Changing the Purpose of a Reserve in Waiopetu Survey District, Wellington Land District
C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 22nd day of December 1953
Present:
THE HON. K. J. HOLYOAKE PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto is a reserve duly set apart for a site for Plunket rooms:
And whereas it is expedient that the purpose of the reservation over such land shall be changed to a reserve for a site for a kindergarten:
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 site for Plunket rooms to a reserve for a site for a kindergarten.
SCHEDULE
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT
SECTION 76, Levin Village Settlement, situated in Block I, Waiopetu Survey District: Area, 2 roods 6.5 perches, more or less. (S.O. plan 22870.)
T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(L. and S. H.O. 22/4812/58; D.O. 8/1225 and 8/1226)
Changing the Purpose of a Reserve in Village of Te Awamutu, South Auckland Land District
C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 22nd day of December 1953
Present:
THE HON. K. J. HOLYOAKE PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto is a reserve duly set apart for police purposes:
And whereas it is expedient that the purpose of the reservation over such land shall be changed to a reserve for a site for a public convenience:
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 police purposes to a reserve for a site for a public convenience.
SCHEDULE
SOUTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT
PART Section 161, Village of Te Awamutu, situated in Block IV, Puniu Survey District: Area, 6.8 perches, more or less. As shown on the plan marked L. and S. 6/7/257A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red. (S.O. plan 36008.)
T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(L. and S. H.O. 6/7/257; D.O. 14/31)
Dunedin Metropolitan Fire Board Election Order 1954
C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington, this 6th day of January 1954
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL PURSUANT to the Fire Services Act 1949, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby revokes the Order in Council made on the 18th day of March 1936 prescribing the method of election of local authority members of the Board of the Dunedin Metropolitan Fire District* and hereby in lieu thereof makes the following Order prescribing the time and method of election of members of the said Board.

1. This Order may be cited as the Dunedin Metropolitan Fire Board Election Order, 1954.
2. In this Order—
   ' The said Act ' means the Fire Services Act 1949.
   ' The Board ' means the Dunedin Metropolitan Fire Board.
   ' City Member ' means a member of the Board elected to represent the Dunedin City Council.

• N.Z. Gazette, No. 23, 19 March 1936, page 503.
  ' Local Authority ' means a local authority other than the Dunedin City Council the district of which is within the Dunedin Metropolitan United Urban Fire District.
  ' Local Authority Member ' means the member of the Board elected to represent the local authorities as hereinbefore defined.

3. There shall be three members of the Board elected to represent the Dunedin City Council and one member elected to represent jointly the St. Kilda Borough Council, the Green Island Borough Council, the Mosgiel Borough Council, the West Harbour Borough Council, and the Port Chalmers Borough Council.
4. For all elections under this Order the Returning Officer shall be the Secretary of the Board for the time being.
5. The electors of the city members shall be the members of the Dunedin City Council.
6. Every city member shall be elected by resolution passed at a meeting of the Dunedin City Council.
7. Unless an extraordinary vacancy otherwise requires, the next election of city members shall be held on some day in the month of February 1954, and subsequent elections shall be held on some day in the same month of every third year thereafter.
8. In the case of an extraordinary vacancy in the office of a city member, the Returning Officer shall give notice in writing thereof to the Dunedin City Council, and an election to fill the office so vacated shall be held not later than one month after the date when such notice is given.
9. It shall be the duty of the Mayor of the City of Dunedin to cause a meeting of the Dunedin City Council to be held for the purpose of conducting an election under this Order whenever necessary.
10. It shall be the duty of the Town Clerk of the Dunedin City Council immediately following an election by the Dunedin City Council under this Order to give notice of the result thereof in writing to the Returning Officer, who shall notify the Minister of Internal Affairs accordingly.
11. Unless an extraordinary vacancy otherwise requires, the next election of the local authority member shall take place by means of meetings to be held on some day in the month of February 1954, and subsequent elections shall be held on some day in the same month of every third year thereafter.
12. In the case of an extraordinary vacancy in the office of the local authority member, an election shall take place by means of meetings to be held on some day not later than one month after the giving of the notice hereinafter required to be given by the Returning Officer.
13. (a) As soon as is practicable after the 30th day of November in every year immediately preceding the year in which an election of the local authority member is to take place, and
    (b) So soon thereafter as he has knowledge of any extraordinary vacancy in the office of the local authority member,
    the Returning Officer shall give notice in writing of the necessary election to each of the local authorities and shall in such notice set out the number of votes exercisable by each of the local authorities.
14. Each local authority shall be entitled to exercise one vote for each complete one hundred thousand pounds of the capital value of the rateable property in its district, as appearing in the valuation roll for the time being in force.
15. Each of the local authorities may nominate one candidate by resolution, a sealed copy of which, together with the written consent of each nominee to his nomination, shall be lodged with the Returning Officer not later than the last day in January in every year in which an election of the local authority member is to take place and not later than ten days after the Returning Officer has given notice of an election to fill an extraordinary vacancy in the office of the local authority member.
16. The Returning Officer shall thereupon prepare a list of nominated candidates and send a copy thereof to each of the local authorities, which shall, at a meeting held on some day in the month of February in every year in which an election of the local authority member is to take place or at a meeting held not later than one month after the Returning Officer has given notice of an election to fill an extraordinary vacancy, by resolution allocate its prescribed number of votes to one of the candidates and lodge a sealed copy of such resolution with the Returning Officer within forty-eight hours after the passing of the resolution.
17. It shall be the duty of the Mayor of each local authority to cause meetings of such local authority to be held whenever necessary—
    (a) For the purpose of nominating a candidate (such meetings to be held so that any nomination decided on can be lodged with the Returning Officer within the time specified by clause 15 hereof).
    (b) For the purpose of conducting an election (such meetings to be held within the time specified by clause 16 hereof).
18. In the event of an equality of votes, the Returning Officer shall have a casting vote to enable the issue to be decided.
19. The Returning Officer shall give public notice of the result of the election and report such result to each local authority and to the Minister of Internal Affairs.