Public Works and Land Notices




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 73

Land taken for the Purposes of a Post-office at Weber.

[L.S.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken, under the Public Works Act, 1908, for a certain public work—to wit, for the purposes of a post-office in Block V, Weber Survey District:

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, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by 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 described in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes of a post-office; and I do also hereby declare that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the twenty-second day of June, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

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SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land taken: 1 rood.
Being Lot 2, D.P. 1429, being part Section 54, Hawke’s Bay R.D.
Situated in Block V, Weber Survey District.

In the Hawke’s Bay Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 37881, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon bordered red.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 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 June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

(GOD SAVE THE KING!)

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Amending the License authorizing the Auckland City Council to erect Electric Lines in the City of Auckland.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this seventh day of June, 1915.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Auckland City Council was, under the provisions of section two of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, authorized by an Order in Council dated the first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and published in the Gazette of the eleventh day of the same month, to erect electric lines within the City of Auckland and portion of the Borough of Mount Eden, subject to certain conditions set forth in the Schedule thereto, and hereinafter referred to as “the said conditions”: And whereas it is desirable that the said conditions should be altered:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by the said section, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby, as from the date of the publication hereof in the Gazette, alter and amend the said conditions as follows.

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AMENDMENTS.

  1. By adding the following paragraph to clause 4 in the said conditions:—

In the case of the three-phase distribution at 3,300 volts the neutral point thereof shall be earthed at one point only—namely, at generating station, substation, or transformer; and the insulation of the circuit shall be effectively maintained at all other parts.

  1. By adding the following paragraph to clause 12 in the said conditions:—

Overhead lines at high pressure shall not in any part thereof be at a less height than 20 ft. from the ground.

  1. By adding the following paragraph to clause 16 in the said conditions:—

Electric lines at high pressure shall be insulated with vulcanized rubber of at least 600 megohm grade; provided that where circumstances permit the lines may, with the consent of the Minister, be bare.

  1. By adding the following paragraphs to clause 17 in the said conditions:—

Where high and extra-high pressure lines are supported on the same poles or supports both lines shall be bare, and means shall be provided for automatically and effectively earthing the high-pressure line in the event of the extra-high-pressure line making contact with the high-pressure line.

Where low-pressure and high-pressure lines are supported on the same poles or supports the high-pressure line shall be insulated with vulcanized rubber of at least 600 megohm grade, and the low-pressure lines as provided in clause 16.

  1. By inserting the words “high or” before the words “extra high pressure” in the following clauses of the said conditions:—

Clause 6, paragraph 2, line 2; paragraph 5B, line 1; paragraph 5C, line 4. Clause 24, paragraph 4, line 3. Clause 27, paragraph 1, line 7. Clause 30, paragraph 4, line 1. Clause 30, paragraph 5, lines 1 and 5. Clause 30, paragraph 6, line 1. Clause 34, paragraph 2, line 1.

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

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Barton Street, in the Borough of Woolston, exempted from the Provisions of Section 117 of the Public Works Act, 1908, subject to a Condition as to the Building-line.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this seventh day of June, 1915.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by subsection one of section one hundred and seventeen of the Public Works Act, 1908, it is, inter alia, provided that the said section shall not apply in any case where the local authority having control of a road or street by resolution declares that the provisions thereof shall not apply to any specified road or street, or any specified part thereof, and such resolution is approved by the Governor in Council:

And whereas by subsection two of section one hundred and seventeen of the Public Works Act, 1908, and clause (b) of subsection one of section thirteen of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, it is provided that such approval may be either absolute or subject to such conditions as the Governor in Council thinks fit to impose, and may refer to one or both sides of the road or street:

And whereas the Woolston Borough Council, the local authority having control of the street described in the Schedule hereto, hereinafter referred to as the said street, did, by resolution, declare that the provisions of the said section one hundred and seventeen should not apply to the said street:

And whereas it is deemed expedient that such resolution should be approved in so far as it refers to the north side of the said street, subject to the condition hereinafter mentioned:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the above-in-part-recited Acts, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby approve of the said resolution to the extent hereinbefore mentioned, subject to the condition that no building or part of a building shall be erected at any time on the north side of the said street within a distance of sixty-six feet from the opposite side line of the said street.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that street in the Canterbury Land District, Borough of Woolston, known as Barton Street, commencing in Rural Section 14, on the eastern bank of the Heathcote River nearly opposite Marshall Street, and running in a south-easterly direction generally across Princes Street to its junction with Bamford Street; as the said street is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 25587, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon coloured purple.

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



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🏗️ Land taken for Post-office at Weber

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
8 June 1915
Land acquisition, Post-office, Weber, Public Works Act 1908, Hawke’s Bay
  • Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor
  • W. Fraser, Minister of Public Works

🏗️ Amendment to Auckland City Council Electric Lines License

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
7 June 1915
Electric lines, License amendment, Auckland City Council, Public Works Amendment Act 1911
  • Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor
  • J. F. Andrews, Clerk of the Executive Council

🏗️ Exemption of Barton Street from Public Works Act Provisions

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
7 June 1915
Street exemption, Building-line condition, Woolston Borough Council, Public Works Act 1908
  • Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor
  • J. F. Andrews, Clerk of the Executive Council