By-Law Provisions and Land Reserves




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  1. No person shall wilfully destroy or
    damage any building, wall, fence, or
    paling, or any fixture or appendage
    thereto, or any tree, shrub, or plant,
    or any seat in any park, plantation,
    or garden, the same several things or
    places respectively being under the
    control, management, or supervision
    of the Borough Council.

No occupier of any private yard, way,
avenue, or passage shall so neglect
to keep the same properly cleaned as
that any nuisance may arise therefrom.

  1. No person shall destroy, obstruct,
    pollute, or in any way damage any
    artesian or other well, pump, water-
    pipe, water-channel or course, pond,
    reservoir, or fountain, under the control or management of the Borough
    Council.

  2. No owner or occupier of any premises shall suffer any waste or impure
    water or liquid matter to be or remain in or upon any place under or
    above ground situate therein, so as
    to become a nuisance.

  3. Any owner or occupier having a term
    of not less than five years to run of
    any premises allowing any gully or
    hollow place to remain unfilled up or
    cleansed (as the case may be), for
    more than one week after notice to
    that effect from the Council, shall be
    liable to a penalty not exceeding 40s.
    (forty shillings) for every day thereafter during which the said gully,
    hollow place, or drain shall remain
    not filled up or cleansed to the satisfaction of the Council.

  4. Any person offending any other provision of the By-Law shall, for every
    such offence, be liable to a penalty
    not exceeding £5, or not less than
    10s.

  5. The word “cattle” shall, for the purpose of this By-Law, be deemed to
    include besides horned cattle, all
    horses, asses, mules, sheep, goats, and
    swine of all ages and of either sex,
    and to apply to any one of such animals alone as well as to a mob or
    herd.

  6. The word “street” shall mean a public street and highway, and shall
    extend to and include every road,
    square, court, alley, and thoroughfare
    within the Borough of Lyttelton
    used by carts or foot passengers, not
    being a private street.

  7. The word “private street” shall mean
    any road, street, or place within the
    Borough of Lyttelton used by
    vehicles, and either accessible to the
    public from a public street, or forming a common access to lands and
    premises separately occupied, and
    that has not been maintained as or
    declared a public street.

  8. The word “vehicle” shall include any
    wheeled carriage or cart, whatever be
    its form or construction, used in
    carrying persons or goods.

  9. All By-Laws or regulations, or parts
    of By-Laws or regulations (if any)
    heretofore in force in and for the
    Borough of Lyttelton which are inconsistent with or repugnant to the
    provisions hereof, or in any respect
    deal or purport to deal with the said
    provisions, are hereby repealed.

Passed by the said Council this second
day of June, 1873.

ADAM CHALMERS,
Mayor.

H. J. A. PERRIN,
Town Clerk.

I hereby certify that to the best of my
belief the above By-Law is in compliance,
as regards the Borough of Lyttelton, with
the 184th Section of “The Municipal
Corporations Act, 1867.”

H. J. A. PERRIN,
Town Clerk.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, August 8, 1873.

HIS Honor the Deputy-Superintendent
directs it to be notified that he has
made the following Reserves, temporarily,
under the 19th Clause of the Waste Lands
Regulations, viz. :—

No. 1544 (in red).—One hundred and
forty-one acres (more or less), situate
in the Timaru District, commencing
at a point on the Geraldine and Waihi
Road, the same being the south-east
corner of Section 17116; thence
south-easterly following that road to
its junction with the road forming the
south-eastern boundary of Section
15892; thence north-easterly following the
latter road to the southernmost
corner of the aforesaid Section 15892;
thence north-westerly following the
south-western boundary thereof forty
chains; thence north-easterly at a
right angle following the north-
western boundary line of Sections
Nos. 15892 and 15590 to the southern
boundary of Section 3609; thence
westerly following that boundary to
the north-east corner of Section
17116; and from thence returning
along the eastern boundary thereof to
the commencing point.—For recreation purposes.

No. 1545 (in red).—Eight acres (more or
less), situate in the Mandeville District,
bounded on the southward by
the Eyre Road north; on the westward by Section 12604; on the eastward by Section 12615, and on the
northward by Section 8928.—For a
gravel pit.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1873, No 38





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🏘️ Provisions of Lyttelton Borough Council By-Law No. 4 (continued from previous page)

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
2 June 1873
By-Laws, Municipal Corporations Act, Lyttelton, Obstructions, Traffic, Public Safety
  • Adam Chalmers, Mayor
  • H. J. A. Perrin, Town Clerk

🗺️ Temporary Land Reserves under Waste Lands Regulations

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
8 August 1873
Land reserves, Waste Lands Regulations, Timaru District, Mandeville District, Recreation, Gravel pit
  • H. J. A. Perrin, Town Clerk
  • Deputy-Superintendent