6 Aug.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Special Order Made by the Paparua County Council Altering Riding Boundaries and Adjusting Representation

Pursuant to section 100 of the Counties Amendment Act 1920 as amended by section 3 of the Counties Amendment Act 1921-22, the Minister of Internal Affairs hereby publishes the following special order made by the Paparua County Council, and fixes the 20th day of September 1953 as the date from which the said special order shall take effect.

Dated at Wellington, this 31st day of July 1953.

W. A. BODKIN, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 103/137/42)

SPECIAL ORDER

A SPECIAL ORDER of the Paparua County Council made by the passing of a resolution at a special meeting of the Council held in the Council offices, Sockburn, on Monday, 4 May 1953, and confirmed at a subsequent meeting of the Council held at the Council offices, Sockburn, at 7.15 p.m. on Wednesday, 17 June 1953:

Resolved: that in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 23 of the Counties Act 1920 the Paparua County Council resolves by way of special order as follows:

'1. The present division of the County of Paparua into eight ridings be revoked and in lieu thereof the said County shall be divided into nine ridings to be called, respectively, Sockburn Riding, Hornby Riding, Islington Riding, Templeton Riding, Yaldhurst Riding, West Melton Riding, Prebbleton Riding, Broadfield Riding, Ladbrooks Riding, which said ridings are respectively described in the Schedule hereto.

'2. The said Paparua County Council shall consist of ten members, who shall be elected as follows:

'(a) The electors of West Melton Riding shall elect two councillors.

'(b) The electors of the remaining eight ridings shall each elect one representative.

'3. The alteration hereby made shall come into full force on and after the general election of the Council on the 31st day of October 1953, except in so far and to such extent as may be necessary for preparing any roll or otherwise providing for such election.'

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Paparua was hereunto affixed by the authority of the said County of Paparua in the presence of--

[L.S.]

W. F. McARTHUR, County Chairman.

G. A. K. KELLY, County Clerk.

17 June 1953.

I certify that the above special order has been duly made--

G. A. K. KELLY, County Clerk.

SCHEDULE

Hornby Riding

All that area in the County of Paparua, Canterbury Land District, commencing at the south-eastern corner of Rural Section 3303, situated in Block X, Christchurch Survey District; thence westerly along Waterloo Road to the production of a line 2½ chains distant north-easterly from and parallel to the south-western boundary of Rural Section 885; thence southerly to and along that line and its production to the southern side of the Main South Road; thence south-westerly generally along that road and Springs Road to and along the north-eastern boundary of Rural Section 874, to and along a line parallel to and 3 chains distant from the middle line of Springs Road, to the south-western boundary of Rural Section 1238; thence north-westerly generally along the south-western boundary of that Section, the crossing of Springs Road, the south-western boundary of Rural Section 1239, to and across Shands Road, and along the north-western side of that road to and along a line parallel to and 3 chains distant south-westerly from the middle line of Seymour Street, to and westerly along a line parallel to and 3 chains distant from the middle line of the Main South Road, to the eastern boundary of Reserve 4146 (Templeton Domain); thence northerly generally along that boundary and its production to and along the northern side of the Main South Road to and along a line parallel to and 2½ chains west of the western boundary of Rural Section 1791, to and across Foremans Road; thence north-easterly generally along that road, to the South Island Main Trunk Railway; thence by a right line to the intersection of the middle line of Waterloo Road and a line 3 chains distant north-westerly from and parallel to the middle line of Gilberthorpes Road; thence along that line to and across Buchanans Road, to and south-easterly along a line parallel to and 3 chains distant north-easterly from the middle line of Buchanans Road, to a point in line with the eastern boundary of Rural Section 3303; thence south-easterly to and along that boundary to the point of commencement.

Yaldhurst Riding

All that area in the County of Paparua, Canterbury Land District, commencing at a point in the middle of the old dry bed of the south branch of the Waimakariri River, in line with the eastern side of West Boundary Road (Block VIII, Rolleston Survey District); thence easterly generally along the middle of the said river-bed to the north-western corner of the County of Waimairi (N.Z. Gazette No. 37; 24 June 1948,

page 790); thence southerly generally along the boundary of that County to and along Racecourse Road to the easternmost corner of Rural Section 1136; thence westerly generally along the north-eastern and north-western boundaries of that Section, the boundary of the Hornby Riding, hereinbefore described, to and along the northern boundaries of Rural Sections 4463, 8472, the crossing of Pound Road, Reserve 329, Rural Section 20651, Reserve 2352, the crossing of Haskett Road, to and along the southern boundary of Rural Section 36831 (closed road), and continuing south-westerly to and along Newton Road to the junction of Newton Road and Dawson Road; thence northerly generally along Dawson Road and West Boundary Road and the production of the eastern side of the last-mentioned road to the point of commencement.

Islington Riding

All that area in the County of Paparua, Canterbury Land District, commencing at the junction of Marshes Road and Shands Road (Block XIII, Christchurch Survey District); thence generally north-westerly and north-easterly along Marshes Road, Barbers Road, and Hasketts Road to the north-western corner of Reserve 2352; thence generally south-easterly along the southern boundary of Yaldhurst Riding, to and generally southerly along the western boundary of Hornby Riding (both ridings hereinbefore described), to and south-westerly along Shands Road to its junction with Marshes Road, the point of commencement.

Sockburn Riding

All that area in the County of Paparua, Canterbury Land District, commencing at the junction of Yaldhurst Road and Racecourse Road; thence generally south-easterly along the boundary of the Waimairi County (N.Z. Gazette No. 37, 24 June 1948, page 790) to Middle Lincoln Road; thence generally south-westerly along the middle of that road to and north-westerly along the middle of Halswell-Junction Road, to and north-easterly along Springs Road, to and along the eastern boundary of Hornby Riding hereinbefore described to the boundary of Yaldhurst Riding also hereinbefore described; thence generally in a north-easterly direction along that boundary to the point of commencement.

Templeton Riding

All that area in the County of Paparua, Canterbury Land District, commencing at the junction of Selwyn Road and Weedons and Springs Road, Block IV, Leeston Survey District; thence north-westerly along the middle of the said Weedons and Springs Road to and north-easterly along the Main South Road, to and north-westerly along Curraghs Road, to and north-easterly along Newton Road, to and north-easterly along the boundary of Yaldhurst Riding hereinbefore described, to and south-westerly and south-easterly along the boundary of the Islington Riding, also hereinbefore described, to and south-westerly along Shands Road, to and south-westerly along Selwyn Road to Weedons and Springs Road, the point of commencement.

Prebbleton Riding

All that area in the County of Paparua, Canterbury Land District, commencing at the junction of Shands Road and Hamptons Road in Block XIII, Christchurch Survey District; thence north-easterly along the south-eastern boundaries of Templeton and Islington Ridings hereinbefore described, to and generally south-easterly along the south-western boundaries of Hornby and Sockburn Ridings, also hereinbefore described, to a point opposite the northernmost corner of Rural Section 952; thence to and along the north-western boundary of that Section to the Halswell River; thence generally southerly along the middle of that river (being the boundary of the County of Halswell) to a point in line with Main Highway Number 188; thence south-westerly to and along that main highway to Leadleys Road; thence north-westerly generally along that road to Lincoln and Prebbleton Road, and Hamptons Road to Shands Road, the point of commencement.

Broadfield Riding

All that area in the County of Paparua, Canterbury Land District, commencing at the junction of Selwyn Road and Weedons and Springs Road, in Block IV, Leeston Survey District; thence north-easterly along the south-eastern boundary of Templeton Riding hereinbefore described, to and south-easterly along the south-western boundary of Prebbleton Riding, also hereinbefore described, to and south-westerly along Main Highway Number 188 to Ellesmere Junction Road; thence north-westerly along the middle of that road, to and north-easterly along the middle of Lincoln and Prebbleton Road, to and north-westerly along the middle of Boundary Road and Weedons and Springs Road to Selwyn Road, the point of commencement.

Ladbrooks Riding

All that area in the County of Paparua, Canterbury Land District, commencing at the junction of Ellesmere Junction Road and Main Highway Number 188 in Block V, Halswell Survey District; thence north-easterly along the south-eastern boundaries of Broadfield and Prebbleton Ridings hereinbefore described to the Halswell River; thence southerly and westerly along the middle of that river to a point in line with the middle of Ellesmere Junction Road; thence to and north-westerly along the middle of that road to Main Highway Number 188, the point of commencement.