29 Oct.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1737

Appointment of Chairman of Government Service Tribunal
C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington, this 21st day of October 1953
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
P URSUANT to the Government Service Tribunal Act 1948,
His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council and on the recommendation of the Prime Minister, hereby appoints Wilfred Fosberrey Stilwell, Esquire, a Judge of the Court of Arbitration,
to be Chairman of the Government Service Tribunal for a term of three years commencing on the lst day of November 1953.
T. J. SHERRARD. Clerk of the Executive Council.
And using all due diligence you are required to report to me in writing under your hand not later than the 18th day of December 1953 your findings and opinions on the matters aforesaid together with such recommendations as you think fit to make in respect thereof:
Provided always that you may at any time prior to the submission of the complete report required from you pursuant to these presents, if and so often as you shall in your discretion deem it expedient or desirable so to do, submit to me an interim report on any matter or matters arising in the course of your inquiry 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, this 23rd day of October 1953.
T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.
Officers Authorized to Take Statutory Declarations
C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
P URSUANT to section 301 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1927, His Excellency the Governor-General hereby authorizes the persons named in the Schedule hereto, being the holders of the offices specified after their names, to take and receive statutory declarations under that section.
SCHEDULE
Daniel Murray, Postmaster, Balclutha. Norman Eadie La Mont, Postmaster, Hawera. James Charles Beach Bradley, Postmaster, Huntly. Stuart Ingram Walden, Postmaster, Maungaturoto. Kenneth Whitelaw, Postmaster, Murchison. Robert Archie Morgan, Accountant, Chief Post Office, *Palmerston North. William Dunbar WarriIow, Postmaster, Sanson. Donald Ferguson McLeod, Chief Postmaster, Westport. As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 16th day of October 1953.
T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.
Appointing a Commission of Inquiry to Inquire into Certain Matters Relating to the Conduct of Members of the Police Force
C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General To all to whom these presents shall come and to: The Honourable Sir ROBERT KENNEDY, of Dunedin, lately a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand; GREETING:
WHEREAS certain allegations and statements have been made as to the conduct of members of the Police Force in relation to the matters set out hereunder:
And whereas it is deemed expedient in the public interest that the matters contained in such allegations and statements should be the subject-matter of a full and public inquiry:
Now, therefore, I, Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, the Governor-General of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908 and of all other powers and authorities 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 Sir Robert Kennedy,
to be a commission to inquire into and report upon the following matters relating to the conduct of the Police Force of New Zealand:
(a) Whether the present Commissioner of Police did while holding the rank of Senior-Detective in 1944 and afterwards himself tap telephone lines and listen in to conversations thereon for the purpose of obtaining information and evidence as to the activities of bookmakers.
(b) Whether the present Commissioner of Police did improperly have certain work performed at his private house by members of the Police Force, such work being not required for the proper performance of his public duty and including repairs to his private radio, erection of wireless masts, repair of fluorescent lights, and installation of certain cupboards.
(c) The conduct of members of the Police Force in relation to the detection and prosecution of book-makers, and in particular whether there is any evidence to show that certain persons carrying on the business of bookmakers have given sums of money to members of the Police Force in consideration of such persons not being prosecuted in respect of their unlawful activities.
(d) Whether, and if so in what respect and to what extent, there has been laxity, irregularity, or both, on the part of the Police Force or of any members thereof in the administration and enforcement of the licensing laws.
(e) Whether some members of the Police Force have criminal records.
And generally upon such other matters arising thereout 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 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 time and places as you deem expedient with power to adjourn from time to time and from 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 me in pursuance of these presents or by my 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;
Lands Reserved in the North Auckland and Wellington Land Districts
C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General WHEREAS by section 167 of the Land Act 1948 it is enacted that the Governor-General may from time to time set apart as a reserve, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral lease or pastoral occupation licence, any Crown land for any purpose which, in his opinion, is desirable in the public interest, and notice thereof shall be published in the New Zealand Gazette :
Now, therefore, pursuant to section 167 of the said Act, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, the Governor-General of New Zealand, hereby reserve, subject to the reservations and conditions imposed by section 59 of the Land Act 1948, the lands in the North Auckland and Wellington Land Districts described in the Schedule hereunder written for the purposes specified at the end of the respective descriptions of the lands so intended to be reserved.
SCHEDULE
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT
Lot 13, Deposited Plan No. 37912, being part Allotment 15, Parish of Titirangi, situated in Block III, Titirangi Survey District : Area, 1 acre and 0·2 perch, more or less. (Recreation.) (L. and S. H.O. 1/1107/1 ; D.O. 8/1572)
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT
Lot 2, Deposited Plan No. 15301, being part Sections 59 and 61, Hutt District, situated in Block IX, Belmont Survey District : Area, 3 roods 19·57 perches, more or less. (Site for a community centre.) (L. and S. H.O. 6/1/904 ; D.O. 30/101)
Lot 5, Deposited Plan No. 15856, being part Suburban Section 179, Township of Palmerston North, situated in Block XI, Kairanga Survey District : Area, 3 roods 30·49 perches, more or less (Site for a community centre.) (L. and S. H.O. 6/1/906 ; D.O. 30/58)
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 24th day of October 1953.
E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Lands.