Absenteeism, 97, 156, 157, 175, 451, 452

Admiralty, British, 169

Aerial topdressing, 558, 575

Aerodrome Construction Squadron (No. 2), 239

Aerodromes, 223, 235, 239, 245

Agar, 453

Age structure of population and labour force, 542

Agriculture: British, 183; Minister of, 203, 554

Agriculture, Department of, 184, 205, 212, 462, 524, 559

Aircraft: manufacture, 149; surplus, 520

Airfields. See Aerodromes

Air Force stations, 231

Air raid shelters, 229, 237

Air services, 415, 567

‘Allied Committee’, 125

Allocation Committee for Sterling Funds, 109

Aluminium: smelting, 569, 571; supplies, 134

American Forces. See United States of America

Ammunition, 136, 149, 159, 523

Annual Holidays Act 1944, 457, 500

Anti-aircraft defences, 233

Antimony, 134

Apples and pears: exports, 66; internal marketing, 461; production, 216

Apprenticeship, 506

Aramoana, m.v., 567

Arapuni power station, 432, 565

Armed forces: home and overseas, 71, 73; men, 70, 71; mobilisation, 81; recruitment, 191; women, 72

Armed Forces Appeal Board, 102, 154, 158, 440

Armstrong, Hon. H. T., 5, 350, 429, 432

Army, in the Pacific. See NZEF (2nd), 3 NZ Division

Asbestos fibre, 109, 112, 116

Ashwin, Sir B., 300

Assisted employment. See Unemployment

Associated Chambers of Commerce, 548

Australia: coal, 409; fish, 404; petrol rationing, 417; retail prices, 340; supplies from 120; trade, 558; wool, 525

Backlogs: building and construction, 532; capital goods and consumer durables, 540; construction, 562–5

Mentioned, 390

Bags and sacks, 110

Baker, F., 510

Balance of payments, 366, 459, 570

Balloting, 103

Bank advances, 26, 535, 536, 546, 547

Banking system, Government indebtedness, 268

Barclay, Hon. J. G., 473

Barrowclough, Maj-Gen Sir H., 492

Basic slag, 195

Beef, 205, 206, 558, 559. See also Boned out

Beer, duty, 263

Belshaw, Horace, 527, 548

Beverage industries, 153

Bicycles, 465

Birth rates, 443, 444, 445, 541

Bismarck Sea, Battle of, 499

Black marketing, 284, 472, 473

Blankets, 161

Blind Servicemen's Trust Board, 512

Boned out, 186, 187, 205

Boot and shoe factories, 164–6

Borrowing: in New Zealand, 260, 264–70; overseas, 276, 554

Brass, 134

Bren-gun carriers, 148, 149

Bretton Woods Conference, 548

Bricks, 221

Britain, gifts to, 526

British Ministry of War Transport, 372, 391, 400

British Purchasing Commission, 132

Bronze, 119

Budget: deficits, 252; 1958, 550

Building: materials, 222, 248; operations, 343; permits, 225, 226, 243; private, 240, 242, 243

Building and construction industry, 240, 242, 494, 495, 496; labour force, 564

Building Committees, 244

Building Construction Control Notices, 241, 563

Building Control Emergency Regulations, 563

Building Controller, 56, 130, 131, 225, 226, 241, 250, 563

Buildings, surplus, 523

Bulk fuel stores, 233, 234, 235

Bulk ordering, 125

Bulk purchasing: contracts, 41, 183, 184, 204, 368, 378, 524; prices, 213, 331, 379, 380, 381

Bureau of Industry, 20

Bureau system, waterside, 396

Bursaries, 542

Business loans, 516

Butter: British needs, 490; diversion to cheese, 199; exportable surplus, 525; factories, 200, 496; local market subsidies, 325; production and exports, 182, 186, 202, 489; rationing, 204, 469, 499, 535

Butterfat: declining production, 209; prices, 326; production, 219; production in 1944–45, 198; production per cow, 191

Calico, 116

Canada, 270, 340

Canadian Mutual Aid, 142, 144, 260, 388, 389, 521

Canneries, 447

Canning: factories, 218, 249; meat, 186, 187, 205, 206

Capital, flight of, 26, 37

Capitalisation of family benefits, 545

Cardboard, 110, 571

Carpenters, 171

Casualties, 445, 540–1

Category ‘A’ men, 440

Cattle, slaughtering, 206

Cement, 221, 241, 248

Central Advisory Labour Council, 35

Chancellor of the Exchequer, 383

Cheese: diversion from butter, 199; exportable surplus, 525; factories, 201, 489, 496; production and exports, 182; rationing, 470; UK ration, 491

Chiefs of Staff, 249

Chiefs of Staff Committee, 31, 52, 484

Churchill, Sir W., 373, 475, 484, 485, 489

Cigarettes. See Tobacco

Civil aviation, 567

Civil Construction Unit, 239

Civil defence works, 230

Clarendon, 196, 203

Clarke, R. C., 194

Clothing: chart, 166; industry, 161; numbers engaged, 164; rationing, 467; rationing abolished, 535, 574

