✨ Railway Land Schedule and By-laws
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
323, 324, 321, 322, 320, 319, 318, 317, public road;
315, 314, 316, 309, 311, 313, 310, 312, public roads;
Town Sections Nos. 553 (Reserve), 568 and 569
(Reserve), 570, 571, 572, 573, 574, 575 (Reserve),
554, 555, 556, 557, 558, 559, 560, 561, 562, 563,
564, 565, and 566, public roads; Town Sections
Nos. 576 (Reserve), 577, 578, 579, 580, 581,
582, 583, 584, 585, and 586. Te Whare-o-maraenui
Block, the Tutae-o-mahu Block, Awatoto Suburban
Sections Nos. 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, and all intervening
and adjoining roads, streams, and beaches.
SECOND SCHEDULE—SECOND PORTION,
OR BOOK OF REFERENCE.
Lands and Roads proposed to be taken for the pur-
poses of the above portion of the Railway from
Napier to Waipukurau.
So much of the lands and roads hereinafter men-
tioned as are required for the said railway, along the
line of the said railway hereinbefore defined, or within
the limits of deviation aforesaid, as the lands are
described and defined in the plan or book of reference
aforesaid.
River Ngaruroro, Karamu Native Reserve (portion
of the Heretaunga Block), the properties of Robert
Wellwood, James Nelson Williams, Tobias Hicks;
public road, properties of James Boyle, George
Hamilton; public road, property of Thomas Tanner—
all these forming part of the Heretaunga Block; old
bed of the Ngaruroro River, Kakirawa Block; public
road in same block; and all intervening roads and
streams.
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 under
the Public Seal of the said Colony, at
Wellington, this seventeenth day of
March, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-
three.
EDWARD RICHARDSON.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Making and confirming By-laws, Rules, and Regula-
tions on the line of Railway from Addington to
Rangiora, in the Province of Canterbury.
G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-seventh day of February, 1873.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS a line of railway has, under the pro-
visions of "The Immigration and Public Works
Act, 1870," and other Acts, been constructed by the
Governor, in the Province of Canterbury, from
Addington Station, on the railway known as the
Great Northern Railway, to the Town of Rangiora:
And whereas an agreement has been made between
the Governor and the Superintendent of Canterbury,
whereby the Governor has granted the right to work
and maintain the said line of railway to the Superin-
tendent of the said Province: And whereas the
Superintendent of the said Province has, under the
Public Seal of the said Province, and in exercise and
pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling him
in that behalf, made the By-laws, Orders, Rules, and
Regulations hereto annexed, for the following pur-
poses, that is to say :-
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For regulating the mode by which, and the speed
at which, carriages using the said railway are
to be moved or propelled.
For regulating the times of the arrival and de-
parture of any such carriages.
For regulating the loading or unloading of such
carriages, and the weights which they are
respectively to carry.
For regulating the receipt and delivery of goods
and other things which are to be conveyed
upon such carriages.
For preventing the smoking of tobacco and the
commission of any other nuisance in or upon
such carriages, or in any of the stations or
premises occupied by the Superintendent in
connection with the said railway.
And generally for regulating the travelling upon
or using and working of the said railway.
Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council thereof, and in exercise and pur-
suance of all powers and authorities enabling him in
this behalf, doth hereby make and doth approve of,
allow, and confirm the By-laws, Rules, and Regula-
tions hereto annexed, as the By-laws, Rules, and
Regulations to be in force with regard to the said line
of railway from Addington Station to Rangiora for
the purposes aforesaid.
BY-LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS made by the
Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury,
with the approval of the Governor of New
Zealand, with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council, for regulating the travelling
upon and using of the railway from Addington
Station, on the Great Northern Railway, to
Rangiora.
Passenger Traffic.
No person will be admitted to the booking office at
any station whilst the door is closed for making up
and despatching any train, and no passenger will be
allowed to take his or her seat in or upon any
carriage used on the railway, or to travel therein
upon the railway, without first having paid his or her
fare and obtained a ticket.
Tickets will be issued conditionally, that is to say:
In case there shall be room in the train for all the
passengers to whom tickets shall have been issued.
If there shall not be room for all such passengers,
the holders of periodical tickets shall have priority
over holders of return and single tickets, and the fare
will be returned, on application to the Station Master,
to the holders of such return and single tickets as
shall be unable to obtain seats.
If any person travel or attempt to travel in any
carriage on the railway without having previously
paid his fare, and with intent to avoid payment
thereof; or if any person, having paid his fare for a
certain distance, knowingly and wilfully proceed in
any such carriage beyond such distance without pre-
viously paying the additional fare for the additional
distance, and with intent to avoid payment thereof;
or if any person knowingly and wilfully refuse or
neglect, on arriving at the point to which he has paid
his fare, to quit such carriage, every such person shall
for every such offence be liable to a penalty not
exceeding forty shillings.
If any person be discovered either in or after com-
mitting or attempting to commit such offence as in
the preceding clause mentioned, all officers and ser-
vants and other persons on behalf of the Superin-
tendent, and all constables, gaolers, and peace officers,
may lawfully apprehend and detain such person until
he can be conveniently taken before some Justice, or
until he be otherwise discharged by due course of
law.
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Second Schedule defining lands for Napier to Waipukurau Railway
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🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works17 March 1873
Railway land acquisition, Schedule, Town Sections, Heretaunga Block, Ngaruroro River, Property owners
6 names identified
- Robert Wellwood, Property owner whose land is taken
- James Nelson Williams, Property owner whose land is taken
- Tobias Hicks, Property owner whose land is taken
- James Boyle, Property owner whose land is taken
- George Hamilton, Property owner whose land is taken
- Thomas Tanner, Property owner whose land is taken
- Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
- Edward Richardson
🏗️ Confirmation of By-laws for Addington to Rangiora Railway Line, Canterbury
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works27 February 1873
By-laws, Railway regulations, Canterbury Province, Addington, Rangiora, Passenger traffic, Fares, Order in Council
- G. F. Bowen, Governor
- Superintendent of Canterbury
NZ Gazette 1873, No 17