Canada Yearbook - 1920

752 EXTRACTS FROM THE CANADA GAZETTE
Hon. Colin George Snider, Judge of the County Court of "Wentworth,
Ont., to be a Commissioner to investigate into and report upon the
circumstances under which certain publications were delivered by
the Distribution Branch of the Government Printing and Stationery
Office to Florence and Son—amended and extended January 10, 1921,
so as to authorize the said Commissioner to enquire into the. particulars
of all material and equipment purchased, sold or otherwise
disposed of, in or from the Printing Bureau since January 1, 1919.
1921: April 13. The Hon. James D. Hyndman, a Judge of the
Supreme Court of Alberta, William D. Staples, Fort William,
Ont., J. H. Haslam, Regina, Sask., and Lincoln Goldie, Guelph,
Ont., to be Commissioners to investigate into and report upon the
subject of marketing of grain in Canada. June 27. The Hon.
Louis E. Panneton, a Judge of the Superior Court, Quebec, to be a
Commissioner to investigate into and report in respect to the amount
required to pay the Park St. Charles Co., Ltd., for land occupied by
the Quebec Harbour Commission, as per verdict of Arbitrator, which
verdict was later sustained by the Superior Court in favour of the
Plaintiff Co., $60,000. June 30. Geoffrey Teignmouth Clarkson,
Toronto, Ont., Chartered Accountant, to be a Commissioner to
investigate into and report upon any and all reported- irregularities
and frauds of any kind whatsoever in connection with the payment
at the par of exchange of sterling drafts, official cheques, letter and
cable transfers, British money orders and British currency to members
of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in respect of and representing
money received by them for pay and allowances and also in respect
of pensions and also as to payments made to others than returned
soldiers and pensioners.
Imperial Honours and Decorations.—1920: October 13.
To be a Member of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council,
The Hon. Arthur Meighen.
Official Appointments.—1920: March 17. Capt. N. F. Parkinson,
Ottawa, Ont., Director of Vocational Training of the Department
of Soldiers' Civil Re-Establishment, to be the Deputy Minister
of said Department, in the room and stead of Gerald Robinson,
resigned, said appointment to take effect as from 15th April, 1920.
June 1. Thomas Mulvey, B.A., K.C., Under-Secretary of State and
Deputy Registrar General of Canada, to be King's Printer and Controller
of Stationery, in the room and stead of Joseph De Labroquerie
Tache, retired. Joseph De Labroquerie Tache" to be joint Librarian
of Parliament, in the room and stead of Alfred Duclos DeCelles,
superannuated. July 5. Captain William White, Ottawa, Ont.,
Secretary of the Board of Commerce of Canada, to be Chief Commissioner
of said Board of Commerce. Frederick A. Acland, Deputy
Minister of Labour, to be a Commissioner of the Board of Commerce
of Canada. Gerald A. P. Dillon, Ottawa, Ont., Purchasing Agent
of the Department of Justice, to be a Commissioner of the Board of
Commerce of Canada. August 21. William L. Griffith, London,
England, to be Secretary of the Office of the High Commissioner for