Coachbuilding, 171

Coal: bituminous, 414; disputes, 459; for industry, 425; hard, 401; miners, 470, 496, 497; output, 409, 413; railways, 426, 427; subsidies, 301, 305

Coal Mines Council, 318

Coal Transport Shipping Committee, 411

Coastal fortifications, 233

Coastal vessels, 400, 403, 409, 422

Coates, Rt. Hon. J. G., 57, 477, 478

Cobb power station, 430

Cochrane, Wing Commander R. A., 48

Colonial Ammunition Company, 135

Combined Boards, 124

Combined Food Board, 144

Combined Raw Materials Boards, 134, 139

Commissioner of Defence Construction, 227, 240, 241, 244, 348, 349, 350, 351, 404

Commissioner of Supply, 62

Commissioner of Works, 250

Committee of Imperial Defence (NZ), 30, 31, 32, 36, 51

Communications, 437. See also Transport and Communications

Conciliation Commissioners, 316

Condliffe, J. B., 513, 519, 535, 571

Confectionery manufacture, 153

Conscription: of men, 58, 59, 81, 97, 449, 450; of wealth, 33, 58, 60, 449

Construction: backlogs, 562; workers from Australia, 220. See also Defence construction

Consumer, 459

Consumer goods: durables, 390, 536; subsidies, 306, 308

Consumers' Price Index, 536, 575

Contracts Adjustment Committee, 357, 358

Contracts: war, 341–65; attempts to review, 355. See also Cost-plus contracts

Controller and Auditor-General, 342, 345, 347, 351, 353, 358

Cook Strait power cable, 576

Cool storage, 43–6, 186

Co-operative stevedoring, 393, 396, 401

Copper, 134

Coral Sea, Battle of, 483

Corn sacks, 116

Corrugated roofing iron, 38, 112, 113, 221, 223, 241, 248, 563

Costing, 348

Cost of war: financial comparisons, 251–77; how raised, 260; international comparisons, 258; overseas cost, 272

Cost-plus contracts, 240, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 353, 354, 362, 365

Cotton piece goods, 110

Council of Defence, 31, 33, 34, 52

Court of Arbitration, 280, 284, 285, 287, 288, 315, 316, 317, 320, 322, 392, 500, 501, 536, 538, 576

Cows. See Dairy cows

Cream, 204, 470

Cream of tartar, 116

Dairy cows, 197, 198, 214

Dairy factories, 320

Dairy farming, 214, 325

Dairy Industry Costs Adjustment Committee, 325

Dairy Industry Council, 326

Dairy Industry Stabilisation Account, 211, 325, 560

Dairy produce, 490, 554

Dairy Produce Account, 16, 561

D Day, 500

Debt servicing, 552, 558

Declarations of essentiality, 163, 498, 507, 509

Defence construction, 48, 220–50, 342, 363, 456, 562

Defence Construction Council, 227

Defence Forces Personnel Committee, 495, 500

Defence materials, 371

Defence stores, 388

Defence workers camps, 454

Defence works. See Defence construction

De Gaulle, General C., 556

De Havilland Aircraft Company, 224

Dehydrated meat, 79, 186, 187, 205, 218, 231, 237

Dehydrated vegetables, 463

Delivery Emergency Regulations, 419

Demobilisation, 502–3

Departments. See under name of Department

Depression, the, 147, 443, 444

Development loans, 338

Development works, 265

Direction of labour, 59, 101, 103, 175, 184, 450, 451, 453, 459, 498

Director of National Service, 85, 95, 103, 195, 456, 481, 482, 497

Director of Stabilisation, 288, 300, 310

Disabled Servicemen's Re-establishment League, 505, 512

Disposable income, 259, 273, 335, 336, 339

Disputes Committee, 393

Distribution and finance, 494

District Advisory Manpower Committees, 85, 102

District Garment Control Committees, 163

District Manpower Officers, 97, 100, 158, 450, 453, 508

District Rehabilitation Committees, 510

2 NZ Division See under NZEF (2nd)

3 NZ Division

Dollar funds, 152, 520

Dominion Motor Company, 136, 246

Dominion Physical Laboratory, 160

Donnelly, Sir A., 282, 298

Drugs, stocks, 138

Dumped surpluses, 554

Duty free entry, 555

Earthmoving equipment, 47, 221, 244, 519

Earthquake damage, 454

Eastern Group Supply Council, 136, 151, 160, 167, 171, 370

Economic and financial policy, 568

Economic development, 569

Economic planning. See Planning

Economic Policy Committee of Cabinet, 544

Economic Stabilisation, 271, 298–340, 456, 459, 460, 463, 499, 536. See also Stabilisation

Economic Stabilisation Commission, 62, 288, 298, 304, 317

Economic Stabilisation Committee, 283, 298

Economic Stabilisation Conference, 281, 283, 309, 324

Economic Stabilisation Emergency Regulations 1942, 288, 299, 315

Economic Stabilisation Scheme, 283, 561

Education, 446; Department of, 193

Egg Marketing Regulations, 461

Eggs, 461, 473

Electricity Control Orders, 431, 434

Electricity Controller, 130, 430, 433

Electric motors on farms, 188, 423, 424

Electric power, 46, 47, 249, 423, 424, 426, 427–35, 562, 565, 566, 570, 571. See also Hydro-electric power

