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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 21

the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, and on the advice of the Minister of Local Government given at the request of the Queenstown Borough Council, hereby makes the following order.

ORDER

1. Title—This order may be cited as the Local Elections and Polls (Postal Voting) Order (No. 2) 1976.

2. Queenstown Borough Council authorised to conduct election by postal vote—The Returning Officer for the Borough of Queenstown is hereby authorised to conduct by postal vote the election appointed to be held on the 19th day of March 1976 to fill the extraordinary vacancies on the Council.

P. G. MILLEN, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointments, Promotions, Extensions, Relinquishments, Cancellations, Transfers, and Resignations of Officers of the New Zcaland Cadet Forces

PURSUANT to section 59 of the Defence Act 1971, the Minister of Defence hereby approves the following appointments, promotions, extensions, relinquishments, cancellations, transfers, and resignations of Officers of the New Zealand Cadet Forces.

SEA CADET CORPS

Appointment

Blair Bruce Binnie is appointed to a commission in the rank of Sub Lieutenant with effect from 9 November 1975.

Promotions

Sub Lieutenant R. C. Hunter to be Lieutenant with effect from 11 January 1976.
Ensign P. W. Dacombe-Bird to be Sub Lieutenant with effect from 27 January 1976.
Sub Lieutenant E. L. Wilson to be Lieutenant with effect from 15 January 1976.

Resignations

Lieutenant Mervyn Leslie St Clare resigns his commission with effect from 11 December 1975.
Ensign Bruce Spencer resigns his commission with effect from 18 December 1975.

AIR TRAINING CORPS

Appointments

Flying Officer John Allan Waters is appointed Unit Commander with effect from 2 January 1976.
Pilot Officer Ronald James Rawson is appointed Unit Commander with effect from 31 January 1976.

Promotions

Pilot Officer P. F. Wilson to be Flying Officer with effect from 20 January 1976.
Temp. Flight Lieutenant R. W. Brown to be Flight Lieutenant with effect from 24 January 1976.

Relinquishments

Flying Officer Evan Cameron McFarlane relinquishes his appointment as Unit Commander No. 64 (Kaitaia) ATC Squadron with effect from 1 January 1976.
Flight Lieutenant Murray John Lind relinquishes his appointment as Unit Commander No. 16 (Tauranga) ATC Squadron with effect from 30 January 1976.

Resignations

Flying Officer Evan Cameron McFarlane resigns his commission with effect from 1 January 1976.
Flight Lieutenant Murray John Lind resigns his commission with effect from 30 January 1976.

SCHOOL CADET CORPS

Appointment

Ivan John Heard is appointed to a commission in the rank of Second Lieutenant with effect from 1 April 1974.

Promotion

Lieutenant I. Lash to be Captain with effect from 16 January 1976.

Resignation

Second Lieutenant Peter Eugene Ashby resigns his commission with effect from 13 January 1976.
Dated at Wellington this 16th day of February 1976.
ALLAN McCREADY, Minister of Defence.

Officers Authorised to Take and Receive Statutory Declarations

PURSUANT to section 9 of the Oaths and Declarations Act 1957, as amended by the Oaths and Declarations Amendment Act 1972, I have appointed the holders for the time being of the offices in the service of the Crown specified in the Schedule below to take and receive statutory declarations under the said Act.

SCHEDULE
POST OFFICE

Supervisor (Managers Office), Savings Bank Branch, Christchurch.
Custodian, Chief Post Office, Auckland.
Postmaster, Otangarei.
Building Manager, Post Office Headquarters.

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of January 1976.
D. S. THOMSON, Minister of Justice.
(Adm. 3/28/3/26 (10))

Officers Authorised to Take and Receive Statutory Declarations

PURSUANT to section 9 of the Oaths and Declarations Act 1957, as amended by the Oaths and Declarations Amendment Act 1972, I have appointed the holders for the time being of the offices in the service of the Crown specified in the Schedule below to take and receive statutory declarations under the said Act.

SCHEDULE
POST OFFICE

Postmaster, Avalon.
Postmaster, Hauraki Corner.
Postmaster, Elmwood.
Postmaster, Kaeo.

Dated at Wellington this 10th day of February 1976.
D. S. THOMSON, Minister of Justice.
(Adm. 3/28/3/26 (10))

Approval of Qualified Persons for the Purpose of Section 402 of the Companies Act 1955

PURSUANT to section 402 of the Companies Act 1955, I hereby approve

Peter James Wyndham Wood
a partner in the firm of Touche Ross & Co., Chartered Accountants, 2 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, New South Wales 2000, Australia, and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, to be a qualified person for the purpose of that section in respect of the accounts of C.C.H. Australia Limited.

Dated at Wellington this 30th day of January 1976.
D. S. THOMSON, Minister of Justice.