promotion
Engineer Division
Squadron Leader (temp.) Stuart Smart (70497) to be
Squadron Leader, with effect from 14 February 1963.

Transfer to Retired List
Wing Commander Jack Hardy, O.B.E., A.F.R.Ae.S. (70202), is
transferred to the Retired List "A", with effect from 23 April
1963.

Appointment
Signals Division
Flying Officer Donald James Matheson (79184) to be
temporary Flight Lieutenant, with effect from 11 February
1963.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH
Transfer to Retired List
Equipment Division
Flight Lieutenant William Henry James, B.E.M. (70487), is
transferred to the Retired List "A", with effect from 10 May
1963.

CHAPLAINS BRANCH
Appointment
The Rev. Charles Harold Pascal Cooper (80715) is
granted a short-service commission in the Chaplains Branch,
Regular Air Force, for a period ending 18 March 1966, to
be followed by four years in the Reserve of Air Force Officers.
He is appointed in the relative rank of Flight Lieutenant,
with seniority and effect from 19 March 1963.

AIR TRAINING CORPS
Appointment
Peter Gordon Finch is granted a commission in the Air
Training Corps in the rank of Pilot Officer, with seniority
and effect from 21 February 1963.

Promotion
Pilot Officer Noel Laurensen to be Flying Officer, with
effect from 7 March 1963.

Transfer to Retired List
Flight Lieutenant Herbert Thomas Brailey is transferred
to the Retired List "B" with effect from 1 March 1963.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
Extensions of Commissions
The under-mentioned officers are granted extensions of their
commissions until the date shown:
Wing Commander Ian Ronald Gow, M.SC., A.M.I.E.E. (131511),
9 August 1972.
Squadron Leader (temp.) Arthur Ross Cunnold Jackson
(130377), 22 August 1973.

Flight Lieutenants:
William Davenport Brown, D.F.C. (70260), 12 January 1973.
Kenneth Herbert Anstice (130823), 24 October 1974.
Frederick James Sheppard, B.E., A.M.I.C.E., A.M.N.Z.I.E.
(133320), 10 August 1976.

Flight Lieutenants (temp.):
Derek Bromley Scott (897414), 13 January 1965.
Robert Maurice Conly (134057), 9 March 1967.
Robert Haste Stonyer (74969), 27 May 1977.
Derek Mason (132669), 17 June 1977.

Flying Officers:
Michael William Bond (133967), 28 February 1967.
Daniel Robert Coster (133496), 6 July 1972.
Robert John Hyslop, B.Sc. (132089), 7 February 1975.
Reginald Walter Mitchell (133029), 15 March 1976.
Lloyd Murray Sly (133493), 19 January 1977.
Wallace Vernon Buxton (130802), 30 January 1979.
John Firby Kendrick (130124), 13 August 1979.

Transfers
Squadron Leader Alexander Godfrey Armitage, M.B., CH.B.,
u.n.z. (79373), 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 6 March 1963.
Flight Lieutenant the Rev. Wilfrid William Ainsworth,
M.B.E. (130532), is transferred to the Retired List "B", with
effect from 1 April 1963.

Resignations
The under-mentioned officers resign their commissions, with
effect from the date shown:
Flight Lieutenant (temp.) William Ian Ferguson Macleod,
B.A., M.SC. (134035), 27 March 1962.
Flying Officer Richard John Beresford (784292), 5 January
1963.

Retirement
Flight Lieutenant Maurice Harry Hoy (133469) is retired,
with effect from 29 January 1963.

Dated at Wellington this 2nd day of April 1963.
DEAN J. EYRE, Minister of Defence.
(Air 12/11/9)

Notice of Anti-aircraft Firing and Ship Exercises

THE following is to be deleted from the notice referring to the
above heading on page 333 in the Gazette dated 14. March
1963:
Area Limits
D4 Area bounded on—
North by parallel 35° 11' S. East, south, and west
by coastline.

Dated at Wellington this 3rd day of April 1963.
D. C. SEATH, Acting Minister of Defence.

Appointment of High Commissioner for New Zealand in India

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

Frederick Henry Thomson De Malmanche
to be High Commissioner for New Zealand in India under
and for the purposes of the External Affairs Act 1943, to
hold the said office commencing on the 10th day of March
1963 and ending with the 10th day of March 1965.

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of March 1963.
KEITH HOLYOAKE, Minister of External Affairs.