1 JUNE

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

783

Crown Solicitor Appointed

His Excellency the Governor-General has this day been pleased to appoint

Colin Norman Armstrong, Esquire, M.C. AND BAR,

to be Crown Solicitor at Wanganui, vice Norman Rhind Bain, Esquire, O.B.E., resigned.

Dated at Wellington this 1st day of June 1961.

J. R. HANAN, Attorney-General.

Coroner Appointed

PURSUANT to section 2 of the Coroners Act 1951, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Thomas Cohen, Esquire, J.P.,

of Helensville, to be a Coroner for New Zealand.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of May 1961.

J. R. HANAN, Minister of Justice.

Member of Land Valuation Committee Resigns

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation of

Neil MacDougall, Esquire,

of Ardmore, Auckland, of his appointment as a member of the Auckland Land Valuation Committee No. 1 and the Auckland Land Valuation Committee No. 2.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of May 1961.

J. R. HANAN, Minister of Justice.

Appointment of Committee Under Section 7 of the Transport Act 1949 to Inquire Into the Taxicab and Rental-vehicle Industries

PURSUANT to section 7 of the Transport Act 1949, the Minister of Transport hereby appoints the persons described in the Schedule hereto to make inquiries and report to him regarding the necessity, desirability, or expediency of securing improvement, coordination, and development, and the better regulation or better control of all means of and facilities for transport, and of matters incidental thereto in relation to taxicab and rental-vehicle services carried on in New Zealand, and in particular to inquire and report to him on the following matters relating thereto:

(1) The adequacy or otherwise of taxicab services to cater for increasing demand and population;

(2) The requirements in regard to the licensing of taxicab services;

(3) The organisation of the taxicab industry as far as internal management and control are concerned, and the degree of control a Licensing Authority should be empowered to exercise over the industry in regard to the rostering of taxicabs, admissions of new licensees into taxicab organisations, the amount of entry and other fees charged by such organisations, and the rules of such organisations;

(4) Any matters relating to the transfer of taxicab service licences and the payment of goodwill therefor, including the desirability of prohibiting or restricting the transfer of taxicab licences;

(5) The desirability of a public authority which operates public passenger transport services under the Transport Act 1949 acting as a Licensing Authority;

(6) The application of the transport licensing system in relation to rental-vehicle services and the desirability of providing a sufficient supply of rental vehicles to meet the public demand;

(7) The extent of control required in the interests of public safety;

(8) The desirability of permitting one-way hiring of rental vehicles and any special conditions which should be associated with one-way hiring;

(9) Any other matters relating to the provision of efficient and adequate taxicab and rental-vehicle services to the public at a reasonable cost.

The report required herein is to be submitted to the Minister of Transport not later than the 30th day of September 1961, or such later date as the Minister may approve.

SCHEDULE

Cecil Henry Benney, Wellington. (Chairman).

William George Baird, Dunedin. (Member).

Ronald Stuart Park, Auckland. (Member).

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of May 1961.

JOHN McALPINE, Minister of Transport.

Revoking Appointment of and Appointing Licensing Authorities for Issue of Heavy Traffic Licences

PURSUANT to subclause (2) of regulation 10 of the Heavy Motor Vehicle Regulations 1955,* the Minister of Transport hereby revokes that part of a Warrant dated 2 May 1954† appointing the local authority described in column 1 of the First Schedule as the Licensing Authority for the purpose of collecting heavy traffic fees due under the said regulations for the district of the local authority and for such areas as are described in column 2 of the First Schedule hereto, and hereby appoints the local authorities described in column 1 of the Second Schedule hereto to be the Licensing Authorities for the purpose of collecting heavy traffic fees due under the said regulations for the district of the respective local authority and for such area or other areas as are described in column 2 of the Second Schedule opposite the respective name of said local authority.

Provided that the Commissioner of Transport shall be the Licensing Authority in the case of all heavy motor vehicles owned by the Crown as provided by subclause (1) of the said regulation.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Column 1 Column 2

Auckland City Council ..... ..... Mount Roskill Borough

SECOND SCHEDULE

Column 1 Column 2

Mount Roskill Borough ..... .....

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of May 1961.

JOHN McALPINE, Minister of Transport.

*S.R. 1955/59

Amendment No. 1: S.R. 1956/39

†Gazette, No. 28, 6 May 1954, Vol. II, p. 698

Deputy Chairman of Port Conciliation Committee for the Port of Timaru Appointed

PURSUANT to the Waterfront Industry Act 1953, the Minister of Labour hereby appoints:

William Stephen Mineham, J.P.,

to be the Deputy Chairman of the Timaru Port Conciliation Committee for a term expiring on the 31st day of March 1962, vice Reginald Beresford Hart.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of May 1961.

T. P. SHAND, Minister of Labour.

Port Conciliation Committee for the Port of Dunedin Appointed

PURSUANT to the Waterfront Industry Act 1953, the Minister of Labour hereby appoints the following persons to be the Port Conciliation Committee for the Port of Dunedin for a term of one year expiring on the 30th day of April 1962:

Robert Sproull Menzies Sinclair, Chairman; and

James Brian McGowan, Deputy Chairman; and

James Horace De Clifford, Arthur James Murdoch Leslie, and John Alexander McPhail (nominated by the New Zealand Port Employers’ Association Incorporated); and

Ronald Callaghan, Charles Dalwood, and Martin Thomas Lawless (nominated by the Dunedin Waterfront Workers’ Industrial Union of Workers).

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of May 1961.

T. P. SHAND, Minister of Labour.

Port Conciliation Committee for the Port of Tauranga Appointed

PURSUANT to the Waterfront Industry Act 1953, the Minister of Labour hereby appoints the following persons to be the Port Conciliation Committee for the Port of Tauranga for a term of one year expiring on the 30th day of April 1962.

James Ross Faulkner, Chairman; and

Charles Robert Faulkner, Deputy Chairman; and

Thomas Danvers McNee, Robert Arthur Owens, and Rudolph Peter Van Deursen (nominated by the New Zealand Port Employers Association Incorporated); and

Keith McIntye Cameron, Waaka McLeod, and William Stephens (nominated by the Tauranga Harbour Waterfront Workers’ Industrial Union of Workers).

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of May 1961.

T. P. SHAND, Minister of Labour.