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to time, by Order in Council, fix the salaries and allowances
to be paid to the Prime Minister and other Ministers of the
Crown or Members of the Executive Council, to Parliamentary
Under-Secretaries, and to the Speaker and Chairman of Com-
mittees and other Members of the House of Representatives:
And whereas by subsection (1a) of the said section 27 it
is provided that a Royal Commission shall be appointed for
the purposes of that section within three months after the
date of every general election of Members of Parliament, and
a general election was held on the 30th day of November
1957;
And whereas on the 26th day of February 1958 a Royal
Commission was issued appointing the Honourable WILLIAM
EDWARD BARNARD, Esquire, and you the said JOHN HENRY
BOYES, and CARL VICTOR SMITH to be a Commission for the
purposes of the said section 27, but the said WILLIAM EDWARD
BARNARD died on the 12th day of March 1958 and it is
desirable to revoke that Commission and to issue a new
Commission in its place:
Now, know ye, that We, reposing trust and confidence in
your impartiality, integrity, and ability, do hereby nominate,
constitute, and appoint you, the said
ROBERT McKEEN,
JOHN HENRY BOYES, and
CARL VICTOR SMITH
to be a Commission to inquire into and report upon the
salaries and allowances paid to Our Prime Minister and other
Ministers or Members of the Executive Council, to Parlia-
mentary Under-Secretaries, to the Speaker and Chairman of
Committees, and to the Leader of Our Official Opposition, and
to other Members of the House of Representatives; and if it
be reported that it is necessary or desirable to alter those
salaries and allowances or any of them, then to recommend to
His Excellency the Governor-General the nature and extent
of the alterations that should be made:
And generally to inquire into and report upon any other
matters arising out of or affecting the premises which may
come to your notice in the course of your inquiries and which
you may consider should be investigated in connection there-
with:
And we do hereby appoint you, the said
ROBERT McKEEN
to be 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 time and
place 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
His Excellency the Governor-General in pursuance of these
presents or by His Excellency's directions, 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 we do 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 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:
And we hereby revoke the said Royal Commission issued
on the 26th day of February 1958:
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, pursuant to section 27 of the Civil List Act 1950, and
under the authority of and subject to the provisions of the
Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908, 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 31st day of March 1958.
Witness Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Cousin Charles
John, Viscount Cobham, Knight Grand Cross of Our
Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint
George, upon whom has been conferred the Territorial
Decoration, 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.
COBHAM, Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command—
C. F. SKINNER, for the Prime Minister.
Approved in Council—
[L.S.] T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.
Gazette, 6 March 1958, p. 296
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
Territorial Force
Headquarters, R.A., N.Z. Division
Captain and Quartermaster James Gatland Gilberd relin-
quishes the appointment of Battery Commander and is trans-
ferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z.
Artillery, in the rank of Captain and Quartermaster. Dated
8 February 1958.
ROYAL N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS
Regular Force
Major A. W. Cooper, M.B.E., is granted an extension of his
engagement from 5 June 1957 to 31 December 1958.
Territorial Force
4th Armoured Regiment (Wellington and East Coast),
R.N.Z.A.C.
Ronald Mowbray Michael to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 7
February 1958.
ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY CORPS
Regular Force
N.Z. Regiment
Captain V. B. Brown to be temp. Major. Dated 16 January
1958.
ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
Regular Force
Major Alexander Godfrey Armitage, M.B., CH.B., from the
1st Field Dressing Station, R.N.Z.A.M.C., is granted a short-
service Regular commission for a term of three months, in
the rank of Major. Dated 20 November 1957.
Major A. G. Armitage, M.B., CH.B., is reposted to the Terri-
torial Force. Dated 26 February 1958.
Captain and Quartermaster G. W. Stanley, E.D., to be temp.
Major and Quartermaster. Dated 1 March 1958.
Donald David Porter, M.B., CH.B., is granted a short-service
Regular commission on a special (Medical) engagement for
a period of four and a half years, in the rank of Lieutenant
(acting Captain), with seniority as Lieutenant from 22 Janu-
ary 1953. Dated 22 January 1958.
Albert Green, M.B., CH.B., is granted a short-service Regular
commission on a special (Medical) engagement for a period
of four and a half years, in the rank of Lieutenant (acting
Captain), with seniority as Lieutenant from 3 February 1953.
Dated 3 February 1958.
Territorial Force
1st Field Dressing Station, R.N.Z.A.M.C.
Major A. G. Armitage, M.B., CH.B., relinquishes the appoint-
ment of O.C., and is transferred to the Regular Force. Dated
20 November 1957.
Major A. G. Armitage, M.B., CH.B., from the Regular Force,
to be Major with seniority from 1 October 1955, and is re-
appointed O.C. Dated 26 February 1958.
2nd General Hospital, R.N.Z.A.M.C.
Robert James Warwick Neville to be 2nd Lieutenant, and
is posted to “W” Coy. Dated 1 November 1957.
ROYAL N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS
Regular Force (Supernumerary List)
Captain and Quartermaster G. A. Perry, E.D., is re-engaged
for a period of one year, as from 1 April 1958.
ROYAL N.Z. DENTAL CORPS
Regular Force
Captain D. B. Adams, M.D.S.(N.Z.), is granted a further
extension of his engagement until 4 October 1958.
Michael Charles Grayson Hansen, B.D.S., is granted a
short-service Regular Commission for a term of two years and
five months, in the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 7 February 1958.
Territorial Force
3rd Mobile Dental Unit, R.N.Z.D.C.
Warren Baird Hawke, B.D.S., to be Lieutenant. Dated 8
February 1958.
Colin Meridith Jones, B.D.S., to be Lieutenant. Dated 8
February 1958.
N.Z. ARMY EDUCATION CORPS
Regular Force
Captain (temp. Major) J. T. Gill, M.A.(HONS.), to be Major.
Dated 1 February 1958.
Lieutenant Llyod Verdun Baré, B.A., DIP.ED., is posted to the
Retired List. Dated 29 March 1958.
ROYAL N.Z. NURSING CORPS
Regular Force
Matron C. McDonald, R.R.C., to be Principal Matron. Dated
1 April 1958.
Sister F. E. Hallins to be Charge Sister. Dated 9 April 1958.
Doreen May MacKenzie is granted a short-service Regular
commission for a period of two years, in the rank of Sister,
with seniority from 1 July 1957. Dated 23 December 1957.