Railway Proclamations




JUNE 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2077

Defining the Middle-line of a Further Portion of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway—namely, Matata Section.

[l.s.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the portion of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway from Pongakawa to Taneatua (hereinafter termed “the said railway”) is a railway the construction of which is authorized by the Railways Authorization Act, 1913: And whereas the said railway has been partly constructed, and it has been determined to construct and maintain a further portion of the said railway:

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 conferred upon 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 middle-line of the said further portion of the said railway shall be that defined and set forth in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

COMMENCING at a point on the foreshore alongside of main road marked 71 miles 10 chains, shown on plan marked P.W.D. 36702, which point is also the termination of the railway described in a Proclamation dated the 24th day of December, 1914, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 1, page 4, of the 7th day of January, 1915; proceeding thence generally in a south-easterly direction for a distance of 8 miles 70 chains, and passing in, into, through, or over the following lands, &c.—viz., strip of ocean beach Crown land lying between main road and high-water mark, Blocks IV, V, and VIII, Waihi South Survey District, and Block I, Awa-o-te-atua Survey District, Sections 13, Crown land, 9, and 18, Block I, Awa-o-te-atua Survey District, Sections (Town of Matata) 326, 301, 300, 299, 298, 297, 296, 295, 294, 293, 292, 291, 290, 289, 288, 287, 222, 221, 220, 219 in Block I, Awa-o-te-atua Survey District, Town Sections 218, 217, 216, 215, and Crown land in Block VI, Awa-o-te-atua Survey District—and terminating at a point in Crown land marked 80 miles, the said point being about 127 links from each of the corners of the south-western boundary of Matata Town Section 93 in Block VI, Awa-o-te-atua Survey District; including all adjoining and intervening places, lands, reserves, roads, tracks, lakes, rivers, streams, and watercourses; all in the Auckland Land District: as the same is delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 37873, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District.

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!

Defining the Middle-line of a Further Portion of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway—namely, Tauranga Section.

[l.s.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the further portion of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway from Te Maunga Junction to the right bank of the Wairoa River, in Block IX, Tauranga Survey District (hereinafter termed “the said railway”), is a railway the construction of which is authorized by the Railways Authorization Act, 1911: And whereas it has been determined to construct and maintain a portion of the same:

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 conferred upon 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 middle-line of the said further portion of the said railway shall be that defined and set forth in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

COMMENCING at a point on the right bank of the Wairoa River, marked 35 miles 22½ chains, in Section 453, Block IX, Tauranga Survey District, about 125½ chains west and 102½ chains south from the eastern and northern boundaries respectively of Block IX, Tauranga Survey District; proceeding thence generally in an easterly direction for a distance of about 6 miles 37½ chains, and passing in, into, through, or over the following lands, &c.—viz., Sections 453, 8, 92, 95, and part Section 455, Block IX, Tauranga Survey District; part Section 456, Section 454, and part Section 456, Block X, Tauranga Survey District; part Section 456, Sections 109, 108, 4, 517, 5, and part Section 110, Block VI, Tauranga Survey District; part Section 110 and Section 7 (landing reserve); thence across Waikareao Estuary, through Sections 44, 22, 1 (cemetery reserve), 298 (borough reserve), in Borough of Tauranga, along the sea front of Tauranga Township to opposite Elizabeth Street, and across harbour, Blocks X and XI, Tauranga Survey District, and terminating at a point on Matapihi Beach in Block XI, Tauranga Survey District, marked 41 miles 60 chains on the plan marked P.W.D. 36966 referred to in a Proclamation dated the 20th day of January, 1915, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 10, page 332, of the 28th day of the same month, defining the middle-line of a further portion of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway; including all adjoining and intervening places, lands, reserves, roads, tracks, lakes, rivers, streams, and watercourses; all in the Auckland Land District: as the same is delineated on plan marked P.W.D. 37725, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District.

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!

Land taken for a Road Approach to the East Coast Main Trunk Railway, Tauranga—Te Puke Section.

[l.s.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken for a road approach to the East Coast Main Trunk Railway, Tauranga—Te Puke Section:

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 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 a road approach to the East Coast Main Trunk Railway, Tauranga—Te Puke Section.

SCHEDULE.

Approximate Areas of the Pieces of Land taken. Being Portion of Situated in Block Coloured on Plan
A. R. P.
0 3 38·3 Mangatawa No. 11 I Blue.
2 3 27·6 " 9 " Yellow.
4 3 36·4 " 8 I & III Red.
0 1 4 " 7B I Purple.
0 3 12 1 " 7C I & III Yellow.
3 2 21·1 Papamoa No. 2, Section 2B (S.O. 18239) III Green.

Situated in Te Tumu Survey District.



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🏗️ Defining the Middle-line of a Further Portion of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway—Matata Section

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
8 June 1915
Railway, East Coast Main Trunk, Matata Section, Proclamation, Public Works Act 1908
  • Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor
  • W. Fraser, Minister of Public Works

🏗️ Defining the Middle-line of a Further Portion of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway—Tauranga Section

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
8 June 1915
Railway, East Coast Main Trunk, Tauranga Section, Proclamation, Public Works Act 1908
  • Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor
  • W. Fraser, Minister of Public Works

🏗️ Land taken for a Road Approach to the East Coast Main Trunk Railway, Tauranga—Te Puke Section

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
8 June 1915
Land acquisition, Road approach, East Coast Main Trunk Railway, Tauranga—Te Puke Section, Proclamation, Public Works Act 1908
  • Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor