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Num. 87.

3265

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1911.

Constituting the Borough of Ohakune, County of Waimarino.

(L.S.) ISLINGTON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the Municipal Corporations Act 1908, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare the area described in the Schedule hereto to be a borough under the said Act on and from the first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, that the name of such borough shall be the Borough of Ohakune; that the said borough shall be an undivided borough; and that the number of Councillors to be elected thereto shall be nine, exclusive of the Mayor:

And I do further proclaim and declare that Edwin Gill Allsworth, of Ohakune, shall be the Returning Officer to conduct the first election of Mayor and Councillors of the said borough; and that the said Edwin Gill Allsworth shall be the Town Clerk and the person to prepare the district electors roll for the purposes of the said first election:

And, lastly, I do proclaim and declare that the first election of Mayor and Councillors of the said borough shall be held on Thursday, the thirtieth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, and that the first meeting of the Council of the said borough shall be held on Tuesday, the fifth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, at seven o'clock in the afternoon, at the Town Hall, Pipiriki Street, Ohakune.

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Wellington Land District bounded by a line commencing at the northernmost corner of Section No. 2, Block V, Karioi Survey District; thence along the north-western boundary of that section and across a railway and road reserve to the easternmost corner of Section No. 9, Block V aforesaid; thence along the north-eastern boundary of the said Section No. 9 for a distance of 3100 links; thence along a right line parallel to the south-eastern boundary of Section No. 9 aforesaid to its south-western boundary-line; thence along the said south-western boundary-line to the northernmost corner of Section No. 10A, Block V aforesaid; thence along the north-western boundary of the said Section No. 10A to the Ohakune-Waiouru Road; thence across that road and along its southern side to the northernmost corner of Section No. 16, Block V aforesaid; thence along the north-western boundary of that section to the Ratamaire Road; thence along the northern side of the said Ratamaire Road to the southernmost corner of Section No. 26, Block VIII, Makotuku Survey District; thence along the south-western boundary of that section to and across the Ohakune-Raetihi Road; thence along the north-western side of that road to the easternmost corner of Section No. 2, Block VIII aforesaid; thence along the north-eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 2 and 4, and along the south-eastern boundary of Section No. 5, Block VIII aforesaid, and that boundary produced to the Mangawhero River; thence across that river to the westernmost corner of Subdivision No. 1 of Raetihi No. 3B Block; thence along the north-western boundary of the said subdivision No. 1, and that boundary produced to the Waimarino Road; thence across the said road to the southernmost corner of Crown land as proclaimed in the New Zealand Gazette No. 36, of the 4th May, 1911, page 1447; thence along the south-eastern boundary of the said Crown land to the Main Trunk Railway line; thence across the said railway-line and along its north-eastern side to railway reserve of 53 acres 2 roods, formerly part of Raetihi No. 4B Block; thence along the northern boundary of the said railway reserve and the said northern boundary produced to the south-western boundary of Raetihi No. 5B Block; thence along the last-mentioned boundary to the Mangawhero River; thence across that river and a road reserve to Section No. 3, Block I, Karioi Survey District; thence along part of the north-western boundary of that section to its westernmost corner, and along its southern boundary to a point in line with the north-eastern boundary of Section No. 1, Block V, Karioi Survey District; and thence across a road and along the north-eastern boundary of Section No. 1 aforesaid to the place of commencement.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, 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-seventh day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eleven.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

GOD SAVE THE KING!



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🏘️ Constitution of the Borough of Ohakune

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
27 October 1911
Borough, Ohakune, Waimarino County, Municipal Corporations Act 1908, Local Government, First Election
  • Edwin Gill Allsworth, Appointed Returning Officer and Town Clerk

  • ISLINGTON, Governor
  • John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, Governor
  • D. Buddo, Minister of Internal Affairs