Jan. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 145

Notices under the Regulations Act, 1936.

NOTICE is hereby given in pursuance of the Regulations Act, 1936, of the making of regulations and orders as under:—

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Royal Commission to Inquire into and Report upon Colliery Accident at Ten-mile Creek near Greymouth.—Extending Period within which Commission shall Report.

GEORGE THE SIXTH, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India :

To our Trusty and Loving Subjects: George Galloway Chisholm, Esquire, of Greymouth, Stipendiary Magistrate; John Watson, Esquire, of Huntly, Colliery Superintendent; Angus McLagan, Esquire, of Greymouth, Secretary; Thomas Otto Bishop, Esquire, of Wellington, Secretary; John Devlin, Esquire, of Wallsend, Miner: GREETINGS.

WHEREAS by Warrant dated the nineteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and forty, issued under Letters Patent dated the eleventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and under the provisions of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, you the said

George Galloway Chisholm,
John Watson,
Angus McLagan,
Thomas Otto Bishop, and
John Devlin

were appointed to be a Commission to inquire into and report as to the matters therein set forth with regard to a colliery accident at the coal-mine at Ten-mile Creek, near Greymouth, known as Kaye’s Mine :

And whereas by the said Warrant you were required to report to Us, under your hand and seal, not later than the thirty-first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and forty-one, your opinion on the aforesaid matters :

And whereas it is expedient that the period in which you are required to report to Us should be extended as hereinafter provided :

Now, therefore, We do hereby extend the period within which you are required to report to Us, as by the said Warrant provided, to the twenty-first day of February, one thousand nine hundred and forty-one :

And We do hereby confirm the said Commission except as altered by these presents :

In witness whereof We have caused this Warrant to be issued and the Seal of the Dominion of New Zealand to be hereunto affixed, at Wellington, in the said Dominion, this twenty-ninth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-one, and in the fifth year of our Reign.

Witness our Right Trusty and well-beloved Counsellor, George Vere Arundell, Viscount Galway, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over our Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies.

[L.S.] GALWAY, Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command—
P. FRASER,
For Minister of Mines.

Approved in Council—
C. A. JEFFERY,
Clerk of the Executive Council,

Probation Officer appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 21st January, 1941.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Maud Hoare

to be a Probation Officer under the Offenders Probation Act, 1920, for the City of Auckland, the Boroughs of Birkenhead, Devonport, Ellerslie, Mount Albert, Mount Eden, New Lynn, Newmarket, Northcote, Onehunga, One Tree Hill, and Takapuna, and the Road District of Mount Roskill, vice Hope Hart.

H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Appointment of Coroner.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd January, 1941.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Leslie William Leppien, Esquire,

of Motueka, to be a Coroner for the Dominion of New Zealand, vice J. H. Rankin, Esquire, resigned.

H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Consul-General of Poland in Wellington appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 28th January, 1941.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that the appointment of

Professor Kazimierz Wodzicki

as Consul-General of Poland in Wellington has been recognized.

W. E. PARRY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 68/70.)

Appointment in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand).

Navy Office,
Wellington, 24th January, 1941.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointment in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand) :—

Lieutenant Cecil Rivers Carlyn, Royal Naval Reserve (New Zealand), promoted to Lieutenant Commander, Royal Naval Reserve (New Zealand), to date 1st January, 1941,

F. JONES, Minister of Defence,