Extending the Time Within Which the Commission of Inquiry Into Disaster at Strongman Mine May Report

BERNARD FERGUSSON, Governor-General
To all to whom these presents shall come, and to:
JOHN KENNETH PATTERSON, Esquire, Stipendiary Magistrate;
WILLIAM ELLIOTT, Mine Underviewer;
STANLEY ROBERT EYEINGTON, Mine Manager;
THOMAS MCGHIE, M.B.E., Retired District Manager of State Coal Mines; and
ANTONIO VALLI PRENDIVILLE, President, United Mine Workers:

GREETING:
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908, by Order in Council dated the 13th day of February 1967, you were appointed to be a Commission to inquire into and report upon the cause of the disaster which occurred at the Strongman Mine, on the 19th day of January 1967, and matters incidental thereto:
And whereas such Commission was by the said Order in Council required to submit its report not later than the 1st day of August 1967:
And whereas it is expedient that the time for so reporting should be extended as hereinafter provided:
Now, therefore, I, Brigadier Sir Bernard Edward Fergusson, the Governor-General of New Zealand, acting pursuant to the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, do hereby extend until the 2nd day of October 1967, the time within which you are so required to report, without prejudice to the continuation of the liberty conferred upon you by the said Order in Council to report your proceedings and recommendations from time to time if you should judge it expedient so to do, and do hereby confirm the said Order in Council and the Commission thereby constituted, save as modified by these presents.
Given in Executive Council under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 26th day of July 1967.
P. J. BROOKS, Clerk of the Executive Council.
Gazette, 16 February 1967, p. 217
(M. 7/1/42-1)

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 is respectfully advised to approve of the following appointments, promotions, transfers, resignations, and retirements of officers of the New Zealand Army:
APPOINTMENT TO COMMISSIONS
Regular Force
The following are appointed to long-service commissions as shown:
In rank of Lieutenant
592039 Warrant Officer Class I Bruce Hill, Royal N.Z. Infantry Regiment, with seniority from 30 September 1965.
34354 Warrant Officer Class II Malcolm William George Jenks, Royal N.Z. Armoured Corps, with seniority from 30 June 1966.
35379 Warrant Officer Class II Andrew Anderson, The Corps of Royal N.Z. Engineers, on appointment.
676433 Staff Sergeant Peter Laurence Holes, Royal N.Z. Infantry Regiment, on appointment.
In rank of 2nd Lieutenant
40632 Corporal James Beverly Bickner, The Corps of Royal N.Z. Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, with seniority from 28 February 1967.
Dated 30 June 1967.

COLONELS' LIST
Regular Force
Colonel (temp. Brigadier) D. A. Caughley, M.B.E., to be Brigadier and is transferred to the Brigadiers' List. Dated 6 March 1967.
ROYAL REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY
Regular Force
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) K. P. Murphy to be Captain. Dated 12 December 1966.
Supernumerary List
Major Russell de la Cour is posted to the Retired List. Dated 11 July 1967.
Territorial Force
16th Field Regiment, RNZA
Captain D. J. Dobson to be temp. Major. Dated 1 April 1967.

THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ENGINEERS
Regular Force
2nd Lieutenant S. D. Jameson to be Lieutenant. Dated 20 June 1967.
ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY REGIMENT
Regular Force
Lieutenant-Colonel M. C. Stanaway, M.C., is re-engaged until 30 April 1968.
Captain James Frank Hargest, from the Retired List, is granted a short-service commission for a period of five years in the rank of Captain with seniority from 20 June 1965. Dated 4 July 1967.
With reference to the notice published in the Gazette, No. 42, page 1109, relating to Captain (temp. Major) and Quartermaster I. F. Forsyth, M.B.E., add "Dated 17 June 1967".
2nd Lieutenant L. V. Malietao to be Lieutenant. Dated 20 June 1967.
Territorial Force
2nd Battalion (Canterbury and Nelson-Marlborough and West Coast), RNZIR
Anthony Thomas Robert Aris to be 2nd Lieutenant with seniority from 1 March 1967. Dated 1 May 1967.
3rd Battalion (Auckland (Countess of Ranfurly's Own) and Northland), RNZIR
2nd Lieutenant I. N. McCallum to be Lieutenant. Dated 5 July 1967.
4th Battalion (Otago and Southland), RNZIR
Christopher Arthur Marshall to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 1 May 1967.
Alan Lloyd Davies to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 1 June 1967.
6th Battalion (Hauraki), RNZIR
2nd Lieutenant D. J. Launrenson to be Lieutenant next below Lieutenant J. M. Priestley. Dated 15 March 1967.
ROYAL N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS
Regular Force
2nd Lieutenant J. S. Thorn to be Lieutenant. Dated 20 June 1967.
Territorial Force
10th Transport Company (General Transport), RNZASC
2nd Lieutenant R. G. Thomas to be Lieutenant. Dated 23 November 1966.
ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
Territorial Force
1st Casualty Clearing Station, RNZAMC
Captain (temp. Major) T. R. King, M.B., CH.B., D.P.H., D.T.M. AND H., to be Major. Dated 1 April 1967.
9th Mobile Bacteriological Laboratory, RNZAMC
2nd Lieutenant G. B. Simpson, M.P.S., to be Lieutenant. Dated 7 February 1967.
2nd General Hospital, RNZAMC
Captain (temp. Major) Neville Hamilton Brooke, M.B., CH.B., M.R.C.P.(EDIN.), M.R.A.C.P., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps, in the rank of Major. Dated 5 April 1967.
Captain R. B. W. Smith, M.B., CH.B., M.R.A.C.P., to be temp. Major. Dated 13 June 1967.
ROYAL N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS
Regular Force
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) and Quartermaster R. H. Edwards to be Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 1 June 1967.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) and Quartermaster W. M. Campbell to be Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 1 June 1967.
THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
Regular Force
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) and Quartermaster A. S. Green to be Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 1 June 1967.
ROYAL N.Z. DENTAL CORPS
Territorial Force
James Alfred Alexander Hood, B.SC., B.D.S., to be Lieutenant (on prob.) with seniority from 1 May 1965 and is posted to the Otago University Medical Company, RNZAMC. Dated 1 May 1967.
1st Mobile Dental Unit, RNZDC
The commission of Lieutenant (on prob.) P. B. V. Hunter, B.D.S., is confirmed.
ROYAL N.Z. CHAPLAINS' DEPARTMENT
Territorial Force
The Right Rev. Monsignor John Joseph Fletcher, Chaplain 3rd Class (temp. Chaplain 2nd Class), Roman Catholic, relinquishes his appointment as Roman Catholic member of the