✨ Judicial and Administrative Notices
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Colonial Secretary’s Office,
(Judicial Branch)
Wellington, 22nd August, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by
HENRY DIVER, Esq.,
of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Colony.
W. GISBORNE.
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1871.
IT is hereby notified that, in conformity with clause 3 of “The Otago Municipal Corporations Empowering Act 1865,” the names of the following persons have been sent in to this office by the Town Clerks as having been elected Mayors for the places set opposite their names, viz.:—
HENRY SMITH FISH, Dunedin;
THOMAS SEATER PRATT, West Hawksbury;
HORACE BASTINGS, Lawrence;
JOHN COLE CHAPPLE, Alexandra;
JAMES HAZLETT, Clyde;
JAMES UDALL, Oamaru;
HENRY DEUCH, Port Chalmers;
JAMES TAYLOR, Cromwell;
JAMES GOODALL, Milton.
W. GISBORNE.
Colonial Architect’s Office,
Wellington, 14th August, 1871.
TENDERS are invited for the Erection of a Post Office and Telegraph Station at Arrowtown, in the Province of Otago.
General conditions, specifications, and drawings may be seen at the Offices of the Colonial Architect, Wellington, and at the Telegraph Office, Dunedin.
Tenders will be received by the undersigned up to noon on Monday, the 18th day of September next.
The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.
W. H. CLAYTON.
General Post Office,
Wellington, 14th August, 1871.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the name of the Post Office in the Province of Otago hitherto known as Lowther has been changed to “Elbow.”
By order,
G. ELLIOTT ELLIOTT, Secretary.
General Post Office,
Wellington, 7th August, 1871.
NOTICE is hereby given, that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned Post Offices to be Money Order and Savings Bank Offices, for the transaction of Money Order and Savings Bank business, from 1st proximo:—
PALMERSTON NORTH,
(Chief Office, Wellington).
MATAURA,
(Chief Office, Dunedin).
OREPUKI,
(Chief Office, Invercargill).
By order,
G. ELLIOTT ELLIOTT, Secretary.
Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of Otago, by Mills, Dick & Co., of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, Printers to the said Provincial Government for the time being.
Otago Provincial Gazette 1871, No 753
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⚖️ Resignation of Justice of the Peace
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement22 August 1871
Resignation, Justice of the Peace, Colony
- Henry Diver (Esquire), Resigned as Justice of the Peace
- W. Gisborne, Colonial Secretary
🏘️ Election of Mayors under Otago Municipal Corporations Empowering Act 1865
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government18 August 1871
Mayors, Elections, Otago, Municipal Corporations
9 names identified
- Henry Smith Fish, Elected Mayor of Dunedin
- Thomas Seater Pratt, Elected Mayor of West Hawksbury
- Horace Bastings, Elected Mayor of Lawrence
- John Cole Chapple, Elected Mayor of Alexandra
- James Hazlett, Elected Mayor of Clyde
- James Udall, Elected Mayor of Oamaru
- Henry Deuch, Elected Mayor of Port Chalmers
- James Taylor, Elected Mayor of Cromwell
- James Goodall, Elected Mayor of Milton
- W. Gisborne, Colonial Secretary
🏗️ Tenders for Post Office and Telegraph Station at Arrowtown
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works14 August 1871
Tenders, Post Office, Telegraph Station, Arrowtown, Otago
- W. H. Clayton, Colonial Architect
🚂 Change of Post Office Name
🚂 Transport & Communications14 August 1871
Post Office, Name Change, Lowther, Elbow, Otago
- G. Elliott Elliott, Secretary
🚂 Appointment of Money Order and Savings Bank Offices
🚂 Transport & Communications7 August 1871
Money Order, Savings Bank, Post Office, Appointment
- G. Elliott Elliott, Secretary