1804

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 72

Consenting to Raising of Loans by Certain Local Authorities

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington this 16th day of November 1955

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to the Local Government Loans Board Act 1926, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby consents to the borrowing by the local authorities mentioned in the Schedule hereto by way of loan of the whole or any part of the respective amounts specified in that Schedule.

SCHEDULE

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

Extension of Time Within Which the Commission of Inquiry Into Accident at Renown Colliery May Report

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

To all to whom these presents shall come, and to:

STANLEY LOGAN PATERSON, Esquire, Stipendiary Magistrate;
JOHN LOWRIE, Underviewer;
ANTONIO VALLI PRENDIVILLE, President of the United Mine Workers of New Zealand;
REGINALD HUGO SCHOEN, Chief Inspector of Coal Mines;
and
THOMAS YOUNG, Mine Manager:

GREETING:

WHEREAS by Warrant issued on the 21st day of September 1955 under the hand of the Governor-General, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, you were appointed a Commission to inquire into and report upon the cause of the accident which occurred at the Renown Colliery on the 31st day of August 1955, and matters incidental thereto:

And whereas by the said Warrant you were required to report, not later than the 9th day of December 1955, your findings and opinions on the matters hereby referred to you, together with such recommendations as you should think fit to make in respect thereof:

And whereas it is expedient that the time for so reporting should be extended as hereinafter provided:

Now, therefore, I, Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, the Governor-General of New Zealand, acting pursuant to the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, do hereby extend until the 20th day of January 1956 the time within which you are so required to report, and do hereby confirm the said Warrant of the 21st September 1955, and the Commission thereby constituted, save as modified by these presents.

Given in Executive Council, under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 22nd day of November 1955.

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

General Court-martial Warrant Under Section 6 of the Visiting Forces Act 1939

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

To: The Commander-in-Chief, Far East Land Forces, for the time being, and his successors.

WHEREAS by section 6 (4) (b) of the Visiting Forces Act 1939 (New Zealand) it is provided that when a home force and another force are acting in combination any officer of the other force duly appointed to command the combined force, or any part thereof, shall be treated and shall have over members of the home force the like powers of command and punishment, and may be invested with the like authority to convene and confirm the findings and sentences of Courts-martial as if he were an officer of the home force of relative rank and holding the same command:

And whereas by the New Zealand Army Regular Force (Visiting Forces) Order 1955, issued pursuant to section 6 (5) of the aforesaid Act, it was declared that the portion of the New Zealand Army Regular Force that is for the time being serving as part of the Far East Land Forces, is serving together and acting in combination with the portions of the military forces of Her Majesty, other than those raised in New Zealand, to which section 6 of the Visiting Forces Act 1939 applies, and with which the said portion of the New Zealand Army Regular Force is for the time being serving as part of the Far East Land Forces:

And whereas the aforesaid order remains in full force and effect:

And whereas you have been for the time being appointed to command the aforesaid Far East Land Forces:

Now, therefore, pursuant to the New Zealand Army Act 1950 and the Visiting Forces Act 1939, I hereby authorize and empower you from time to time and as occasion may require to convene General Courts-martial for the trial of such persons subject to military law as members of the aforesaid portion of the New Zealand Army Regular Force as are for the time being under or within the territorial limits of your Command who shall be charged with any offence against the New Zealand Army Act for which they may be tried by Court-martial, whether such offence shall have been committed before or after the date of this warrant or the date you shall have taken upon yourself the Command:

And I do hereby authorize and empower you to confirm the findings and sentences of such General Courts-martial, but not to confirm in the case of officers any sentence of dismissal from Her Majesty's service or any greater punishment, and in the case of soldiers any sentence of imprisonment with hard labour, discharge with ignominy from Her Majesty's service, and imprisonment or detention exceeding twelve months or any greater punishment, and to cause any sentence thereof to be put into execution so far as you may lawfully so do under New Zealand military law:

And I do hereby further authorize and empower you to delegate to any officer under your command not below the rank of field officer a general authority to convene General Courts-martial for the trial of such persons subject to military law as members of the aforesaid portion of the New Zealand Army Regular Force as are for the time being under or within the territorial limits of his command, whether the offences shall have been committed before or after such officer shall have taken upon him his command, but not the power to confirm the findings and sentences of such Courts-martial:

And lastly, I authorize and empower you to appoint and to delegate to any qualified officer as aforesaid the power of appointing a fit and proper person from time to time for executing the office of Judge-Advocate at any such Court-martial for the more orderly proceedings of the same:

And for executing the several powers, matters, and things herein expressed, this warrant shall be to you, and to others whom it may concern, a sufficient warrant and authority:

And I declare that this warrant shall without ratification extend to and invest with the aforesaid authorities and powers, your successors, and any officer for the time being appointed as Acting Commander-in-Chief Far East Land Forces.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 16th day of November 1955.

E. H. HALSTEAD, for the Minister of Defence.