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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 45

The Nenthorn Rabbit District Order 1955 (Notice No. Ag. 5919)

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington this 6th day of July 1955

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to the Rabbit Nuisance Act 1928, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following order.

ORDER

1. (1) This order may be cited as the Nenthorn Rabbit District Order 1955.

(2) This order shall come into force on the day after the date of its notification in the Gazette.

2. The boundaries of the Nenthorn Rabbit District, which was constituted by Order in Council on the 22nd day of February 1955,* are hereby altered and redefined; and as from the commencement of this order, the boundaries of the said district shall be those specified in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE

BOUNDARIES OF THE NENTHORN RABBIT DISTRICT

ALL that area in the Otago Land District and the counties of Waikouaiti, Waihemo, and Taieri, containing 62,600 acres, more or less, bounded by a line commencing at the north-eastern corner of Section 20, Block II, Budle Survey District; thence generally easterly along the northern boundaries of Run 121g, Block VII, Budle Survey District, and Block VIII, Dunback Survey District; thence generally south-westerly along the north-western boundaries of Sections 2 and 1, Block VIII, and the western boundaries of Section 1, Block VIII, and Section 1, Block IX, Dunback Survey District, to and along the north-western and western boundaries of Runs 121c, 171d, and 171c; thence generally north-westerly along the southern boundaries of Runs 121A and 121, to and along Nenthorn Stream to the north-western boundary of Run 121; thence north-easterly along that boundary to and north-westerly along the southern boundary of Section 1, Block I, Hummock Survey District; thence generally north-easterly along the western boundaries of Sections 1 and 2, Block I aforesaid, and Sections 14, 15, 24, 16, 17, and 19, Block VI, Budle Survey District, to and westerly along the southern boundaries of Sections 12, 8, and 2, Block VII, Strath Taieri Survey District; thence generally north-easterly along the north-western boundaries of Sections 2 and 1, Block VII aforesaid, along a public road intersecting Section 1, Block III, Strath Taieri Survey District, and the north-western boundaries of Sections 16, 15, 26, 14, 12, and 11, Block I, Budle Survey District, and Sections 1, 2, and 3, Block XII, to Matheson Road, and again generally north-easterly along that road to the north-eastern corner of Section 2, Block VII, Highlay Survey District; thence southerly and generally south-westerly along the eastern and south-eastern boundary of the said Section 2 to and southerly along the western boundary of Block VII aforesaid to the northernmost corner of Section 8, said Block VII; thence south-easterly along the north-eastern boundaries of Sections 8 and 9, Block VII, and south-westerly along the south-eastern boundaries of Section 9 aforesaid, and Sections 11 and 10, Block II, Budle Survey District, to and south-easterly along the north-eastern boundary of Section 20, Block II aforesaid, to the point of commencement.

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

(Ag. 64/1/260)

*Gazette, 24 February 1955, No. 13, page 278.

Commission to Inquire Into the Prosecution by the Police of Donald James Ruka and Murdoch Campbell Harris

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

To all to whom these presents shall come, and to WILLIAM HECTOR CARSON, Esquire, Stipendiary Magistrate, VINCENT ROBERT SISSONS MEREDITH, Knight, Barrister and Solicitor, and NEILL THOMAS GILLESPIE, Esquire, Barrister and Solicitor:

GREETING.

WHEREAS it is deemed expedient to appoint a commission to inquire into the investigations undertaken by members of the Police Force concerning certain offences alleged to have been committed in and about Auckland in and about the months of April, May, and June 1955 by Donald James Ruka and Murdoch Campbell Harris, as a result of which the said Donald James Ruka and the said Murdoch Campbell Harris pleaded guilty to those offences, and into the manner in which the investigations were conducted, and into the conduct of members of the Police Force concerning those investigations, and the resulting prosecutions:

Now, therefore, pursuant to the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908, 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 William Hector Carson, Vincent Robert Sissons Meredith and Neill Thomas Gillespie, to be a Commission to inquire into and report upon—

1. The manner in which the investigations concerning the alleged offences were conducted by members of the Police Force;

2. The manner in which any statement was made by or obtained from Ruka or Harris and the circumstances surrounding the making and obtaining of any such statement;

3. Whether any member of the Police Force was guilty of improper conduct in carrying out the investigations or obtaining any statement from Ruka or Harris;

4. Whether any member of the Police Force failed to exercise proper care in carrying out the investigations or obtaining the statements from Ruka or Harris or failed to make reasonably full inquiries having regard to all the circumstances;

5. Whether any violence or force was used or threats were made against Ruka or Harris and whether any promises were made or inducements held out to Ruka or Harris in connection with any statements made or signed by them;

6. Whether in all the circumstances any member of the Police Force who interviewed or took statements from either Ruka or Harris acted in an unfair or improper manner;

7. Whether any circumstances, or any knowledge obtained from the course of the investigations, should have indicated to any member of the Police Force that Ruka or Harris was not the person who committed the offences or any of them, and whether any member of the Police Force should have instigated or made any further investigations at any time before the accused were convicted of the offences;

8. Whether in the conduct of the investigations and the obtaining of the statements the provisions of the Police Force Act 1947 and the regulations thereunder and any instructions in force thereunder were fully and properly observed;

9. Whether there was inadequate supervision of the investigations by any member of the Police Force, and whether any member of the Police Force failed to carry out any orders or instructions or to fulfil any duty or responsibility according to the proper standard to be expected of him in relation to the investigations and prosecutions;

and generally to inquire into and report upon such other questions coming to your notice in the course of your inquiries into the matters aforesaid as you consider should be investigated in connection therewith, and to report upon any matters affecting the premises which you consider should be brought to the attention of the Government:

And with the like advice and consent I appoint you the said William Hector Carson to be the Chairman of the said Commission:

And you are hereby authorized to conduct any inquiry under these presents in accordance with the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908 at such times and places as you deem expedient, with power to adjourn from time to time and from place to place as you think fit; and this Commission shall continue in full force whether or not the inquiry is regularly continued by adjournments as aforesaid:

And using all due diligence you are required to report to me not later than 13 October 1955 your finding and opinion on the questions and matters aforesaid, together with such recommendations as you think fit to make in respect thereof:

And you are hereby strictly charged and directed that you shall not at any time publish or otherwise disclose, except 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.

Given in Executive Council under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 13th day of July 1955.

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

Officers Authorized to Attest Signatures of Maoris to Instruments Under the Chattels Transfer Act 1924

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section 464 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, the Governor-General of New Zealand, hereby notify and declare that

Dixon Wright, Field Supervisor, Broadwood;

Owen Stanley George Edwards, Field Supervisor, Broadwood;

Eru Moka Pou, Maori Welfare Officer, Kaikohe;

Charles Clifford Rex Dallaston, Field Overseer, Rotorua;

Te Matauoterangi Rongoiti Tomoana, Maori Welfare Officer, Hastings;

Ema te Toroa Otene, Maori Welfare Officer, Hastings;

Roy Douglas Timms, Resident Officer, Hastings;

Arthur John Hilkie, Housing Officer, Wellington;

Kenneth James Henderson, Building Overseer, Wellington;

Kuini te Tau, Maori Welfare Officer, Wellington; and

Ephra Mary Garrett, Maori Welfare Officer, Wellington;

being officers in the service of the Crown employed by the Department of Maori Affairs, in the positions set out opposite their respective names, are authorized to attest, in accordance with the provisions of the said section 464 the signatures of Maoris to instruments by way of security within the meaning of the Chattels Transfer Act 1924.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 9th day of June 1955.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Maori Affairs.

(M.A. 19/1/126)