Electric Power Board and Supply Authorities Association, 47, 428

Electric Power Boards, 434

Emergency defence buildings, 345

Emergency Disputes Committee, 318

Emergency Regulations Act 1939, 58

Emergency Regulations Amendment Act, 58

Empire Air Training Scheme, 232, 270, 272

Employees, reinstatement of, 505

Employment Act 1945, 542

Employment Division, Department of Labour, 5

Employment promotion, 6, 89, 261, 262, 542

Employment Promotion Act 1936, 5

Employment Promotion Fund, 5, 9, 87

Employment Restriction Order, 508

Enemy Trading Emergency Regulations, 369

Engine Drivers', Firemen, and Cleaners' Association, 319

Engineering, 148

Essential industries, 34, 85, 101, 103, 153, 194, 451, 457, 508

Essential occupations, 35, 364

Essential raw materials, 112

Essentiality. See Declarations of essentiality

European Economic Community, 555–6, 576

Evans Bay power station, 431, 432

Ewes, 190, 214

Excess Profits Tax, 361

Exchange allocation. See Import Controls

Exchange control. See Import Controls

Exchange rate, 20, 535, 536

Export earnings, 25, 366, 386, 387, 549, 553

Export industries, 572

Export parity, 331

Export prices, 366, 371

Export surplus, 327

Exports, 17, 40, 116, 214, 368, 369, 370, 552

Ex-servicemen. See Rehabilitation

Factory advisory Committee, 35

Factory Controller, 95, 109, 112, 113, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 139, 140, 154, 431, 433, 434, 468

Factory Emergency Regulations 1939, 56

‘Fairmile’ patrol vessels, 169

Fair Rents Act 1936, 301

Family benefits, 10, 545. See also Social Security

Farm cost allowances, 326

Farm costs subsidies. See Subsidies

Farm industry reserves, 324–32, 560–1

Farm labour. See Labour

Farm mechanisation, 14, 15, 126, 188, 424, 557, 558

Farm Produce Stabilisation Accounts, 257, 302. See also Farm industry reserves

Farm stabilisation policy, 331

Farm subsidies, 325, 535. See also Subsidies

Farming, 13–15, 78, 83, 93, 181–219, 494, 496, 558–61, 560

Federated Farmers, 325, 330

Federation of Labour, 310, 448, 469, 534

Fertilisers, 38, 184, 195, 196, 203, 219, 515. See also Phosphates

Fibre, 218

Fifty-four hour week, 229

Financial cost of war, 251

Fiscal policy, 334

Fish, 176, 404

Fish liver oil, 176

Flax: phormium tenax, 218. See also Linen flax

Fletcher, Sir J., 170, 227, 229, 249, 349

Floating dock, Wellington, 172

Food Controller, 130

Food rationing. See Rationing

Food reserves, British, 370, 490

Footwear manufacturing, 313, 467

Forbes, Rt. Hon. G. W., 31

Ford Motor Company, 136

Forestry Group, 2 NZEF, 245, 247

Forestry, 247, 571

France, 199, 558

Fraser, P. R., 464

Fraser, Rt. Hon. P., 57, 85, 100, 227, 290, 380, 484, 485, 489, 527

Freezing workers, 474

Freezing works, 185, 447, 496

Freights, 558

Freyberg, Lt-Gen Lord, 497

Fruit growing, 216, 487

Fuel, 423

Full employment, 25, 528, 538–54. See also Employment

Fuses, 137, 159

Galvanised iron: flat, 248. See also Corrugated roofing iron

Garages, 563

Garment Control Council, 468

Gas, 409, 425, 426

General Motors, 136

General wage orders, 280, 285, 537. See also Wage rates

Gillespie, Oliver A., 239, 496

Glass, 221, 248

Goods Transport Control Committee, 419, 420

Goods, volume available, 24, 123, 284, 291, 335, 336, 337, 339

‘Go-slow’ tactics, 392, 393

Government administration, 435, 436, 437

Government Architect, 228, 240

Government Contracts Adjustment Commission, 356, 361

Government Statistician, 310, 312, 333

Gratuities, 254, 503

Greatcoats, 163

Guadalcanal, 483

Guaranteed price, 9, 13, 14, 16, 52, 65, 181, 183, 324, 326

Gumboots, 151

Gun-metal, 134

Gypsum rock, 38, 109, 112, 113, 221, 247

Halsey, Admiral W.F. 486

Hamilton, Dr W. M., 183, 199

Hamilton, Hon. Adam, 57

Hand grenades, 136, 159

Hand stripping, 14, 190

Harbour Boards, 439

Harbour defences, 231, 234

Harvesting, 192, 447, 487, 499

Hitler, A., 450

Holidays, paid annual, 457

Holland, Rt. Hon. Sir S., 484

Home Defence Forces, 153, 192, 249, 495

Home Guard, 462

Hosiery, 161

Hospitals, 232, 233, 236, 351, 562

Hostels, 238, 455

Hours Committee, 456

Hours of work, 399, 455

Housing, 9, 517, 562

Housing Construction Department, 229, 242, 247

Hunter, J. S., 528, 539

Hunter, Mr Justice, 303, 304

Hydro-electric power, 46, 249, 428, 434, 435, 565. See also Electric power

Imperial Conference, 1930, 31, 51

Imperial Conference, 1937, 4, 41, 52

Import controls, 17, 19, 20, 25, 61, 115, 120, 128, 148, 152, 175, 176, 273, 367, 540, 548–51, 576

