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(3) Shall have and may exercise and be responsible for all actions, suits, and proceedings pending by or against, or which would have been the responsibility of the uniting authorities;

(4) Shall succeed to the bylaws which are in force in the districts of the uniting authorities and which are applicable to the united district’s circumstances and, until revoked or altered in force in the area in which it was in force immediately before the union; and every bylaw which cannot be restricted to the area in which it was in force immediately before the union or which is not applicable to the united district’s circumstances shall be deemed inapplicable and revoked by the union;

(5) Shall succeed to all rates and levies, and other money payable to the uniting authorities;

(6) Shall succeed to the valuation rolls, electoral rolls, and rate records in force in the districts of the uniting authorities, and these shall remain in force in the united district until such rolls or records are made by the council of the united district, and until that time Part IX of the Rating Act 1967 shall apply as if the united district was the district of a special purpose authority and the areas from which it was formed were constituent authorities.

14. Vesting of Property—All property, real and personal, vested in the corporations of the districts of the uniting authorities shall, subject to all existing encumbrances, vest in the corporation of the united district.

15. Vesting of Land—The corporation of the united district shall in respect of the districts of the uniting authorities have vested in it, subject to all existing encumbrances, all land vested in the corporations of the districts of the uniting authorities.

16. Creditors—Subject to section 37F of the Local Government Act 1974, the rights or interests of creditors of any district affected by this order shall not be affected.

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

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Amending a Warrant Appointing a Person as Representative of the Invercargill District on the Southland Catchment Board

PAUL REEVES, GOVERNOR-GENERAL

PURSUANT to section 51 of the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act 1941 and to section 25 (j) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1924, His Excellency The Most Reverend Sir Paul Alfred Reeves, The Governor-General of New Zealand, hereby amends the warrant published in New Zealand Gazette, of 15 January 1987, No. 1 at page 5, appointing a person as representative of the Invercargill District on the Southland Catchment Commission in the penultimate line, and substituting reference to the Southland Catchment Board.

Dated at Wellington this 2nd day of March 1987.

FRASER COLMAN,
Minister of Works and Development.

(P.W. 75/27)

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Honours and Awards

His Excellency The Governor-General has announced that The Queen has been graciously pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:

KNIGHT BACHELOR

Tangaroa TANGAROA, M.B.E., The Queen’s Representative in the Cook Islands.

Dated at Auckland this 5th day of March 1987.

PAUL CANHAM, Official Secretary, Government House.

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

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 Army.

REGULAR FORCE

BRIGADIERS’ LIST

Brigadier K. M. Gordon, O.B.E., to be Major General with seniority and effect from 19 December 1986 and is transferred to the Generals’ List.

ROYAL REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY

Major N. C. Thornton, M.V.O., to be temp. Lieutenant Colonel with effect from 8 December 1986.

Captain (temp. Major) G. R. Williams to be Major with seniority and effect from 20 December 1986.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) and Quartermaster N. D. E. Rhynd to be Captain and Quartermaster with seniority and effect from 20 December 1986.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS

Lieutenant Colonel (temp. Colonel) I. J. Duthie to be Colonel with seniority from 17 December 1985, effect from 17 December 1986 and is transferred to the Colonels’ List.

Captain (temp. Major) A. G. Johnson to be Major with seniority and effect from 20 December 1986.

THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ENGINEERS

Lieutenant Colonel (temp. Colonel) D. J. O’Brien, B.E.(HONS), to be Colonel with seniority from 17 December 1985, effect from 17 December 1986 and is transferred to the Colonels’ List.

Major (temp. Lieutenant Colonel) R. A. Barrett to be Lieutenant Colonel with seniority from 8 December 1986 and effect from 11 December 1986.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) E. S. Ludbrook, B.A., to be Captain with seniority and effect from 14 December 1986.

ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS

Lieutenant S. B. Cook to be temp. Captain with effect from 20 December 1986.

ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY REGIMENT

Lieutenant Colonel (temp. Colonel) E. B. Bestic to be Colonel with seniority from 17 December 1985, effect from 17 December 1986 and is transferred to the Colonels’ List.

The seniority of Major R. A. Cairns is antedated until 20 December 1985.

The following Captains (temp. Majors) to be Major with seniority from the date shown and effect from 20 December 1986:
G. T. Vercoe, 30 June 1986.
A. Christie, 30 June 1986.
P. J. Nichols, 20 December 1986.
A. G. Queree, 20 December 1986.

Captain (acting Major) B. T. Ralph to be temp. Major with effect from 20 December 1986.

Captain Kevin Ronald Arlidge, B.A.(MIL.), is transferred from the Army Reserve, General List of Officers, in the rank of temp. Major with seniority as Captain from 12 December 1981, effect from 12 December 1986 and is engaged until retiring age for rank.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) and Quartermaster L. J. Johnson to be Captain and Quartermaster with seniority and effect from 20 December 1986.

Lieutenant N. M. Ang to be temp. Captain with effect from 20 December 1986.

Lieutenant Michael Taiwhanake Eru is transferred from the Special Service List of the Territorial Force, on a fixed engagement of 2 years in his present rank, with seniority from 1 February 1985 and effect from 24 December 1986.

ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF TRANSPORT

Captain (temp. Major) J. P. Masson to be Major with seniority from 20 March 1986 and effect from 20 December 1986.

Captain (acting Major) I. A. Bennett to be temp. Major with effect from 20 December 1986.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

Captain A. C. Campbell, M.B., CH.B., to be temp. Major with effect from 5 December 1986 and is re-engaged until 15 January 2004.

Supernumerary List

Captain (temp. Major) and Quartermaster J. B. Hutton to be Major and Quartermaster with seniority and effect from 20 December 1986.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS

Lieutenant Colonel P. M. Reid to be temp. Colonel with effect from 12 January 1987.