THE:~ GAZETTE ' [No. 31

MARLBOROUGH ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT Appointment in the Royal New Zealand-"Navy (As described in New Zealand Ga;ette No. 17 of 12th March, 1925, at page 751.) - - Navy Office, 1. Season: Noon on 1st June to noon .on 3ls~ August, 1945 Wellington, 24th April, 1945. (inclusive). - IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to 2. License fee : £2. H approve the following appointment in the Royal New Zea- 3: Officers authorized to issue trappers' licenses: Chief Post­ land Navy:- - · master, .Blenheim; Postmaster, Rai· Valley. Lieutenant-Commander Phillip George Connolly, D:S:C., V.D. M.P., R.N.Z.N.V.R., placed on the Retired 'List of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve (age) in the rank of NELSON ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT Commander, with permission to wear the prescribed uniform, to date 14th November, 19'44. (As described in New· Zealand. Gazette No. 17 of 12th March, 1925, · at page 751.) . F. JONES, Minister of Defence. • 1. Season: Noon on 1st June to noon on 31st August, 1945 (inclusive). 2. License fee: £2. 3. Officers authorized to isi!Ue trappers' lice:rrses : Chief Post­ Appointments, .Promotions, and Relinquishments of Temporary and master, Nelson; Postmasters, .Takaka and Reefton. Acting Rank of Officers on Active Service with the-2nd New z,ealand Expediuonary. Force ( Middle East)

0TAGO AccLiMATIZATION DISTRICT Army Department, (As described in New Zealand Gazette No. 17 of 12th March, 1925,' , Wellington, 3rd May, 1945. at page 751.) IS. Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to con­ 1. Season:_ Noon on 1st May to noon on 31st August, 1945 H. firm the following appointments, promotions, and relin­ (inclusive). "' 1 quishments of temporary and ·acting rank of officers on active 2. License fee : £2. service with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Middle 3. Officers authorized to issue trappers' licenses : Chief .Post­ East), vide List No. 187, dated 23rd March, 1945 :- master, Dunedin; Postmasters, Milton, 'Clinton, , , , , Wyndham, and . PROMOTIONS N.Z. Armoured Corps The undermentioned' Captains to be Majors :- SOUTHLAND ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT W. H. Ryan. (As described in New Zealand Gazette No. 62 of·9th August, 1934, J .. F. Moodie, M.C. at page 2451.) Dated 8th March, 1945. 1. Season: Noon on 1st May to noon on 31st August, 1945 (inclusive). N.Z. Artillery 2. License fee : £2. The undermentioned Lieutenants (Acting Captains) to be 3. Officers authorized to issue trappers' licenses: Chief Post­ Captams :- master, ; Postmasters, Awarua Plains, Balfour, Dipton; L. A. Hughan A. L. Graham. Gore, ,Lumsden, Mataura, Nightcaps, Orawia, .Orepuki, , Dated 1st January, 1945. Riversdale, Riverton, , Winton, Woodlands, and Ralf-moon Bay. - Lie1J.tenant T. G. Scott (prisoner of war) to be Captain. Dated 14th August, 19L.l:4. The undermention!'}d 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :- W AJAPU Ac6LIMATIZATION DISTRICT G. Solomon. A, J. Champion. . '(As described in New Zealand Bazette No. 17 of 12th March, 1925, Dated 1st March, 1945. at page 753, excepting the County of Uawa, which is. included in the Second Schedule to the Opossum Regulations 1934.) 1. Season: Noon: on 1st July to noon on 1st October, .1945 N.Z. 8iynals (inclusive). Captain E. · J. Wilton' to be Major. Datea 9th March, 1945. 2. License fee: £2. Lieutenant (temp, Captain) L. A. F. Rollet to be Captain. 3. Officer authorized to issue trappers' licenses : · Postmaster, Dated 15th January, 1945. Tolaga Bay. N_.Z. Infantry WESTLAND ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT Captain (temp. Major) C, W. Taylor to be Major. Dated llth March, 1945. (As described in N_ew Zealand Gazette No. 17 of 12th March, 1925, 1 at page 754.) 1. Season: Noon on 1st June to noon on 15th September, 1945 N.Z. Army 8ervice Corps (inclusive). The undermentioned Lieutenants (temp. Captains) to be 2. License fee : £2. Captains:- 3. Officers authorized to issue trappers' license$ : Postmasters,_ Hokitika and Kumara. C. Denham. H. W. Boyce. A. M. Crawford. Dated 2nd February, 1945. C. A. JEFFERY, Clerk of the Executive Councj]. (I A. 49/1) N.Z. Medical Corps Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) E. Y .. Comrie to be Lieu­ tenant-Colonel. Dated 1st ,January, 1946. 2nd Lieutenant D. H. Adamson (Quartermaster) to be Lieu­ tenant. Dated 1st March, 1945. Qfficers authorized to take and receive Statutory Declarations . N.Z. Women's Army Auxili~ry Corps C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-Gener~! · J·unior Commander M. King, M.B.E., to be Senior Commander. URSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the three­ Dated 8th February, 1945. P hundred-and-:first · section of the .Justices of the Peace Act, 1927, I, Cyril Louis Norton Newall, the Governor-General of the GRANTS OF TEMPORARY RANK Dominion of New Zealand, d9 ,hereby notify and declare that the persons whose names are set out in the Schedule hereto, being N.Z. Armoured Corps officers in the service of the Crown holding the offices stated opposite The undermentioned Majors to be temp. Lieutenant-Colonels:- their names respectively in the said Schedule, ar~ authorized to A. M. Everist, D.S.O. H. A. Robinson, M.C. take and receive statutory declarations under the three-hundred­ Dated 17th March, 1945. and-:first section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1927. The undermentioned Captains to be temp. Majors:- S. J. Wright, E.D. Dated .15th February, 1945. • SCHEDULE D. A. Caughley. C. K. Saxton . ' Dated 12th March, 1945. Commander Frank Edward Taylor, D.S.C., V.D., R.N.Z.N.V.R, _ .Commanding Officer, H.M.N.Z.S. "Cook." The undermentioned Lieutenants to be temp. Captains:- Acting-Commander, Gordon Bridson, D.S.O., D.S.C., V.D., C. P. Crespin.- R. F. White. R.N.Z.N.V.R., Naval Officer-in-Charge, Lyttelton. W. Heptinstall. F. H. Childs. Lieutenant-Commander John Henry Seelye; V.D., R.N:Z.N.V.R., . Dated 15th February, 1945. Naval Officer-in-Charge, Dunedin; - C. G. Brown. Dated 25th February, 1945. As witness the han,d of His Excellency the Governor-General, E: J. Davidson. Dated 12th March, 1945. this 4th' day of May, 1945. W. H. Fowler. Dated 14th l\Iarch_. 1945. 2nd Lieutenant J. C. 91ough to be temp'. Lieutenant. Dated H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice. 1st February, 1945.