Marlborough Provincial Gazette – 1869 – No. 190

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✨ Provincial Notices

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Superintendent’s Office,
Blenheim, 29th October, 1869.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is the intention of his Honor the Superintendent to introduce into the Provincial Council at its next sitting a Bill to authorise the compulsory taking of land under the "Provincial Compulsory Land Taking Act, 1866," for the purpose of making a road through the district of Wairau West from the Opawa Bridge, Blenheim, to the Wairau Ferry; and it is also hereby notified that Plans and Books of reference, showing the land proposed to be taken, coloured PINK, have been deposited with the Speaker of the Council, the Commissioner of Crown Lands, and Mr Hathaway, Wairau Ferry.

James Balfour Wemyss,
Provincial Secretary.

Superintendent’s Office,
Blenheim, 5th November, 1869.

IN accordance with Clause 4 of "The Picton Improvement Act, 1861," and "The Picton and Havelock Improvement Act, 1869," the undermentioned gentlemen have been elected to form the Board of Works for the Town of Havelock:—

William Douslin
George Edward Levien
J. H. Smith
Thomas Brown
Moses Fear
Richard Hutcheson

James Balfour Wemyss,
Provincial Secretary.

Printed for the Provincial Government by T. W. Millington, Grove Road, Blenheim, Government Printer for the time being to such Government.

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🗺️ Notice of Compulsory Land Taking for Road Construction

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated29 October 1869
KeywordsCompulsory Land Taking, Road Construction, Wairau West, Opawa Bridge, Wairau Ferry
👩‍💼 Officials

James Balfour Wemyss, Provincial Secretary

🏗️ Election of Board of Works for Havelock

Domain🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Dated5 November 1869
KeywordsBoard of Works, Election, Havelock, Picton Improvement Act
👱🏽 Names

6 names identified

William Douslin, Elected to Board of Works
George Edward Levien, Elected to Board of Works
J. H. Smith, Elected to Board of Works
Thomas Brown, Elected to Board of Works
Moses Fear, Elected to Board of Works
Richard Hutcheson, Elected to Board of Works

👩‍💼 Officials

James Balfour Wemyss, Provincial Secretary

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