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THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1908.

Change of Name of Locality, “Wainono” to “Norton.”

(L.S.) PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS a petition has been presented by settlers in the locality known as “Wainono,” in the County of Waimate, praying that the name of such locality be changed to “Norton”: And whereas the Council of the County of Waimate has, by resolution adopted at an ordinary meeting thereof, consented to the name of “Norton” being substituted for the existing name of “Wainono”:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by “The Designation of Districts Act, 1894,” and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the name of the locality now known as “Wainono,” in the County of Waimate, shall be and the same is hereby altered to “Norton,” and do assign the last-mentioned name to such locality accordingly; and also do hereby proclaim and declare that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and nine, not being earlier than six months after the first publication thereof in the Gazette.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight.

JOHN G. FINDLAY.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Allocating Land reserved and taken for a Railway to the Purposes of a Road in Borough of New Plymouth.

(L.S.) PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto forms part of land reserved and taken for the purposes of the Foxton–New Plymouth Railway and extension to the Breakwater, and it is considered desirable to allocate such land to the purposes of a road:

And whereas it has been certified by the Minister for Railways that such land is not required for railway purposes: And whereas such land is situated in the Borough of New Plymouth, the local authority of which has assented to the issue of this Proclamation:

And whereas His Excellency the Governor is of opinion that the said local authority can conveniently construct and maintain the said road:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities in me vested by section one hundred and ninety-seven of “The Public Works Act, 1905,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall, upon the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, become a road, and that the said road shall be under the control of the Corporation of the Borough of New Plymouth, and shall be maintained by the said Corporation in like manner as other public highways are controlled and maintained by the said Corporation.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Land District of Taranaki, containing 10·47 perches, more or less, being a portion of railway land at New Plymouth, and being portions of Sections Nos. 17, 18, and 19, Town of New Plymouth, situated in Block V, Paritutu Survey District, and being portions of the land taken for the purposes of the Foxton–New Plymouth Railway and extension to the Breakwater by a Proclamation dated the 15th day of July, 1901, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 70, of the 25th day of July, 1901; as the said parcel of land is more particularly shown coloured purple on plan marked W.R. 16587, deposited in the office of the Minister for Railways, at Wellington.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Railways.

GOD SAVE THE KING!