2288 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 82

Warrant Appointing an Additional Conciliation Commissioner
under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1954

ARTHUR PORRITT, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section 11 of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1954, I, Sir Arthur Espie Porritt, Baronet, the Governor-General of New Zealand, hereby appoint

Henry Moody Hopper

to be an additional Conciliation Commissioner under and for the purpose of the said Act; appointment to commence on the 1st day of January 1969 and to end on the 30th day of June 1969.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 29th day of November 1968.

T. P. SHAND, Minister of Labour.

Appointing a Member of the Westland Catchment Board

PURSUANT to section 51 of the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act 1941, I, Sir Arthur Espie Porritt, Baronet, the Governor-General of New Zealand, hereby appoint Donald Charles McLean, farmer, of Kowhitirangi, as representative of the Westland County, to the Westland Catchment Board.

ARTHUR PORRITT, Governor-General.

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of November 1968.

(P.W. 75/4)

Member of the Queen Elizabeth the Second Arts Council of New Zealand Appointed

PURSUANT to the Queen Elizabeth the Second Arts Council of New Zealand Act 1963, His Excellency the Governor-General, on the recommendation of the Minister of Internal Affairs, has been pleased to appoint the following person to be a member of the Queen Elizabeth the Second Arts Council of New Zealand for a term expiring on 31 March 1969:

John Desmond Todd

Dated at Wellington this 28th day of November 1968.

DAVID C. SEATH, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 199/5)

Appointing a Member and Deputy Member of the Engineering Associates Registration Board

PURSUANT to section 3 of the Engineering Associates Act 1961, the Minister of Works hereby appoints Robert Alan Carman, Esquire, and Samuel John Maddocks, Esquire, his deputy, on the nomination of the New Zealand Hospital Engineers Association.

Dated at Wellington this 25th day of November 1968.

PERCY B. ALLEN, Minister of Works.

(P.W. 28/417)

Member of the Lyttelton Harbour Board Appointed

PURSUANT to section 27 of the Harbours Act 1950, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint the Hon. Richard Geoffrey Gerard to be a member of the Lyttelton Harbour Board, to represent the combined district of the County of Ashburton and the Borough of Ashburton.

Dated at Wellington this 25th day of November 1968.

W. J. SCOTT, Minister of Marine.

(M. 43/4/7)

Representative of the Employees of the Northland Harbour Board Appointed to Northland Harbour Board Appeal Board

PURSUANT to section 45 (2) of the Harbours Act 1950, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

George Alexander Eddowes

to be a member of the Appeal Board set up in connection with an appeal by Mr. N. D. Cullen against his dismissal as General Manager by the Northland Harbour Board.

Dated at Wellington this 3rd day of December 1968.

W. J. SCOTT, Minister of Marine.

(M. 43/8/7)

Appointment of Committee of Inquiry, Under Section 5 of the Transport Act 1962, to Inquire Into Urban Passenger Transport

1. Pursuant to section 5 of the Transport Act 1962, the Minister of Transport hereby appoints the persons described in the Schedule hereto as a Committee of Inquiry to examine and advise on urban passenger transport in New Zealand.

2. The Committee shall be called the Committee of Inquiry into Urban Passenger Transport.

3. The Committee shall inquire into and recommend to Government what standard of public transport is necessary to meet the reasonable needs of balanced and efficient passenger transport systems by all forms of transport for urban communities in New Zealand; and shall consider and report upon the financial and organisational arrangements necessary to achieve such standards, having particular regard to the following matters:

(i) What steps should be taken to ensure sufficient patronage of private and publicly-owned passenger services to promote an economical means of public transport in urban communities?

(ii) As a part of such steps, what special financial measures may be necessary to assist public and private operators of urban passenger services to adequately meet their reasonable capital requirements and to operate economically?

(iii) What levels of service are required to ensure a reasonable balance between public and private transport in large, medium, and small communities; and what further provision should be made for the proper integration of public passenger transport with town planning in New Zealand?

(iv) What changes, if any, are necessary in present methods of organisation and operation of urban public passenger services to secure, inter alia, their future sound management and better co-ordination; and what scope there is for the operation of these services by or under contract to a territorial local authority or authorities, or any other public body?

(v) Any other matters considered relevant to this inquiry.

4. The Committee is authorised to

(i) hold public meetings at which evidence can be presented;

(ii) hold closed sessions at which evidence of a confidential nature can be heard; and

(iii) request reports and other information from Government departments and other interested parties.

5. (1) All meetings and hearings of the Committee shall be held at such times and places as the Committee or the Chairman from time to time appoints.

(2) At any such meeting or hearing the Deputy Chairman may preside in the absence of the Chairman; and, in the absence of both the Chairman and Deputy Chairman, a member appointed by the Chairman may act in his stead.

(3) At any such meeting or hearing three members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum.

(4) Subject to the provisions of this clause, the Committee may regulate its procedure in such manner as it thinks fit.

6. The Committee shall submit its report and recommendations to the Government by 30 September 1969.

SCHEDULE

Douglas Julian Carter, Esq., M.P. (Chairman)
Douglas William Ashley Barker, Esq., C.M.G. (Deputy Chairman)
Mervyn William Croy, Esq. (member)
Charles Raymond Gribble, Esq. (member)
John Colin Lucas, Esq., O.B.E. (member)

Dated at Wellington this 6th day of December 1968.

J. B. GORDON, Minister of Transport.

Member of the Dairy Factory Managers Registration Board Reappointed (Notice No. Ag. 10355)

PURSUANT to regulation 3:2 of the Dairy Factory Managers Regulations 1941, the Minister of Agriculture hereby reappoints

David Andrew Fitzgerald (on the recommendation of the New Zealand Dairy Factories and Related Trades Employees Industrial Union of Workers)

to be a member of the Dairy Factory Managers Registration Board, for a 2-year term commencing on the 26th day of November 1968.

Dated at Wellington this 3rd day of December 1968.

DUNCAN MacINTYRE, for Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 50194)