Appointing a Commission to Inquire into the Tuberculin
Testing of Town Milk Supply Herds

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
To all to whom these presents shall come, and to:
Alfred Coleman, of Feilding, Retired Stipendiary
Magistrate; Peter Tait Jamieson, of Palmerston
North, Dairy Farmer; Andrew Linton, C.B.E., of
Greystown, Dairy Farmer.
GREETING.
K NOW Ye that pursuant to the powers conferred on me by
the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908, and of all other
powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I,
Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, the
Governor-General of New Zealand, acting by and with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby appoint
you, the said
Alfred Coleman,
Peter Tait Jamieson, and
Andrew Linton
to be a Commission to inquire into and report upon the
working and administration of section 84 of the Statutes
Amendment Act 1945, and particularly upon the following
matters, namely:
(a) Whether the administration of the present scheme of
tuberculin testing and culling of herds can
efficiently eradicate bovine tuberculosis in town milk
supply herds;
(b) Whether town milk supply producers can maintain
production while the herds are being depleted as a
result of testing and culling, having regard to the
difficulty of providing disease-free replacement
stock;
and generally upon such other matters arising thereout as
may come to your notice in the course of your inquiries 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 the powers and authorities aforesaid
and with the like advice and consent I hereby appoint you the
said
Alfred Coleman
to be Chairman of the said Commission:
And for the better enabling you to carry these presents
into effect you are hereby authorized to 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 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 using all due diligence, you are required to report
to me in writing under your hands not later than the 31st day
of May 1954 your findings and opinions on the matters afore-
said, 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 10th day of
March 1954.
T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Probation Officers Appointed
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint, for the purposes of the Offenders Probation
Act 1920 and the Crimes Amendment Act 1910,
Ivan Milton Vodanovich, and
Neville Glover Booth
to be Probation Officers for the City of Wellington.
Dated at Wellington, this 26th day of February 1954.
T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.
Members of Domain Boards Appointed
PURSUANT to section 49 of the Public Reserves and
Domains Act 1928, His Excellency the Governor-General
has been pleased to appoint
Donald Irad McLean, and
Archibald Robertson
to be members of the Waipu Cove Domain Board, North
Auckland Land District, in place of Arthur Johnson Brooks
and Oliver Pocock, resigned,
Frederick William Allan,
Jacob Allen, and
Allan Sinclair Williamson
to be members of the South Rakaia Domain Board, Canterbury
Land District, in place of Alexander McRobb and Benjamin
Burrows Smith, resigned, and Robert Rickel Breach, deceased.
Dated at Wellington, this 8th day of March 1954.
D. M. GREIG, Director-General of Lands.
(L. and S. H.O. 1/639)
Trustee of the Wanganui Racecourse Reserve Appointed
PURSUANT to the Wanganui and Rangitikei Racecourses
Act 1862, Province of Wellington, Session IX, No. 9, and
the Acts Interpretation Act 1924, His Excellency the
Governor-General has been pleased to appoint
William Reid Kellick
to be a trustee of the Wanganui Racecourse Reserve, in place
of William Spiers Glenn, deceased.
Dated at Wellington, this 5th day of March 1954.
D. M. GREIG, Director-General of Lands.
Exemption Order Under the Motor Drivers Regulations 1940
PURSUANT to the Motor Drivers Regulations 1940, the
Minister of Transport hereby orders and declares that
the provisions of clause (1) of regulation 7 of the said
regulations so far as they relate to the driving of heavy
trade motors shall not apply to the person hereinafter mentioned, but in lieu thereof the following provision shall apply:
A motor driver's licence issued under the Motor Drivers
Regulations 1940, to the person described in Column 1 of
the Schedule hereunder may authorize him to drive a heavy trade
motor in the course of his employment for the employer
described in Column 2 of the said Schedule, but shall not
authorize him, while he is under the age of eighteen years,
to drive a heavy trade motor for any other purpose.
SCHEDULE
Column 1 (Driver)
James Ahie, Opunake
Column 2 (Employer)
Father.
Dated at Wellington, this 28th day of February 1954.
W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Transport.
Exemption Order Under the Motor Drivers Regulations 1940
PURSUANT to the Motor Drivers Regulations 1940, the
Minister of Transport hereby orders and declares that
the provisions of clause (1) of regulation 7 of the said
regulations so far as they relate to the driving of heavy trade
motors shall not apply to the person hereinafter mentioned,
but in lieu thereof the following provision shall apply:
A motor driver's licence issued under the Motor Drivers
Regulations 1940, to the person described in Column 1 of the
Schedule hereunder may authorize him to drive a heavy trade
motor in the course of his employment for the employer
described in Column 2 of the said Schedule, but shall not
authorize him, while he is under the age of eighteen years,
to drive a heavy trade motor for any other purpose.
SCHEDULE
Column 1 (Driver) Column 2 (Employer)
Radoslav Radojkovich, Waiharara Father.
Dated at Wellington, this 1st day of March 1954.
W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Transport.
Notifying Membership of Fire Service Council
PURSUANT to section 4 of the Fire Services Act 1949, the
following persons have been appointed to be members
of the Fire Service Council for a term of three years which
commenced on the 1st day of February 1954:
Stanley Sydney McPherson Dean, O.B.E., of Wellington,
Chairman.
Thomas Murray Charters, of Christchurch.
Walter James Langdon, of Wellington; appointed by the
Council of Fire and Accident Underwriters' Association
of New Zealand.
Clifford Lyle Bishop, of Eastbourne; appointed by the
Municipal Association of New Zealand (Incorporated).
Michael Connelly, of Dunedin; appointed by the New
Zealand Urban Fire Authorities Association (Incorporated).
Andrew Russell Mason, of Auckland; appointed by the
New Zealand Federated Fire Brigade Employees'
Industrial Association of Workers.
Nathaniel Gordon Buick, of Palmerston North; appointed
by the United Fire Brigades' Association of New
Zealand.
Dated at Wellington, this 11th day of March 1954.
W. A. BODKIN, Minister of Internal Affairs.