74 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 4

Directing Sale of Railway Land at Pigeon Bush Under the Public Works Act 1928

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COBHAM, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington this 21st day of January 1959

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL 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 directs the sale of the land described in the Schedule hereto, such land being no longer required for the public work for which it was acquired.

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SCHEDULE

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land directed to be sold: 2 acres 2 roods 31·5 perches.

Being part railway land in Memorial of Proclamation 29355, being part Rural Sections 172, 175, and 178, Township of Featherston.

Situated in Blocks II and III, Wairarapa Survey District, Featherston County. (S.O. 24185.)

In the Wellington Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L.O. 15652 deposited in the office of the Minister of Railways at Wellington, and thereon coloured orange.

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

(L.O. 20953/168/2)

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Validating Proceedings in Connection With the Waitomo Electric Power Board’s Loan of £6,000

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COBHAM, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington this 21st day of January 1959

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS the Waitomo Electric Power Board is proceeding by way of special order to raise a loan of £6,000 to be known as the Housing Loan 1958; and whereas the special order made by the said Board to raise the said loan was irregular or defective in that there was an interval of less than 14 days between the two notifications required by paragraph (3) of subsection (1) of section 45 of the Electric Power Boards Act 1925 as amended by section 3 of the Electric Power Boards Amendment Act 1958; and whereas it appears that the ratepayers of the district have not been misled by such irregularity or defect as aforesaid and it is expedient to validate the same; now, therefore, pursuant to section 130 of the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby orders and declares that the proceedings in connection with the raising of the said loan shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though an interval of not less than 14 days had elapsed between the two notifications, and hereby further orders and declares that the validity of the proceedings in connection with the raising of the said loan, or of the security for the said loan shall not be questioned on the ground of the irregularity or defect aforesaid.

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

(T. 49/176/24)

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Validating Proceedings in Connection With the Taranaki Electric Power Board’s Loan of £30,000

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COBHAM, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington this 21st day of January 1959

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS the Taranaki Electric Power Board is proceeding by way of special order to raise a loan of £30,000 to be known as the Reticulation Extension Loan 1958; and whereas the special order made by the said Board to raise the said loan was irregular or defective in that there was an interval of less than 14 days between the two notifications required by paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section 45 of the Electric Power Boards Act 1925 as amended by section 3 of the Electric Power Boards Amendment Act 1958; and whereas it appears that the ratepayers of the district have not been misled by such irregularity or defect as aforesaid and it is expedient to validate the same; now, therefore, pursuant to section 130 of the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby orders and declares that the proceedings in connection with the raising of the said loan shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though an interval of not less than 14 days had elapsed between the two notifications, and hereby further orders and declares that the validity of the proceedings in connection with the raising of the said loan, or of the security for the said loan, shall not be questioned on the ground of the irregularity or defect aforesaid.

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

(T. 49/191/20)

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Consenting to Raising of Loans by Certain Local Authorities

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COBHAM, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington this 21st day of January 1959

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956, 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.

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SCHEDULE

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

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Appointing a Commission to Inquire Into the Meat Industry

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COBHAM, Governor-General

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

DAVID MASSON GREIG, of Wellington, retired civil servant; CHARLES GEORGE CRAN, of Bayfields, property supervisor; LEONARD CHARLES SCOTT, of Wellington, retired civil servant; and HAROLD WILFRED YOUREN, of Napier, sheep farmer:

GREETING.

KNOW ye that, pursuant to the powers conferred upon me by the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908 and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, Charles John, Viscount Cobham, the Governor-General of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby appoints you, the said

DAVID MASSON GREIG,
CHARLES GEORGE CRAN,
LEONARD CHARLES SCOTT, and
HAROLD WILFRED YOUREN

to be a Commission to inquire into and report upon the following matters in relation to the meat industry:

(a) The desirability, or otherwise, of permitting the export from New Zealand of meat derived from stock that has been slaughtered in registered abattoirs;