Imported commodities, 383

Import licensing, 371, 542, 544, 550

Import payments, 386, 389

Import prices, 337

Import selection, 148

Imports, 17, 310, 547, 548, 552

Imports classified by purpose, 130

Imports, principal supplying countries, 127

Imports, volume, 106, 366

Income. See National income, Private income

Index Committee, 284, 302, 309

India, 167, 526

Indirect taxes, 336

Industrial Absenteeism Emergency Regulations, 457

Industrial development, 62, 571

Industrial Development Committee, 529

Industrial disputes, 409

Industrial Efficiency Act 1936, 62

Industrial Emergency Council, 35, 448, 456

Industrial Manpower Appeals Committee, 103

Industries and Commerce Department, 173, 175

Industries Committee, 61

Inflation, 532, 533–9

Inter-island cable, 566

Internal combustion engines, 188, 424

Internal Marketing Division, 67, 216, 461, 462, 463, 464, 474

Internal Transport Sub-committee (of ONS), 392

International Emergency Food Council, 144

Internment camps, 233

Invisibles, 552, 553

Iron and steel, 131, 222, 571

Iron and Steel Control Notice 1942, 133

Iron sands, 569, 571

Japan: entry into war, 346; invasion threat, 229, 240, 353, 405, 481; NZ forces in, 502, 503, 508, 558, 570; prisoners, 231

Joiners, 171

Joint Debits Committee, 325

Joint Organisation (wool), 561

Jones, Hon. F., 30, 52, 57

Jute, 112

Kaitawa power station, 430

Karapiro power station, 565

Kauri timber, 170

Kawerau, 575

Key industries, 450

Killed on active service, 445, 540, 541

King's Wharf power station, 431

Kissel, F. T. M., 431

Korea, 537, 549, 575

Labour: construction, 243; directed. SeeDirection of labour; on farms, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 203, 492, 493, 559; shortages, 155, 486, 497

Labour Department, 5, 543, 544

Labour force, 56, 81–104, 443, 481–98, 540, 541, 542, 560, 564

Labour Legislation Emergency Regulations 1940, 455

Labour Legislation Suspension or Modification Order, 456

Labour Party, 148, 447, 448, 457

Lamb, exports, 199

Lambs: born, 214; losses, 202; slaughtered, 214, 215; tailed, 215

Land Act 1924, 514

Land Sales Committees, 514, 518

Land Sales Courts, 517

Land Settlement Board, 515

Laurenson, G. L., 418

Lead, 109, 134

Leathem, Samuel, 548

Leather, 165

Lend-Lease, 73, 121, 125, 126, 206, 254, 257, 260, 274, 370, 379, 384, 388, 389, 424, 478, 519, 520, 521

Lend-Lease Act, 125, 132

Lend-Lease Agreement, 2

Lend-Lease, Reverse, 77, 186, 188, 272, 368, 369, 370, 377, 378, 381, 384, 387, 388, 389, 520

Liberty ships, 375

Lime, 196, 197

Linen flax, 155, 216, 231, 237, 249

Linen Flax Corporation, 522

Linseed oil, 221

Lipson, Leslie, 530

Livestock, 207, 487

Living standards, 23–5

Llewellin, Col. J. J., 490

Loans, 264, 265, 267, 274, 339, 367

Loans Redemption Account, 383, 384

Local authority services, 437

Local Government Committee, 438

Locomotives, fuel for, 405, 407, 415

Logging and sawmilling, 496

Long-term contracts, 209, 326, 500, 524

Lump sum payments, 326, 382, 386, 387, 388, 500, 521, 524

Machine-gun carriers, 160

Machine-gun posts, 230, 233

Machine tools, 160

McKay's Crossing, 232

McLagan, Hon. A., 158, 174, 487, 488, 498

McPherson, R., 39

Magazines, 234

Magnesium, 134

Main Highways Fund, 438

Malaya: loss of, 139; war surpluses to, 526

Malthoid, 248

Manapouri, Lake, 571

Manpower, 81–104, 481–98. See also Labour

Manpower Committee, 30, 33, 35, 51, 53, 56

Manpower Controller, 468

Manpower controls revoked, 506, 507

Manpower Director, 184

Manpower, Minister of, 35

Manpower Officer, 507

Manpower Register, 53, 99

Manpower Utilisation Councils and Committees, 102, 161, 162

Manufacturing: diversification, 176; employment, 147; in wartime, 147–80; labour force, 95, 155, 493, 564; power difficulties, 433; production, 19, 359, 494, 560; value added, 572

