and generally to inquire into and report upon 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 upon any matters affecting the premises
which you consider should 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
John Hector Luxford
to be the Chairman of the said Commission:
And you are hereby authorized 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 to call before you and to 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 reports as you deem likely to afford you the
fullest information on any such 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 I do further ordain that you have liberty to report your
proceedings and findings under this Commission from time to time
if you shall judge it expedient so to do:
And it is hereby declared that the powers hereby conferred
shall be exercisable notwithstanding the absence at any time of
any one of the members hereby appointed, provided that the Chair-
man (or a member deputed by the Chairman to act in his stead)
be present and concur in the exercise of such powers:
And using all due diligence, you are required to report to me
in writing under your hands not later than the thirtieth day of June
one thousand nine hundred and fifty-two 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 further declared that these presents
are issued under and subject to the provisions of the Commissions
of Inquiry Act 1908.
Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
and issued under the Seal of New Zealand this 2nd day
[L.S.]
of May 1952.
CHAS. M. BOWDEN,
Associate Minister of Finance.
Approved in Council--
T. J. SHERRARD
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Appointment, Confirmation of Appointments, Extension of Commission,
Promotions, Termination of Commission, and Resignation of
Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force
Air Department,
Wellington, 1 May 1952.
IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve
the following appointment, confirmation of appointments,
extension of commission, promotions, termination of commission,
and resignation of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force:-
REGULAR AIR FORCE
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Appointment
Alfred Sydney DREW, D.F.C., A.F.C., is granted a commission
for a period of two years in the rank of Flight Lieutenant, with
seniority as from 3 April 1949. Dated 3 April 1952.
Promotions
Wing Commander Richard WEBB, D.S.O., D.F.C., p.s.a. (70019)
is granted the temporary rank of Group Captain. Dated 27 March
1952.
Pilot Officer (on prob.) Harold Gordon Moss (72349) is confirmed
in his appointment and promoted to the rank of Flying Officer.
Dated 23 July 1951.
The undermentioned Pilot Officers (on prob.) are confirmed in
their appointments and promoted to the rank of Flying Officer:
Clarence Leslie MITCHELL (72798).
Ian McAlpine ANDERSON (72506).
Dated 23 November 1951.
The undermentioned Pilot Officers (on prob.) are confirmed in
their appointments and promoted to the rank of Flying Officer:-
Ian Desmond MACPHERSON (72795).
Stanley Ernest TROUNCE (72246).
Geoffrey Morris WHITE (72500).
Harold Burch THOMPSON (72244).
Duncan CUMMING (72791).
Ian Murray GILLARD (72287).
David Ewan JAMIESON (73483).
Vernon Edwin HUME (73481).
Patrick Lane McFARLAND (72209).
Dated 23 January 1952.
James Nash SIMPSON (71514).
Rex Frederick CORDING (72509).
Dated 23 January 1952.
Cancellation
The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 32, dated
16 May 1946, page 682, under the heading "General Duties Branch—
Relinquishments", in so far as it relates to "Flight Lieutenant
Hugh William THOMSON" is hereby cancelled.
TECHNICAL BRANCH
Promotions
Engineer Division—
Pilot Officer (on prob.) Peter Harry LUMLEY (70645) is confirmed
in his appointment and promoted to the rank of Flying Officer.
Dated 22 November 1951.
Signals Division—
Pilot Officer (on prob.) Tennes Van Den HEUVEL (71644) is
confirmed in his appointment and promoted to the rank of Flying
Officer. Dated 22 November 1951.
ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPLY BRANCH
Extension of Commission
Secretarial Division—
Squadron Leader John Walter Charles LOVE, M.B.E. (70265) is
granted an extension of his commission to 19 February 1953. Dated
1 October 1951.
Promotion
Pilot Officer (on prob.) John Richard MAHONEY (74218) is
confirmed in his appointment and promoted to the rank of Flying
Officer. Dated 21 March 1952.
AIR TRAINING CORPS
Resignation
Flying Officer Harry Lewis GEE resigns his commission. Dated
1 March 1952.
RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
Termination of Commission
The commission of Flying Officer Keith Frederick OUTTRIM
(427366) is terminated. Dated 1 March 1952.
T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.
Member of the Omarama Rabbit Board Appointed (Notice No.
Ag. 5242)
PURSUANT to section 56 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act 1928,
His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint on the 24th day of April 1952 :—
Robert William James Munro
to be a member of the Omarama Rabbit Board, vice Henry John
Wardell, resigned.
Dated at Wellington, this 30th day of April 1952.
K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.
(Ag. 64/1/181)
Members of the New Plymouth Milk Board Appointed
Office of the Minister of Marketing,
Wellington, N.Z., 30 April 1952.
IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in
pursuance of subsection (3) of section 2 of the Milk
Amendment Act 1947, to appoint—
Carl William Henry Frank,
George Hamilton Fry,
Laurence David Hickford,
William Theophilus Vaughan, and
Keith Mervyn Ward,
to be members of the New Plymouth Milk Board constituted by
the New Plymouth Milk Board Constitution Order 1948, for a term
of three years commencing on the 9th day of May 1952.
K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Marketing.
Coroner Appointed
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 30 April 1952.
IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint
Percy Alexander McDowell, Esquire, J.P.,
of Warkworth, to be a Coroner for New Zealand.
T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.
Coroner Appointed
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 30 April 1952.
IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint
Gavin Murdoch Carter, Esquire, J.P.,
of Balclutha, to be a Coroner for New Zealand.
T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.