Mayoral Justice Appointments & Court Sittings




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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published in the New Zealand Gazette, to appoint
such person to be a Justice of the Peace for the
Colony; and it is also thereby enacted that in every
such appointment it shall be expressed that it is made
under the one hundred and thirty-third section of
the said Act; and it is further declared that such
appointment shall continue in force only during
Mayoralty such person, the person
appointed shall not, by virtue of such appointment,
be authorized to sit or act as a Justice of the Peace
elsewhere than within the borough.

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in
pursuance and exercise of the said power and
authority in me vested in this behalf, do hereby
appoint

HENRY CAIN, Esq.,

the person elected to be the Mayor of the Borough
of Timaru, to be a Justice of the Peace under the one
hundred and thirty-third section of "The Municipal
Corporations Act, 1867."

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same, at the Government
House, at Wellington, this third day of
January, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
W. GISBORNE.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and thirty-third
section of an Act of the General Assembly of
New Zealand, intituled "The Municipal Corporations
Act, 1867," it is enacted that it shall be the duty of
the Town Clerk of every borough, as soon as con-
veniently may be after every election of a Mayor for
such borough, to give notice to the Colonial Secretary
for the time being of such election, and of the person
elected; and it shall be lawful for the Governor, if he
shall think fit, and if such person shall not then be a
Justice of the Peace, by warrant under his hand
published in the New Zealand Gazette, to appoint
such person to be a Justice of the Peace for the
Colony, and it is also thereby enacted that in every
such appointment it shall be expressed that it is made
under the one hundred and thirty-third section of
the said Act; and it is further declared that such
appointment shall continue in force only during the
Mayoralty of such person, and the person so ap-
pointed shall not, by virtue of such appointment, be
authorized to sit or act as a Justice of the Peace
elsewhere than within the borough:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursu-
ance and exercise of the said power and authority in
me vested in this behalf, do hereby appoint

HENRY SAWTELL, Esq.,

the person elected to be the Mayor of the Borough of
Christchurch, to be a Justice of the Peace under the
one hundred and thirty-third section of "The Muni-
cipal Corporations Act, 1867."

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same; and issued at

Wellington, this fifth day of January, in
the year of our Lord, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-two.
W. GISBORNE.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and thirty-third
section of an Act of the General Assembly of
New Zealand, intituled "The Municipal Corporations
Act, 1867," it is enacted that it shall be the duty of
the Town Clerk of every borough, as soon as con-
veniently may be after every election of a Mayor for
such borough, to give notice to the Colonial Secretary
for the time being of such election, and of the person
elected; and it shall be lawful for the Governor, if he
shall think fit, and if such person shall not then be a
Justice of the Peace, by warrant under his hand
published in the New Zealand Gazette, to appoint
such person to be a Justice of the Peace for the
Colony, and it is also thereby enacted that in every
such appointment it shall be expressed that it is made
under the one hundred and thirty-third section of
the said Act; and it is further declared that such
appointment shall continue in force only during
the Mayoralty of such person, and the person so
appointed shall not, by virtue of such appointment,
be authorized to sit or act as a Justice of the Peace
elsewhere than within the borough :

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in
pursuance and exercise of the said power and
authority in me vested in this behalf, do hereby
appoint

EDWARD GEORGE KERR, Esq.,

the person elected to be the Mayor of the Borough of
Kaiapoi, to be a Justice of the Peace under the
one hundred and thirty-third section of "The Muni-
cipal Corporations Act, 1867."

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same; and issued at
Wellington, this fifth day of January, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-two.
W. GISBORNE.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and
authority in this behalf enabling me, I, Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, do hereby fix and appoint that
sittings of the District Court of the Otago Gold
Fields, during the months of March and April next,
shall be held as follows:—

In the Resident Magistrate's Court at Naseby,
on the second Wednesday in March next.
In the Resident Magistrate's Court at Clyde, on
the Monday next after the second Wednesday
in March next.
In the Resident Magistrate's Court at Queens-
town, on the Monday second after the second
Wednesday in March next.
In the Resident Magistrate's Court at Lawrence,
on the second Tuesday in April next.
Provided that in case any of the days so fixed as
aforesaid shall happen to be a holiday, then the
Court appointed for that day shall be holden on the
first day thereafter, not being a holiday.

Issued this fourth day of January, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
W. GISBORNE.



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⚖️ Appointment of Henry Cain, Mayor of Timaru, as Justice of the Peace (continued from previous page)

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
3 January 1872
Justice of the Peace, Mayor, Timaru, Municipal Corporations Act, Appointment
  • Henry Cain (Esquire), Elected Mayor of Timaru appointed JP

  • Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor
  • W. Gisborne

⚖️ Appointment of Henry Sawtell, Mayor of Christchurch, as Justice of the Peace

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
5 January 1872
Justice of the Peace, Mayor, Christchurch, Municipal Corporations Act, Appointment
  • Henry Sawtell (Esquire), Elected Mayor of Christchurch appointed JP

  • Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor
  • W. Gisborne

⚖️ Appointment of Edward George Kerr, Mayor of Kaiapoi, as Justice of the Peace

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
5 January 1872
Justice of the Peace, Mayor, Kaiapoi, Municipal Corporations Act, Appointment
  • Edward George Kerr (Esquire), Elected Mayor of Kaiapoi appointed JP

  • Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor
  • W. Gisborne

⚖️ Fixing sittings for the District Court of the Otago Gold Fields

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
4 January 1872
District Court, Otago Gold Fields, Court Sittings, Naseby, Clyde, Queenstown, Lawrence
  • Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor
  • W. Gisborne