Provincial Notices and Legal Proceedings




Superintendent’s Office,
Blenheim, 18th May, 1869.

THE following TENDERS for Repairing the Tua Marina Bridge are published for general information:—

Accepted— £ s. d.
S. Powick and Brothers . . . 28 9 0

Declined—
James Gorrie . . . 31 10 0
Davies Brothers . . . 34 10 0
Henry Honnor . . . 54 0 0
W. Homes . . . 55 10 0

James Balfour Wemyss,
Provincial Secretary.


Superintendent’s Office,
Blenheim, 27th May, 1869.

THE following Tenders for Repairs to the Opawa Bridge are published for general information.

Accepted— £ s. d.
Davis Brothers . . . 69 15 0

Declined—
Wall & Co. . . . 76 0 0

James Balfour Wemyss,
Provincial Secretary.


Superintendent’s Office,
Blenheim, 25th May, 1869.

HIS Honour the Superintendent directs it to be notified that he has accepted the Resignation by

Joseph Ward, Esq.,
of his Seat in the Executive Council of the Province of Marlborough.

James Balfour Wemyss,
Provincial Secretary.


Crown Lands Office,
Blenheim, 18th May, 1869.

DECISIONS in favour of the following Applicants for Pastoral Leases have been given in accordance with “The Marlborough Waste Lands Act, 1867”

William Edward Allen, and . . . District of
James Mulroy . . . Pelorus
Arthur Beauchamp, and . . . Sound.
Henry Godsil

James Balfour Wemyss,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.


Superintendent’s Office,
Blenheim, 13th May, 1869.

IN pursuance of the power vested in me by Clause V of “The Public Cemeteries Act, 1868,” I, William Henry Eyes, Esquire, the Superintendent of the Province of Marlborough, do hereby appoint

John Mack Hutcheson, for District Number 5 and
Duncan Guy, for District Number 1,
to be Trustees under the said Act in the place of Archibald Russell deceased.

W. H. Eyes,
Superintendent.


Superintendent’s Office,
Blenheim, 25th May, 1869.

HIS Honour the Superintendent directs it to be notified that he has appointed

Philip Roderick McRae, Esq.,
a member of the Executive Council for the Province of Marlborough.

James Balfour Wemyss,
Provincial Secretary.


IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND.

Nelson District.

Between Arthur Beauchamp, James M’Beth, and William Welford, Plaintiffs; and Godwin George Hood, Defendant,

WHEREAS by a writ of Fieri Facias issued in this action, and directed to me, I am commanded of the real and personal estate of the above named defendant to be caused to be made the sum of ninety-two pounds ten shillings and six pence, together with interest upon the said sum at the rate of eight pounds for every hundred pounds by the year, from the first day of May, 1869, together with two pounds (£2) for the said writ, besides sheriff’s poundage, officer’s fees, and expenses of the said execution.

Now, I hereby GIVE NOTICE that I shall cause to be sold by public auction by Mr. Henry Doosen, at his Auction Mart, in the town of Blenheim, in the Province of Marlborough, on Saturday, the twenty-eighth day of August, 1869, at the hour of two o’clock in the afternoon, unless the said debt or sum of ninety-two pounds ten shillings and six pence and interest as aforesaid, be sooner paid, together with the said sum of two pounds, besides sheriff’s poundage, officers’ fees, and expenses of the said execution, ALL THE ESTATE, right, title, and interest of the said Godwin George Hood of in and to all that parcel of land, containing 535 acres more or less, situated at Okiwa, in Queen...



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🏗️ Tenders for Repairing Tua Marina Bridge

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
18 May 1869
Bridge repair, Tenders, Tua Marina, Marlborough
  • S. Powick, Accepted tender
  • James Gorrie, Declined tender
  • Henry Honnor, Declined tender
  • W. Homes, Declined tender

  • James Balfour Wemyss, Provincial Secretary

🏗️ Tenders for Repairs to Opawa Bridge

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
27 May 1869
Bridge repair, Tenders, Opawa, Marlborough
  • Davis, Accepted tender
  • Wall, Declined tender

  • James Balfour Wemyss, Provincial Secretary

🏘️ Resignation from Executive Council

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
25 May 1869
Resignation, Executive Council, Marlborough
  • Joseph Ward (Esquire), Resigned from Executive Council

  • James Balfour Wemyss, Provincial Secretary

🗺️ Decisions on Pastoral Leases

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
18 May 1869
Pastoral Leases, Marlborough Waste Lands Act, Pelorus, Sound
  • William Edward Allen, Approved for Pastoral Lease
  • James Mulroy, Approved for Pastoral Lease
  • Arthur Beauchamp, Approved for Pastoral Lease
  • Henry Godsil, Approved for Pastoral Lease

  • James Balfour Wemyss, Commissioner of Crown Lands

🏘️ Appointment of Cemetery Trustees

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
13 May 1869
Cemetery Trustees, Public Cemeteries Act, Marlborough
  • John Mack Hutcheson, Appointed Cemetery Trustee
  • Duncan Guy, Appointed Cemetery Trustee
  • Archibald Russell, Deceased former Trustee

  • W. H. Eyes, Superintendent

🏘️ Appointment to Executive Council

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
25 May 1869
Executive Council, Appointment, Marlborough
  • Philip Roderick McRae (Esquire), Appointed to Executive Council

  • James Balfour Wemyss, Provincial Secretary

⚖️ Sheriff's Sale of Land

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Sheriff's Sale, Public Auction, Okiwa, Marlborough
  • Arthur Beauchamp, Plaintiff
  • James M'Beth, Plaintiff
  • William Welford, Plaintiff
  • Godwin George Hood, Defendant
  • Henry Doosen, Auctioneer