New Zealand Gazette – 1912 – No. 9

Page 487

✨ Land Taking for Railway and Roads

Feb. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 487

Land taken for a Further Portion of the Midland Railway (Further Portion of Manu Section), and for Road-diversions in connection therewith.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken for a further portion of the Midland Railway—namely, further portion of Manu Section—and for road-diversions in connection therewith:

And whereas all the conditions precedent required by law to be observed and performed prior to the taking of such land for the purposes hereinbefore specified have been observed and performed:

Now, therefore, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by section one hundred and eighty-eight of the Public Works Act, 1908, and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the further portion of the said line of railway hereinbefore specified, and for the road-diversions in connection therewith as aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

The several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

Approximate Area of each of the Parcels of Land taken.	Being Portion of	Situated in Block No.	Situated in the Survey District of	Sheet No. of Plan	Shown on Plan	Coloured on Plan

FOR RAILWAY.

| A. R. P. | | | | | | |
| 0 0 19·3 | River-bed .. | XV | Wangapeka | 1 | P.W.D. 22398 .. | Blue. |
| 0 0 7 | Section 157, Square 5 | III | Tadmor .. | 3 | " .. | " |
| 3 0 14 | " " | " | " .. | 3 | P.W.D. 27311 .. | " |
| 1 2 13·4 | Road .. | " | " .. | 1 | " .. | Green. |
| 0 0 18 | Section 157, Square 5 | " | " .. | 1 | " .. | Blue. |
| 2 0 28·5 | Section 130, " | " | " .. | 1 | " .. | Red. |
| 0 0 3·1 | " " | " | " .. | 1 | " .. | " |
| 0 2 17 | " " | " | " .. | 1 | " .. | " |
| 0 0 20·3 | " " | " | " .. | 1 | " .. | " |
| 0 0 3·5 | " " | " | " .. | 1 | " .. | " |
| 3 1 27 | Road .. | " | " .. | 1 | " .. | Green. |
| 0 1 25 | River road reserve .. | " | " .. | 1 | " .. | " |
| 4 2 26 | Section 133, Square 5 | " | " .. | 1 and 2 | " .. | Blue. |
| 3 2 27 | Railway reserve .. | VII | " .. | 7 | P.W.D. 22398 .. | Red. |
| 0 1 9·4 | Road reserve .. | " | " .. | 7 | " .. | Green. |
| 5 0 13 | Railway reserve .. | " | " .. | 7 | " .. | Red. |
| 7 0 20 | " " | " | " .. | 8 | " .. | " |
| 0 2 11 | Road reserve .. | " | " .. | 8 | " .. | Green. |
| 9 0 19 | Crown land .. | " | " .. | 1 and 8 | P.W.D. 30559 and 22398 | Red. |
| 4 0 14 | Section 22 .. | " | " .. | 1 | P.W.D. 30559 .. | Blue. |
| 1 1 17 | Crown land .. | " | " .. | 1 | " .. | Red. |
| 0 2 32·1 | Road .. | " | " .. | 1 | " .. | Green. |
| 2 0 24·7 | Section 21 .. | " | " .. | 1 | " .. | Yellow. |
| 0 3 25 | Crown land .. | " | " .. | 1 | " .. | Red. |
| 0 0 11·7 | Section 33 .. | " | " .. | 1 | " .. | Blue. |
| 0 0 14 | " " | " | " .. | 1 | " .. | " |
| 0 0 33 | Section 30 .. | " | " .. | 1 | " .. | Yellow. |
| 4 3 30 | Crown land .. | " | " .. | 1 and 10 | P.W.D. 30559 and 22398 | Red. |
| 11 1 39 | Railway reserve .. | XI | " .. | 10 and 11 | P.W.D. 22398 .. | " |
| 1 2 7 | " " | " | " .. | 11 | " .. | Purple. |

FOR ROAD-DIVERSIONS.

| 0 0 8·2 | Section 157, Square 5 | III | Tadmor .. | 3 | P.W.D. 22398 .. | Sepia. |
| 0 3 35·2 | " " | " | " .. | 1 | P.W.D. 27311 .. | " |
| 0 0 39·7 | Section 130, " | " | " .. | 1 | " .. | Orange. |
| 2 0 0·7 | Section 130, " | " | " .. | 1 | " .. | Sepia. |
| 1 1 7·7 | Section 133, " | " | " .. | 1 and 2 | " .. | Orange. |
| 0 0 13·2 | Crown land .. | VII | " .. | 1 | P.W.D. 30559 .. | Sepia. |
| 0 2 35·5 | Section 33 .. | " | " .. | 1 | " .. | " |
| 0 0 24 | Crown land .. | " | " .. | 1 | " .. | Orange. |
| 0 2 19·8 | Section 21 .. | " | " .. | 1 | " .. | Sepia. |

All in the Land District of Nelson; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plans marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington.

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 first day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1912, No 9

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.

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🏗️ Land taken for Midland Railway and Road-diversions

Domain🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Dated1 February 1912
KeywordsPublic Works Act 1908, Midland Railway, Manu Section, Road diversions, Land taking, Wangapeka, Tadmor, Nelson Land District
👩‍💼 Officials

John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, Governor
R. McKenzie, Minister of Public Works

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