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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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along the western and southern boundaries of Waimairi County, the south-western and southern boundaries of the City of Christchurch to the northern boundary of the Borough of Lyttelton; thence westerly along that northern boundary and the southern boundary of Heathcote County to the middle of Dyers Pass Road; thence north-westerly along a right line to the westernmost corner of Rural Section 2063; thence southerly along a right line to the easternmost corner of Rural Section 351; thence south-westerly and north-westerly along the south-eastern and south-western boundaries of that section and along the south-western boundaries of Rural Sections 106, 338A, and 338B to a point five chains south-east of the south-eastern side of Cashmere Road; thence south-westerly along a line parallel to and five chains from that side; thence south-easterly generally along a line parallel to and five chains north-east of the north-eastern side of Patterson Avenue and Kennedys Bush Road to the eastern boundary of Rural Section 19208; thence southerly along that eastern boundary and its production to a point five chains south of the southern side of Kennedys Bush Road; thence westerly and northerly along a line parallel to and five chains from that side and the western side of Patterson Avenue to a point five chains south of the southern side of Glovers Road; thence westerly along a line parallel to and five chains south of that side and five chains south-east of Halswell Road - State Highway 74 to the production of a line parallel to and five chains south-west of the south-western side of Candys Road; thence north-westerly to and along that line to a line parallel to and five chains north-west of the north-western side of Sabys Road; thence north-easterly along that line to a line parallel to and five chains south-west of the south western-side of Quaife Road; thence north-westerly along that line to the production of a line parallel to and five chains north-west of the north-western side of Murphys Road; thence north-easterly along that line to a line parallel to and five chains south-west of the south-western side of Halswell Junction Road; thence north-westerly along that line to the middle of the Halswell River; thence southerly down the middle of that river to a line parallel to and five chains south of the southern side of Winter Road; thence westerly along that line to a line parallel to and five chains west of the western side of the Lincoln-Prebbleton Road; thence northerly along that line to a line parallel to and five chains south-west of the south-western side of Trents Road; thence north-westerly along that line to a line parallel to and eight chains south-east of the south-eastern side of the Main South Road; thence south-westerly along that line to the south-western boundary of Rural Section 2979; thence north-westerly along that boundary and its production to the north-western boundary of Rural Section 2794; thence north-easterly along that boundary and the north-western boundary of Rural Section 2737 to a line parallel to and five chains south-west of the south-western side of Church Road; thence north-westerly along that line to the north-western boundary of Rural Section 3697; thence north-easterly along a right line to the intersection of the middle lines of Newton and Barter Roads; thence south-easterly along a right line in the direction of the westernmost corner of Rural Section 7350 to a line parallel to and five chains north-west of the north-western side of Hasketts Road; thence north-easterly along that line to a line parallel to and five chains south of the southern side of Carpenter Road; thence westerly along that line and a line parallel to and five chains south of the southern side of Bealey Road - State Highway 57 to a point in line with the western boundary of Rural Section 2538; thence north-easterly to and along that boundary and its production to the northern side of Lower Waimakariri Road; thence easterly along that side to the western boundary of Rural Section 2701; thence northerly along that boundary and its production to the northern side of School Road; thence easterly along that side to the western boundary of Rural Section 2097; thence northerly along that side and its production to a line parallel to and five chains north of the northern side of Ryan Road; thence easterly along that line to a line parallel to and five chains west of the western side of Pound Road; thence northerly along that line to the northern side of Coringa Road; thence easterly along that side to the eastern boundary of Rural Section 6336; thence north-easterly along a right line to the intersection of the middle lines of Burnside Road and Orchard Road; thence easterly along the middle line of Orchard Road to a point in line with the western boundary of Rural Section 1828; thence northerly to and along that boundary and its production to the middle of Harewood Road; thence easterly along the middle of Harewood Road to the point of commencement.

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

Christchurch Metropolitan Fire Board Election Order 1958

COBHAM, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 31st day of March 1958

Present:
THE HON. C. F. SKINNER, M.C., PRESIDING 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 makes the following order prescribing the time and method of election of members of the Christchurch Metropolitan Fire Board:

1. This order may be cited as the Christchurch Metropolitan Fire Board Election Order 1958.
2. In this order:

“The Board” means the Christchurch Metropolitan Fire Board.

“City Member” means a member of the Board elected to represent the Christchurch City Council.

“Local Authority” means a local authority other than the Christchurch City Council, the district or part of the district of which is within the Christchurch 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 Christchurch City Council and one member elected to represent, jointly, the Riccarton Borough Council, the Waimairi County Council, the Paparua County Council, the Heathcote County Council, and the Halswell County Council.

4. For the first election under this order the Returning Officer shall be Seton Fulton Marshall and for subsequent elections 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 Christchurch City Council.

6. Every city member shall be elected by resolution passed at a meeting of the Christchurch City Council.

7. The first election of city members shall be held on some day not later than the 30th day of April 1958 and the next election shall be held on some day in the month of February 1960 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 Christchurch 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 Christchurch to cause a meeting of the Christchurch 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 Christchurch City Council immediately following an election by the Christchurch 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. The first election of the local authority member shall take place by means of meetings to be held on some day in the month of April 1958 and the next election shall take place by means of meetings to be held on some day in the month of February 1960 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 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) Not later than the 10th day of April 1958, in the case of the first election of the local authority member, and
    (b) 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
    (c) 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. For the first election of the local authority member each local authority shall be entitled to exercise one vote for each complete one hundred pounds, or part thereof, of the payment made by that local authority to the Christchurch Fire Board in the year ending with the 31st day of March 1958, and for any subsequent election of the local authority member each local authority shall be entitled to exercise one vote for each complete one hundred pounds, or part thereof, of the contribution paid, or to be paid, by that local authority to the Board in the year in which that election is held.

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 20th day of April 1958, in the case of the first election of the local authority member, and 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 not later than the 30th day of April 1958, in the case of the first election of the local authority member or 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