Maori Affairs, Department of, 515

Maori Battalion, 2 NZEF, 453

Maori Rehabilitation Finance Committee, 515

Maori Utilisation Committees, 453

Maori War Effort Organisation, 452, 453

Maoris, 443, 452

Maraetai scheme, 435, 566

Marine Department, 344, 353

Marketing, Department, 183; Department abolished, 465; food, 460

Marriage rates, 444, 445

Marshall Plan, 555

Master Builders' Association, 348, 351, 355, 356, 360

Master schedule, 240, 348, 350, 351, 362, 363

Materials, 63, 112, 563

Meat: British supplies, 491; bulk purchase, 524; disposal, 209; exports, 182, 208, 490; freezing works, 185, 489; pigmeat, 207; preserved, 206; prices, 304, 534; production, 204–9, 219, 489; rationing, 470, 471, 574. See also Beef, Canning, Dehydrated meat, Lamb, Mutton

Meat Board, 329

Meat Industry Reserve Account, 211, 560

Meat Industry Stabilisation Account, 329

Meat Pool Account, 328, 329

Meat Producers' Board, 41

Mechanisation, farms. See Farm mechanisation

Mechanisation, roading, 543

Medical benefits, 480

Medical supplies, 137

Medicinal plants, 79, 218

Memorandum of Security, 260, 270, 272, 274, 379, 384, 385, 387, 389

Merchant Marine, 187

Meremere power station, 566

Metalworking industries, 149, 159

Midway, Battle of, 483

Migration, 444, 541

Military camps, 233

Military clothing and footwear, 160, 164

Military contracts, 158, 163, 313

Milk deliveries, 479

Milking machines, 188, 190

Mines, 409, 412. See also Opencast mining

Minesweepers, 168, 169, 347, 404

Mining Controller, 130, 131

Minimum wages, 458

Minimum working week, 482

Minister in Charge of Rehabilitation, 510, 514, 518, 529

Minister of Customs, 367

Minister of Finance, 521

Minister of Industrial Manpower, 507, 509

Minister of Industries and Commerce, 533, 549

Minister of Labour, 447, 450, 457, 498

Minister of Marketing, 325, 473

Minister of Mines, 410

Minister of National Service, 451

Minister of Railways, 407

Minister of Supply and Munitions, 419, 467, 469

Ministry of Supply, 121, 124

Ministry of Works, 249, 250, 530

Mobilisation, 71, 82, 103, 223, 224, 342, 481

Mortars, 136

Motive power in industry, 178, 423

Motor assembly plants, 160

Motor spirits. See Petrol

Motorist, 472, 479

Motor transport vehicles, 523

Motor tyres, 466

Motor vehicles, 472, 522

Munich crisis, 29, 36, 44, 223

Munitions, 40, 129, 134, 159, 237, 249, 343, 519

Munitions Controller, 131

Mutton, 205

Mutual Aid Agreement. See Canadian Mutual Aid and Lend-Lease

Nandi, 238

Nash, Rt. Hon. W., 3, 11, 13, 26, 41, 57, 111, 161, 226, 252, 268, 270, 271, 367, 368, 380, 381, 383, 384, 488, 490, 503, 548, 549

National Council for Reclamation of Waste, 144

National Dairy Association, 325

National Employment Service, 244, 493, 505, 530, 542, 543

National Expenditure Adjustment Act, 51

National Expenditure Commission, 47, 51, 428

National Garment Control Council, 163

National income, 275, 335

National output, 256, 276

National Register, 33, 35, 36, 58, 100

National Registration Act, 34, 53

National Rehabilitation Council, 509

National Roads Board, 543

National Savings, 212, 270, 331, 460, 480

National Savings Act 1940, 268

National Security Tax, 261, 262, 263

National Service Department, 69, 161, 163, 192, 193, 194, 455, 492, 528

National Supply Committee, 38, 107, 108, 116, 142

National Supply Council, 36

Nauru and Ocean Islands, 195, 196

Naval Board, 391, 403

Naval dockyard, 223, 234

Navy Office, 353

Netherlands, 199

Netherlands East Indies, 139

New Caledonia, 496

New Zealand Dairy Board, 190, 327

New Zealand Dairy Workers' Union, 320

New Zealand Farmers' Union, 194

NZEF (2nd), 270, 272, 496, 497 2 NZ Division, 496, 497 3 NZ Division (in Pacific), 193, 194, 487, 489, 491, 492, 495, 496, 500

New Zealand Manufacturers' Federation, 485

New Zealand Meat Producers' Board, 330

New Zealand Supply Mission, Washington, 125

New Zealand Waterside Workers' Union, 394, 397

Niagara, 373

Nickel chromium wire, 134

Nitrate of soda, 109, 112

Nominal Wage Rates Index, 323, 338

Non-ferrous metals, 133, 155

Non-ferrous Metals Control Notice, 1942, 134

No-remittance imports, 552

O'Brien, Hon. J., 420

Oil, 126

Oil Fuel Controller, 130, 417, 418

Oil refinery, 571

Okinawa, 501

Opencast mining, 409, 412, 413, 414, 500, 566

Orchards, 216

Organisation for European Economic Cooperation, 555

Organisation for National Development, 500, 527–31, 538, 568, 569

Organisation for National Security, 30, 31, 32, 36, 42, 43, 52, 54, 68, 109, 111, 120, 403

