New Zealand Gazette – 1869 – No. 67

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✨ Polling Place Abolition/Appointment



Numb. 67.

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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1869.*

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,
GREETING:

WHEREAS by "The Regulation of Elections
Act, 1858," it is enacted that it shall be lawful
for the Governor, by warrant under his hand, from
time to time to appoint polling places for each
Electoral District, within or without the limits
thereof, and to appoint any one of such places to be
the principal polling place for the district, and all or
any of such polling places at any time to abolish,
and to appoint other polling places in lieu thereof:

And whereas, by warrants under the hand of the
Governor, certain places were appointed polling
places for the Electoral Districts hereinafter named
for the election of Members of the House of Repre-
sentatives: And whereas it is expedient to abolish
the same:

Now know ye that I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance of the
power and authority in me vested by the said Act,
do hereby abolish all existing polling places for the
Electoral Districts hereinafter named, for the election
of Members of the House of Representatives, and
do appoint in place thereof—

For the City of Auckland East District.
The Mechanics' Institute.

For the City of Auckland West District.
Old Court House, Queen Street.

For the Newton District.
The Newton Academy.

For the Parnell District.
The Public Hall.

For the Northern Division District.
The Devonport Hall, Flagstaff, North Shore.
Mr. Reid's Residence, Stokes' Point, North
Shore.
Mr. John McPike's Residence, Little Muddy
Creek.
Henderson's Mill.

Store where the Court and Highway Board sit,
Weiti.
The Public Hall, Mahurangi.
The Post Office, Mahurangi Heads.
The Post Office, Waiwerá.
Mr. Munro's Store, Matakana.
The Court House, Helensville, Kaipara.
Mr. Keogh's House, Pitoitoi, Riverhead.

For the Mongonui District.
The Court House, Mongonui.
Mr. Ball's Residence, Oruaiti.
Runanga House, Oruru.
Mr. James Matthews' Residence, Kaitaia.

For the Marsden District.
The School House, Township of Wangarei.
The Resident Magistrate's Station, Wangarei
Heads.
Mr. William Harrison's Residence, Mangapai.
The School House, Waipu.
The Post Office, Mangawai.
Mr. William Bonar's Saw Mill, Aratapu,
Wairoa, Kaipara.
The Post Office, Port Albert, Albertland.
The Post Office, Paparoa.

For the Bay of Islands District.
The Court House, Russell.
The Runanga House, Waimate.
The Court House, Herd's Point, Hokianga.
The Court House, Whangaroa.
Mr. James Tautari's Store, Kawakawa.

For the Raglan District.
The Public Hall, West side of Great South Road,
Otahuhu.
Toll House, Raglan side of Newmarket.
Resident Magistrate's Office, Drury.
Resident Magistrate's Office, Waiuku.
Post Office, Te Awamutu.
Resident Magistrate's Court, Alexandra.
The Court House, Port Waikato.
The Court House, Raglan.
The Court House, West Hamilton.
The Post Office, Upper Mauku.



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🏛️ Abolition and Appointment of Polling Places for Elections

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
17 November 1869
Elections, Polling Places, Abolition, Appointment, Auckland, Mongonui, Marsden, Raglan
9 names identified
  • Reid (Mr.), Residence used as polling place
  • John McPike (Mr.), Residence used as polling place
  • Munro (Mr.), Store used as polling place
  • Keogh (Mr.), House used as polling place
  • Ball (Mr.), Residence used as polling place
  • James Matthews (Mr.), Residence used as polling place
  • William Harrison (Mr.), Residence used as polling place
  • William Bonar (Mr.), Saw Mill used as polling place
  • James Tautari (Mr.), Store used as polling place

  • Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor