Num. 16.

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1943.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1943.

Notice 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 :—

Copies can be purchased at the Government Printing and Stationery Office, Lambton Quay, Wellington. Prices for quantities supplied on application. Copies may be ordered by quoting serial number.

E. V. PAUL, Government Printer.

Commission to Inquire into and Report on the Milk-supply in the Four Metropolitan Areas.

[L.S.] C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General.

To all whom these presents shall come, and to William Robert Tuck, Esquire, George William Dell, Esquire, Arthur Hugh Ward, Esquire: GREETINGS :

WHEREAS it is expedient that inquiry should be made into the present circumstances of the supply of milk to the four metropolitan areas of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, and such other areas as may be directed from time to time by the Minister of Agriculture, and any alterations and reorganizations that may be necessary, and also into the supply of milk for the Armed Forces :

Now, therefore, I, Cyril Louis Norton Newall, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, as extended by the Commissions of Inquiry Emergency Regulations 1941, and all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby constitute and appoint you, the said William Robert Tuck, Esquire, of Auckland, Barrister and Solicitor, George William Dell, Esquire, of Christchurch, Secretary, and Arthur Hugh Ward, Esquire, of Wellington, Dairy Economist, to be a Commission to inquire into and report on the following matters :—

(a) The present circumstances of the supply of milk to the four metropolitan areas of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, and to such other areas as may be directed from time to time by the Minister of Agriculture :

(b) The alteration and reorganization in methods of supply, collection, treatment, and distribution that may be necessary in such areas to ensure at reasonable prices adequate supplies of milk of high standard :

(c) The supply of milk for the Armed Forces, including Allied Forces in such areas.

And, with the like advice and consent, I do further appoint you, the said William Robert Tuck, to be Chairman of the said Commission.

And for the better enabling you, the said Commission, to carry these presents into effect, you are hereby authorized and empowered to make and conduct any inquiry under these presents at such times and places in the said Dominion as you deem expedient, with power to adjourn from time to time and place to place as you think fit, and to call before you and examine, on oath or otherwise, as may be allowed by law, such person or persons as you think capable of affording you information in the premises ; and you are also hereby empowered to call for and examine all such books, papers, plans, documents, or records as you deem likely to afford you the fullest information on the subject matter of the inquiry hereby directed to be made, and to inquire of and concerning the premises by all lawful means whatsoever :

And, using all diligence, you are required to report to me under your hands and seals, not later than the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and forty-three, your opinion as to the aforesaid matters :

And it is hereby declared that these presents shall continue in full force and virtue although the inquiry is not regularly continued from time to time or from place to place by adjournment :

And, lastly, it is hereby declared that these presents are issued under and subject to the provisions of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, as extended by the Commissions of Inquiry Emergency Regulations 1941.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Marshall of the Royal Air Force Cyril Louis Norton Newall, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Member of the Order of Merit, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, on whom has been conferred the Albert Medal of the First Class, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, this 10th day of March, 1943.

D. G. SULLIVAN,
Minister of Industries and Commerce.

Approved in Council—

C. A. JEFFERY,
Clerk of the Executive Council.