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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 64

Land reserved under the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908

[L.S.] B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS the Scenery Preservation Board, constituted pursuant to the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), has recommended that the land described in the Schedule hereto should be permanently reserved for scenic purposes, and it is expedient to give effect to such recommendation:

Now, therefore, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the said Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be a scenic reserve under the said Act, and subject to the provisions thereof.

SCHEDULE
NELSON LAND DISTRICT

SECTION 23, Block XII, Burnett Survey District: Area, 21 acres, more or less. (S.O. plan 9254.)

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 24th day of October, 1947.

C. F. SKINNER,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

(L. and S. 26/15061.)

Appointing Members of the First and Second Divisions of the Court of Appeal

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 29th day of October, 1947

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS by section five of the Judicature Amendment Act, 1913, it is enacted that the Court of Appeal shall consist of two divisions, to be called respectively the First Division and the Second Division of the Court of Appeal; and that each division shall consist of five Judges of the Supreme Court, to be appointed to that division by the Governor-General in Council:

And whereas the power conferred by the said Act upon the Governor-General in Council of appointing Judges as members of either division, or revoking any such appointment, shall be exercisable on the recommendation of not less than three Judges of the Supreme Court (of whom the Chief Justice shall be one), and not otherwise:

And whereas the Honourable the Chief Justice, the Honourable Mr. Justice Smith, the Honourable Mr. Justice Fair, the Honourable Mr. Justice Callan, and the Honourable Mr. Justice Cornish have recommended that the two divisions of the Court of Appeal for the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight shall be constituted as shown hereafter:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby appoint

The Honourable Sir Humphrey Francis O’Leary, K.C.M.G., Chief Justice,

The Honourable David Stanley Smith, Judge,

The Honourable Robert Kennedy, Judge,

The Honourable George Panton Finlay, Judge, and

The Honourable Kenneth Macfarlane Gresson, Judge,

to be the members of the First Division of the Court of Appeal; and

The Honourable Sir Humphrey Francis O’Leary, K.C.M.G., Chief Justice,

The Honourable Robert Kennedy, Judge,

The Honourable Arthur Fair, Judge,

The Honourable Erima Harvey Northcroft, Judge, and

The Honourable Henry Havelock Cornish, Judge,

to be the members of the Second Division of the Court of Appeal for the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight.

W. O. HARVEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Fixing Sittings of the Court of Appeal

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 29th day of October, 1947

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS by the Judicature Amendment Act, 1913, it is enacted that the Court of Appeal shall hold its sittings at such times and places as are from time to time appointed by the Governor-General in Council and notified in the Gazette twenty-one days at least before the times so fixed respectively, and that such appointment shall determine the division by which such sittings shall be held:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby appoint and declare that sittings of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand shall be held within the Supreme Court House, in the City of Wellington, upon the following days at eleven o’clock in the forenoon, and doth hereby determine that such sittings shall be held by the respective divisions of the said Court as are shown hereunder:—

Monday, the first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight: By the First Division of the said Court.

Tuesday, the eighth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight: By the Second Division of the said Court.

Monday, the sixth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight: By the First Division of the said Court.

W. O. HARVEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Altering Representation of certain Districts on the Bay of Islands Harbour Board and appointing Principal Authority

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 22nd day of October, 1947

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. W. NASH PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS it is provided by section thirty-one of the Harbours Act, 1923 (hereinafter called the said Act), that the creation, abolition, merger, union, division, or other alteration of any constituent district or combined district shall not in itself have any operation so as to affect the then existing membership of a Harbour Board, and that the Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, whenever in his opinion it becomes necessary or expedient so to do, make such provision with respect to the representation of any part of any rating-area or constituent or combined district as he thinks fit:

And whereas it is, inter alia, provided in the First Schedule to the said Act that five members of the Bay of Islands Harbour Board shall be elected by the electors of the County of Bay of Islands:

And whereas the Kaikohe Borough no longer forms part of the County of Bay of Islands, and it is expedient to make provision for the representation of the said Borough of Kaikohe:

And whereas it is expedient for the electors of the County of the Bay of Islands and of the Kaikohe Borough to combine for the purpose of electing five representatives to the Bay of Islands Harbour Board:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that five members of the Bay of Islands Harbour Board shall be elected by the electors of the County of Bay of Islands and of the Kaikohe Borough in lieu of five members by the electors of the County of the Bay of Islands, and doth hereby select and appoint the Bay of Islands County Council to be the principal authority for the purpose of such elections by the electors of the said combined district.

W. O. HARVEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Authorizing the Bluff Harbour Board to reclaim Land in Bluff Harbour

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 22nd day of October, 1947

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. W. NASH PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS it is provided by the one hundred-and-sixty-eighth section of the Harbours Act, 1923 (hereinafter called the said Act), that the Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, authorize any local authority or Harbour Board to reclaim from the sea areas, not exceeding five acres in extent, in any case where he considers that the reclamation will not affect navigation and is for the benefit of the public:

And whereas the Bluff Harbour Board (hereinafter called the Board) is desirous of reclaiming from the sea certain land in Bluff Harbour, and the said reclamation is of such a nature as aforesaid, and the Board has applied to the Governor-General in Council for an order authorizing the execution of the said harbour-works:

And whereas it has been made to appear to the Governor-General in Council that the proposed work will not be or tend to the injury of navigation, and is for the benefit of the public:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby authorize and empower the Board to reclaim from the sea in Bluff Harbour the land shown edged red on plan marked M.D. 8660, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington, such reclamation to be carried out and constructed in accordance with plan marked M.D. 8660 subject to the provisions of the said Act.

W. O. HARVEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.