O'Shea, A. P., 194

Ottawa Agreement, 15, 51, 555

Overfull employment, 539. See also Full employment

Overpayments, 363

Overseas assets, 18, 53, 78, 148, 272, 367, 380, 384, 385, 386, 389, 550, 552, 576

Overseas debt, 271, 390

Overseas exchange transactions, 109, 273, 366, 386, 387, 550

Overseas funds, 37, 39, 44, 50, 105, 146

Overseas service. See Armed forces

Overseas Shipowners' Allotment Committee, 394

Overseas transport, 553

Overtime, 156, 157, 159, 448, 456

Pacific defence conference, 30, 37, 40, 53, 110, 238

Pacific Division. See NZEF (2nd), 3 NZ Division

Pamir, 374

Paper, 571

Pay and allowances, 253, 257

P.A.Y.E., 576

Pearl Harbour, 71, 134, 403

Pears. See Apples and pears

Perishable exports, 40, 116, 214

Perry, Hon. W., 252

Petrol, 38, 117, 118, 126, 262, 416, 417, 418, 438

Petrol rationing, 391, 416, 420, 472, 479, 535

Petrol reselling licences, 517

Petrol tax, 472, 543

Pharmaceutical benefits, 480

Pharmacological Committee, 138

Philippines, 501

Phosphates, 109, 112, 114, 195, 196, 203, 515. See also Fertilisers

Phosphatic Fertiliser Control Notice, 1941, 196

Picot, F. R., 133

Pilots, 558

Piripaua power station, 432

Planning, 31–3, 49, 527–31, 568–9

Plaster, 248

Plywood, 221

Polaschek, R. J., 530

Population, 443

Port Bowen, 119, 185

Ports, 402

Post and Telegraph Department, 437

Post Office Savings Bank Accounts, 270, 480, 536

Potatoes, 463

Power. See Electric power

Pre-fabricated huts, 238

Pre-fabricated steel buildings, 522

Prevention of Profiteering Act 1936, 278

Price changes, 22, 23, 284, 286, 310, 317. See also Stabilisation

Price control, 278, 303, 334, 471, 473, 535, 536, 540

Price Investigation Regulations, 278

Price Investigation Tribunal, 53, 278

Price orders, 280

Price Stabilisation Emergency Regulations 1939, 278

Price Tribunal, 279, 302, 303, 347

Primary Industries Controller, 56, 131, 184

Primary Industries Emergency Regulations 1939, 184

Primary Production Council, 35, 184, 493

Primary Products Marketing Account, 21

Primary Products Marketing Act 1936, 65

Primary Products Marketing Department, 461

Prisoner-of-war camps, 233

Private income, 291, 335, 337, 544

Producer gas plants, 118, 472

Producers' equipment, 130

Production, 158, 166, 179, 181, 423, 439–42, 570 (Also indexed under commodity headings)

Productivity, 179, 424, 538

Profiteering, 123, 278, 365

Profits, 279, 358, 360, 364

Protectionism, 554

Public debt, 265, 266, 269

Public Safety Conservation Act 1932, 57

Public Service, 435–7

Public Works, 7, 8, 170, 220, 221, 223, 224, 225, 228, 229, 239, 343, 352, 363, 429, 438

Pulp, 571

Quantity surveyors, 350

Quick-frozen vegetables, 463

Quota restrictions on imports. See Import controls

Racing, 474

Radar stations, 233

Radio broadcasting, 433

Radio industry, 167, 168, 354

Radio Production Controller, 354

Rail-Air Freight Service, 567

Railway Construction Companies, 405, 406

Railway Operating Companies, 405, 406

Railway Survey Company, 406

Railway workshops, 170, 405

Railways Board of Inquiry, 407

Railways Department, 132, 169, 217, 404–9, 410, 411, 415, 416, 422, 479, 496, 567

Railways Tribunal, 320, 323, 501

Rates of Wages Emergency Regulations 1940, 280, 284

Rationalisation of road transport, 419

Rationing, 64, 202, 465–72. See also Meat, Petrol, Sugar, etc.

Rationing Controller, 466, 470

Rationing Officer, 466

Raw materials, 112, 154

Reciprocal Aid. See Canadian Mutual Aid and Lend-Lease

Refrigeration, 119, 373

Refugee camps, 237

Regional Planning Councils, 529

Registration orders 101, 244

Rehabilitation, 158, 254, 255, 509–19

Rehabilitation Act, 510

Rehabilitation Board, 504, 505, 506, 509, 512, 528

Rehabilitation bursars, 513

Rehabilitation Department, 455, 510, 516

Rehabilitation Loans Committee, 515

Rents, 287

Replacement costs, 279

Reserve Bank, 9, 21, 252, 268, 269, 271, 546, 547, 550

Reserve Bank Amendment Act 1936, 68

Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1933, 51

Reserved occupations, 34, 53, 56, 83, 84, 85

Reserve stocks. See Stocks

Retail prices. See Prices

Retail Prices Index, 284, 310, 317

Reverse Lend-Lease. See Lend-Lease

Rice, 142

Road blocks, 231

Road transport. See Transport

Road works, 244, 543

Roberts, Hon. B., 380

Roberts, Hon. James, 59

Robertson, Hon. J., 429

Rock phosphate. See Phosphates

Rogers Mission, 136

Rolling mills, 132, 151

Roll-on ferry, 567

Roosevelt, President, 381, 382, 486, 488

Ross, A. A. 196, 200, 205, 213

Ross, Sqn Ldr J. M. S., 496

Royal Commissions: Sheepfarming Industry, 190, 215; War Assets Realisation, 522; Waterfront Industry, 398, 568

