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Member of Commission to Inquire into and Report upon Licensing Matters resigns

Department of Justice, Wellington, 10th April, 1945. His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation by Thomas Jordan, Esquire, of his appointment to the Royal Commission to Inquire into and Report upon Licensing Matters in New Zealand. H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Appointment of further Commissioner to Royal Commission to Inquire into and Report upon Licensing Matters in New Zealand George the Sixth by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith : To our Trusty and Well-beloved Bella Fernie Logie, widow of the late Sergeant George Logie, of the 15th Royal Scots Regiment: Greeting. Whereas We did by Our Warrant bearing date the thirty-first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five, issued under the authority of the Letters Patent of His late Majesty dated the eleventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and under the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, appoint Commissioners to inquire into the working of the laws relating to the manufacture and importation, sale and supply of intoxicating liquors, and into the social and economic aspects of the question, and to examine and report upon proposals that may be made for amending the law in New Zealand in the public interest: And whereas it is desirable to appoint another member to the Commission: Now know ye that We, reposing great' Confidence in your knowledge and ability, have authorized and appointed and do by these presents authorize and appoint you, the said Bella Fernie Logie, to be a Commissioner for the purposes aforesaid. In witness whereof We have caused these presents to be issued and the Seal of Our Dominion of New Zealand affixed at Wellington, this sixth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-five, and in the ninth year of Our Reign.

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