29 JANUARY
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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(b) The necessity, or otherwise, for periodical investigations
by the Minister of Agriculture of the financial opera-
tions of meat-export slaughterhouses, and, if such
necessity is found to exist, the nature and scope
deemed necessary or advisable in respect of such
investigations;
(c) The desirability of meat-export slaughterhouses retail-
ing meat in New Zealand for human consumption;
(d) The efficacy of section 33 (2) of the Meat Act 1939
in relation to the export of meat and the desirability
or otherwise, of extending these provisions so as to
provide that hides, pelts, and wool derived from
stock received, slaughtered, and handled in any
meat-export slaughterhouses shall, if the owner of
such stock requires, be exported on his behalf on
the same conditions and for the same consideration
as are now, by section 33 (2), applicable to meat
derived from such stock;
(e) The desirability, or otherwise, of empowering local
authorities to delegate, with the approval of the
Minister of Agriculture, the power of establishing or
maintaining abattoirs for the purpose of their respec-
tive districts, and generally upon such other matters
arising out of the premises as may come to your
notice in the course of your inquiries and which you
consider should, in the public interest, be investi-
gated in connection therewith:

And in exercise of the powers and authorities aforesaid and
with the like advice and consent I hereby appoint you, the
said DAVID MASSON GREIG, to be Chairman of the Com-
mission.

And for the better enabling you to carry these presents into
effect you are hereby authorised to conduct any inquiry under
these presents at such times and places 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 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 two other members be present and concur in
the exercise of such powers:

And it is hereby further declared that you have liberty to
report your proceedings and findings under this Commission
from time to time as you judge it expedient so to do:

And you are hereby strictly charged and directed that you
shall not at any time publish or otherwise disclose, save 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, or any evidence or information obtained by you in
the exercise of the powers hereby conferred upon you except
such evidence or information as is received in the course of a
sitting open to the public:

And, using all diligence, you are required to report to me
in writing under your hands not later than the 31st day of
December 1959, 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 Excel-
lency the Governor-General this 21st day of January
1959.

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

Exempting Leases in the South Auckland Land District from
the Operation of Part III of the Coal Mines Act 1925 and
Directing Their Determination

COBHAM, Governor-General

PURSUANT to the Coal Mines Act 1925, His Excellency the
Governor-General hereby gives the following notice:

NOTICE

THE leases described in the Schedule hereto are hereby exempted
from the operation of Part III of the Coal Mines Act 1925 and
are to be determined.

SCHEDULE

LEASE No. 16474, affecting an area of land containing 908 acres
3 roods 17 perches, more or less, being Section 3 and part of
Section 6, Block X, Newcastle Survey District, and being part
of the land in certificate of title, Volume 420, folio 56.

Lease No. 16475, affecting an area of land containing 847
acres 2 roods 23 perches, more or less, being part of Section
7 and part of Section 6, Block X, Newcastle Survey District,
and being part of the land in certificate of title, Volume 420,
folio 55.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General this 16th day of January 1959.

F. HACKETT, Minister of Mines.

(Mines 11/12/1)

Appointment, Promotions, Relinquishment of Temporary Rank,
Extensions of Commissions, Transfers, Resignation, and
Retirement of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air
Force

PURSUANT to section 15 of the Royal New Zealand Air Force
Act 1950, His Excellency the Governor-General has been
pleased to approve the following appointment, promotions,
relinquishment of temporary rank, extensions of commissions,
transfers, resignation, and retirement of officers of the Royal
New Zealand Air Force.

REGULAR AIR FORCE

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Promotions

The under-mentioned Flight Lieutenants to be temporary
Squadron Leaders, with effect from 5 January 1959:

Robert Malcolm Allan, B.E., D.I.C., A.F.R.A.E.S., A.M.I.MECH.E.,
F.R.MET.S. (74148).

Robert Francis Lafferty (72264).

Harold Gordon Moss (72349).

Extension of Commission

Flying Officer Philip John Rickard (818134) is granted an
extension of his present commission until 14 December 1962.

TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH

Extensions of Commissions

The under-mentioned officers are granted extensions of their
present commissions until 31 December 1963:

Wing Commander (temp.) Tom Ronald Pike (130398).

Squadron Leaders (temp.):

Arthur Ross Cunnold Jackson (130377).

Arthur Henry Milestone (130390).

Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Eric Douglas Gurney (130371).

AIR TRAINING CORPS

Appointment

Peter Clarence Timmins is granted a commission in the
Air Training Corps in the rank of Pilot Officer, with effect
from 2 October 1958.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Relinquishment of Temporary Rank

Temporary Flight Lieutenant (temporary Squadron Leader)
Ernest Edward Stanton Probert (133446) ceases to be
attached to the Air Training Corps and relinquishes the
temporary rank of Squadron Leader, with effect from
8 December 1958.

Extensions of Commissions

The under-mentioned officers are granted extensions of their
present commissions until the dates shown:

Group Captain:

Barry Stratford Nicholl, p.s.a. (70009), 5 September 1961.

Squadron Leaders:

Louis Neil Orchard, D.F.C., A.R.I.B.A., A.N.Z.I.A. (132923),
20 November 1961.

Cornelious James Sheddan, D.F.C. (133285), 26 October 1962.

Squadron Leader (temp.):

John Beveridge Stevenson, B.A. (131761), 10 July 1962.

Flight Lieutenants:

John Reginald McGrane (132069), 27 August 1962.

James Colquhoun (132008), 10 September 1962.

Neill Henry Ellis (132047), 10 September 1962.

William Lachlan Wilson, D.F.C. (132993), 10 September 1962.

Deryck Milne, M.B.E. (130682), 11 November 1962.

Lloyd Kenrick Burch (70158), 13 November 1962.

Desmond Xavier O’Halloran (133067), 30 November 1962.

Maurice Harry Hoy (133469), 29 January 1963.

Flight Lieutenants (temp.):

Morton Dearsly Fountain, B.SC., B.A., DIP.ED. (133305),
26 October 1962.

William Fleming (130878), 31 October 1962.

Stephen George Carter (133463), 26 November 1962.

Flying Officers:

Robert Laurence Middleweek, M.A., DIP.ED. (133077),
14 September 1959.

John Cecil Callaghan (131385), 5 June 1962.

Digby Disire Burdett, A.F.C. (131368), 12 June 1962.

Norman Boyd (133236), 17 September 1962.

Trevor Daniel Callinan (132342), 21 September 1962.

Alexander George Peter Wolff (132539), 2 October 1962.

Harry Leonard Burton, D.F.C. (133316), 3 October 1962.

John Anthony Webb (133110), 8 October 1962.

John Thompson Barr (131572), 31 December 1962.

Pilot Officer:

Edwin Arthur Kirk (133833), 24 January 1963.