Maori Council By-Laws and Mining Privileges




FEB. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 481

and if discovered playing therein the licensee or the
person for the time in charge of the premises shall
be liable to a fine of £5 for the first offence, and for
a second offence the Council may revoke the license.
(7.) Renewal of license must be applied for before the
expiry of the term for which a license has been
granted.
(8.) Any Maori youth under the age of fifteen years found
playing billiards in any place whatsoever shall be
liable to a fine not exceeding 5s. for the first offence,
not exceeding 10s. for the second offence, and not
exceeding £1 for the third offence or for every
subsequent offence.
(9.) Any person keeping a billiard-room or a billiard-table
in any Maori kainga, and any Maori keeping such
a room or table at any other place within the district, except townships (but not Maori lots within
a Native township) and European settlements,
without license from the Council, shall be liable to
a fine not exceeding £25.
(10.) Any person found playing for money, whether by
cards or any other game (except by billiards on
licensed premises), within the precincts of any
kainga shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 10s.
for the first offence, not exceeding £1 for the second
offence, and not exceeding £2 for every subsequent
offence.
(11.) Any person, the owner or occupier of any house or
premises situate in any Maori kainga, who shall
permit or allow gambling or playing for money (except
by billiards on licensed premises) in such house or
upon such premises shall be liable to a fine not
exceeding £1 for the first offence, not exceeding
£2 for the second offence, and not exceeding £5
for every subsequent offence.
(N.) VILLAGE COMMITTEES.
67. The Council may delegate wholly or in part its powers
under the prescribed rules or regulations to any Village
Committee, and such Committee shall thereupon be enabled
to exercise such powers within its own kainga.
The Village Committee shall have power to impose a penalty
or a fine for any breach of regulation, and if such fine be not
paid within the prescribed period the Chairman of the Committee shall forward a report on and evidence of such breach
of regulation and of the non-payment of such fine to the
Chairman of the Council.
68. The Council shall prescribe fines for by-laws for which
no provision has been made.

SCHEDULE.
Form A.
To [Name and address].
GREETING: You are requested to cleanse or cause your
house to be cleansed within days after service of this
notice upon you, and you are warned that if after such service you refuse or neglect within the time specified to comply
with this notice you will be liable to a fine not exceeding £1.
Dated the day of , 19
(SEAL.) Chairman [or Clerk] of Rangokako Council
[or Village Committee].

Form B.
HAWKER'S LICENSE.
Know all men that , a hawker, is duly licensed to sell goods in the kaingas of the Rangokako District for one year from the date hereof.
Given under the seal of the Maori Council for the Rangokako Maori District, the day of , 19 .
(SEAL.)
Chairman [or Clerk] of the Council.

Form C.
BILLIARD LICENSE.
Know all men that , of , is duly licensed to keep a billiard-room at for twelve months from the date hereof, subject to the provisions of the by-laws of the Council.
Given under the seal of the Maori Council for the Rangokako Maori District, the day of , 19 .
(SEAL.)
Chairman [or Clerk] of the Council.

The above by-laws were passed at a meeting of the Maori Council for the Rangokako Maori District held at Masterton on the 28th day of May, 1921, and are given under the seal of the said Council.
(L.S)
TAIAWHIO TE TAU, Chairman.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 10th day of October, 1921.
J. G. COATES, Minister of Native Affairs.

Mining Privileges struck off the Registers.—Notice under the Mining Amendment Act, 1914.
Office of the Mining Registrar for Lawrence and Roxburgh, Lawrence, 26th January, 1922.
NOTICE is hereby given that, no cause to the contrary having been shown within the prescribed three months, each of
the mining privileges mentioned in the Schedule hereto have this day been struck off the Registers kept by me, in pursuance of section 30, subsection (4), of the Mining Amendment Act, 1914.
W. M. FRASER, Mining Registrar.

SCHEDULE.
No. Date. Nature of Privilege. Locality. Registered Holder.
ROXBURGH REGISTER.
901 23/4/84 Water-race .. .. Allan's Creek .. .. H. A. Tamblyn and others.
626 22/9/80 " .. .. Black Cat Creek .."
625 22/10/84 " .. .. Pomahaka .. .. "
1118 9/12/07 " .. .. Whitecombe S.D. .. D. McPherson and others.
631 18/12/69 " .. .. Timber Creek .. .. A. H. Tamblyn.
632 29/10/70 " .. .. " .. J. H. Wilson.
1202 22/9/08 " .. .. Wilson's Creek .. .."
781 16/9/04 " .. .. Block III, Teviot S.D. .. Joseph H. Haughton.
1596 31/1/13 " .. .. Section 4, Block III, Teviot S.D. .."
1228 11/2/09 " .. .. Roxburgh .. .. John Donaldson.
1437 6/4/11 " .. .. " .. S. Bennett and others.
907 26/8/70 " .. .. Island Flat .. .."
908 26/8/70 " .. .. Horse-shoe Bend Gorge .. Brenda P. Stonelake.
1580 5/12/12 " .. .. Commissioner's Flat Dam ..
LAWRENCE REGISTER.
183 29/7/07 Water-race .. .. Rowland's Creek, Waipori S.D. J. H. Parker and party.
288 16/6/14 " .. .. Waipori .. .. Sailors Gully (Waitahuna) Gold-mining Company (Limited).
1222 19/8/67 " .. .. Munro's Gully .. .. John Kitto and party.
631 28/5/18 " .. .. Adam's Flat .. .. J. Nelson and P. O'Connor.
76 25/10/06 " .. .. Slaughterman's Gully .. P. P. Thomas and party and George H. Martin.
428 13/12/09 " .. .. Rocky Creek, Waipori .. Miriam O'Brien.
411 21/9/03 " .. .. Mill Creek, Maungatua .. James Lawson.



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🪶 Approval of Rongokako District Maori Council By-Laws (continued from previous page)

🪶 Māori Affairs
1 November 1921
By-Laws, Maori Council, Rongokako, Health, Public Health Act, Maori Councils Act
  • TAIAWHIO TE TAU, Chairman
  • J. G. COATES, Minister of Native Affairs

🌾 Mining Privileges Struck Off Registers

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
26 January 1922
Mining, Privileges, Registers, Lawrence, Roxburgh
16 names identified
  • H. A. Tamblyn, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • D. McPherson, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • A. H. Tamblyn, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • J. H. Wilson, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • Joseph H. Haughton, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • John Donaldson, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • S. Bennett, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • Brenda P. Stonelake, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • J. H. Parker, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • John Kitto, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • J. Nelson, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • P. O'Connor, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • P. P. Thomas, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • George H. Martin, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • Miriam O'Brien, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • James Lawson, Registered holder of mining privilege

  • W. M. FRASER, Mining Registrar