✨ Proclamations and Boundary Definitions
Num. 102.] 2863
THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1921.
Boundaries of City of Christchurch defined.
[L.S.] JELLICOE, Governor-General.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by a Proclamation dated the twenty-sixth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and gazetted on the twenty-seventh day of the same month, made under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, the City of Christchurch and the Borough of Woolston were constituted a united borough under the name of the City of Christchurch:
And whereas the description of the boundaries of the said City of Christchurch as contained in the Schedule to the said Proclamation was irregular, and it is desirable to cure such irregularity:
Now, therefore, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in me by section three hundred and eighty-two of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, do hereby cure the irregularity aforesaid and do proclaim that on and from the first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, the boundaries of the said City of Christchurch as constituted and named by the aforesaid Proclamation shall be and be deemed to have been those set forth in the Schedule hereto.
SCHEDULE.
BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH.
ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded by a line along the south-eastern side of Norman’s Road from the northernmost corner of Rural Section 242 to and across Papanui Road, and along the north-eastern side of that road to May’s Road; thence along the south-eastern side of May’s Road to Rutland Street, and along the south-western side of Rutland Street to a point in line with the south-eastern side of McFadden’s Road; thence across Rutland Street and along the southern side of McFadden’s Road to and across Innes Road, and along the south-eastern side of that road to Rural Section 345A; thence along the south-western boundaries of Rural Sections 345A and 2795 to Shirley’s Road; thence along the south-western side of Shirley’s Road to its junction with Hill’s Road; thence easterly along the middle of Shirley’s Road to Marshland Road, and along the middle of that road to Bank’s Avenue; thence along the middle of Bank’s Avenue and Dudley Creek Road to a point opposite the confluence of Dudley Creek and the River Avon; thence across that river and along its right bank to the western side of Kerr’s Road, and along the western side of that road and of New Brighton Road to Buckley’s Road; thence along the north-western side of Buckley’s Road, across Linwood Avenue, and along the south-western side of a canal and road reserve to the estuary of the Heathcote River, and along the left bank of that river to a point in line with the western side of Hillsborough Road; thence to and along that side of road to the Christchurch-Lyttelton railway reserve; thence north-westerly along the north-eastern side of that reserve to the left bank of the Heathcote River, and up the left bank of that river to a point opposite the watercourse from Mill’s Road near Heathcote Street; thence across the Heathcote River, and along the said watercourse to Hill’s Road, along the northern side of Hill’s Road to and along the eastern side of St. Martin’s Road to a point opposite the northern side of Burnbrae Street; thence to and along the northern side of that street to the Tennyson Street Bridge; thence across the Heathcote River and along its left bank to Lincoln Road; thence along the south-eastern side of Lincoln Road and the western side of Antigua Street to and across the River Avon; thence along the western side of Rolleston Avenue and the left bank of the River Avon to Rossall Street; thence along the north-eastern side of Rossall Street to the road forming part of the south-eastern boundary of Rural Section 133, along the north-western side of that road to the Wairarapa Stream, and along the left bank of that stream to Rural Section 242; and thence along the north-eastern boundary of that section to its northernmost corner, the place of commencement.
Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand; and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, at the Government House at Wellington, this 3rd day of December, 1921.
WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.
GOD SAVE THE KING!
Change of Name of Locality “Gumtown” to “Coroglen.”
[L.S.] JELLICOE, Governor-General.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS settlers in the locality known as “Gumtown,” in the County of Coromandel, desire that the name of such locality should be changed to “Coroglen,” and it is considered expedient to alter the same:
Now, therefore, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, 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, do hereby proclaim and declare that the name of the locality known as “Gumtown,” in the County of Coromandel, shall be and the same is hereby altered to “Coroglen,” and do assign the last-mentioned name to such locality accordingly; and also do hereby proclaim and declare that this Proclamation
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🏛️ Boundaries of City of Christchurch defined
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Proclamation, Boundaries, Christchurch, Municipal Corporations Act
- John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General
- WM. DOWNIE STEWART, Minister of Internal Affairs
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- John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General