Government Proclamations




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THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1917.

Change of Name of Borough, Campbelltown to Bluff.

[L.S.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the Council of the Borough of Campbelltown has, pursuant to section two of the Designation of Districts Amendment Act, 1909, passed a resolution that the name of such borough be changed to “Bluff”:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by the Designation of Districts Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the name of the borough now known as “Campbelltown” shall be and the same is hereby altered to “Bluff,” and do assign the last-mentioned name to such borough 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 seventeen, not being earlier than six months after the first publication thereof in the Gazette.

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 thirtieth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

God save the King!

Abolishing Castlepoint River District, County of Castlepoint.

[L.S.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the River Boards Act, 1908, as amended by the River Boards Amendment Act, 1913, it is, among other things, enacted that the Governor may, on petition signed by a majority in number of the ratepayers of a river district, abolish any such district:

And whereas a petition signed as aforesaid has been duly presented, praying that the Castlepoint River District, established under the said River Boards Act, 1908, may be abolished:

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 above-recited power and authority, do hereby proclaim and declare that, from and after the first day of February, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, the said Castlepoint River District shall be and the same is hereby abolished.

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 twentieth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

God save the King!



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🏛️ Change of Name of Borough from Campbelltown to Bluff

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
30 August 1916
Proclamation, Borough, Name Change, Campbelltown, Bluff
  • Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor
  • G. W. Russell, Minister of Internal Affairs

🏛️ Abolishing Castlepoint River District

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
20 January 1917
Proclamation, River District, Abolition, Castlepoint
  • Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor
  • G. W. Russell, Minister of Internal Affairs