AUG. 14] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

And for the better enabling you 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 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 you are hereby strictly charged and directed that you shall not at any time publish or otherwise disclose save to His Excellency the Governor-General, in pursuance of these presents or by His Excellency's direction, the contents 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 you are hereby authorized to report your proceedings and findings under this Our Commission from time to time if you shall judge it expedient so to do.

And, using all due diligence, you are required to report to His Excellency the Governor-General in writing under your hands not later than the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, your findings and opinions on the matters aforesaid, together with such recommendations as you think fit to make in respect thereof.

And, lastly, it is hereby declared that these presents are issued under the authority of the Letters Patent of His late Majesty dated the eleventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and under the authority of and subject to the provisions of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Dominion of New Zealand.

In witness whereof We have caused this Our Commission to be issued and the Seal of Our Dominion of New Zealand to be hereunto affixed at Wellington, this thirteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, and in the eleventh year of Our Reign.

Witness Our Trusty and well-beloved Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, on whom has been conferred the Victoria Cross, Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of Our Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Knight Commander of Our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Companion of Our Distinguished Service Order, Lieutenant-General in Our Army, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion.

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General.

By His Excellency's Command
P. FRASER, Native Minister.

Approved in Council—
W. O. HARVEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Promotions and Relinquishments of Temporary Rank of Officers of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Japan Section)

Army Department,
Wellington, 12th August, 1947.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to confirm the following promotions and relinquishments of temporary rank of officers of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Japan Section), vide Lists Nos. 56, dated 25th June, 1947, 57, dated 1st July, 1947, 58, dated 8th July, 1947, and 59, dated 15th July, 1947:

LIST No. 56

PROMOTIONS

Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) R. B. Dawson, D.S.O., Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 14th May, 1947.

Lieutenant J. G. Godwin, Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, to be Captain. Dated 10th June, 1947.

GRANTS OF TEMPORARY RANK

The undermentioned Sisters, N.Z. Army Nursing Service, to be temp. Charge Sisters:

J. C. Aitken.

N. G. Hamblin.

Dated 20th June, 1947.

LIST No. 57

GRANTS OF TEMPORARY RANK

Captain P. J. Rodgers, Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, to be temp. Major. Dated 15th June, 1947.

Lieutenant E. H. Hill, Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, to be temp. Captain. Dated 1st July, 1947.

2nd Lieutenant R. A. Wright, Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 1st July, 1947.

LIST No. 58

GRANT OF TEMPORARY RANK

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) E. Mills, Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, to be temp. Captain. Dated 3rd July, 1947.

TEMPORARY RANK RELINQUISHED

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) A. V. Bayliss, Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, relinquishes the temporary rank of Lieutenant. Dated 5th July, 1947.

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Captain) J. W. Maybank, Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, relinquishes the temporary rank of Captain and assumes the acting rank of Captain. Dated 24th July, 1947.

LIST No. 59

GRANTS OF TEMPORARY RANK

Captain A. B. H. Naughton, M.M., 2 N.Z. Div. Cav. Regiment, to be temp. Major. Dated 15th June, 1947.

Captain J. H. Byrne, 2 N.Z. Div. Cav. Regiment, to be temp. Major. Dated 15th July, 1947.

Lieutenant J. H. M. Salmon, Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, to be temp. Captain. Dated 12th July, 1947.

2nd Lieutenant W. G. R. Henesy, Royal N.Z. Army Service Corps, to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 18th June, 1947.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, Relinquishment of Local Rank, and Retirement of Officers of the New Zealand Military Forces

Army Department,
Wellington, 11th August, 1947.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, relinquishment of local rank, and retirement of officers of the New Zealand Military Forces:

REGULAR FORCE

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY

Temp. Lieutenant A. N. King, N.Z. Temporary Staff, to be Lieutenant (on prob.), with seniority from 1st August, 1947. Dated 1st August, 1947.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS

Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel H. A. Purcell, D.S.O., N.Z. Temporary Staff, to be Captain (on prob.), with seniority from 22nd July, 1942, and temp. Major as from 1st August, 1947. Dated 1st August, 1947.

THE ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS

Lieutenant and Quartermaster R. G. Aitken to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 26th May, 1942. Dated 1st August, 1947.

Temp. Lieutenant W. H. Dyson, N.Z. Temporary Staff, to be Lieutenant (on prob.), with seniority from 26th June, 1944. Dated 1st August, 1947.

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant J. R. Vickerman, N.Z. Temporary Staff, to be Lieutenant (on prob.), with seniority from 12th December, 1944. Dated 1st August, 1947.

N.Z. REGIMENT

Captain (local Major) W. B. Thomas, D.S.O., M.C., The Hampshire Regiment, ceases to be seconded to the N.Z. Regiment, and relinquishes the local paid rank of Major. Dated 21st May, 1947.

Temp. Brigadier I. L. Bonifant, D.S.O., E.D., N.Z. Temporary Staff, to be Major (on prob.), with seniority from 1st September, 1939. Dated 1st August, 1947.

Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel W. F. Titchener, M.C., N.Z. Temporary Staff, to be Captain (on prob.), with seniority from 22nd July, 1942, and temp. Major as from 1st August, 1947. Dated 1st August, 1947.

Temp. Major H. J. G. Low, M.C., N.Z. Temporary Staff, to be Captain (on prob.), with seniority from 6th April, 1946. Dated 1st August, 1947.

Temp. Major D. J. Aitken, N.Z. Temporary Staff, to be Captain (on prob.), with seniority from 24th January, 1947. Dated 1st August, 1947.

Temp. Lieutenant and Quartermaster E. R. Firth, B.E.M., to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 14th December, 1942. Dated 1st August, 1947.

Temp. Lieutenant J. R. Morrison, N.Z. Temporary Staff, to be Lieutenant (on prob.), with seniority from 26th January, 1944. Dated 1st August, 1947.

Temp. Lieutenant J. M. Morris, N.Z. Temporary Staff, to be Lieutenant (on prob.), with seniority from 27th June, 1944. Dated 1st August, 1947.

Temp. Lieutenant K. G. Perrin, N.Z. Temporary Staff, to be Lieutenant (on prob.), with seniority from 1st August, 1947. Dated 1st August, 1947.

Temp. Lieutenant J. R. Benge, N.Z. Temporary Staff, to be Lieutenant (on prob.), with seniority from 1st August, 1947. Dated 1st August, 1947.

Temp. Lieutenant W. G. Pike, N.Z. Temporary Staff, to be Lieutenant (on prob.), with seniority from 1st August, 1947. Dated 1st August, 1947.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel B. W. Clouston, M.B., Ch.B., is granted a short-service commission for a period of one year as from 1st April, 1947, in the rank of Major, with seniority from 1st April, 1947, and is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel whilst holding the appointment of Assistant Director of Medical Services, Army Headquarters. Dated 1st April, 1947.