14 MARCH

GREETING:
WHEREAS by Our Warrant dated the 27th day of February
1967*, issued under the authority of the Letters Patent of
His Late Majesty King George the Fifth dated the 11th day
of May 1917, pursuant to section 27 of the Civil List Act
1950, and under the authority of and subject to the provisions
of the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908, and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand, you
were appointed to be a Commission to inquire into and report
upon the matters in Our said Warrant set out being matters
concerning Parliamentary salaries and allowances:

And whereas by Our said Warrant you were required to
report to His Excellency the Governor-General, not later
than the 31st day of July 1967, your findings and opinions on
the matters aforesaid, together with such recommendations
as you might think fit to make in respect thereof:

And whereas by Our Warrant dated the 7th day of June
1967† the time for so reporting was extended until the 30th
day of April 1968:

And whereas it is expedient that the time for so reporting
should be further extended as hereinafter provided:

Now, therefore, We do hereby extend until the 30th day
of June 1968, the time within which you are so required to
report without prejudice to the continuation of the liberty
conferred upon you by Our said Warrants to report your
proceedings and findings from time to time if you should
judge it expedient to do so:

And We do hereby confirm Our said Warrants and the
Commission thereby constituted save as modified by these
presents:

And it is hereby declared that these presents are issued
under the authority of the said Letters Patent of His Late
Majesty, pursuant to section 27 of the Civil List Act 1950,
and under the authority of and subject to the Commissions of
Inquiry Act 1908, and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of New Zealand.

In witness whereof We have caused these presents to be
issued and the Seal of New Zealand to be hereunto affixed
at Wellington this 11th day of March 1968.

Witness Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Sir Arthur
Espie Porritt, Baronet, Knight Grand Cross of Our Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Knight Commander of Our Royal Victorian Order,
Commander of Our Most Excellent Order of the British
Empire, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in
and over New Zealand; acting by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand:

ARTHUR PORRITT, Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command—
KEITH HOLYOAKE, Prime Minister.

Approved in Council—
[L.S.] P. J. BROOKS, Clerk of the Executive Council.

*Gazette, 2 March 1967, p. 306
†Gazette, 8 June 1967, p. 993

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 has been pleased to
approve of the following appointments, promotions, transfers,
resignations, and retirements of officers of the New Zealand
Army:

ROYAL REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY
Regular Force
Captain R. J. Andrews to be temp. Major. Dated 15 January
1968.
Territorial Force
16th Field Regiment, RNZA
2nd Lieutenant J. Latimer to be Lieutenant. Dated 5 December
1967.
Michael John Hogg to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 8 January
1968.
3rd Field Regiment, RNZA
Lieutenant J. Wishart to be temp. Captain. Dated 20 December
1967.
ROYAL N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS
Regular Force
Lieutenant E. A. D. Brooker to be Captain. Dated 11
December 1967.
Lieutenant and Quartermaster C. M. Wild to be temp.
Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 22 December 1967.
THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ENGINEERS
Regular Force
Lieutenant D. J. O’Brian to be temp. Captain. Dated 8
November 1967.
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ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS
Regular Force
2nd Lieutenant D. P. Bent to be Lieutenant. Dated 20
December 1967.
ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY REGIMENT
Regular Force
Captain J. J. Storey to be temp. Major. Dated 17 November
1967.
Captain and Quartermaster C. G. MacShane, having reached
retiring age for rank, is transferred to the Supernumerary
List and re-engaged until 9 April 1969. Dated 25 January
1968.
Captain (temp. Major) M. J. Blair is reposted to the 2nd
Battalion (Canterbury and Nelson-Marlborough and West
Coast), RNZIR, on completion of his short-service engagement. Dated 11 December 1967.
Captain H. R. Burt to be temp. Major. Dated 8 January
1968.
The commission of Lieutenant (on prob.) B. P. Groshinski
is confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant with seniority from
28 November 1966.
2nd Lieutenant E. G. Steel to be Lieutenant, next below
Lieutenant R. N. Upton, RNZIR. Dated 13 December 1967.
2nd Lieutenant J. A. Dennistoun-Wood to be Lieutenant,
next below Lieutenant J. M. Young, RNZASC. Dated 13
December 1967.
2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) S. F. Hall is re-engaged from
8 January 1969 to 7 January 1970.

Territorial Force
2nd Battalion (Canterbury and Nelson-Marlborough and
West Coast), RNZIR
Captain (temp. Major) M. J. Blair, from the Regular
Force, to be Captain (temp. Major) with seniority as Captain
from 2 August 1963 and as temp. Major from 13 August
1965. Dated 11 December 1967.
3rd Battalion (Auckland (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own) and
Northland), RNZIR
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) D. C. Thurston to be Captain.
Dated 9 September 1967.
2nd Lieutenant P. J. Kelly to be Lieutenant. Dated 5 December
1967.
2nd Lieutenant R. J. S. Macpherson to be Lieutenant.
Dated 5 December 1967.
2nd Lieutenant B. A. H. Redwood to be Lieutenant. Dated
21 January 1968.
Blair Alan Badcock, B.A., to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 1
February 1968.
7th Battalion (Wellington (City of Wellington’s Own) and
Hawke’s Bay), RNZIR
Ronald Norman Love to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 1
January 1968.

N.Z. SPECIAL AIR SERVICE
Territorial Force
1st Ranger Squadron, NZSAS
2nd Lieutenant R. L. Berry to be Lieutenant. Dated 8
August 1967.
ROYAL N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS
Regular Force
2nd Lieutenant N. B. Johnstone to be Lieutenant. Dated 20
December 1967.
Territorial Force
3rd Transport Company, RNZASC
2nd Lieutenant T. D. Nuttall to be Lieutenant. Dated 5
December 1967.
2nd Lieutenant R. B. Johnson to be Lieutenant. Dated 22
February 1968.
1st Army Air Supply Organisation, RNZASC
2nd Lieutenant L. N. Bates to be Lieutenant. Dated 22
February 1968.
2nd Lieutenant G. M. Cameron to be Lieutenant. Dated
22 February 1968.
1st Transport Company (General Transport), RNZASC
Robert Hilliard Andrewes to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 1
December 1967.
Peter Francis Rasmussen to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 1
December 1967.
William Kennedy Flexman to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 1
November 1967.
ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
Regular Force
Captain M. A. Sapsford, M.B., CH.B., to be temp. Major.
Dated 4 January 1968.
Territorial Force
Major George Edward Cox, M.B.E., E.D., F.B.O.A.(HONS),
F.S.M.C.(HONS.), is posted to the Retired List. Dated 31
December 1967.