25 MARCH

ORDER

1. This order shall come into force on 1 April 1976.

2. The Waipa Drainage Board shall be dissolved and the Waipa Drainage District shall be abolished.

3. The area of the Waipa Drainage District shall be constituted a drainage district of the County of Otorohanga under the name of the "Waipa Drainage District" (or such other name as the Otorohanga County Council may decide to adopt).

4. The Waipa Drainage District shall be deemed to have been constituted under Part XVI of the Counties Act 1956, and the classifications of land for rating purposes made by the Waipa Drainage Board and existing on its dissolution shall be the classifications of land in the Waipa Drainage District as if those classifications had been made under that part of that Act.

5. The assets and liabilities of the Waipa Drainage Board shall vest in the Otorohanga County Council, and the assets shall, after all liabilities have been provided for, be applied only to land drainage in the Waipa Drainage District and any amounts requiring to be found to meet those liabilities shall be found only within that district.

P. G. MILLEN, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(I.A. 103/16/23)

Taieri County Council Appointed to Manage Otokia Cemetery

DENIS BLUNDELL, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section 23 of the Burial and Cremation Act 1964, I, Sir Edward Denis Blundell, the Governor-General of New Zealand, hereby appoint the Taieri County Council to have the control and management of the Otokia Cemetery, being the land described in the Schedule hereto, as from the 15th day of March 1976.

SCHEDULE

OTOKIA CEMETERY

ALL that piece of land containing 8389 square metres, more or less, being Section 64 and part Section 53, Block IV, Otokia Survey District (S.O. Plan 11735).

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 3rd day of March 1976.

FRANK GILL, Minister of Health.

Appointments, Promotions, Extensions, Transfers, Resignations, and Retirements of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Navy

PURSUANT to section 35 of the Defence Act 1971, His Excellency the Governor-General has approved the following appointments, promotions, extensions, transfers, resignations, and retirements of officers of the New Zealand Naval Forces:

ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVY

Commander (temp. Captain) C. J. Steward to be Captain with seniority from 1 July 1975 and effect from 23 February 1976.

Commander (temp. Captain) D. B. Domett to be Captain with seniority from 1 January 1976 and effect from 23 February 1976.

Lieutenant Commander Geoffrey Maxwell Walton, M.B.E., is placed on the Retired List with effect from 15 March 1976.

Lieutenant Commander Harold Charles Gibson Richards is placed on the Retired List with effect from 20 February 1976.

Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant Commander) W. J. Calkin to be Lieutenant Commander with seniority and effect from 3 January 1976.

Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant Commander) J. F. Lowen to be Lieutenant Commander with seniority and effect from 3 February 1976.

Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant Commander) A. V. Taylor to be Lieutenant Commander with seniority and effect from 23 January 1976.

Lieutenant P. M. Pokai to be temp. Lieutenant Commander with effect from 3 June 1975.

The appointment of Lieutenant V. J. Harris is extended to 9 March 1976, and he is placed on the Retired List with effect from 10 March 1976.

The appointment of Lieutenant K. M. Mutch, M.B.E., with seniority and effect from 3 March 1975, for a period terminating on 29 March 1985, is confirmed.

The appointment of Lieutenant E. D. J. Isaac with seniority
and effect from 3 March 1975, for a period terminating on 2 May 1983, is confirmed.

The appointment of Sub Lieutenant A. D. Millar with seniority from 28 March 1973 and effect from 3 March 1975, for a period terminating on 28 September 1988, is confirmed.

Sub Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) J. O. Ladd to be Lieutenant with seniority and effect from 5 January 1976.

The appointment of Instructor Sub Lieutenant P. J. V. Chivers, with seniority from 21 May 1974 and effect from 10 February 1975, for a period terminating on 9 February 1980, is confirmed.

Ensign (temp. Sub Lieutenant) K. N. Corles to be Sub Lieutenant with seniority and effect from 4 January 1976.

Midshipman D. J. Carpenter to be temp. Ensign with effect from 20 January 1976.

Midshipman G. R. S. Medcalf to be Ensign with seniority and effect from 3 January 1976.

Midshipman G. D. Honnor to be temp. Ensign with effect from 20 January 1976.

The appointment of Midshipman L. G. Milton is reduced to 5 January 1983.

The appointment of Midshipman J. D. Petersen is reduced to 5 January 1983.

The appointment of Midshipman J. S. Stevenson is reduced to 4 January 1984.

Arthur Terrence Golds, E15023, CPO, to be Lieutenant (Sp) (on prob.) (Supplementary List) on appointment to the RNZN for a period of 8 years, with effect from 27 February 1976.

Alan Ross Dudley, C16700, WWEA to be Lieutenant (on prob.) (Special Duties List), with seniority from 27 February 1976, on appointment to the RNZN for a period of 12 years, with effect from 27 February 1976.

Geoffrey Miles Turner, N17814, CPO WTR, to be Lieutenant (on prob.) (Special Duties List), with seniority and effect from 27 February 1976, on appointment to the RNZN for a period of 12 years.

The following are appointed to permanent commissions in the RNZN in the rank of Midshipman, on the General List (University Scheme), with seniority and effect from 16 January 1976:

Paul David Gilkison.
James Alexander Hepburn.
Philip Richard Jackson.
Martin Charles Keast.
Richard Dennis Stevens.

Robert John Meldrum is appointed to a short-service commission in the RNZN for a period of 8 years in the rank of Ensign (on prob.), with seniority from 12 January 1976 and effect from 26 February 1976.

WOMEN'S ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVAL SERVICE

Fourth Officer K. J. Osborne to be Third Officer with seniority and effect from 3 March 1976.

Fourth Officer S. J. Taylor to be Third Officer with seniority and effect from 3 March 1976.

Julie Turner, 28759, Leading Wren, is promoted to the rank of Fourth Officer (on prob.), with effect from 23 February 1976.

ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE

Commander N. G. Howard, v.r.d., m.a.(hons.): the notice published in the Gazette, 19 February 1976, No. 18, p. 367 is cancelled.

Lieutenant D. W. Lowis, b.com., a.c.a., a.c.i.s., to be Lieutenant Commander with seniority and effect from 28 September 1975.

Sub Lieutenant G. J. Bellingham to be Lieutenant with seniority and effect from 3 July 1975.

Sub Lieutenant R. W. Worth to be Lieutenant with seniority and effect from 3 July 1975.

Sub Lieutenant D. L. Thompson to be Lieutenant with seniority and effect from 1 March 1976.

Ensign L. McL. Smith to be Sub Lieutenant with seniority and effect from 28 September 1975.

Graeme Walter John Briggs, 106310, CPO(L), to be Sub Lieutenant (L), with seniority and effect from 9 February 1976, and is appointed to the RNZNVRS List 1, until 19 April 1993.

EMERGENCY LIST OF THE ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE

The appointment of Surgeon Sub Lieutenant David McAuley Thomson, m.b., ch.b., f.r.a.c.s., is terminated at his own request with effect from 20 January 1976.

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of March 1976.

ALLAN McCREADY, Minister of Defence.