SCHEDULE
BOUNDARIES OF THE EAST COAST RABBIT DISTRICT
ALL that area in the Gisborne, Hawke’s Bay, and Auckland Land
Districts comprising the Opotiki, Matakaoa, Waiapu, Uawa,
Waikohu, and Cook Counties, and parts of the Wairoa, Taupo,
and Whakatane Counties as now constituted, and bounded as
follows: Towards the north by the Bay of Plenty, from the
mouth of the Rangitaiki River to the East Cape, towards the
east by the Pacific Ocean and Hawke Bay to the mouth of
the Mohaka River, towards the south by the Mohaka River to
the Waipunga Stream; thence by that the said Waipunga
Stream to the Waipunga Bridge where the Waipunga
Stream first crosses the Napier-Taupo Road; thence by a right
line in a north-easterly direction to the Opureke. Trig.; thence
by a right line in an easterly direction to Pohukura Trig.;
thence by a right line in a north-westerly direction to the
junction of the Otueta and Whaeo Streams; thence along the
right bank of the said Whaeo Stream to its junction with the
Rangitaiki Stream; thence following along the right bank of
the Rangitaiki Stream to the sea, at the point of commence-
ment.
T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.
*Gazette, 1909, Vol. II, p. 3305
(Ag. 64/1/85)
Deputy of Member of Local Government Commission
Appointed
C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 15th day of
May 1957
Present:
THE RIGHT HON. S. G. HOLLAND PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to section 7 of the Local Government Commission
Act 1953, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
and on the recommendation of the Minister of Internal
Affairs, hereby appoints
George Turkington, of Tawa Flat,
to be a deputy to act for Norman Harold Moss, O.B.E., of
Stratford, on the Local Government Commission on the 16th
day of May 1957.
T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(I.A. 176/9)
Royal Commission to Inquire Into the D.I.C. Scaffolding
Accident
ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God of the
United Kingdom, New Zealand and Her Other Realms and
Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender
of the Faith:
To Our Trusty and Well-beloved the Honourable SIR ARTHUR
TYNDALL, KT., C.M.G., of Wellington, Judge of the Court of
Arbitration; CONRAD WILSON HAMANN, A.C.S.E., M.I.C.E.,
M.I.STRUCT.E., of Christchurch, Consulting Engineer; and
DONALD STUART GORE MARCHBANKS, M.I.C.E., M.N.Z.I.E., of
Wellington, Chief Engineer to the Wellington Harbour
Board:
WHEREAS it is deemed expedient that inquiry should be made
into the cause of the accident which occurred to the scaffold-
ing on the D.I.C. building in Wellington on 8 May 1957,
and matters incidental thereto:
Now know ye, that We, reposing trust and confidence in
your integrity, knowledge, and ability, hereby appoint you,
the said
SIR ARTHUR TYNDALL,
CONRAD WILSON HAMANN, and
DONALD STUART GORE MARCHBANKS
to be a Commission to inquire into and report upon the
following matters:
(a) The cause of the accident;
(b) The type and structure of the scaffolding used, and its
suitability for the class of work for which it was
erected, having particular regard to the safety of
the workers and the public, and whether it complied
with all existing statutes and regulations relating
thereto;
(c) The competence of the persons responsible for the
erecton and dismantling of the scaffolding;
(d) The efficiency and adequacy of the inspection of the
scaffolding by the person or persons responsible for
that inspection;
(e) The administration of the Scaffolding and Excavation
Act 1922 and of the regulations made under that
Act;
(f) Suggestions for the prevention as far as possible of
similar accidents in the future;
and generally to inquire into and report upon such other
matters arising thereout as may come to your notice in the
course of the inquiry and which you consider should be
investigated, and to report upon any matters related to the
accident or the inquiry which you consider should be brought
to the attention of the Government, and in particular to
report your opinion whether any additional legislation is
necessary and, if so, the scope of the same, and whether the
regulations included in the existing law provide for reason-
able and proper safeguards against similar accidents, or
whether any amendments or additions to them are required:
And We hereby appoint you, the said
SIR ARTHUR TYNDALL
to be the Chairman of the Commission:
And for the better enabling you to carry these presents
into effect you are hereby authorised and empowered to
make and conduct any inquiry under these presents at such
time and place 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
His Excellency the Governor-General, in pursuance of these
presents or by His Excellency’s 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 informa-
tion as is received in the course of a sitting open to the
public:
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 so long as the
Chairman, or a member deputed by the Chairman to act in
his stead, and one other member are present and concur in
the exercise of the powers:
And we further ordain that you have liberty to report
your proceedings and findings under this Our Commission
from time to time if you shall judge it expedient so to do:
And, using all due diligence, you are required to report to
His Excellency the Governor-General in writing under your
hands and seals not later than the 30th day of September
1957, 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 declared that these presents are
issued under the authority of the Letters Patent of His late
Majesty King George the Fifth dated the 11th day of May
1917, and under the authority of and subject to the pro-
visions of the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908, and by and
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New
Zealand.
In witness whereof We have caused this Our Commission
to be issued and the Seal of New Zealand to be hereunto
affixed at Wellington this 15th day of May 1957.
Witness Our Trusty and Well-beloved Sir Charles
Willoughby Moke Norrie, Knight Grand Cross of Our
Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint
George, Knight Grand Cross of Our Royal Victorian
Order, Companion of Our Most Honourable Order of
the Bath, Companion of Our Distinguished Service Order,
upon whom has been conferred Our Decoration of the
Military Cross and Bar, Lieutenant-General on the retired
list of Our Army, Governor-General and Commander-
in-Chief in and over New Zealand; acting by and with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New
Zealand.
C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command—
J. R. MARSHALL, For the Minister of Labour.
Approved in Council—
[L.S.] T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.
Officers Authorised to Take Statutory Declarations
C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
PURSUANT to section 301 of the Justices of the Peace Act
1927, His Excellency the Governor-General hereby authorises
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
Douglas Robert Jewiss, District Manager, Government Life
Insurance Office, Auckland.
Austen Bruen, District Manager, Government Life Insurance
Office, Napier.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General this 10th day of May 1957.
J. R. MARSHALL, Minister of Justice.