APRIL 22]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Warrant appointing Commission to inquire into Position regarding Fresh Meat Supplies

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General.

To all to whom these presents shall come and to:
Archibald Albany McLachlan, of Christchurch, Stipendiary Magistrate,
Alexander Paterson O'Shea, of Wellington, Secretary,
James William Perry, of Auckland, Butcher,
William Gardner Simpson, of Wellington, Liaison Officer in the Department of Labour and Employment,
Robert Browne Tennent, of Wellington, Assistant Director-General of Agriculture, and
Leicester Chisholm Webb, of Wellington, Director of Stabilization,

GREETING.

KNOW YE that pursuant to the powers vested in me by the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, I, Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, do hereby appoint you, the said
Archibald Albany McLachlan,
Alexander Paterson O'Shea,
James William Perry,
William Gardner Simpson,
Robert Browne Tennent, and
Leicester Chisholm Webb
to be a Commission to inquire into and report upon the following matters:-

1. Whether the supplies of fresh meat available for the New Zealand retail market are adequate at all times of the year.
2. If your findings on the matter aforesaid be in the negative, whether steps should be taken under the regulations specified in the Schedule to the Supply Regulations Act, 1947, or otherwise, to make so available at certain times of the year additional quantities of fresh meat or (if this be not thought possible) chilled or frozen meat.
3. Whether it is practicable to provide for butchers to purchase meat for local consumption by means of a schedule similar to that adopted for the export trade and, if so, what margin (if any) should be paid over and above the export schedule price.
4. If the purchase of meat for the local market on a schedule basis is deemed desirable and practicable whether the auction system of disposing of stock for the local market should be continued and if so to what extent.
5. Whether, in the event of the auction system being continued, it is desirable to encourage the practice of group buying by butchers.
6. Whether the extension of the practice on the part of freezing companies of entering into the wholesale and retail butchery trade is desirable and to what extent this practice affects the operations of abattoirs maintained by local authorities under the Meat Act, 1939.
   And generally upon other matters affecting producers, wholesalers, retailers, and consumers of meat, or affecting one or more of such classes of persons as may come to your notice in the course of your inquiries and which you consider should be the subject of opinions expressed by you in your report.
   And in exercise of the powers and authorities aforesaid and with the like advice and consent I do hereby appoint you the said
   Archibald Albany McLachlan
   to be Chairman of the said Commission.
   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 may think fit and so that these presents shall continue in force the inquiry may at any time and place be resumed although not regularly adjourned from time to time or place to place.
   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 of any reports 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 I further direct you to consider whether in the circumstances any of the costs of your inquiry or the costs of any person made party to the inquiry should be borne by any individuals and if you think fit so to do to make provision for citation of parties and to make orders for payment of costs accordingly, pursuant to the powers conferred by the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908.
   And using all diligence you are required to report to me within thirty days of the date hereof your findings and opinions on the matters aforesaid together with such recommendations as you think fit to make in respect thereof.

Given in Executive Council under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 21st day of April, 1948.

A. H. NORMEYER,
Minister of Industries and Commerce.

T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Promotions of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,
Wellington, 8th April, 1948.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following promotions of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force:

TECHNICAL BRANCH

Promotions

Engineer Division-
The undermentioned Flight Lieutenants (temp.) (Acting Squadron Leaders) to be Squadron Leaders (temp.):
With seniority as from 1st December, 1943-
NZ 34145 Walter Starforth MAXEY.
With seniority as from 1st March, 1944-
NZ 24105 Ronald Lindsay MEYNELL, M.B.E.
NZ 39450 John Reginald TORRY.
NZ 29113 Ronald Joseph LEONARD, O.B.E.
With seniority as from 1st October, 1944-
NZ 29121 Frederick William THORNTON, M.B.E.
NZ 36119 Jack HARDY.
Dated 1st October, 1947.
The undermentioned Flying Officers (temp.) (Acting Flight Lieutenants) to be Flight Lieutenants (temp.):
With seniority as from 1st January, 1945-
NZ 34153 William Douglas STEVEN.
With seniority as from 1st March, 1945-
NZ 36112 Walter Andrew CHANDLER, B.E.M.
NZ 36107 Andrew Douglas HALL.
With seniority as from 5th April, 1945-
NZ 37218 John REES, B.E.M.
With seniority as from 22nd April, 1945-
NZ 39150 Collin Thomas Bertram FITZGERALD, M.B.E.
With seniority as from 19th May, 1945-
NZ 39172 Keith Rex ORSBORN.
With seniority as from 1st August, 1945-
NZ 34156 Hubert Alfred FARRAR.
With seniority as from 1st October, 1945-
NZT 638035 Norman Roy MOORE.
Dated 1st October, 1947.

Signals Division-
The undermentioned Flight Lieutenants (temp.) (Acting Squadron Leaders) to be Squadron Leaders (temp.):
With seniority as from 1st October, 1943-
NZ 39449 John William TODD, M.B.E.
With seniority as from 1st May, 1947-
NZ 37161 Donald Charles McGlashan.
Dated 1st October, 1947.
The undermentioned Flying Officers (temp.) (Acting Flight Lieutenants) to be Flight Lieutenants (temp.):
With seniority as from 1st January, 1945-
NZ 37178 Joseph Thomas WHITE.
With seniority as from 1st March, 1945-
NZ 37231 Francis Maitland Bissett GEORGE.
With seniority as from 11th September, 1945-
NZ 39254 Laurie Frederick William MERCER.
With seniority as from 31st January, 1947-
NZ 34140 James Frederick Henessy HARPER.
Dated 1st October, 1947.

Armament Division-
The undermentioned Flying Officers (temp.) (Acting Flight Lieutenants) to be Flight Lieutenants (temp.):
With seniority as from 1st January, 1945-
NZ 37207 Gordon Glassford LEASK.
NZT 539012 William Hubert HOWE.
With seniority as from 20th May, 1947-
NZ 36104 Stanley George THOMPSON.
Dated 1st October, 1947.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

The Cargo Control Emergency Regulations 1947.-Appointment of Members of Cargo Control Committee for the Port of Wellington

PURSUANT to the Cargo Control Emergency Regulations 1947, the Minister of Labour doth hereby appoint
Charles Christopher Vanden Bergh, and
William Frederick Strouts
members of the Cargo Control Committee for the Port of Wellington, vice Ashton James Lever-Naylor and Osborne Cleveland Guy, resigned.

Dated at Wellington, this 15th day of April, 1948.

A. McLAGAN, Minister of Labour.