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Revoking the Declaration of Main Highways and Declaring Public Highways to be Main Highways
C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington, this 8th day of April 1953
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by section 3 of the Main Highways Act 1922, and of all other powers in anyway enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby declares that, on and after the 1st day of April 1953, the main highways and portions of main highways described in the First Schedule hereto shall cease to be main highways, and further declares that, as from the 1st day of April 1953, the roads described in the Second Schedule shall be main highways within the meaning and for the purposes of the Main Highways Act 1922.
FIRST SCHEDULE
HIGHWAY DISTRICT No. 1
Whangarei-Tamaterau.—All that main highway or portion of main highway in the Whangarei County, declared as the Whangarei-Tamaterau Main Highway, described in Order in Council dated 2 April 1928, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on 5 April 1928.
HIGHWAY DISTRICT No. 2B
Waitakaruru-Kaihere.—All that main highway or portion of main highway in the Hauraki Plains County, declared as the Waitakaruru-Kaihere Main Highway, described in Order in Council dated 24 March 1952, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on 27 March 1952.
Ngatea-Waharoa via Morrinsville.—All that main highway or portion of main highway in the Hauraki Plains, Piako, and Matamata Counties, and the Borough of Morrinsville, declared as the Ngatea-Waharoa via Morrinsville Main Highway, described in Orders in Council dated 10 October 1928 and 16 December 1935, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on 11 October 1928 and 19 December 1935.
Waitoa-Maukoro.—All that main highway or portion of main highway in the Piako County, declared as the Waitoa-Maukoro Main Highway, described in Orders in Council dated 10 October 1928 and 11 February 1929, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on 11 October 1928 and 21 February 1929.
Waitoa-Tirau.—All that main highway or portion of main highway in the Piako and Matamata Counties, and Matamata Borough, declared as the Waitoa-Tirau Main Highway, described in Order in Council dated 12 May 1948, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on 20 May 1948.
Te Aroha–Springdale.—All that main highway or portion of main highway in the Piako County, declared as the Te Aroha–Springdale Main Highway, described in Order in Council dated 12 May 1948, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on 20 May 1948.
Tahuna Link.—All that main highway or portion of main highway in the Piako County, declared as the Tahuna Link Main Highway, described in Order in Council dated 24 March 1952, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on 27 March 1952.
HIGHWAY DISTRICT No. 13
Mina–Gore Bay.—All that main highway or portion of main highway in the Cheviot County, declared as the Mina–Gore Bay Main Highway, described in Order in Council dated 2 October 1940, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on 10 October 1940.
HIGHWAY DISTRICT No. 14
West Eyreton–Cust.—All that main highway or portion of main highway in the Eyre County, declared as the West Eyreton–Cust Main Highway, commencing at its junction with the Kaiapoi–Bennetts via Swannanoa Main Highway at West Eyreton, and proceeding thence in a northerly direction, and terminating at its intersection with Boundary Road, being a distance of 1 mile 72 chains, more or less, described in Order in Council dated 2 April 1928, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on 5 April 1928; as the same is more particularly delineated on plan P.W.D. 139824, deposited in the office of the Main Highways Board at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.
Kaiapoi-Bennetts via Swannanoa.—All that main highway or portion of main highway in the Eyre County, declared as the Kaiapoi-Bennetts via Swannanoa Main Highway or portion of main highway in the Eyre County, 1934, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on 15 November 1934.
HIGHWAY DISTRICT No. 15
Geraldine–Orari via Raukapuka.—All that main highway or portion of main highway in the Geraldine County, declared as the Geraldine–Orari via Raukapuka Main Highway, described in Order in Council dated 2 October 1940, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on 10 October 1940.
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Hinds–Winchester via Arundel.—All that main highway or portion of main highway in the Geraldine County, and the Borough of Geraldine, declared as the Hinds–Winchester via Arundel Main Highway, described in Order in Council dated 8 November 1939, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on 9 November 1939.
Deep Creek–Kurow via Waimate.—All that main highway or portion of main highway in the Waimate County, and the Borough of Waimate, declared as the Deep Creek–Kurow via Waimate Main Highway, described in Order in Council dated 3 September 1952, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on 11 September 1952.
