Orders in Council regarding Public Works




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 42

Consenting to Land in the Town of Greymouth being taken for the Purposes of a Harbour.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of May, 1908.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Public Works Act, 1905,” it is, in section fifteen thereof, inter alia, enacted that, except for the purpose of a railway or for defence purposes, or for the purposes of any other public work to be made under the authority of a special Act, there shall not be taken any land occupied by any building, yard, garden, orchard, or vineyard, or in bona fide occupation as an ornamental park or pleasure-ground, without the previous consent of the Governor in Council:

And whereas the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required by the Greymouth Harbour Board to be taken under the said Act for the purposes of a harbour: And whereas the said land is occupied by buildings and yards, and it is expedient to give such consent as aforesaid:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by “The Public Works Act, 1905,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby consent to the land described in the Schedule hereto being taken for the purposes of a harbour as aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

THE parcels of land mentioned hereunder:—

Approximate Area of each of the Parcels of Land permitted to be taken. Being Coloured on Plan Situated in the
A. R. P. 0 0 18·8 Part of Section 87 .. Green Town of Greymouth.
0 1 24 Reserve 73 .. Purple Town of Greymouth.
0 3 8 Part of Reserve 704 Red .. Town of Greymouth.
0 0 1·2 Part of Section 87 .. Purple Town of Greymouth.

All in the Land District of Westland; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked M.D. 3184, deposited in the office of the Minister of Marine, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured as above.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Exempting Imlay Crescent, Crofton, in the Borough of Onslow, from the Provisions of Section 117 of “The Public Works Act, 1905,” subject to certain Conditions as to the Building-line.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of May, 1908.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by subsection one of section one hundred and seventeen of “The Public Works Act, 1905,” it is, inter alia, provided that the said section shall not apply in any case where the local authority having control of a road or street by resolution declares that the provisions thereof shall not apply to any specified road or street, or any specified part thereof, and such resolution is approved by the Governor in Council:

And whereas by section three of “The Public Works Act Amendment Act, 1906,” it is provided that such approval may be either absolute or subject to such conditions as the Governor by Order in Council thinks fit to impose:

And whereas on the eleventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and eight, the Council of the Borough of Onslow, the local authority having control of the street known as Imlay Crescent, Crofton, being the street described in the Schedule hereto, did by resolution declare that the provisions of the said section one hundred and seventeen should not apply to the said street:

And whereas it is deemed expedient that such resolution should be approved, subject to the condition hereinafter mentioned:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by the above-in-part-recited Acts, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby approve of the said resolution, subject to the condition that no part of the street shall be less than forty feet wide, and that no building or part of a building shall at any time be erected on either side of the said street within a distance of thirty-three feet from the centre-line of the said street.

SCHEDULE.

That street in the Borough of Onslow, known as Imlay Crescent, Crofton, commencing from its junction with Abbott Road, and proceeding for a distance of about 12 chains to Borough Reserve; as the said street is more particularly delineated on plan marked R. 9654, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured pink, and lettered A.B.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Declaring Portion of Taihape Valley Road, Rangitikei County, to be a County Road.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of May, 1908.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Public Works Act, 1905,” and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the road described in the Schedule hereto shall, on and after the date of this Order in Council, be a county road.

SCHEDULE.

All that portion of road in the Wellington Land District, Rangitikei County, known as the Taihape Valley Road, commencing at the northern road-boundary between Sections 68 and 69, Block XIV, Ohinewairua Survey District, and proceeding generally in a westerly direction along frontage of Section 69, Block XIV aforesaid, and terminating at the boundary between Sections 69 and 4c No. 15, Block XIV, Ohinewairua Survey District, being a distance of 28·25 chains, more or less; as the said portion is more particularly delineated on the plan marked R. 854, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Declaring Road in the Papaka Settlement, Levels County, to be a County Road.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of May, 1908.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Public Works Act, 1905,” and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the road described in the Schedule hereto shall, on and after the date of this Order in Council, be a county road.



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🏗️ Consent to Land in Greymouth being taken for Harbour Purposes

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  • Plunket, Governor
  • Sir J. G. Ward, K.C.M.G.
  • Alex. Willis, Clerk of the Executive Council

🏗️ Exemption from Public Works Act Provisions for Imlay Crescent, Crofton

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  • Plunket, Governor
  • Sir J. G. Ward, K.C.M.G.
  • Alex. Willis, Clerk of the Executive Council

🏗️ Declaring Portion of Taihape Valley Road to be a County Road

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18 May 1908
Public Works Act, County road, Taihape Valley Road, Rangitikei County, Wellington Land District
  • Plunket, Governor
  • Sir J. G. Ward, K.C.M.G.
  • Alex. Willis, Clerk of the Executive Council

🏗️ Declaring Road in Papaka Settlement to be a County Road

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18 May 1908
Public Works Act, County road, Papaka Settlement, Levels County, Wellington Land District
  • Plunket, Governor
  • Sir J. G. Ward, K.C.M.G.
  • Alex. Willis, Clerk of the Executive Council