Boundaries of City of Lower Hutt and Borough of Petone Altered

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington this 28th day of November 1956

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Local Government Commission Act 1953, the Local Government Commission has approved as final a scheme bearing date the 13th day of October 1955 providing for the area described in the Schedule to the said scheme to be excluded from the City of Lower Hutt and included in the Borough of Petone:

And whereas, pursuant to section 33 of the said Act, an appeal from the decision of the Local Government Commission was made by the Lower Hutt City Council:

And whereas, pursuant to section 34 of the said Act, the Local Government Appeal Authority dismissed the appeal:

And whereas it is deemed expedient to give effect to the final scheme as hereinafter appearing:

Now, therefore, pursuant to the Local Government Commission Act 1953, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby declares that, as on and from the 1st day of April 1957, the area described in the Schedule hereto shall be excluded from the City of Lower Hutt and included in the Borough of Petone, and, with the like advice and consent, hereby also declares that the alteration of the boundaries of the said city and the said borough hereinbefore made shall be deemed to have been effected under the Municipal Corporations Act 1954.

SCHEDULE

AREA EXCLUDED FROM CITY OF LOWER HUTT AND INCLUDED IN BOROUGH OF PETONE

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing 190 acres, more or less, and bounded by a line commencing at a point in Block XIII, Belmont Survey District, being the intersection of the southern side of the Wellington-Napier railway and the middle of the Hutt River; thence southerly generally down the middle of that river to a point in line with the south-western side of Marine Parade, Borough of Petone; thence north-westerly along a right line to the intersection of the south-western side of Marine Parade with the western side of the western branch of the Hutt River forming the boundary of the Borough of Petone as described in Gazette of 5 July 1888, at page 740, and 10 March 1910, at page 775; thence northerly along the eastern boundaries of the Borough of Petone, to its intersection with the southern side of the Wellington-Napier railway; thence easterly along the said southern side to its intersection with the middle of the Hutt River, being the point of commencement.

T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council. (I.A. 103/5/40)

Licensing the Ostend-Onetangi Wharyes Limited to Use and Occupy a Part of the Foreshore at Surfdale, Waiheke Island, as a Site for a Waiting Shed

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington this 21st day of November 1956

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to the Harbours Act 1950, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby licenses and permits Ostend-Onetangi Wharves Limited (hereinafter called the licensee, which term shall include its successors or assigns unless the context requires a different construction) to use and occupy a part of the foreshore at Surfdale, Waiheke Island, as a site for a waiting shed as shown on plan marked M.D. 6574 and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington, such licence to be held and enjoyed by the licensee upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE

1. This licence is subject to the Foreshore Licence Regulations 1940, and the provisions of those regulations shall, so far as applicable, apply hereto.

2. The term of the licence shall be fourteen years from the 9th day of November 1956.

3. The premium payable by the licensee shall be two pounds (£2) and the annual sum so payable three pounds (£3).

T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council. (M. 4/2208)

Further Extending the Duration of Licences Authorising the Tauranga Borough Council to Use Water for the Purpose of Generating Electricity and to Erect and Use Electric Lines

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington this 28th day of November 1956

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 further amends the Orders in Council specified in the Schedule hereto authorising the Tauranga Borough Council to use water for the purpose of generating electricity and to erect and use electric lines by further extending the duration of the said Orders in Council until the 1st day of February 1957.

SCHEDULE

ORDERS IN COUNCIL AMENDED

Date of Order

5 October 1914

4 December 1922

26 July 1926

31 January 1951

Gazette Reference

8 October 1914

7 December 1922

29 July 1926

1 February 1951, page 119

T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council. (S.H.D. 10/92/1)

Warrant Appointing a Member of the Central Hawke's Bay Electric Power Board

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section 17 of the Electric Power Boards Act 1925, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, the Governor-General of New Zealand, hereby appoint Arthur Francis Harris, Esquire, of Waipawa, farmer, to be a representative of the combined district of part Waipawa County, part Hawke's Bay County, and part Dannevirke County, on the Central Hawke's Bay Electric Power Board.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 21st day of November 1956.

W. S. GOOSMAN,

Minister in Charge of the State Hydro-electric Department. (S.H.D. 10/27/1)

Officers of Government of Ross Dependency Appointed

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

WHEREAS by the Order in Council dated the 30th day of July 1923,* made under the British Settlements Act 1887 of the United Kingdom Parliament, the Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of New Zealand for the time being (thereinafter and hereinafter called "the Governor") was appointed to be the Governor of the Ross Dependency, and all the powers and authorities which by the said order were given and granted to the Governor for the time being of the Dependency were thereby vested in him:

And whereas the Governor was thereby further authorised and empowered to make all such rules and regulations as might lawfully be made by Her Majesty's authority for the peace, order, and good government of the Dependency:

And whereas by regulations made by the Governor on the 14th day of November 1923†, it was enacted that all persons appointed by the Governor for the time being of the Dependency should have such power and authority as might be granted them in due course of law, and might be empowered to do such things as might be necessary or desirable to ensure that the laws in force in the Dependency are duly observed and complied with in every respect, and to do all things necessary or expedient for the peace, order, and good government of the Dependency, and to safeguard and preserve Her Majesty's rights and sovereignty over and in respect of the Dependency:

And whereas by notice issued by the Governor on the 27th day of August 1953‡, Harold Ruegg, Esquire, was appointed an officer of the Government of the Dependency and vested with the powers and authorities described in the said notice, and in particular with the general executive and administrative authority in preserving Her Majesty's rights and sovereignty and the laws and regulations in force in the Dependency:

And whereas it is expedient that further persons be appointed officers of the Government of the Dependency: