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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 24

County of Masterton and County of Mauriceville Abolished and County of Masterton Constituted

BERNARD FERGUSSON, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington this 12th day of May 1965

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to the Local Government Commission Act 1961, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following order.

ORDER

1. That the County of Masterton and the County of Mauriceville shall be hereby abolished and the councils of those counties shall be hereby dissolved.

2. That the area comprising the districts of the former Counties of Masterton and Mauriceville shall be constituted a county under the name of the County of Masterton (hereinafter called the “said county”).

3. That for a period not exceeding three years from the date of this order or until the date of the next revaluation of the said county, whichever shall be the shorter, the said county shall be divided into two divisions as follows:

(1) The Masterton Division comprising the district of the former County of Masterton;

(2) The Mauriceville Division comprising the district of the former County of Mauriceville.

4. That notwithstanding the provisions of clause 3 hereof, the provisions of section 110 (2) of the Counties Act 1956 shall apply to the said county.

5. That the system of rating in the said county shall be the unimproved value system.

Provided however that in the Mauriceville Division all rates shall be made and levied on the capital value system for the period referred to in clause 3 hereof and for such purpose the following provisions shall apply:

(a) Where any rate is made and levied on all rateable property within the whole of the said county or within a part of the said county which includes the Mauriceville Division, the council shall, instead of levying that rate on rateable property within the Mauriceville Division on the system of rating in force in the said county, make and levy on the rateable property within the Mauriceville Division on the capital value rating system a rate calculated to produce a total amount equal to the amount that would have been produced from all the rateable property in the Mauriceville Division if it had been levied on the system of rating in force in the said county.

(b) Notwithstanding that under the provisions hereof a system of rating is in force in the Mauriceville Division which differs from that in force in the said county, the number of votes to which the occupier of any rateable property in the Mauriceville Division is entitled under section 51 of the Counties Act 1956 shall be determined having regard to the rateable value of the property as appearing on the valuation roll of the said county and as if the system of rating in force in the said county were also in force in the Mauriceville Division.

6. (a) That for the purposes both of representation and finance, the said county shall be divided into eight ridings to be known as the Opaki, Rangitumau, Upper Taueru, Te Whiti, Uriti, Wainuioru, Castlepoint, and Mauriceville Ridings.

(b) That the Opaki, Rangitumau, Upper Taueru, Te Whiti, Uriti, Wainuioru, and Castlepoint Ridings shall comprise respectively the present Opaki, Rangitumau, Upper Taueru, Te Whiti, Uriti, Wainuioru, and Castlepoint Ridings of the former County of Masterton, and the Mauriceville Riding shall comprise the former County of Mauriceville.

7. That the number of members of the council of the said county shall be 12, to be elected as follows:

For the Opaki Riding ..... 2 members
For the Rangitumau Riding ..... 1 member
For the Upper Taueru Riding ..... 1 member
For the Te Whiti Riding ..... 1 member
For the Uritu Riding ..... 1 member
For the Wainuioru Riding ..... 1 member
For the Castlepoint Riding ..... 3 members
For the Mauriceville Riding ..... 2 members

8. That the first election of members of the council of the said county shall be held on the date prescribed by law for the next triennial general elections of members of county councils.

9. That until the members of the council of the said county elected at the said first election come into office, the said council shall comprise the 10 members of the former council of the county of Masterton and two members of the former council of the county of Mauriceville to be chosen by that council to represent the Mauriceville Riding.

10. That the following items shall be debited to the general account of the said county:

(a) All bridging construction and maintenance costs;

(b) The costs of construction and maintenance of the former main highways in the former Mauriceville county, namely, the Opaki-Kaiparoro Highway and Dryer’s Rock Highway;

(c) All costs of flood damage repair work in excess of the sum of £200;

(d) The costs of construction and maintenance of all county houses.

11. That the first £200 of the costs of flood damage repair work in any riding shall be debited to the riding account of such riding.

12. That the administration centre of the said county shall be at Masterton.

13. That all existing staff of the council of the former County of Masterton and all existing outside staff of the council of the former county of Mauriceville shall be taken over by the council of the said county and shall be employed for a minimum period of two years without loss of salary or wages. This provision shall be in addition to the provisions of the Local Authorities (Employment Protection) Act 1963.

14. That William Stuart Barnett, of Masterton, shall be the County Clerk and Returning Officer of the united county.

15. Except as otherwise provided herein the provisions of section 10 of the Counties Act 1956 shall apply to the reorganisation of counties hereby effected as if the former counties of Masterton and Mauriceville had been united under this Act.

T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(I.A. 176/132)

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Resignations, and Retirements of Officers of the New Zealand Army

PURSUANT to section 16 of the New Zealand Army Act 1950, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, transfers, resignations, and retirements of officers of the New Zealand Army:

ROYAL REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY

Regular Force

Captain V. J. Duley, M.C., to be Major. Dated 12 December 1964.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS

Territorial Force

2nd Reconnaissance Squadron (N.Z. Scottish), RNZAC

Captain I. R. Lambeth to be temp. Major. Dated 1 April 1965.

Alastair Greenslade Aitken to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 12 February 1965.

ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS

Regular Force

Captain R. Rutledge to be temp. Major. Dated 26 February 1965.

ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY REGIMENT

Regular Force

Captain J. M. Spiers to be temp. Major. Dated 1 December 1964.

Captain B. T. A. Worsnop to be temp. Major. Dated 1 April 1965.

Lieutenant N. S. Kidd to be temp. Captain. Dated 3 February 1965.

Territorial Force

2nd Battalion (Canterbury and Nelson-Marlborough and West Coast), RNZIR

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) J. W. Bateman to be Captain. Dated 20 February 1965.

7th Battalion (Wellington (City of Wellington’s Own), and Hawke’s Bay), RNZIR

Lieutenant Robert Harding Tatham is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Infantry Regiment, in the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 1 December 1964.

2nd Lieutenant G. C. Sanderson to be Lieutenant. Dated 18 March 1965.

4th Battalion (Otago and Southland), RNZIR

The commission of Lieutenant A. D. Pay is hereby cancelled. Dated 8 April 1965.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS

Regular Force

Lieutenant A. W. Ancell to be Captain with seniority from 1 August 1964. Dated 1 December 1964.