HIGHWAY DISTRICT No. 17
Outram–Berwick via Woodside.—All that main highway or portion of main highway in the Taieri County, declared as the Outram–Berwick via Woodside Main Highway, described in Order in Council dated 2 April 1928, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on 5 April 1928.
SECOND SCHEDULE
HIGHWAY DISTRICT No. 1
Whangarei–Onerahi.—All that road or portion of road in the Whangarei County, commencing at the south-eastern boundary of the Whangarei Borough, and proceeding thence generally in a south-easterly direction to the township of Onerahi, and terminating at a point opposite the Onerahi Post Office, at the south-eastern corner of part Allotment 33, Town of Grahamstown, being a distance of 4 miles 34 chains, more or less; as the same is more particularly delineated on plan P.W.D. 139797, deposited in the office of the Main Highways Board at Wellington, and thereon coloured black and green.
Onerahi–Tamaterau.—All that road or portion of road in the Whangarei County, commencing at its junction with the Whangarei–Onerahi Main Highway in the township of Onerahi, and proceeding thence generally in a south-easterly direction, and terminating at a point opposite Parua Bay No. 2 School, at the western boundary of Section 78, Block XV, Whangarei Survey District, being a distance of 4 miles 28 chains, more or less; as the same is more particularly delineated on plan P.W.D. 139797, deposited in the office of the Main Highways Board at Wellington, and thereon coloured black.
Wainui Junction–Ahipara.—All that road or portion of road in the Mangonui County, commencing at the terminal point of the Wainui Junction–Ahipara Main Highway, at the northern boundary of Paripari Block No. 4, Block IV, Ahipara Survey District, and continuing in a south-westerly direction, and terminating at a point opposite the south-western boundary of Section 108, Block IV, Ahipara Survey District, being a distance of 31 chains, more or less; as the same is more particularly delineated on plan P.W.D. 139798, deposited in the office of the Main Highways Board at Wellington, and thereon coloured green.
HIGHWAY DISTRICT No. 2B
Mangatarata–Tirau.—All that road or portion of road in the Hauraki Plains, Piako, and Matamata Counties, commencing at its junction with the Pokeno–Paeroa via Ngatea Main Highway at a point in the north-western boundary of Section 1c 3B, Waitakaruru Block, in Block III, Piako Survey District, and proceeding thence generally in a southerly direction to Kaihere, thence via the Patetonga Main Road to a point near the south-eastern corner of part Section 22, Block V, Waitoa Survey District, thence easterly across the Piako River, and again southerly to connect up with West Road, thence via West Road, Whakahoro Road, No. 8 Road, Whakahongi, and Wairongamai Roads, and terminating at its junction with the Hamilton–Rotorua Main Highway at Tirau, but excluding that portion in the Borough of Matamata, being a total distance of 60 miles 26 chains, more or less, comprising 14 miles 42 chains in the Hauraki Plains County, 30 miles 54 chains in the Piako County and 15 miles 10 chains in the Matamata County; as the same is more particularly delineated on plans P.W.D. 139821, 139822, and 139823, deposited in the office of the Main Highways Board at Wellington, and thereon coloured green.
Also all those streets or portions of streets in the Borough of Matamata, commencing at the northern boundary of the said borough, and proceeding thence generally in a southerly direction via Waharoa Road and Firth Street, and terminating at the southern boundary of the said borough being a distance of 1 mile 34 chains, more or less; as the same is more particularly delineated on plan P.W.D. 126947, deposited in the office of the Main Highways Board at Wellington, and thereon coloured green.
Ngatea–Kaihere.—All that road or portion of road in the Hauraki Plains County, commencing at its junction with the Pokeno–Paeroa via Ngatea Main Highway on the west bank of the Piako River in Ngatea, and proceeding thence in a southerly direction to the south-east corner of Section 34, Block V, Waihou Survey District, and thence in a westerly direction and terminating in Kaihere at the south-western corner of Section 28, Block XII, Piako Survey District, at its junction with the Mangatarata–Tirau Main Highway, being a distance of 10 miles 30 chains, more or less; as the same is more particularly delineated on plan P.W.D. 139821, deposited in the office of the Main Highways Board at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.
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