Royal New Zealand Air Force, 495, 496, 497, 558, 567, 575

Rubber, 38, 109, 112, 116, 139, 141, 151, 155

Sago, 142

Salt, 110

Savage, Rt. Hon. M. J., 4, 5, 11, 13, 30, 53, 368

Savings, 270, 338, 339, 480, 534, 536. See also National Savings

Sawmilling, 245, 246, 247, 470, 497

Sayers, R. S., 383

Scheme 13, 87

Scheme No. 4 B, 89

Schmitt, L. J., 37

School leaving age, 541, 542

Scientific and Industrial Research, Department of, 216, 447, 559

Scrap Rubber Control Notice, 1942, 139

Seasonal work, 447

Second Division. See NZEF

Secretary of Labour, 477

Semple, Hon. R., 7, 10, 13, 47, 420, 432, 451

Serpentine. See Phosphates

Servicemen's Settlement and Land Sales Act 1943, 513–14, 517

Services, for production, 423

Services Vegetable Production Scheme, 218, 463

Sheep, 190, 214. See also Ewes, Lambs, Farming

Shift work, 159

Shipbuilding and repairs, 132, 168, 171, 236, 343, 344, 348, 352, 357

Shipbuilding and Repairs Committee, 347, 355

Shipbuilding Controller, 170, 347, 352, 357

Shipping, 152, 185–7, 201, 205, 213, 214, 371, 372–7, 393, 395, 398, 402

Ship Repair Costing Service, 355

Ships bunkering, 427

Shipyards, 170

Sinclair, Keith, 571

Singleton, W. M., 200

Skilled labour, 154, 220

Small Farms Amendment Act 1940, 514

Smallfield, P. W., 184, 204

Smith, Sir Ben, 526

Social Security, 6, 11, 12, 58, 100, 261, 262, 459, 460, 479, 540, 542, 544, 545

Social Security Act 1938, 5, 10, 33, 53

Social Security charge, 545

Social Security Fund, 5

Social Security levy books, 33

Soda ash, 110

Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Council, 558

Soil research, 559

Solomon Is., 496

South Africa, 525

Space heating, 427

Speer, N. M., 430

‘Spelling’, 398–9, 568

Stabilisation, 67, 211, 213, 279, 290, 301, 521, 532, 533. See also Economic stabilisation

Stabilisation Regulations Amendment, 321, 477

Stabilised commodities and services, 287

Stabilised wages and salaries, 287, 314, 315

Stalingrad, 499

Standard Master Schedule. See Master schedule

State Forest Service, 348

State housing, 9, 220, 242, 243, 269, 512, 517

Statistical records, deficiencies, 145, 493

Statistician. See Government Statistician

Steam engines, 423, 425

Steam generating stations, 410

Steel, building, 151, 221, 222, 225, 226

Steel Controller, 133

Steel workers, 170

Sten guns, 137, 148, 159

Sterling, 152

Stocks, 37, 38, 44, 107, 110, 111, 124, 237

Storage, 185–7, 249

Stout, J. L., 473

Strategic commodities, 124

Students, 487

Subsidies, 254, 305–8, 332, 337, 379, 383, 384, 410, 438, 471, 536, 543

Subsidised agriculture, 554

Subsidised employment, 86

Substitute materials, 154

Sugar, 111, 114, 466, 574

Sugar Controller, 130

Sullivan, Hon. D. G., 432, 467, 469, 519, 527, 533

Sullivan, Hon. Sir W., 399

Sulphur, 109, 112, 116, 195

Superphosphate. See Phosphates

Supply, 105–46

Supply Committees, 36, 109, 112, 120

Surplus assets. See War assets realisation

Suspension of Apprenticeship Emergency Regulations 1939, 506

Tanker fleets, 417

Tank obstacles, 231

Tanning industry, 165

Tapioca, 142

Target prices, 344, 346, 352, 362

Tariff and Development Board, 571

Taxation, 260, 261–4, 274, 336, 390, 472, 543, 550, 576

Taxis, 419

Tea, 466, 574

Teachers, 446, 487

Technical colleges, 447

Telescoping, 186, 187, 199, 205, 374

Tenting material, 109

Terms of trade, 106–7, 379

Textiles, 523

Thomas, J. E., 466

Tiles, roof, 221

Timber, 221, 223, 245, 246, 247, 392, 469, 563

Timber Controller, 130, 246

‘Time and line’ method, 344

Tin, 109, 112, 134

Tinplate, 40, 109, 110, 112, 116

Tobacco, 173, 174, 262

Topdressing, 195, 197. See also Aerial topdressing

Totalisator investments, 475

Tractors, farm, 188, 424, 557, 558

Trade, overseas: agreement with Britain, 1959, 555; direction, 577; general discussion, 366–90; volume, 376. See also Exports, Imports, Terms of trade

