Land Reservations, River Usage, Trustee Appointments, Port Declarations, Drunkard Home Revocation, Statutory Declaration Authority




JUNE 13. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1923

Land temporarily reserved as a Site for a Mechanics’ Institute and Athenæum in Block V, Wyndham Survey District (Glenham Settlement), Southland Land District.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

WHEREAS by the three-hundred-and-twenty-first section of the Land Act, 1908, it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, either by general or particular description, and whether the same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned:

And whereas by the sixty-ninth section of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, it is further provided that the Governor may from time to time, as he thinks fit, set aside reserves for any specified public purpose out of land acquired under the last-mentioned Act, provided that no land so acquired shall be set aside for endowments:

Now, therefore, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the said Acts, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the land in the Southland Land District described in the Schedule hereunder written, as a site for a mechanics’ institute and athenæum.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Southland Land District, containing by admeasurement 2 roods 33 perches, more or less, being Section No. 50, Block V, Wyndham Survey District (Glenham Settlement). Bounded towards the north-east by Section No. 49 in the said block, 361·5 links; towards the south-east by a public road, 200 links; towards the south-west by Section No. 51 in the said block, 348·5 links; and towards the north-west by a public road, 199·8 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 19241/23°, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this tenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Te Mata River and its Tributaries, Auckland Land District, notified under the Timber-floating Act, 1908.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the second section of the Timber-floating Act, 1908, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify that the undermentioned river and its tributaries may be used under license for the purposes of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

TE MATA River and its tributaries, situated in Thames County.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this tenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Trustee for the Frankton Public Cemetery appointed.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the fourth section of the Cemeteries Act, 1908, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

JOHN ALBERT PATRICK MCBRIDE

to be a Trustee, in the place of James Douglas, deceased, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Frankton Public Cemetery, in conjunction with Francis McBride, Graham Dick Baird, Robert Murray Paterson, and Dr. Alexander Stewart, previously appointed.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Trustee for the Woodlands Public Cemetery appointed.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the fourth section of the Cemeteries Act, 1908, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

CHARLES JOHN BIGWOOD

to be a Trustee, in the place of John Wright, resigned, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Woodlands Public Cemetery, in conjunction with James McKerchar, Andrew George Brown, Samuel Strang Laidlaw, and Maitland Leith, previously appointed.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eleventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twelve

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Appointing Kaipara, Patea, Tauranga, Wairau, and Westport to be Ports for the Importation of Playing-cards.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

IN exercise of the power in me for this purpose vested by the Customs Law Act, 1908, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby approve the ports of Kaipara, Patea, Tauranga, Wairau, and Westport as ports for the importation of playing-cards.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-ninth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

GEO. LAURENSON,
Minister of Customs.

Governor’s Order No. 203.]

Revocation of Warrant authorizing Samaritan Home to receive and detain Habitual Drunkards.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section three of the Reformatory Institutions Act, 1909, and of every other power and authority in that behalf enabling me, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby revoke the Warrant, dated the fifth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the seventh day of February, one thousand nine hundred and seven, authorizing the Samaritan Home at Addington, in the City of Christchurch, to receive and detain habitual drunkards in pursuance of the provisions of the Habitual Drunkards Act, 1906; and I do declare that the said revocation shall take effect on and from the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this nineteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

J. A. HANAN.

Postmaster appointed to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that

WILLIAM JOHN SMITH,

being a person holding the office of Postmaster under the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, at Port Awanui, is authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

As witness my hand, this eighth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

ISLINGTON, Governor.



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🗺️ Land reserved for Mechanics’ Institute and Athenæum in Wyndham Survey District

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
10 June 1912
Land reservation, Mechanics' Institute, Athenaeum, Wyndham Survey District, Southland Land District
  • John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor
  • Thos. Mackenzie, Minister of Lands

🌾 Te Mata River and tributaries notified for Timber-floating Act

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
10 June 1912
Timber-floating, River, Tributaries, Te Mata River, Auckland Land District, Thames County
  • John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor
  • Thos. Mackenzie, Minister of Lands

🏘️ Trustee appointed for Frankton Public Cemetery

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
7 June 1912
Cemetery trustee, Appointment, Frankton Public Cemetery, Maintenance
6 names identified
  • John Albert Patrick McBride, Appointed Cemetery Trustee
  • James Douglas, Deceased Trustee replaced
  • Francis McBride, Existing Cemetery Trustee
  • Graham Dick Baird, Existing Cemetery Trustee
  • Robert Murray Paterson, Existing Cemetery Trustee
  • Alexander Stewart (Dr.), Existing Cemetery Trustee

  • John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor
  • Thos. Mackenzie, Minister of Lands

🏘️ Trustee appointed for Woodlands Public Cemetery

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
11 June 1912
Cemetery trustee, Appointment, Woodlands Public Cemetery, Resignation
6 names identified
  • Charles John Bigwood, Appointed Cemetery Trustee
  • John Wright, Resigned Trustee replaced
  • James McKerchar, Existing Cemetery Trustee
  • Andrew George Brown, Existing Cemetery Trustee
  • Samuel Strang Laidlaw, Existing Cemetery Trustee
  • Maitland Leith, Existing Cemetery Trustee

  • John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor
  • Thos. Mackenzie, Minister of Lands

🏭 Ports appointed for importation of playing-cards

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
29 May 1912
Customs, Ports, Playing-cards, Importation, Kaipara, Patea, Tauranga, Wairau, Westport
  • John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor
  • Geo. Laurenson, Minister of Customs

🏥 Warrant revoked for Samaritan Home for Habitual Drunkards

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
19 May 1912
Warrant revocation, Habitual drunkards, Samaritan Home, Addington, Christchurch
  • John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor
  • J. A. Hanan

⚖️ Postmaster authorized to take Statutory Declarations

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
8 June 1912
Statutory declarations, Postmaster, Authority, Port Awanui
  • William John Smith, Authorized to take declarations

  • John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor