Approval to Establish a Retirement Allowance Scheme
(Notice No. Ag. 10482)

ARTHUR PORRITT, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington this 30th day of July 1969
Present:
His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
Pursuant to the Finance Act (No. 2) 1935, 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 New Zealand Meat Producers Board Retirement Allowance Scheme Approval Order 1969.
   (2) This order shall come into force on the day after the date of its notification in the Gazette.
2. The New Zealand Meat Producers Board is hereby authorised to establish a scheme, subject to such terms and conditions as it may impose, to provide retirement allowances for locally engaged members of its overseas staff.
   P. J. BROOKS, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Royal Commission to Inquire Into and Report Upon Horse Racing, Trotting, and Dog Racing
ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Her Other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith:
To Our Trusty and Well-beloved the Right Honourable Sir Thaddeus Pearcey McCarthy, a Judge of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand, John Hannibal George, of Roxburgh East, Member of Parliament, James Nimmo Crawford Doig, of Auckland, Company Director, and Howard Graham Fleming Callam, of Auckland, Chartered Accountant:
GREETING:
Know Ye that We, reposing trust and confidence in your integrity, knowledge, and ability, do hereby nominate, constitute, and appoint you, the said
The Right Honourable Sir Thaddeus Pearcey McCarthy; John Hannibal George; James Nimmo Crawford Doig; and Howard Graham Fleming Callam
to be a Commission to receive representations upon, inquire into, investigate, and report upon the following matters:

1. The working of existing law and the necessity or expediency of any legislation in respect of horse racing, trotting, and dog racing and betting thereon in New Zealand, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following matters:
   (a) The present system of administration and control of horse racing and trotting and all matters connected therewith, including the finances and structure of the horse racing and trotting industries, the allocation of racing and trotting dates, and the granting of totalisator permits;
   (b) The administration and control of totalisator agencies, including the constitution of the Totalisator Agency Board and the method of distribution of its profits:
   (c) The operation of totalisators and sweepstakes on race-courses and trotting courses:
   (d) The desirability or otherwise of introducing new methods of betting:
   (e) The desirability or otherwise of granting betting facilities for dog racing similar, either in whole or in part, to those authorised for horse racing and trotting.
2. Such other matters as may be brought to the notice of the Commission or initiated by it which the Commission considers relevant to its functions as defined in clause 1 hereof.
   And We hereby appoint you the said
   The Right Honourable Sir Thaddeus Pearcey McCarthy
   to be the Chairman of the said Commission:
   And for the better enabling you to carry these presents into effect you are hereby authorised and empowered to make and conduct any inquiry or investigation under these presents in such manner and at such time and place as you think expedient, with power to adjourn from time to time and place

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to place as you think fit, and so that these presents shall continue in force and any such inquiry may at any time and place be resumed although not regularly adjourned from time to time or from place to place:
And you are hereby strictly charged and directed that you shall not at any time publish or otherwise disclose, save to His Excellency the Governor-General, in pursuance of these presents or by His Excellency's direction, the contents 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 on you, except such evidence or information as is received in the course of a sitting open to the public:
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 two other members are present and concur in the exercise of the powers:
And We do further ordain that you have liberty to report your proceedings and findings under this Our Commission from time to time if you shall judge it expedient to do so:
And, using all due diligence, you are required to report to His Excellency the Governor-General in writing under your hands, not later than the 30th day of June 1970, your findings and opinions on the matters aforesaid, together with such recommendations as you think fit to make in respect thereof:
And, lastly, it is hereby declared that these presents are issued under the authority of the letters patent of His Late Majesty King George the Fifth, dated the 11th day of May 1917, 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.
In witness whereof We have caused this Our Commission to be issued and the Seal of New Zealand to be hereunto affixed at Wellington this 25th day of August 1969.
Witness Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Cousin, Sir Arthur Espie Porrit, 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.
ARTHUR PORRITT, Governor-General.
By His Excellency's Command—
[L.S.] KEITH HOLYOAKE, Prime Minister.
Approved in Council—
P. J. BROOKS, Clerk of the Executive Council.

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:
PROMOTIONS
Regular Force
The following to be Colonels, in order shown, and are transferred to the Colonels' List:
Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Colonel) F. H. Childs, R.N.Z.A.C. Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Colonel) L. W. Wright, M.B.E., R.N.Z.A.
Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Colonel) M. R. Kennedy, M.B.E., R.N.Z.I.R.
Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Colonel) R. H. Smith, R.N.Z.A.
Dated 4 February 1969.
ROYAL REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY
Regular Force
Captain (temp. Major) Barry Alexander Bathgate Hardy is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal Regiment of N.Z. Artillery, in the rank of Major. Dated 29 July 1969.
Lieutenant and Quartermaster A. F. Taylor to be Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 4 August 1969.
16th Field Regiment, RNZA
2nd Lieutenant A. G. Hatt is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 16th Field Regiment, RNZA, in his present rank and seniority. Dated 30 June 1969.
3rd Field Regiment, RNZA
2nd Lieutenant A. R. Smith to be Lieutenant. Dated 1 July 1969.