Maori Council By-laws and Land Notices




MAR. 9.

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.

  1. 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.
  2. 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 Takitimu 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 Takitimu District for one year from the date hereof.
Given under the seal of the Maori Council for the Takitimu 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 Takitimu 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 Takitimu Maori District held at Gisborne on the 28th day of June, 1921, and are given under the seal of the said Council.
(L.S.) WIREMU PITI, Chairman.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 10th day of October, 1921.
J. G. COATES, Minister of Native Affairs.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Blocks VIII and X, Awakino North Survey District, for the Purposes of a Road.
NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to execute a certain public work-to wit, the construction of a road in Blocks VIII and X, Awakino North Survey District; and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Mokau, and is there open for inspection ; and that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice. to the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.
APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land required to be taken :-
A. R. P. Being Portion of
15 2 35 Western portion Mangaawakino No. 4 Block, situated in Block X ; coloured red.
1 0 33 Western portion Mangaawakino No. 4 Block, situated in Block X ; coloured blue.
2 0 10 Section 10, Block VIII ; coloured yellow.
Situated in Awak no North Survey District. (S.O. 22034.) In the Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 53208, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 3rd day of March, 1922.
J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block Ill, Rangitaiki Upper Survey District, for the Purposes of a Road, for the more Effective Carrying-out of the Drainage or other Works authorized by the Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act, 1910, and for the Better Disposal of Crown or other Land within the District defined by the said Act.
NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, and the Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act. 1910, to take the land described in the Schedule hereto for the purposes of a road, for the more effective carrying-out of the drainage or other works authorized by the latter Act, and for the better disposal of Crown or other land within the district defined by the latter Act. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Te Teko, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.
APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land required to be taken :-
For Road.
A. R. P. Being Portion of
0 1 18·7 Section 61 ; coloured red.
3 2 22 80 purple.
3 0 21 81 red.
0 0 5·5 22 red.
0 1 11·8 22 red.
0 1 28·7 22 red.

For Drainage or Other Works.
A. R. P. Being Portion of
5 0 27 Sec ion 1A No. 3 and 1A No. 4 ; coloured red.
0 2 30 1A No. 3 and 1A No. 4
0 0 5·8 Lot 61 ; coloured red.

For the Better Disposal of Crown or other Land within the District defined by the Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act, 1910.
A. R. P. Being Portion of
16 1 24 Section 1A No. 3 and 1A No. 4 ; coloured red.
Situated in Rangitaiki Parish, Block III, Rangitaiki Upper Survey District (Auckland R.D.). (S Q. 21420.) In the Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 51626, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 18th day of January, 1922.
J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works.



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🪶 Approval of Takitimu District Maori Council By-laws (continued from previous page)

🪶 Māori Affairs
1 November 1921
By-laws, Maori Council, Takitimu District, Health Act, Maori Councils Act
  • WIREMU PITI, Chairman
  • J. G. COATES, Minister of Native Affairs

🗺️ Notice of Intention to take Land for Road in Awakino North Survey District

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
3 March 1922
Land acquisition, Public Works Act, Road construction, Awakino North Survey District
  • J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works

🗺️ Notice of Intention to take Land for Road and Drainage in Rangitaiki Upper Survey District

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
18 January 1922
Land acquisition, Public Works Act, Road construction, Drainage, Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act, Rangitaiki Upper Survey District
  • J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works