Place Name Changes, Land Acquisition




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 2

Changing the Name of Hawera (Forty-mile Bush).

(L.S.)
GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS there are now existing two places in the Colony of New Zealand bearing the same name, that is to say, the Borough of Hawera in the County of Hawera, and the Settlement of Hawera in the Wairarapa North County, the last-named being the more recent in date of existence: And whereas, under the fourth section of “The Designation of Districts Act, 1894,” I lately required the County Council of the Wairarapa North County, being the local authority having jurisdiction in that behalf, to submit a new name for such settlement for my approval, as mentioned in the said section: And whereas the said Council hath accordingly submitted to me the name of “Hamua” in lieu of the existing name of “Hawera”:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by sections two and four of “The Designation of Districts Act, 1894,” and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the name of the Settlement of Hawera in the Wairarapa North County shall be and the same is hereby altered to “Hamua,” and do assign the last-mentioned name to such settlement accordingly, and also do hereby proclaim and declare that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the sixth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable David, Earl of Glasgow; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and St. George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this second day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.

J. G. WARD.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!


Changing the Name of Alexandra (Auckland).

(L.S.)
GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS there are now existing two places in the Colony of New Zealand bearing the same name, that is to say, the Borough of Alexandra, in the County of Vincent, and the Township of Alexandra, in the Waipa County, the last-named being the more recent in date of existence: And whereas, under the fourth section of “The Designation of Districts Act, 1894,” I lately required the County Council of the Waipa County, being the local authority having jurisdiction in that behalf, to submit a new name for such township for my approval, as mentioned in the said section: And whereas the said Council hath accordingly submitted to me the name of “Pirongia” in lieu of the existing name of “Alexandra”:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by sections two and four of “The Designation of Districts Act, 1894,” and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the name of the Township of Alexandra, in the Waipa County, shall be and the same is hereby altered to “Pirongia,” and do assign the last-mentioned name to such township accordingly, and also do hereby proclaim and declare that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the tenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable David, Earl of Glasgow; 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 issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.

J. G. WARD.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!


Native Land proposed to be taken for Te Roto Road, in the Otaki Road District.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this third day of December, 1895.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken for a public work, to wit, the construction of a road known as the Te Roto Road, in Otaki Road District:

And whereas the said lands are held or occupied by Native owners under a title which is not derived from the Crown: And whereas a map in duplicate has been prepared of the said lands by the Otaki Road Board, as required by the eighty-eighth section of “The Public Works Act, 1894”:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the eighty-eighth section of the said Act, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby declare that the land shown upon such map, and described in the Schedule hereto, shall be deemed to be taken for the purpose of the said road, and the said land shall vest in the Otaki Road Board as from the fourth of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.


SCHEDULE.

THE several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

Approximate Area of each of the Parcels of Land to be taken. Being Portion of Block and Survey District. Shown on Plan No. Coloured on Plan
A. R. P.
0 1 10·2 Te Ngae Block IX., Waitohu S.G. 25297 Purple.
0 1 11·3 Te Roto No. 1 Blue.
0 1 28·9 Te Rahui Pink.
0 0 8 Rahui Stream Green.
1 2 29 Otaki River-bed Umber and dark green.

All in the Wellington Land District; as the said parcels of land are more particularly delineated on the plan marked S.G. 25297, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.


Native Land proposed to be taken for a Road in the Horowhenua County.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this third day of December, 1895.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken for a public work, to wit, the construction of a road to the cemetery at Otaki, through Block Nine, Waitohu Survey District:

And whereas the said lands are held or occupied by Native owners under a title which is not derived from the Crown: And whereas a map in duplicate has been prepared of the said lands by the Horowhenua County Council, as required by the eighty-eighth section of “The Public Works Act, 1894”:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the eighty-eighth section of the said Act, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby declare that the land shown upon such map, and described in the Schedule hereto, shall be deemed to be taken for the purpose of the said road, and the said land shall vest in Her Majesty as from the fourth of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.



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🏛️ Changing the Name of Hawera

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
2 October 1895
Place name change, Hawera, Hamua, Wairarapa North County
  • David, Earl of Glasgow, Governor
  • J. G. Ward

🏛️ Changing the Name of Alexandra

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
7 November 1895
Place name change, Alexandra, Pirongia, Waipa County
  • David, Earl of Glasgow, Governor
  • J. G. Ward

🗺️ Native Land for Te Roto Road

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
3 December 1895
Land acquisition, Te Roto Road, Otaki Road District, Native land
  • David, Earl of Glasgow, Governor
  • J. F. Andrews, Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council

🗺️ Native Land for Cemetery Road

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
3 December 1895
Land acquisition, Cemetery road, Horowhenua County, Native land
  • David, Earl of Glasgow, Governor