2 OCTOBER

Consenting to Stopping Road in Block XV, Newcastle Survey District, Waipa County

ARTHUR PORRITT, Governor-General ORDER IN COUNCIL At the Government House at Wellington this 1st day of September 1969 Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL PURSUANT to section 149 of the Public Works Act 1928, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby consents to the Waipa County Council stopping the portion of road described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE SOUTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT ALL that piece of road containing 16.3 perches situated in Block XV, Newcastle Survey District, adjoining or passing through part Allotment 5, Horotiu Parish; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked M.O.W. 23523 (S.O. 44094) deposited in the office of the Minister of Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured green.

P. J. BROOKS, Clerk of the Executive Council. (P.W. 34/4015; D.O. 20/7/63)

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:

PROVOST MARSHAL Colonel L. W. Wright, M.B.E., Colonels' List, is appointed Provost Marshal of the New Zealand Army, vice Colonel J. Burns, D.S.O., M.B.E., Colonels' List. Dated 20 August 1969.

COLONELS' LIST Regular Force Colonel J. Burns, D.S.O., M.B.E., to be temp. Brigadier. Dated 25 August 1969.

ROYAL REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY Regular Force Lieutenant-Colonel W. G. Dixon, M.B.E., A.N.Z.I.M., to be temp. Colonel. Dated 15 August 1969. Major R. J. Pearce, M.B.E., to be temp. Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 1 August 1969. Staff Cadet William John Barnes to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 2 September 1969. Territorial Force 3rd Field Regiment, RNZA Lieutenant F. R. Goodall, M.A., attached St. Andrew's College Cadets, to be temp. Captain. Dated 3 September 1969. ROYAL N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS Territorial Force 2nd Armoured Squadron (Waikato), RNZAC The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) D. A. Mateer is confirmed in his present rank and seniority. THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ENGINEERS Territorial Force 1st Commander Royal New Zealand Engineers (Works) Captain (temp. Major) Steven Caverhill Gentry, M.E.(CIV.), M.SC.(CAL.), M.N.Z.I.E., M.A.S.C.E., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Corps of Royal N.Z. Engineers, in the rank of Major. Dated 1 August 1969. 3rd Independent Field Squadron, RNZE The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) P. L. Campbell, B.E.(CIV.), is confirmed in his present rank and seniority. ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS Territorial Force 2nd Communication Zone Signal Squadron, RNZ Sigs. Captain John Digby Ireland, M.B.E., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Corps of Signals, in the rank of Captain. Dated 28 August 1969.

ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY REGIMENT Regular Force Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) H. McM. H. Salmon, B.Sc., to be Lieutenant-Colonel, with seniority from 18 June 1969. Dated 17 July 1969. Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) R. I. Launder to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 18 June 1969. The current engagement of Lieutenant J. R. Webb is deemed to be completed and he is re-engaged until retiring age for rank. Dated 21 August 1969. The current engagement of Lieutenant J. R. Sherriff is deemed to be completed and he is re-engaged until retiring age for rank. Dated 15 August 1969. Supernumerary List Major and Quartermaster J. W. Beaumont, M.B.E., to be temp. Lieutenant-Colonel and Quartermaster. Dated 1 September 1969. Territorial Force Lieutenant Donald Kent Hunn is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Infantry Regiment, in the rank of Captain. Dated 11 August 1969. 2nd Battalion (Canterbury Nelson Marlborough West Coast), RNZIR Captain J. L. Manning to be temp. Major. Dated 24 May 1969. 3rd Battalion (Auckland (Countess of Ranfurly's Own) and Northland), RNZIR Captain J. W. Shanks, from the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 3rd Battalion (Auckland (Countess of Ranfurly's Own) and Northland), RNZIR, to be Captain, with seniority from 29 January 1963. Dated 1 August 1969. Captain (acting Major) N. D. Johnston to be temp. Major. Dated 28 July 1969. 2nd Lieutenant J. S. M. Tollemache to be Lieutenant. Dated 1 September 1969. 2nd Lieutenant D. R. Smyth, DIP.AGR., to be Lieutenant. Dated 1 September 1969. The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) A. M. Buckley is confirmed in his present rank and seniority. 7th Battalion (Wellington (City of Wellington's Own) and Hawke's Bay), RNZIR Lieutenant I. K. Milne to be temp. Captain. Dated 1 July 1969. The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) T. R. Rowe is confirmed in his present rank and seniority. The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) B. Mei is confirmed in his present rank and seniority. The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) J. M. Dawson is confirmed in his present rank and seniority. 5th Battalion (Wellington West Coast and Taranaki), RNZIR The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) A. N. Smith is confirmed in his present rank and seniority. Thomas Alan Joll to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 1 April 1969. 6th Battalion (Hauraki), RNZIR Lieutenant Richard John Mudford is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Infantry Regiment, in the rank of Lieutenant, until 31 August 1971. Dated 1 September 1969. 2nd Lieutenant T. A. J. O'Regan to be Lieutenant. Dated 12 September 1969. ROYAL N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS Territorial Force Headquarters, Commander Royal N.Z. Army Service Corps, 1st Supplies and Transport Column The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) J. A. Borrows, M.A., is confirmed in his present rank and seniority. 2nd Independent Transport Platoon (Tipper), RNZASC Lieutenant Bruce Neville Broderson is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Army Service Corps, in the rank of Lieutenant, until 31 August 1971. Dated 31 August 1969. ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS Territorial Force 2nd General Hospital, RNZAMC Ernest Harold Cluer, M.R.C.S.(ENG.), L.R.C.P.(LOND.), to be Major, with seniority from 1 April 1968. Dated 21 July 1969. Otago University Medical Company, RNZAMC Lieutenant (temp. Captain, acting Major) J. A. H. Hood, B.SC., B.D.S., R.N.Z.D.C., to be Captain (acting Major). Dated 1 May 1969.