Government Orders and Appointments




being reserve numbered 3705, situate in Block III, Elles-
more Survey District, and bounded north-eastward by
Lot 1A of Block VII, Reserve 959, 505·7 links; south-
eastward by the aforesaid lot, 613·5 links; southward by
the main road, Christchurch to Akaroa, 625·5 links; south-
westward by Reserve 3704, 364 links; and north-westward
by the road forming the south-east boundary of Rural
Sections 34083 and 34085, 962·5 links : be all the aforesaid
linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the
plan marked I. 1095, deposited in the Head Office, Depart-
ment of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon coloured pink
in the margin.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Domain Board appointed to have Control of the Ohakune
Lakes Domain.

I S L I N G T O N, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirtieth
day of January, 1912.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE SIR JAMES CARROLL, K.C.M.G.,
PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by section forty of the Public Reserves
and Domains Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the
said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor may from time
to time, with respect to any public domain, appoint such
persons (not exceeding nine) as he thinks fit to be a Domain
Board having, subject to Part II of the said Act, control
of such domain :
And whereas by an Order in Council made on the eight-
teenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and
one, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the
nineteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred
and one, certain powers were delegated to the Rangataua
Domain Board for a period of ten years :
And whereas it appears expedient to again appoint a
Domain Board to control the domain :
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers con-
ferred by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion,
doth hereby appoint
THOMAS HANA KIELY,
JOHN SPINK,
GEORGE WALTER BLACKLOCK,
GEORGE SARGEANT, and
ETTRICK CHRISTIE
to be the Ohakune Lakes Domain Board, having control of
the land described in the Schedule hereto for the purposes
of and subject to the provisions of the said Act; and doth
hereby appoint Monday, the twenty-sixth day of Feb-
ruary, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, at eight
o'clock p.m., as the time when, and the Council Chambers,
Ohakune, as the place where, the first meeting of the Board
shall be held.

SCHEDULE.
OHAKUNE LAKES DOMAIN.
Formerly known as Rangataua Domain.
ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing
by admeasurement 96 acres 1 rood, more or less, being
Section No. 24c, Block VIII, Makotuku Survey District.
Bounded towards the north-west by Sections Nos. 24B and
24A, 2321·2 links, 505·1 links, and 1592·3 links; towards the
north-east, east, and south-east generally by Rangataua
Road, 843·6 links, 989·4 links, 1088·5 links, 901 links, 705·6
links, 325 links, 302·4 links, 443·3 links, 451·3 links, 345·5
links, 210·9 links; and towards the south-west by Section
No. 22, 2488·5 links : be all the aforesaid linkages more or
less : as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 1157,
deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at
Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

License authorizing the Christchurch Tramway Board to
erect an Electric Line along Dyer's Pass Road, in the
County of Heathcote.

I S L I N G T O N, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirtieth
day of January, 1912.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE SIR JAMES CARROLL, K.C.M.G.,
PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by section two of the Public Works
Amendment Act, 1911, it is provided that no
person shall lay, construct, put up, place, or use any
electric line except under the authority of a license issued
to him by the Governor in Council under that Act :
And whereas the Christchurch Tramway Board (here-
inafter referred to as “the said Board”) desires to erect
an electric line in the County of Heathcote, and the
Heathcote County Council has consented to the erection
of such a line, and it is expedient accordingly to issue a
license in respect thereof under the said section :
Now, therefore, in pursuance and in exercise of the
powers conferred on him by the said section and of all
other powers in anyway enabling him in that behalf, His
Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zea-
land, acting by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth, subject to
the conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto, hereby
authorize the Christchurch Tramway Board to erect and
maintain an electric line for the purpose of supplying
power from the overhead wire on the Hackthorne Road
Tramway along Dyer's Pass Road to a motor on Cashmere
Hills, as indicated by a red line on the plan marked
P.W.D. 30888, deposited in the office of the Minister of
Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Pro-
vincial District.

SCHEDULE.
CONDITIONS.

  1. THE electric line to which this license relates shall
    consist of 19/16 S.W.G. conductors or of No. 4/0 B. and S.
    trolley-wire, mounted on substantial insulators, and
    carried on poles spaced not more than 250 ft. apart, and
    with a minimum clearance of 18 ft. above the ground and
    a minimum clearance of 20 ft. over road crossings.
  2. The line shall be connected to the trolley-wire
    through an automatic circuit-breaker at the termination
    of the existing trolley-wire, adjusted to open circuit at
    a current of 60 amperes or over.
  3. The current shall be cut off the line every night
    from 6 p.m. until 7 a.m. next morning.
  4. The Board shall pay to the Minister of Telegraphs
    the cost of the insulation of all telephone lines where in-
    tersected by the said electric line.
  5. The construction of the works hereby authorized shall
    be substantially commenced on or before the 1st day of
    February, 1912, and shall be completed on or before the
    29th day of February, 1912.
  6. The said Board shall not use the said electric line,
    or permit the same to be used, for any purpose until
    the Minister of Public Works (hereinafter referred to as
    “the Minister”) has given notice in writing to the Board
    that he has received from the Engineer appointed by him
    to inspect the works a certificate that they have been
    satisfactorily carried out.
  7. If the said Board fails to comply with any of the
    conditions of this license, the Minister may, by notice in
    writing, require the Board within seven days to remedy
    the default specified in that notice, and if the said Board
    fails to comply with the terms of the notice within the
    said period the Governor in Council may revoke this
    license without further notice.
  8. For the purpose of ascertaining whether the condi-
    tions of this license are being faithfully complied with
    by the said Board, the Minister, or any person appointed
    by him in that behalf, may at all reasonable times enter
    on the said works and inspect the same.
  9. Nothing in this license shall be deemed in any way
    to interfere with, affect, or abridge any rights or powers
    vested in His Majesty the King, or in the Governor on
    his behalf, authorizing the construction, management, or
    working of any public works, nor shall any compensation
    be payable to or on behalf of the said Board for injury
    done to the works herein authorized by the construction,


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🏗️ Appointment of Ataahua Domain Board (continued from previous page)

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
30 January 1912
Domain Board, Ataahua Domain, Appointment, Public Reserves and Domains Act
  • J. F. Andrews, Clerk of the Executive Council

🏗️ Appointment of Ohakune Lakes Domain Board

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
30 January 1912
Domain Board, Ohakune Lakes Domain, Appointment, Public Reserves and Domains Act
  • Thomas Hana Kiely, Appointed to Ohakune Lakes Domain Board
  • John Spink, Appointed to Ohakune Lakes Domain Board
  • George Walter Blacklock, Appointed to Ohakune Lakes Domain Board
  • George Sargeant, Appointed to Ohakune Lakes Domain Board
  • Ettrick Christie, Appointed to Ohakune Lakes Domain Board

  • J. F. Andrews, Clerk of the Executive Council

🚂 License for Electric Line Construction by Christchurch Tramway Board

🚂 Transport & Communications
30 January 1912
Electric Line, License, Christchurch Tramway Board, Dyer's Pass Road, Public Works Amendment Act
  • J. F. Andrews, Clerk of the Executive Council