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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 44

Extending the Period within which the Customs Tariff Commission shall report.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

To all to whom these presents shall come, and to GEORGE CRAIG, Esquire, Comptroller of Customs; GEORGE WILLIAM CLINKARD, Esquire, Advisory Officer of the Industries and Commerce Department; JAMES HENRY FORRESTER, Esquire, Technical Adviser and Inquiry Officer of the Customs Department; and THOMAS HENRY MUSGRAVE TANNER, Esquire, Examining Officer, Customs Department, Wellington: Greeting.

WHEREAS by a Warrant dated the twenty-ninth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, and issued under my hand and the Seal of the Dominion of New Zealand, you, the said George Craig, George William Clinkard, James Henry Forrester, and Thomas Henry Musgrave Tanner were appointed to be a Commission to inquire into and report upon the revision of the Customs Tariff of New Zealand:

And whereas by the said Warrant you were required to report to me under your hands and seals not later than the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, your opinion on the aforesaid matter:

And whereas it is expedient that the period within which you are required to report to me should be extended:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby extend the period within which you are required to report to me, as by the said Commission provided, to the fifteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven:

And in further pursuance of the said powers and authorities, and with the like advice and consent, I do hereby confirm the said Commission except as altered by these presents.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 27th day of June, 1927.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Customs.

Approved in Council.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for the New Zealand Military Forces amended.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authority conferred on me by the Defence Act, 1909, and its amendments, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby amend in the manner and to the extent set forth in the Schedule hereto the Regulations for the New Zealand Military Forces, 1927; and I do hereby declare that the amendments hereby made shall take effect as from date of publication thereof in the Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

REGULATIONS FOR THE NEW ZEALAND MILITARY FORCES, 1927.

SECTION IV.—NEW ZEALAND PERMANENT FORCES: ENLISTMENT, PROMOTION, TRANSFER, AND DISCHARGE.

N.Z. Permanent Staff.

1. PARAGRAPH 221 is hereby revoked and the following substituted:—

“221. Applicants for enlistment into the New Zealand Permanent Staff must (unless otherwise authorized by the General Officer Commanding) be between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five years, must be physically fit for active service in any part of the world, and must have passed the Sixth Standard of education or its equivalent.”

2. Paragraph 222 is hereby revoked and the following substituted:—

“222. Enlistments into the N.Z. Permanent Staff will normally be made in the rank of private. Enlistments in a higher rank than private may be made in special cases with the approval of the General Officer Commanding.”

“Privates and non-commissioned officers so enlisted will be eligible for promotion as under:—

“(i) To corporal, by selection, to fill vacancies in the establishment:

“(ii) After three years as corporal, to the rank of sergeant:

“(iii) After three years as sergeant, to the rank of staff sergeant:

“(iv) After three years as staff sergeant, to the rank of warrant officer, Class II:

“(v) After three years as warrant officer, Class II, to the rank of warrant officer, Class I:

“Provided that in all cases a warrant officer or non-commissioned officer has passed the examination for the next higher rank, and has been recommended for such promotion by the O.C. Command in which he is serving, or if serving directly under General Headquarters by the head of the branch concerned:

“(vi) A non-commissioned officer holding the rank of staff sergeant instructor, on the coming into force of this regulation, will continue to hold that rank for such time as is necessary for him to complete three years’ service in the rank, when he will, if he has passed the examination for promotion and has been recommended, be promoted to the rank of warrant officer, Class II. If he has not qualified for promotion within the three years stated he will relinquish the rank of staff sergeant instructor and assume the rank of staff sergeant:

“(vii) A non-commissioned officer holding the rank of staff sergeant, on the coming into force of this regulation, will continue to hold that rank for such time as is necessary to complete three years in the rank, when he will, if he has passed the examination for promotion and has been recommended, still continue to hold that rank. If he has not qualified for promotion within the three years stated he will relinquish the rank of staff sergeant and assume the rank of sergeant.”

N.Z. Permanent Army Service Corps.

3. Paragraph 237 is hereby revoked, and the following substituted:—

“237. Applicants for enlistment into the N.Z. Permanent Army Service Corps must (unless otherwise authorized by the General Officer Commanding) be between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five years, must be physically fit for active service in any part of the world, and must have passed the Sixth Standard of education or its equivalent.

“Enlistments into the N.Z. Permanent Army Service Corps will normally be made in the rank of private. Enlistments in a higher rank than private may be made in special cases with the approval of the General Officer Commanding. Privates and non-commissioned officers so enlisted will be eligible for promotion as under:—

“(i) To corporal, by selection, to fill vacancies in the establishment:

“(ii) After three years as corporal, to the rank of sergeant:

“(iii) After three years as sergeant, to the rank of staff sergeant:

“(iv) After three years as staff sergeant, to the rank of warrant officer, Class II:

“(v) After three years as warrant officer, Class II, to the rank of warrant officer, Class I:

“Provided that in all cases a warrant officer or non-commissioned officer has passed the examination for the next higher rank, and has been recommended for such promotion by the O.C. Command in which he is serving, or if serving directly under General Headquarters by the head of the branch concerned:

“(vi) A non-commissioned officer holding the rank of staff sergeant instructor, on the coming into force of this regulation, will continue to hold that rank for such time as is necessary for him to complete three years’ service in the rank, when he will, if he has passed the examination for promotion and has been recommended, be promoted to the rank of warrant officer, Class II. If he has not qualified for promotion within the three years stated he will relinquish the rank of staff sergeant instructor and assume the rank of staff sergeant:

“(vii) A non-commissioned officer holding the rank of staff sergeant, on the coming into force of this regulation, will continue to hold that rank for such time as is necessary to complete three years in the rank, when he will, if he has passed the examination for promotion and has been recommended, still continue to hold that rank. If he has not qualified for promotion within the three years stated he will relinquish the rank of staff sergeant and assume the rank of sergeant.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 29th day of June, 1927.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.