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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 50

Commission of Inquiry under the Rotorua Borough Act, 1922

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

To all to whom these presents shall come, and to Stanley Logan Paterson, of Hamilton, Stipendiary Magistrate; and to Robert Henry Price Ronayne, of Tauranga, District Engineer, Public Works Department; and to John Houston, of Wellington, Assistant General Manager of the Department of Tourist and Publicity; and to Prentice Arthur Kusabs, of Rotorua, Company-manager, Mayor of Rotorua; and to Ernest Thomas Johnson, of Rotorua, Land-agent, Councillor, the two latter being elected members of the Rotorua Borough Council nominated by the Council: GREETING.

WHEREAS it is provided by section ten of the Rotorua Borough Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), that with respect to the vesting in the Corporation of the Borough of Rotorua, pursuant to section nine of the said Act, of any of the works that were vested in the Crown when the said Act came into force, and whether before or after the vesting of the same in the said Corporation by Order in Council the Governor-General in Council shall appoint a Commission to inquire into and report upon certain matters set out in section ten (a) and (b) of the said Act:

And whereas it is proposed to vest in the said Corporation all the drainage works and all the waterworks for the supply of water for domestic or other purposes both within and outside the boundaries of the said Borough of Rotorua heretofore provided or constructed by the Crown for the Borough of Rotorua and the lands adjacent thereto (hereinafter referred to as “the said drainage and waterworks”):

And whereas by section thirty-three of the Local Legislation Act, 1936, it is provided that in the event of an agreement to the satisfaction of the Minister of Finance being arrived at between the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts and the Rotorua Borough Council concerning the said matters it shall not be necessary to appoint a Commission in terms of the said section ten:

And whereas no such agreement has been reached:

Now, therefore, I, Cyril Louis Norton Newall, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section ten of the said Act and all other powers enabling me in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, do hereby nominate, constitute, and appoint you, the said

Stanley Logan Paterson,
Robert Henry Price Ronayne,
John Houston,
Prentice Arthur Kusabs, and
Ernest Thomas Johnson

to be a Commission to inquire into and report upon the following matters:—

(a) As to the amount to be paid to the Crown by the Rotorua Borough Council in respect of the vesting in the said Corporation of the said drainage and waterworks and as to the mode and terms of such payment; and

(b) As to the charges to be made by the said Council in respect of supplies of water supplied to the Crown for the purposes of the Government Sanatorium and Bathhouses and the grounds appurtenant thereto, and of any Government offices or buildings in or in the vicinity of the Borough of Rotorua:

And generally such other matters arising out of the premises as may come to your notice in the course of your inquiries and which you consider should be investigated in connection therewith and be brought to the attention of the Government:

And in exercise of such powers and authorities as aforesaid, and with the like advice and consent I do hereby appoint you, the said

Stanley Logan Paterson,

to be the Chairman of the said Commission:

And you are hereby authorized to conduct any inquiry under these presents at such times and places as you deem expedient, with power to adjourn from time to time and place to place as you think fit, and so that these presents shall continue in force and the inquiry may at any time and place be resumed although not regularly adjourned from time to time or from place to place, and to call before you and examine on oath or otherwise such persons as you think capable of affording you information as to the matters aforesaid, and to call for and examine all such books, papers, writings, documents, and records as you deem likely to afford you the fullest information on any such matters:

And, using all due diligence, you are required to report to me under your hands and seals not later than the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five, your findings and opinions on the aforesaid matters:

And you are hereby strictly charged and directed that you shall not at any time publish or otherwise disclose, save to me in pursuance of these presents or by my direction, the contents or purport of any report so made or to be made by you or any evidence or information obtained by you in the exercise of the powers hereby conferred upon you except such evidence or information as is received in the course of a sitting open to the public:

And it is hereby declared that the powers hereby conferred shall be exercisable notwithstanding the absence at any time of any one or more of the members of the Commission hereby appointed so long as the Chairman and at least three other members be present and concur in the exercise of such powers.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Marshal 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 18th day of July, 1945.

W. E. PARRY,
Minister in Charge of Tourist and Health Resorts.

Appointments and Promotions of Officers on Active Service with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Middle East)

Army Department,
Wellington, 19th July, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to confirm the following appointments and promotions of officers on active service with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Middle East), vide List No. 196, dated 1st June, 1945:—

PROMOTIONS

N.Z. Divisional Cavalry

The undermentioned to be Captains:—

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) B. W. J. Brown.

Lieutenants—

J. C. Studholme. A. Siddall.
Dated 14th May, 1945.

N.Z. Armoured Corps

Lieutenant G. C. Ferguson to be Captain. Dated 10th May, 1945.

N.Z. Artillery

Captain (temp. Major) E. Butcher to be Major. Dated 6th May, 1945.

N.Z. Engineers

Captain A. A. Treloar to be Major. Dated 25th May, 1945.
Captain (Acting Lieutenant-Colonel) C. E. Barnes, D.S.O., M.C., to be Major (Acting Lieutenant-Colonel). Dated 25th May, 1945.
Captain (temp. Major) P. H. G. Hamilton to be Major. Dated 25th May, 1945.
Captain (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) A. Edmonds, M.C., to be Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel). Dated 25th May, 1945.

N.Z. Infantry

Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) C. C. Marsack to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 25th May, 1945.

The undermentioned Captains to be Majors:—

J. L. Johnston. Dated 26th April, 1945.
H. W. Northcroft. Dated 28th April, 1945.
W. C. Wylie. Dated 9th May, 1945.

Lieutenant W. H. Esson, ex prisoner of war, to be Captain. Dated 28th April, 1945.
2nd Lieutenant A. Te A. Bennett, ex prisoner of war, to be Lieutenant. Dated 21st July, 1944.

N.Z. Medical Corps

Colonel G. W. Gower, C.B.E., E.D., to be Brigadier. Dated 1st June, 1945.
Captain J. D. Lough to be Major. Dated 15th May, 1945.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains:—

F. O. Davis. Dated 31st March, 1945.
G. Taine. Dated 25th May, 1945.

N.Z. Ordnance Corps

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Captain) L. N. Marshall to be Lieutenant, and retains the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 30th May, 1945.

N.Z. Dental Corps

Lieutenant G. N. Davies to be Captain. Dated 19th May, 1945.

N.Z. Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps

Subaltern D. P. Lamason to be Junior Commander. Dated 25th May, 1945.

GRANTS OF TEMPORARY RANK

N.Z. Armoured Corps

The undermentioned Captains to be temp. Majors:—

L. M. Brosnan. Dated 13th May, 1945.
G. E. Taylor. Dated 16th May, 1945.