8 OCTOBER
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
1423

Directing the Revision of District Valuation Rolls

COBHAM, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington this 30th day of September 1959

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to the Valuation of Land Act 1951, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby directs that the district valuation rolls for the districts enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be revised by the Valuer-General as at 30 September 1959.

SCHEDULE

Boroughs
Arrowtown
Eketahuna
Featherston
Henderson
Green Island
Lawrence
Marton
Mataura
Queenstown
Roxburgh
St. Kilda
Tapanui
Thames
Whakatane

Counties
Clifton
Geraldine
Inangahua
Mackenzie
Malvern
Murchison
Pahiatua
Pohangina
Rangitikei
Selwyn
Wallace

Town Districts
Hunterville
Manaiā
Mangaweka
Wyndham

City
Auckland

Miscellaneous
Islands, etc., in Otago District

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

PURSUANT to the discretion conferred upon him by subsection (2) of section 9, Valuation of Land Act 1951, the Valuer-General intends to exercise the authority conferred by the foregoing Order in Council so far as it relates to Auckland City by revising only those properties on the district valuation roll which lie within the Orakei and Eden Terrace portions; and also, so far as it relates to Geraldine County by revising only those properties on the district valuation roll which, in terms of a final scheme of the Local Government Commission promulgated on 24 July 1959, are to be excluded from the said county and included in Mackenzie County.

Dated at Wellington this 30th day of September 1959.

J. BRUCE BROWN, Valuer-General.

The Te Aroha College Board of Governors Order 1959

COBHAM, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington this 30th day of September 1959

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to section 90 of the Education Act 1914, as amended by section 10 of the Education Amendment Act 1952, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following order.

ORDER

1. (1) This order may be cited as the Te Aroha College Board of Governors Order 1959.
   (2) This order shall come into force on the 1st day of February 1960.

2. The constitution of the Board of Governors of Te Aroha College, prescribed by section 90 of the Education Act 1914, is hereby varied so that the school shall be controlled by a Board of Governors constituted as follows:
   (a) One member appointed by the South Auckland Education Board:
   (b) Six members elected by the parents of the pupils attending the school:
   (c) One member appointed by the Governor-General:
   (d) One member to be co-opted by the Board of Governors itself, if and when it thinks fit.

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

Appointing a Commission to Inquire Into Accident at Kings Wharf Premises of Auckland Farmers Freezing Co. Ltd.

COBHAM, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

To all to whom these presents shall come, and to:
LEONARD GEORGE HERSTON SINCLAIR, Esquire, of Auckland, Stipendiary Magistrate;
CHARLES FRED KETTLEBOROUGH, B.E.(HONS.)(SHEFFIELD), PH.D.(SHEFFIELD), A.M.I.MECH.E.(LONDON), M.N.Z.I.E., of Auckland, Professor of Mechanical Engineering; and
RODGER NORMAN KERR, A.M.I.MECH.E., Extra 1st Cl. Mar. Eng. Cert., of Wellington, Chief Building Services Engineer, Ministry of Works.

GREETING:

Pursuant to the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908, I, Charles John, Viscount Cobham, the Governor-General of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby appoint you, the said

LEONARD GEORGE HERSTON SINCLAIR,
CHARLES FRED KETTLEBOROUGH, and
RODGER NORMAN KERR

to be a Commission to inquire into and report upon the following matters:

(a) The cause or causes of an accident which occurred on the 3rd day of September 1959 in the Kings Wharf premises at Auckland of the Auckland Farmers Freezing Co. Ltd. and in which, as the result of an escape of ammonia, two members of the public were killed, four members of the public were injured, and other members of the public were, or might have been, exposed to risk of death or injury;

(b) The adequacy and suitability of the design, materials, and construction of—
(i) The pipe from which the said ammonia escaped, and
(ii) The piping installed elsewhere in the said premises for carrying ammonia;

(c) The sufficiency from the point of view of safety of the inspection and maintenance systems in operation in respect of the ammonia refrigeration plant in the said premises;

(d) The working of any existing law in its relation to industrial ammonia refrigeration plants;

(e) Whether any legislation is necessary or expedient for the safety of workers employed in industrial premises equipped with ammonia refrigeration plants, or other persons lawfully in or in the vicinity of such premises.

And with the like advice and consent I hereby appoint you, the said LEONARD GEORGE HERSTON SINCLAIR, to be the Chairman of the Commission:

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 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 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 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 13th day of November 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 Excellency the Governor-General this 7th day of October 1959.

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

Appointments, Promotions, Extensions of Commissions, and Date of Retirement, 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 appointments, promotions, extensions of commissions, and date of retirement, resignation, and retirement of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.