Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries of Borough of Waitara.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1928.

It is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General, under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, praying that the area described in the Schedule hereto may be excluded from the Borough of Waitara and included in the County of Clifton. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed alteration of boundaries which they desire to lodge within one month from the first publication of this notice, such objections or petitions to be addressed to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE BOROUGH OF WAITARA.

All that area in the Taranaki Land District bounded by a line commencing at the north-western corner of Section 12, Waitara East District; thence easterly along the northern boundary of the said Section 12 and Section 13 for a distance of 647 links; south-easterly and southerly along a line parallel to and distant 400 links from the north-eastern and eastern boundaries of Section 13, and the eastern boundaries of Sections 34 and 15, Waitara East District, for a distance of 1942 links; thence along a right line to the western side of Princess Street; thence southerly along the western side of Princess Street to the south-eastern corner of Section 26, Waitara East District; thence along the southern and western boundaries of Section 26 aforesaid, and the production of the last-mentioned boundary to the middle of Joll Street; thence along the middle of Joll Street to the eastern boundary of Section 24, Waitara East District; thence along part of the eastern and the northern boundaries of that section to the eastern side of Manukorihi Road; thence north-easterly along the eastern side of that road to the northern boundary of Section 14; thence along the northern boundary of Section 14 aforesaid to the north-western boundary of Section 12 aforesaid; thence north-easterly along the north-western boundary of the said Section 12 to the north-western corner, the point of commencement.

M. POMARE,
Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 19/1/212.)

Open Season for Deer-shooting, Westland Acclimatization District (Okuru Block), South Westland.

In exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, Francis Joseph Rolleston, Acting Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare the period from the 1st day of March, 1928, to the 30th day of April, 1928 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in that part of the Westland Acclimatization District described in the First Schedule hereto, for the taking or killing of the following imported game—viz., red-deer stags and hinds—subject to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. Licenses to take or kill red-deer stags and hinds may be issued by the Postmaster at Hokitika on the recommendation of the Secretary of the Westland Acclimatization Society at Hokitika, on payment of a license fee of £5, in the form prescribed in the Second Schedule hereto, and subject to the said Act and regulations thereunder and this notification. The number of such licenses to be issued by the said Postmaster shall not exceed two: Provided that not more than one such license shall be issued to the same person, and also that stalkers shall shoot only on the blocks specified in their respective licenses, and if the number of applications received for licenses exceed the number of available licenses, then the persons to whom such licenses are to be issued shall be decided by ballot.

2. No licensee shall take or kill more than four stags. A licensee may also, pursuant to a license issued under this notification, take or kill an unlimited number of old hinds and stags with deformed heads. Ball cartridge only to be used: Provided that no metal-patched or metal-cased bullet shall be used for killing such deer.

3. No licensee shall allow any dog to accompany either himself or any attendant he may have with him.

4. Nothing herein contained shall extend to authorizing any person to sell any deer or portion thereof.

5. Regulations as to the use of marks of identification of deer-heads contained in section 6 of the regulations under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 7th February, 1924, page 437, shall be strictly adhered to by each licensee, who, in addition thereto, shall return all unused "tags" to the Secretary of the Westland Acclimatization Society, Hokitika, immediately he has finished stalking for the season for which such "tags" have been issued, together with a statement of the number of deer shot.

6. Nothing in any license to take or kill red-deer stags and hinds shall authorize the holder thereof to take or kill red-deer stags or hinds on lands actually and exclusively used by any registered acclimatization society for acclimatization purposes, or on any sanctuary or public domain, or on any land excepted from the operation of the notification declaring an open season for the district.

7. Any person committing a breach of any of these conditions is liable, on conviction, to a fine of £20.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

All that area comprised in the Westland Acclimatization District, known as the Okuru Block, South Westland.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

No.
License to take or kill Imported Game (Deer).

, of , having this day paid the sum of £5, is hereby authorized to take or kill four red-deer stags, also an unlimited number of old hinds and stags with deformed heads, within that part of the Westland Acclimatization District known as the Okuru Block, South Westland, upon Block No. , from the 1st day of March, 1928, to the 30th day of April, 1928 (both days inclusive), subject to the provisions of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, and all regulations and notifications affecting red-deer stags and hinds made thereunder and in force within the said district.

This license does not authorize the holder thereof to take or kill red-deer stags or hinds on lands actually and exclusively used by any registered acclimatization society for acclimatization purposes, or on any sanctuary or public domain, or on any land excepted from the operation of the notification declaring an open season for the district.

Dated at Hokitika this day of , 1928.

As witness my hand at Wellington, this 16th day of February, 1928.

F. J. ROLLESTON,
Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 25/20/3.)

Reclassification of certain Roads in the Waipa County.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on me by the Motor-lorry Regulations, 1927, I, Kenneth Stuart Williams, Minister of Public Works, do hereby approve of the Waipa County Council's proposed reclassification of roads as set forth in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

RECLASSIFICATION OF ROADS IN THE WAIPA COUNTY.

Roads (formerly classified in the third class) now classified in the fourth class (available for the use thereon of any motor-lorry which, with the load it is carrying, weighs not more than four tons)—

1. Portion of the Great South Main Highway, from the southern boundary of the Hamilton Borough via Ohaupo–Te Awamutu and Kihikihi to the southern boundary of the Waipa County.

2. Portion of the Hamilton-Raglan Main Highway, from the western boundary of the Hamilton Borough to the western boundary of the Waipa County at Whatawhata.

3. The Te Awamutu-Pirongia Main Highway. from the western boundary of the Te Awamutu Borough to the Pirongia Post-office.

Dated at Wellington, this 22nd day of February, 1928.

K. S. WILLIAMS, Minister of Public Works.
(P.W. 62/26/5.)