New Zealand Gazette – 1912 – No. 88

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✨ Proclamations and Erratum

Num. 88. 3391

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1912.

Change of Name of Township of Mangaroa to Township of Ohura.

(l.s.) ISLINGTON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the Council of the County of Ohura has, by resolution adopted at an ordinary meeting thereof, requested that the name of the township situated in the County of Ohura and known as “Mangaroa” be altered to “Ohura”:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by the Designation of Districts Act, 1908, and the Designation of Districts Amendment Act, 1909, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the name of the township now known as “Mangaroa” shall be and the same is hereby altered to “Ohura,” and do assign the last-mentioned name to such township accordingly; and also do hereby proclaim and declare that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, not being earlier than six months after the first publication thereof in the Gazette.

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 eighth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Land proclaimed as a Road, and Road closed, in Block XI, Opaheke Survey District, Auckland Land District.

(l.s.) ISLINGTON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section eleven of the Land Act, 1908, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby, with the consent of the owner of the land described in the First Schedule hereto, and of the Franklin County Council, being the local authority in whose district the said land is situated, proclaim as a road the land described in the First Schedule hereto; and also do hereby, with the like consents as aforesaid, proclaim as closed the road described in the Second Schedule hereto, which is not required by reason of the road described in the First Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
LAND PROCLAIMED AS A ROAD.

Approximate Area of the Piece of Land proclaimed as a Road.	Being Portion of Section	Situated in Block	Situated in Survey District of	Shown on Plan	Coloured on Plan
A. R. P. 5 2 13	13, Otai Parish	XI	Opaheke	L. & S. 1912/1051	Red.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
ROAD CLOSED.

Approximate Area of the Piece of Road closed.	Passing through Section	Situated in Block	Situated in Survey District of	Shown on Plan	Coloured on Plan
A. R. P. 8 0 5	13, Otai Parish	XI	Opaheke	L. & S. 1912/1051	Green.

ERRATUM.—In the Proclamation dated the 11th November, 1912, and published in Gazette No. 85, of the 21st November, 1912, page 3291, declaring that an education reserve in Auckland Land District shall be sold, for “Puniu Parish” read “Puni Parish.”

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1912, No 88

After a massive fire destoyed the wooden Parliament complex in 1907, Old Government House (depicted) became the seat of Parliament until 1918. Demolished in 1969 to make way for the Beehive.

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏛️ Change of Township Name: Mangaroa to Ohura

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated8 August 1912
KeywordsTownship name change, Ohura County, Mangaroa, Ohura
👩‍💼 Officials

Islington, Governor
John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
H. D. Bell, Minister of Internal Affairs

🗺️ Land proclaimed as Road and Road closed in Opaheke Survey District

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated8 August 1912
KeywordsRoad proclamation, Land closure, Opaheke, Auckland Land District, Franklin County Council
👩‍💼 Officials

Islington, Governor
John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand

🗺️ Erratum regarding Education Reserve Sale in Auckland Land District

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
KeywordsErratum, Education reserve, Land sale, Auckland Land District, Puniu Parish, Puni Parish

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