27 MARCH
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
381

Authorising the Invercargill City Council to Erect and Use Electric Lines Within Part of the City of Invercargill

COBHAM, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 24th day of March 1958

Present:

THE HON. C. F. SKINNER, M.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to the Public Works Act 1928, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby authorises the Invercargill City Council (hereinafter referred to as the licensee), subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, to lay, construct, put up, place, and use electric lines within the area of supply described in the Schedule hereto.

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CONDITIONS

IMPLIED CONDITIONS

1. The conditions directed to be implied in all licences by the Electrical Supply Regulations 1935 and the Electrical Wiring Regulations 1935 shall be incorporated in and shall form part of this licence, except in so far as the same may be inconsistent with the provisions hereof.

LICENCE SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS

2. The licence hereby conferred is subject to compliance by the licensee with the Electrical Supply Regulations 1935, the Electrical Wiring Regulations 1935, the Radio Interference Regulations 1934, and with all regulations hereafter made in amendment thereof or in substitution therefor respectively.

SYSTEMS OF SUPPLY

3. The systems of supply shall be as described in paragraphs (a), (d), (f), and (h) of regulation 21-01 of the Electrical Supply Regulations 1935.

DURATION OF LICENCE

4. This licence shall, unless sooner lawfully determined, continue in force until the 31st day of March 1979.

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SCHEDULE

AREA OF SUPPLY

ALL that portion of the City of Invercargill shown outlined in yellow on the plan marked P.W.D. 97171, deposited in the office of the Minister of Works at Wellington.

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

(S.H.D. 10/70/1)

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Commission to Inquire Into Accident at Westhaven Coal Mine

COBHAM, Governor-General

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

HENRY JAMES THOMPSON, Esquire, Stipendiary Magistrate; WILLIAM PARSONAGE, M.B.E., Mine Superintendent; and JOHN HADCROFT, J.P., Retired District Manager of State Coal Mines:

GREETING.

WHEREAS it is deemed expedient that inquiry should be made into the cause of the accident which occurred at the Westhaven Coal Mine, Mangarakau, Collingwood, on 17 January 1958, and matters incidental thereto:

Now, therefore, I, Charles John, Viscount Cobham, the Governor-General of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908, and 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 Henry James Thompson, William Parsonage, and John Hadcroft to be a commission to inquire into and report upon:

(a) The cause of the accident in the Westhaven Mine on 17 January 1958;

(b) The nature and character of the working and the efficiency of the management of the mine;

(c) The efficiency of the inspection of the mine by all or any of the persons who are responsible for that inspection;

(d) Suggestions for the prevention, as far as possible, of similar accidents and for the safe working of this and other mines 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 your inquiries and which 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 in particular, to report your opinion whether any additional legislation is necessary and the scope of the same, and whether the regulations included in the existing law provide for reasonable and proper safeguards against similar accidents, or whether any amendment or addition to them is required:

And in exercise of such powers and authorities as aforesaid and with the like advice and consent I do hereby appoint you, the said HENRY JAMES THOMPSON, to be the Chairman of the said 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 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 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 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:

And it is hereby declared that the powers hereby conferred shall be exercisable notwithstanding the absence at any time of any one member of the Commission hereby appointed, so long as the Chairman and one other member be present and concur in the exercise of such powers:

And, using all due diligence, you are required to report to me in writing under your hands not later than the 31st day of July 1958, your findings and opinions on the matters aforesaid, 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 17th day of March 1958.

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

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Judge of the Maori Land Court Appointed

COBHAM, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section 16 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, I, Charles John, Viscount Cobham, the Governor-General of New Zealand, hereby appoint

William Field Porter, Esquire,

to be a Judge of the Maori Land Court on and from the 1st day of April 1958.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of New Zealand, this 14th day of March 1958.

C. F. SKINNER, for the Minister of Maori Affairs.

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Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Resignations, and Retirements of Officers of the New Zealand Army

PURSUANT to section 16 of the New Zealand Army Act 1950, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, transfers, resignations, and retirements of officers of the New Zealand Army.

ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY

Regular Force

Lieutenant T. G. Martin to be temp. Captain. Dated 3 January 1958.

Territorial Force

Headquarters, R.A., N.Z. Division

2nd Lieutenant J. Beaumont to be Lieutenant. Dated 17 February 1958.

4th Medium Regiment, R.N.Z.A.

2nd Lieutenant A. J. Sterritt to be Lieutenant. Dated 3 February 1958.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) S. T. Foster is confirmed.

9th Coast Regiment, R.N.Z.A.

Lieutenant Colin Athol Cammell is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Artillery, in the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 12 February 1958.

10th Coast Regiment, R.N.Z.A.

Major Alfred Eddington Simpson, E.D., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Artillery, in the rank of Major. Dated 31 December 1957.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS

Territorial Force

1st Armoured Regiment (Waikato), R.N.Z.A.C.

Lieutenant Kevin Ryan is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 1st Armoured Regiment (Waikato), R.N.Z.A.C., in his present rank and seniority. Dated 30 January 1958.