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And generally such other matters arising out of the premises as may come to your notice in • the course of your inquiries and which you consider should be investigated in connection therewith and be brought to the attention of the Government: And in exercise of such powers and authorities as aforesaid, and with the like advice and consent, I do hereby appoint you, the said Arthur Tyndall, to be the Chairman of the said Commission : And you are hereby authorized to conduct any inquiry under these presents at such times and places as you deem expedient, with power to adjourn from time to time and place to place as you think fit, and so that these presents shall continue in force and the inquiry may at any time and place be resumed although not regularly adjourned from time to time or from place to place, and to call before you and examine on oath or otherwise such persons as you think capable of affording you information as to the matters aforesaid, and to call for and examine all such books, papers, writings, documents, and records as you deem likely to afford you the fullest information on any such matters : And, using all due diligence, you are required to report to me, under your hands and seals, not later than the thirty-first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and forty-four, yoixr findings and opinions on the aforesaid matters : And you are hereby strictly charged and directed that you shall not at any time publish or otherwise disclose, save to me in pursuance of these presents or by my direction, the contents or purport 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 upon 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 or more of the members of the Commission hereby appointed, so long as the Chairman and at least four other members be present and concur in the exercise of such powers. Given under the hand of His Excellency Marshal of the Royal Air Force Cyril Louis Norton Newall, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Member of the Order of Merit, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, on whom has been conferred the Albert Medal of the First Class, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty's Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, this 19th day of April, 1944. P. C. WEBB, Minister of Labour. Approved in Council— C. A. JEFFERY, Clerk of the Executive Council. at
Extending the Period within which the Commission of Inquiry into Apprenticeship and Related Matters shall report
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 Eoderick 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 Renyard, of Wellington, Superintendent of Technical Education ; Randolph Gordon Ridling, of Wellington, Technical College Principal; Roy Stanley, of Auckland, Secretary ; and Edward Bellamy Taylor, of Wellington, Registrar of Apprentices : Greeting. Whereas by Warrant dated the nineteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and forty-four, and issued with the advice and consent of the Executive Council under my hand and the seal of the Dominion, 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, Randolph Gordon Ridling, Roy Stanley, and Edward Bellamy Taylor were appointed to be a Commission to inquire into
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