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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 72

Limited in respect of any claim submitted to the Authority by the said company under sections 66, 68 and 70 of the said Act in respect of loss incurred through the operation of the said bridge and for that purpose to determine the matters set forth in subsection (1) of section 68 of the said Act :

And whereas the said company has submitted to the Authority a claim to compensation under the said Part VII of the said Act :

And whereas by subsection (4) of the said section 68 it was provided that the matters referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of that section and any other matters referred to in that section which can at the same time be conveniently determined should as soon as practicable after the commencement of the said Act be referred to the said Commission or Commissions :

And whereas the matter of the amount of capital expenditure incurred by the said company between the 1st day of December 1950 and the date of the first meeting of the Authority in maintaining or augmenting its fleet of vessels in such a manner as to ensure the continuance of an adequate harbour ferry service, and the matter referred to in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (d) of the said subsection (1) can conveniently be determined at the same time as the matters referred to in the said paragraph (a) :

And whereas by subsection (2) of section 66 of the said Act provision was made for the appointment of a public accountant to assist such Commission or Commissions :

Now therefore I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by the said Act and by the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908 and all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, do hereby nominate constitute and appoint you, the said Stanley Logan Paterson

to be a Commission to inquire into and report upon the following matters (being the matters referred to in paragraph (a) and one of the matters referred to in paragraph (b) and the matter referred to in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of the said section 68) namely :—

(1) The fair commercial value as at the 1st day of December 1950, and as in actual operation at that date, of the fleet of vessels owned by the said company :

(2) The amount of capital expenditure incurred by the said company between the 1st day of December 1950 and the 18th day of April 1951 (being the date of the first meeting of the Authority) in maintaining or augmenting its fleet of vessels in such manner as to ensure the continuance of an adequate harbour service :

(3) The amount of any special depreciation reserve established by the said company and existing on the 1st day of December 1950 by way of provision for loss anticipated to arise in consequence of the operation of the said bridge :

And for the better enabling you the said Stanley Logan Paterson 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 I further direct you to consider whether in the circumstances any of the costs of your inquiry should be borne by any individuals and 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 due diligence you are required to report to me in writing under your hand not later than the 31st day of March 1952 your findings and opinions on the matters hereby referred to you :

And I do also hereby appoint you the said David Harvey Steen

to assist you the said Stanley Logan Paterson as such Commission as aforesaid :

And each of you the said Stanley Logan Paterson and David Harvey Steen is hereby strictly charged and directed that neither of you shall at any time publish or otherwise disclose save to me in pursuance of these presents or by my direction the contents of any report so made or to be made by you the said Stanley Logan Paterson or any evidence or information obtained by either of 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 :

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 29th day of August 1951.

W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Works.

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Resignations, and Retirements of Officers of the New Zealand Army

Army Department,
Wellington, 5th September, 1951.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, transfers, resignations, and retirements of officers of the New Zealand Army :—

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY

Regular Force—

2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) J. H. L. Scrivener is granted the acting unpaid rank of Lieutenant whilst holding the appointment of Ship's Adjutant, H.M. Transport “Wahine.” Dated 27th July, 1951.

Territorial Force—

6th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, R.N.Z.A.—

Major W. L. Rutherford is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, The 6th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, R.N.Z.A., with the rank of Major, with seniority from 13th January, 1947. Dated 14th August, 1951.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS

Territorial Force—

2nd Armoured Regiment (Divisional Regiment), R.N.Z.A.C.—

Lieutenant W. M. Hobson is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Armoured Corps, with the rank of Captain. Dated 1st August, 1951.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ENGINEERS

Territorial Force—

Headquarters, 1st Field Engineer Regiment, R.N.Z.E.—

Lieutenant G. S. Menzies, M.C., B.E. (Civ.), to be Captain. Dated 30th April, 1951.

2nd Field Squadron, R.N.Z.E.—

George William Butcher, B.E. (Civ.), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 23rd July, 1951.

4th Field Park Squadron, R.N.Z.E.—

2nd Lieutenant T. D. Davies, from the Mount Albert Grammar School Cadets, to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority from 2nd August, 1949, and is also attached to the Mount Albert Grammar School Cadets. Dated 1st August, 1951.

THE ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY CORPS

Territorial Force—

The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own)—

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) D. S. Ross, 1st Battalion, to be Captain. Dated 1st August, 1951.

Lieutenant A. R. Oliver, 1st Battalion, to be Captain. Dated 2nd August, 1951.

The Hauraki Regiment—

Temp. Captain F. C. Forster, seconded to the Hamilton Technical College Cadets, to be Captain, with seniority from 15th December, 1942, and is transferred to the N.Z. Cadet Corps. Dated 1st March, 1951.

The Wellington West Coast and Taranaki Regiment—

Major E. R. Andrews, E.D., 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, The Wellington West Coast and Taranaki Regiment, with the rank of Major, with seniority from 22nd December, 1945. Dated 6th August, 1951.

Captain J. H. H. Pierce, M.B.E., 1st Battalion, to be temp. Major whilst commanding “B” Coy. Dated 6th August, 1951.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS

Regular Force—

Temp. Major William Henry Wilson, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, is granted a short-service commission for a period of three years as from 16th August, 1951, in the rank of Captain (on probation) and is attached to “Q” Branch, Army Headquarters, for duty with R.N.Z.A.S.C. (S. and T.). Dated 16th August, 1951.

Territorial Force—

2nd Company, R.N.Z.A.S.C.—

Captain G. W. Lyon is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Army Service Corps, with the rank of Captain. Dated 24th July, 1951.

3rd Company, R.N.Z.A.S.C.—

Captain D. H. Goulden is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Army Service Corps, with the rank of Captain. Dated 9th July, 1951.

Lieutenant F. W. Burt to be temp. Captain. Dated 14th July, 1951.

4th Company, R.N.Z.A.S.C.—

Captain S. V. Fernandez is attached to the 2nd Field Ambulance, R.N.Z.A.M.C., for duty as R.N.Z.A.S.C. officer. Dated 2nd August, 1951.

5th Company, R.N.Z.A.S.C.—

Lieutenant G. R. Colston is posted to the Retired List. Dated 17th July, 1951.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

Territorial Force—

1st General Hospital, R.N.Z.A.M.C.—

Major A. L. Lomas, M.C., M.B., Ch.B., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps, with the rank of Major. Dated 22nd July, 1951.

THE ROYAL N.Z. DENTAL CORPS

Territorial Force—

Lieutenant (on prob.) R. M. King ceases to be posted for duty to the Otago University Medical Company, R.N.Z.A.M.C., and is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Dental Corps, with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 6th August, 1951.