Proclamations and Boundary Descriptions




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Mount Egmont to the source of the Waiwakaiho Stream; thence by a line along the middle of that stream to a point in line with the south-eastern boundary of Section No. 48, Block X, Paritutu Survey District; thence towards the north generally by a line to and by that section, by Section No. 44, across Egmont Road, and by Section No. 45 and part of Section No. 32 to Upland Road; thence across that road, by part of Section No. 32 and Section No. 41, Block XI, Paritutu Survey District, to a point opposite the westernmost corner of Section No. 80; thence across King Road and by the said Section No. 80 to Hursthouse Road, across that road to the south-western corner of Section No. 55; thence by Sections Nos. 55, 203, and 127 to Wortley Road, across that road, by Sections Nos. 115, 116, and 206 to Richmond Road, across that road, by Sections Nos. 207, 133, 134, 148, 208, and 209 to York Road, across York Road and by Sections Nos. 211, 210, 166, 167, and 169 to Everett Road; thence by that road to the northernmost corner of Section No. 183, Block XIII, Waitara Survey District; thence by the north-western and south-western boundaries of that section to Everett Road; thence across that road and by Section No. 182 to the Manganui Stream, and by the production of the south-western boundary of the last-mentioned section to the middle of that stream; thence by a line along the middle of the said Manganui Stream to its confluence with the Waitara River; thence towards the north-east generally by Clifton County to Stratford County; and thence towards the east and south generally by Stratford County to the summit of Mount Egmont, the place of commencement: excluding the Borough of Inglewood.

MANGOREI RIDING.

All that area in the Taranaki County bounded towards the south-west by a right line from the summit of Mount Egmont to the southern end of the Okurukuru Line; thence by that line to Hurford Road; thence towards the north-west generally by that road to the south-western corner of Section No. 100 in Block I, Egmont Survey District; thence by that section to and across Frankly Road, by that road to Section No. 90; thence by the said Section No. 90 to the Huatoki Stream, by that stream to the Borough of New Plymouth, and by the said Borough of New Plymouth to the Waiwakaiho Stream; thence towards the east and south-east by a line along the middle of the said Waiwakaiho Stream to its source; and thence by a right line to the summit of Mount Egmont, the place of commencement.

WAITARA WEST RIDING.

All that area in the Taranaki County bounded towards the north-west by the sea from the Borough of New Plymouth to the mouth of the Waitara River; thence towards the east generally by the Waitara River to the Borough of Waitara; thence by the Borough of Waitara and Clifton County to the confluence of the Waitara River and the Manganui Stream; thence towards the south-east and south by the Moa Riding, hereinbefore described, to the middle of the Waiwakaiho Stream; and thence towards the west generally by the Mangorei Riding, hereinbefore described, and the Borough of New Plymouth to the sea, the place of commencement.

OMATA RIDING.

All that area in the Taranaki County bounded towards the north-west generally by the sea from the north-eastern corner of Section No. 19, Omata District, in Block VIII, Paritutu Survey District, to the Borough of New Plymouth; thence towards the north-east generally by that borough to Section No. 3, Grey District; thence by that section and Section No. 9, Fitzroy District, and again by the Borough of New Plymouth to the Huatoki Stream; thence towards the south-east by the Mangorei Riding, hereinbefore described, to where the Okurukuru Line intersects the Hurford Road; thence towards the south-west by the northern production of the said Okurukuru Line to the Tapuae Stream; thence by that stream to the south-eastern corner of the Pukiekie Native Reserve; thence by that reserve to South Road; thence across that road and by its northern side and the northern side of Omata Road to the south-eastern corner of Section No. 140, Omata District, Block II, Wairau Survey District; thence by that section and Section No. 19, Omata District, to the sea, the place of commencement.

OKATO RIDING.

All that area in the Taranaki County bounded towards the north-west by the sea from the north-western corner of Egmont County to Omata Riding hereinbefore described; thence towards the north-east by the said Omata

Riding and Mangorei Riding, hereinbefore described, to the summit of Mount Egmont; and thence towards the south-west by Egmont County to the sea, 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 ninth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Constituting the Borough of Waipukurau, County of Waipukurau.

(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, the 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 twelfth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twelve; that the name of such borough shall be the Borough of Waipukurau; that the said borough shall be an undivided borough; and that the number of Councillors to be elected thereto shall be six, exclusive of the Mayor:

And I do further proclaim and declare that George Bertram Ashley, of Waipukurau, shall be the Returning Officer to conduct the first election of Mayor and Councillors of the said borough; and that the said George Bertram Ashley 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 Wednesday, the sixteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twelve; and that the first meeting of the Council of the said borough shall be held on Monday, the twenty-first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, at half past seven o’clock in the afternoon, at the Town Board’s office, Waipukurau.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, situated in Blocks XIV and XV, Waipukurau Survey District, bounded towards the north generally by the right bank of the Tukituki River from the northernmost corner of Section No. 244, Township of Waipukurau, to the north-eastern corner of Lot No. 1, shown on plan No. 1667, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Napier; thence towards the east generally by the eastern boundary-line of Lot No. 1 aforesaid, and the eastern boundary-lines of Lot No. 1, shown on plan No. 1607, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Napier, to the road forming the southern boundary of the last-mentioned lot; thence by a right line across the said road to the north-eastern corner of Lot No. 2; thence by the eastern boundary-lines of Lots Nos. 2, 3, and 7 and the eastern boundary-line of the last-mentioned lot produced to the southern side of the road forming the southern boundary of the said Lot No. 7; thence towards the south generally by the southern side of the last-mentioned road to the south-eastern corner of Lot No. 4; thence by the southern boundary-lines of Lots Nos. 4 and 6 to the Waipukurau-Wanstead Road; thence by the eastern side of the last-mentioned road to a point in line with the northern side of the road forming the northern boundaries of Sections Nos. 24 and 32; thence across the Waipukurau-Wanstead Road by the northern side of the road forming the northern boundaries of Sections Nos. 24 and 32, across another road to the southernmost corner of Section No. 23; and thence by the southern boundary-line of that section to its westernmost corner; thence towards the north-west by the north-western boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 27, and 26 to the railway reserve; thence across the railway reserve to the westernmost corner of Section No. 20; thence by the north-western boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 20,



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🗺️ Description of Taranaki County Ridings Boundaries

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
9 September 1912
Boundaries, Taranaki County, Ridings, Land description
  • John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
  • H. D. Bell, Minister of Internal Affairs

🏘️ Proclamation of the Borough of Waipukurau

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Proclamation, Borough, Waipukurau, Municipal Corporations Act, 1908
  • George Bertram Ashley, Appointed Returning Officer, Town Clerk

  • John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, Governor