Maori Council By-Laws and Mining Privileges




748 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 21

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 dis-
trict, 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 per-
mit 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 Com-
    mittee 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 ser-
vice 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 Tamatea 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 Tamatea District for one
year from the date hereof.
Given under the seal of the Maori Council for the Tamatea
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 Tamatea
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 Tamatea Maori District held at Hastings
on the 11th day of July, 1921, and are given under the seal
of the said Council.
(L.S.) KATENE PUKERUA, 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 Register—Notice under the Mining Amendment Act, 1914.

Warden’s Court, Blenheim, 14th March, 1922.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in pursuance of section 30 (4) of the Mining Amendment Act, 1914, I have this day
struck the mining privileges mentioned in the Schedule hereunder off the Mining Registers.

A. F. BENT, Mining Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

No. Date. Nature of Privilege. Locality. Registered Holder.

Blenheim Registry.

31B | 1/1/1901 | Water-race .. .. | Golden Gully .. .. | J. Woodhouse.
413 | 12/6/1916 | " .. .. | Staircase Creek .. .. | M. Keogh.
459 | 13/9/1918 | " .. .. | Jackson’s Creek.. .. | J. Whiting.

Havelock Registry.

1/05 | 1905 | Water-race .. .. | All Nations’ Creek .. | Nees and McLean.
9/00 | 1/12/1900| " .. .. | Mountain Camp Creek .. | F. A. Smart.
2/08 | 26/5/1908| " .. .. | Kleyne’s Creek .. .. | W. H. Fisk.
53 | 19/1/1912| " .. .. | Evans Creek .. .. | J. Davies.



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

🪶 Māori Affairs
10 October 1921
By-Laws, Maori Council, Tamatea District, Health Act, Maori Councils Act
  • KATENE PUKERUA, Chairman
  • J. G. COATES, Minister of Native Affairs

🌾 Mining Privileges Struck Off the Register

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
14 March 1922
Mining, Privileges, Register, Blenheim, Havelock
8 names identified
  • J. Woodhouse, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • M. Keogh, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • J. Whiting, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • Nees, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • McLean, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • F. A. Smart, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • W. H. Fisk, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • J. Davies, Registered holder of mining privilege

  • A. F. BENT, Mining Registrar