Westland Provincial Gazette – 1870 – No. 39

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✨ County Council Notices

THE COUNTY OF

WESTLAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

HOKITIKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1870.

Hokitika,
17th Dec. 1870.

NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to the 67th Section of "The County of Westland Act, 1868," the County Council will meet for the despatch of business at Hansen’s Assembly Rooms, Sewell Street, Hokitika, on Wednesday the 11th January, 1871, at the hour of twelve noon.

A. E. TENNANT,
Secretary to the Council.

Hokitika,
17th Dec. 1870.

IT is hereby notified for general information that the following gentlemen have been elected Members of the County Council, for the several Electoral Districts set opposite their respective names.

Walter Scott Reid, Esq. Hokitika.
James Alexander Bonar, Esq. Hokitika.
Frank Guirmess, Esq. Greymouth.
Henry Herman Lahman Esq. Greymouth.
John O’Connor, Esq.; Paroa.
Edmund Barff, Esq.; Arahura.
Henry Lee Robinson, Esq.; Kanieri.
Charles Edward Button, Esq.; Totara.
Michael Scanlan, Esq.; Okarito.

A. E. TENNANT,
Secretary to the County Council.

County Chairman’s Office,
Hokitika 1st Dec. 1870.

[Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette, No. 67, of the 21st of October, 1870.]

G. F. Bowen, Governor.

BY virtue and in pursuance of the power and authority vested in me by "The County of Westland Act, 1868," and of every power and authority in this behalf enabling me, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the following Polling Places for the Electoral Districts respectively hereinafter named, being the districts described in the Fourth Schedule to the said Act, that is to say:—

Hokitika District.
Resident Magistrate’s Court House, Hokitika.

Greymouth District.
Resident Magistrate’s Court House, Greymouth.

Paroa District.
Road Board Office, Paroa (Principal Polling Place).
Hamilton’s Store, Marsden.
Court House, Arnold.
Court House, Pounamu.
Court House, Clifton.

Arahura District.
Court House, Stafford, (Principal Polling Place).
Police Buildings, Goldsborough.
Keech’s Store, Chesterfield Road.
McFettrich’s Store, Callaghan’s.
Merritt’s Store, Fox’s.

Kanieri District.
Warden’s Court, Kanieri, (Principal Polling Place).
Mandle’s Store, Terminus Junction, Birchfield Paddock.
Gemmell’s Store, Blue Spur.

County Chairman’s Office,
Hokitika 1st Dec. 1870.

THE Government Offices will be closed on Saturday the 24th December, and Monday and Tuesday 26th, and 27th, December, also on Saturday the 31st December, 1870, and Monday and Tuesday, the 2nd, and 3rd, January 1871.

By Order
A. E. TENNANT,
Chief Clerk.

VUW Te Waharoa — Westland Provincial Gazette 1870, No 39

The Westland Provincial Council was based at Hokitika and met at the Supreme Court House (depicted) from 1868-1875.

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏘️ County Council Meeting Notice

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated17 December 1870
KeywordsMeeting, County Council, Hokitika
👩‍💼 Officials

A. E. Tennant, Secretary to the Council

🏘️ Election of County Council Members

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated17 December 1870
KeywordsElection, County Council, Westland
👱🏽 Names

9 names identified

Walter Scott Reid (Esquire), Elected Member of the County Council
James Alexander Bonar (Esquire), Elected Member of the County Council
Frank Guirmess (Esquire), Elected Member of the County Council
Henry Herman Lahman (Esquire), Elected Member of the County Council
John O'Connor (Esquire), Elected Member of the County Council
Edmund Barff (Esquire), Elected Member of the County Council
Henry Lee Robinson (Esquire), Elected Member of the County Council
Charles Edward Button (Esquire), Elected Member of the County Council
Michael Scanlan (Esquire), Elected Member of the County Council

👩‍💼 Officials

A. E. Tennant, Secretary to the County Council

🏘️ Appointment of Polling Places

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated21 October 1870
KeywordsPolling Places, Electoral Districts, Westland
👩‍💼 Officials

G. F. Bowen, Governor

🏘️ Government Offices Closure Notice

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated1 December 1870
KeywordsOffice Closure, Public Holidays, Westland
👩‍💼 Officials

A. E. Tennant, Chief Clerk

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