Trade training, 512

Trading banks, 268, 269, 546

Training camps, 342

Training colleges, 487

Training farms, 513

Transceivers, 151, 167

Transport and communications, 96, 129, 287, 391–422, 494, 517, 553, 566, 567

Transport Industry Committee, 392

Transport Licensing Act 1931, 391

Transport Licensing Authorities, 516

Trawling industry, 403, 404

Treaty of Rome, 556

Trench mortar bombs, 159

Trentham Military Camp, 161

Tuai hydro-electric scheme, 429

Tulagi, 483

Tunisia, 499

Tyndall, Mr Justice, 356

Tyres, 139, 141, 145, 155, 520. See also Rubber

U-Boats, 205, 373, 375

Unemployed, 25, 26, 84, 86

Unemployment, 4, 6, 22, 498, 551

Unemployment Act 1930, 5

Unemployment Board, 5

Unemployment Fund, 4

United Kingdom: Air Mission, 224; bulk purchases, 378; cost of living, 340; food needs, 183, 193; Ministry of Food, 201, 206, 524; war costs, 258; War Office, 150, 151

United Kingdom – Dominion Wool Disposal Ltd., 525

United Nations, 500, 501

United States forces in New Zealand and Pacific, 73–5, 78, 160, 218, 230, 231, 232, 236, 238, 272, 424, 462, 469, 470, 475–9

United States Joint Purchasing Board, 186, 206, 209, 216, 325, 378, 521, 522

United States of America, 258, 340, 358, 370, 377, 400, 519, 554, 555, 557

United States – New Zealand Mutual Aid Agreement, 521. See also Lend-Lease

Universal carriers, 137

Universal superannuation benefits, 10. See also Social Security

University education, 193, 446, 447, 487, 513

Unrestricted duty free entry, 556

UNRRA, 499, 526

USSR, 258

Utilisation Councils and Committees. See Manpower

Value Added, manufacturing, 572

Variation Orders, 448

VE Day, 498, 502

Vegetable oils, 201

Vegetables, 79, 463. See also Services Vegetable Production Scheme

VJ Day, 498, 502, 507, 574

Volume of exports, 368, 369

Volume of imports, 106, 366, 372

Volume of production, 158, 166, 179, 181, 423, 570

Volume of trade, 376

Wage Rates, 315–23, 538, 539. See alsoEconomic stabilisation

Wages Commissioners, 289, 316, 317, 322

Waikato mines, 412

Wairakei, 566

Wallboard, 221

Walsh, F. P., 302, 533

War Administration, 412

War assets realisation, 255, 521–3

War Assets Realisation Board, 516, 521, 526

War Book, 32, 53, 54, 117

War Cabinet, 57, 434, 473, 483, 486, 492, 574

War costs. See Cost of war

War costs allowance, butterfat, 326

War Expenses Account, 76, 252–8, 265, 268, 273–5

War Expenses Act 1939, 252, 261

War loans, 338, 480

War Planning and Manpower Committee, 482

War Production Board, 134

Wartime Prices Index, 287, 289–90, 299, 301, 302, 304, 306, 309–14, 316, 317, 319, 332–4, 338

Washing machines, 536, 538

Waste reclamation, 144

Waterfront Contol Commission, 318, 394, 395, 450

Waterfront Controller, 394

Waterfront dispute, 1951, 568

Waterfront Emergency Control Commission, 394

Waterfront Industry Act 1953, 568

Waterfront Transport Control Board, 393

Waterfront work, 320, 392, 459, 477

Water heaters, 433

Webb, Hon. P. C., 83, 394, 396, 397, 429

Webb, L. C., 300

Welders, 172

Welfare state, the, 10–13

West Coast, 410, 412, 422, 469

Western Germany, 570

Weststrate, C., 539

Wharf Superintendents, 395

Wheat and flour, 112, 114, 142, 143

Wheat and Flour Controller, 130

Wheat Committee, 38

Wholesale prices, 314

Williams, J. W., 359, 530, 534, 539

Wills, W. D. and H. O., 175

Wire, 110, 126, 184

Wise, H. L., 278

Women, in employment, 90, 91, 100, 437

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, 93

Women's Auxiliary Air Force, 92

Women's Auxiliary Armed Forces, 92, 93

Women's Land Service, 92, 93, 193

Women's Royal Naval Service, 93

Women's War Service Auxiliary, 91, 92

Wood, F. L. W., 28, 30, 40, 54, 56, 57, 97, 135, 195, 209, 396, 409, 412, 459, 475, 482, 645

Woods, N. S., 318

Wool; cost of production, 212; exports 182, 186; growers, 212; prices, 211; production, 182, 209, 219; stocks, 210, 213, 216, 524, 525, 554; stores, 447; substitutes 212

Wool Commission Account, 560

Wool Disposal Commission, 525

Woollen mills, 161, 162, 215

Wool scouring industry, 215

Workers, 447–59. See also Labour

Working hours, 448

World War I, 183, 504, 513

Wounded, 540–1

Yarn, 161

Zinc, 134

Zoning, transport, 419