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1945 NEW ZEALAND

COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO APPRENTICESHIP AND RELATED MATTERS (REPORT OF)

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency

Commission of Inquiry into Apprenticeship and Related Matters

C. L. .N. NEWALL, Governor-General • To all to whom these presents shall come, and to His Honour Mr. Arthur Tyndall, of Wellington, Judge of the Court of Arbitration ; Clarence Edward Beeby, of Wellington, Director of Education ; Frederick Daniel Cornwell, of Wellington, Secretary; Charles Koderick Edmond, of Wellington, Secretary ; Francis George Fowler, of Auckland, Engineer ; Alfred Gilbert, of Auckland, Engineer ; Henry Ernest Moston, of Wellington, Secretary of Labour ; William Joseph Mount]oy, of Wellington, Secretary ; Frederick Charles Eenyard, of Wellington, Superintendent of Technical Education ; Kandolph Gordon Eidling, of Wellington, Technical College Principal; Eoy Stanley, of Auckland, Secretary ; and Edward Bellamy Taylor, of Wellington, Registrar of Apprentices : Greeting. Whereas it is expedient that inquiry be made into the working of the apprenticeship laws and the desirability of reorganizing facilities for training in manual trades and into the other matters hereinafter referred to : Now, therefore, I, Cyril Louis Norton Newall, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, do hereby nominate, constitute, and appoint you, the said Arthur Tyndall, Clarence Edward Beeby, Frederick Daniel Cornwell, Charles Roderick Edmond, Francis George Fowler, Alfred Gilbert, Henry Ernest Moston, William Joseph Mount] oy, Frederick Charles Renyard, Ranc'olph Gordon Ridling, Roy Stanley, and Edward Bellamy Taylor to be a Commission to inquire into and report and make recommendations upon the following matters, namely :— (1) To investigate existing educational facilities of both prevocational and vocational character, and to report on the changes necessary to meet the present and future needs of industry so far as they can be foreseen : (2) To examine existing legislation bearing upon apprenticeship ; to make recommendations as to changes in such legislation, or as to new legislation which might be necessary to enable the reforms recommended by the Commission to be carried into effect;