1716
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 48

Vesting the Control of a Reserve in the Stafford Public Hall Board

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

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 10th day of August, 1949

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. P. FRASER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto is a reserve duly set apart for a site for a public hall: And whereas it is expedient that the control of the said reserve should be vested in a special Board as hereinafter provided:

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, and in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section seventeen of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, doth hereby vest the control of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto for the period of five years from the date hereof (unless previously amended or revoked under the said Act) in the undermentioned persons, namely:—

Edwin Leslie Merewether,
William Henry Merewether,
Hudson Steele,
Michael Edward Kelly, the younger, and
Michael Edward Kelly, the elder,

who are hereby constituted for that purpose a special Board by the name of the Stafford Public Hall Board (hereinafter referred to as the Board), with the powers and subject to the conditions hereinafter contained, that is to say:—

1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business at the Stafford Public Hall, or at such other place and at such time as may from time to time be fixed by the Board. The first meeting shall be held on Saturday, the twentieth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine, at eight o’clock p.m., in the Stafford Public Hall.

2. The members of the Board shall at their first meeting, and thereafter at the annual meeting hereinafter mentioned, elect one of themselves to be chairman, who may join in the discussion, and shall have an original as well as a casting vote. The chairman shall hold office until the election of his successor.

3. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman, provided that two days’ notice of any such meeting is given to each member, specifying the business to be transacted at such special meeting; and no other business than that so specified shall be transacted at such meeting.

4. Any three members of the Board shall form a quorum. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

5. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present at the time appointed for holding the same, the members present shall choose one of their number to be chairman of such meeting.

6. If by resignation, death, incapacity, or otherwise the seat of any member shall be or become vacant, or if any member absents himself without reasonable cause from three consecutive meetings of the Board, the Governor-General shall have power to appoint any other person to be a member of the Board in his stead.

7. All questions shall be determined by the majority of votes of the members of the Board present at a meeting.

8. The Board shall have prepared and submitted at an annual meeting to be held in the month of April in each year a report of the proceedings of the Board for the previous year ending on the thirty-first day of March, together with a statement of the receipts and expenditure of the Board for such year. A copy of every such report and statement, certified by the Chairman to be correct, shall be sent to the Minister of Lands as soon as possible after each annual meeting.

9. The Board shall control the said reserve and the building erected thereon for the purposes of a public hall, and shall also afford settlers and residents of Stafford and the surrounding district such facilities for meeting within the said hall as may from time to time be determined by the Board: Provided that the Board shall have power to fix reasonable charges for the use of the said hall.

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SCHEDULE

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT

RESERVE 75 (formerly Section 47), Town of Stafford, Block XIV, Waimea Survey District: Area, 10 perches, more or less.

T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(L. and S. H.O. 55255; D.O. 8/48/63.)

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Vesting the Control of a Reserve in the Kumara Junction Public Hall Board

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

At the Government House at Wellington, this 17th day of August, 1949

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto is a reserve duly set apart for a site for a public hall: And whereas it is expedient that the control of the said reserve should be vested in a special Board as hereinafter provided:

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, and in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section seventeen of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, doth hereby vest the control of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto for the period of five years from the date hereof (unless previously amended or revoked under the said Act), in the undermentioned persons, namely,——

John Ackers,
Albert Edward Payn,
Gordon Henry Hibbs,
Harold Francis Hayes, and
Ernest Reginald Frew

who are hereby constituted for that purpose a special Board by the name of the Kumara Junction Public Hall Board (hereinafter referred to as the Board), with the powers and subject to the conditions hereinafter contained, that is to say:—

1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business on the third Saturday in each month at eight o’clock p.m. at the Kumara Junction Hall or at such other time or place as may from time to time be fixed by the Board. The first meeting shall be held on Saturday, the twenty-seventh day of August, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine.

2. The members of the Board shall at their first meeting, and thereafter at the annual meeting hereinafter mentioned, elect one of themselves to be Chairman, who may join in the discussion and shall have an original as well as a casting vote. The Chairman shall hold office until the election of his successor.

3. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman, provided that two days’ notice of any such meeting is given to each member, specifying the business to be transacted at such special meeting; and no other business than that so specified shall be transacted at such meeting.

4. Any three members of the Board shall form a quorum. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

5. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present at the time appointed for holding the same, the members present shall choose one of their number to be Chairman of such meeting.

6. If by resignation, death, incapacity, or otherwise the seat of any member shall be or become vacant, or if any member absents himself without reasonable cause from three consecutive meetings of the Board, the Governor-General shall have power to appoint any other person to be a member of the Board in his stead.

7. All questions shall be determined by the majority of votes of the members of the Board present at a meeting.

8. The Board shall have prepared and submitted at an annual meeting to be held in the month of April in each year a report of the proceedings of the Board for the previous year ending on the 31st day of March, together with a statement of the receipts and expenditure of the Board for such year. A copy of every such report and statement, certified by the Chairman to be correct, shall be sent to the Minister of Lands as soon as possible after each annual meeting.

9. The Board shall control the said reserve and the building erected thereon for the purposes of a public hall, and shall also afford settlers and residents of Kumara Junction and the surrounding district such facilities for meeting within the said hall as may from time to time be determined by the Board: provided that the Board shall have power to fix reasonable charges for the use of the said hall.

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SCHEDULE

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT

RESERVE 1826, Block VII, Waimea Survey District: Area, 1 rood 24 perches, more or less.

T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(L. and S. H.O. 22/3630/99; D.O. 8/89/35.)

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Vesting the Control of a Reserve in the Inangahua Junction Public Hall Board

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

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 10th day of August, 1949

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. P. FRASER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto was by Warrant published in Gazette of the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine, permanently reserved for a site for a public hall: And whereas it is expedient that the control of the said reserve should be vested in a special Board as hereinafter provided:

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, and in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section seventeen of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, doth hereby vest the control of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto,