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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 61

Vesting the Control of a Reserve for Aerodrome Purposes in the Opotiki Aerodrome Board

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 4th day of November 1953

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto is an area permanently reserved for aerodrome purposes:
And whereas it is expedient that the control of the said reserve should be vested in a special Board as hereinafter provided:

Now, therefore, pursuant to section 17 of the Public Reserves and Domains Act 1928, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby vests the control of the said reserve (hereinafter referred to as ‘‘the aerodrome’’) for the period from the date hereof until the 13th day of September 1956 (unless previously amended or revoked under the said Act) in the undermentioned persons, namely:

Scott Drummond Abbot,
William Alexander Gault,
Frank Appleton,
John Thomas Clark,
Robson Anthony Hedley,
Arthur John McCallion, and
George Septimus Moody,

who are hereby constituted for that purpose a special Board by the name of the Opotiki Aerodrome 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 first Friday in each month at 7.30 o’clock p.m. at the office of the Secretary to the Opotiki and Waioeka Domain Board, Main Street, Opotiki, 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 Friday, the 6th day of November 1953.

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 members absents himself without reasonable cause from three consecutive meetings of the Board, or if any member ceases to be a member of the Opotiki and Waioeka Domain 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 maintain the aerodrome as a public aerodrome and landing ground for aircraft, and shall keep same available for aircraft generally without giving or granting to any individual or body any rights or privileges contrary to the use and maintenance thereof as an aerodrome for the benefit of the general air-travelling public.

9. The Board shall have the right, subject to the approval of the Minister of Lands (hereinafter referred to as ‘‘the Minister’’), to lease the aerodrome or any part thereof for such period and on such terms and conditions as may be approved by the Minister.

10. The Board shall comply with the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950.

11. The Board shall administer the aerodrome in accordance with the Civil Aviation Act 1948 and the regulations made thereunder.

12. The Crown shall have the right, privilege, and easement to enter on the aerodrome for the purpose of developing, constructing and using the said aerodrome, and for that purpose shall have full power and authority by its servants, agents, and workmen to do such acts and construct all such works as are usual, necessary, and proper, and to cut down and remove such trees as may be necessary for the purposes of making the said land suitable for an aerodrome.

13. 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 and a further copy to the Minister of Civil Aviation as soon as possible after each annual meeting.

SCHEDULE

GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT

ALLOTMENT 333, Waioeka Parish, situated in Block III, Opotiki Survey District: Area, 109 acres 1 rood 9 perches, more or less. (S.O. plan 3989.)

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

(L. and S. H.O. 1/515; D.O. 8/375)

Changing the Purpose of a Reserve in Waitaki Survey District, Canterbury Land District

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 4th day of November 1953

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto is a reserve duly set apart for a gravel-pit:
And whereas it is expedient that the purpose of the reservation over such land shall be changed to a reserve for recreation purposes:

Now, therefore, pursuant to subsection (1) (a) of section 7 of the Public Reserves and Domains Act 1928, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby declares that the purpose of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto is hereby changed from a reserve for a gravel-pit to a reserve for recreation purposes.

SCHEDULE

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT

RESERVE 2854, situated in Block VII, Waitaki Survey District: Area, 3 acres, more or less. (S.O. plan 3040.)

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

(L. and S. H.O. 1/124; D.O. 13/25)

Revoking the Reservation Over a Reserve in Purua Survey District, North Auckland Land District

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 4th day of November 1953

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to subsection (1) (b) of section 7 of the Public Reserves and Domains Act 1928, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby revokes the reservation for sites for public buildings or other purposes of the General Government over the land described in the Schedule hereto; and hereby declares that the said land, being vested in the Crown, is Crown land available for disposal under the Land Act 1948.

SCHEDULE

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

PARTS Section 80, Village of Kamo, situated in Block VIII, Purua Survey District: Total area, 1 acre 2 roods 16·8 perches, more or less. As shown on the plan marked L. and S. 23/906A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red. (S.O. plans 35051 and 1543.)

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

(L. and S. H.O. 23/906; D.O. M. 283)

Authorizing the Tokomaru Harbour Board to Erect and Use Certain Electric Lines at Tokomaru Bay

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 28th day of October 1953

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to the Public Works Act 1928, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby authorizes the Tokomaru Harbour Board (hereinafter referred to as the licensee), subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, to lay, construct, put up, place, and use the electric lines described in the Schedule hereto.