Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1873 – No. 10

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✨ Wards Boundaries and Public House Licenses

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Wards and Boundaries

No. 2, or Lake Ward.

Commencing on Taumutu and Bridge’s Road at south corner of Native Reserve No. 806, and following the south side of same road in a north-westerly direction to its junction with Fereday’s Road; thence along west side of Fereday’s Road in an easterly direction to its junction with the Ellesmere and Lincoln Road; thence along the west side of the latter named road to its junction with Hanmer’s Road; thence down the south side of this road to margin of Lake Ellesmere; and thence following margin of Lake Ellesmere to commencing point.

No. 5, or Killinchy Ward.

Commencing at the intersecting point of Fereday’s Road with Selwyn and Bealey’s Road; thence along north-east side of the latter named road to its junction with Great Southern Railway; thence up west side of line of Great Southern Railway to south bank of River Selwyn; thence down south bank of River Selwyn to its junction with Selwyn and Rakaia Road; thence following west side of said road in a westerly direction to its junction with Boundary Creek Road; thence along the west side of the latter named road to its junction with Hanmer’s Road at north-west corner of section No. 7098; thence along south-west side of Hanmer’s Road to intersecting point of said road with Ellesmere and Lincoln Road; and thence following west side of Ellesmere and Lincoln Road and Fereday’s Road in a westerly direction to commencing point.

No. 3, or Coast Ward.

Commencing on Taumutu and Bridge’s Road at the south corner of Native Reserve No. 806, and following the south side of said road in a north-westerly direction to its junction with Fereday’s Road; thence along the west side of Fereday’s Road in a south-westerly direction to its junction with North Rakaia Road; thence along the eastern boundary of Oakley’s H.P.R. to the River Rakaia; thence down Rakaia to its mouth at sea coast; and thence following the sea beach to commencing point.

No. 4, or Rakaia Ward.

Commencing on north bank of River Rakaia at the south-east corner of Fereday’s H.P.R.; thence following north bank of said river to its junction with Great South Road; thence along west side of Great South Road to the south bank of River Selwyn; thence down south bank of said river to Great Southern Railway; thence following west side of railway to intersecting point of Selwyn and Bealey’s Road with line of said railway; thence following north-east side of Selwyn and Bealey’s Road to its junction with Fereday’s Road; and thence along west side of Fereday’s Road to commencing point.

RETURN OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS in the Christchurch District,

for the Month ending 28th February, 1873:-

	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
				Corresponding Month, 1872
Births	...	49	58	107	36	55
Deaths
City of Christchurch	11	12	-	-	-	-
Country District	5	12	17	-	-	-
Marriages	...	...	26	...	...	19

V. R.

NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that at the QUARTERLY MEETING of Her Majesty’s JUSTICES of the PEACE in and for the Colony of New Zealand, held THIS DAY, at the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Timaru, in pursuance of “The Public House Ordinance, 1866,” and “The Public House Ordinance Amendment Ordinance 1867,” the following Public House Licenses were granted:-

Name of Applicant	License	Name of House	Situation
Wilson, Francis John	Hotel	The Criterion Hotel	Timaru
O’Driscoll, Thomas	Hotel	The Hibernian Hotel	Timaru

THOMAS HOWLEY,
Clerk to the Bench.

Timaru, March 4, 1873.

VUW Te Waharoa — Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1873, No 10

The Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings (depicted) were constructed between 1858 and 1865 and are the only purpose-built provincial government buildings in New Zealand still in existence.

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏗️ Definition of Ward Boundaries for Ellesmere Road District

Domain🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
KeywordsWards, Boundaries, Ellesmere, Canterbury

🏥 Statistics of Births, Marriages, and Deaths in Christchurch District

Domain🏥 Health & Social Welfare
KeywordsBirths, Marriages, Deaths, Statistics, Christchurch

🏭 Public House Licenses Granted

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated4 March 1873
KeywordsPublic House Licenses, Hotels, Timaru
👱🏽 Names

Francis John Wilson, Granted Hotel License
Thomas O’Driscoll, Granted Hotel License

👩‍💼 Officials

THOMAS HOWLEY, Clerk to the Bench

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