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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 40

Number of ratepayers on roll, 2; number of votes exercisable, 2: Number of voters for proposal, 2; number of votes for proposal, 2; number of votes and voters against proposal, nil.

I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.

JOHN WINKS,
Chairman.

Hawera, 12th April, 1900.

Special Order made by the Mount Hutt Road Board, County of Ashburton, making By-laws.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 7th May, 1900.

THE following special order, made by the Mount Hutt Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

J. G. WARD.

MOUNT HUTT ROAD BOARD.

THE following by-law was made by special order passed by the Mount Hutt Road Board :—

By-law No. 1, 1900.

A BY-LAW to regulate the Pace, Mode, or Manner in which Bicycles or Tricycles or Motor-cars may pass any Vehicles on District Roads within the Mount Hutt Road District.

In pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in them by “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and the Acts amending the same respectively, and of all other powers and authorities thereunto in that behalf enabling them, the inhabitants of the Mount Hutt Road District, by the Board thereof, commonly called the “Mount Hutt Road Board,” do hereby make and ordain this by-law.

1. The Short Title of this by-law shall be “The Bicycle and Tricycle By-law, 1900.”

2. In the interpretation of this by-law the following words shall have the meanings hereby assigned to them :—

“District” means the Mount Hutt Road District.

“District Road” means any road within the district and under the management or control of the Mount Hutt Road Board.

“Vehicle” means every conveyance upon or with wheels, whatever its form or construction.

Words importing the masculine gender include the feminine.

Words importing the singular number include the plural, and words importing the plural include the singular.

3. During the period between sunset and sunrise every person riding, driving, propelling or being upon a bicycle, tricycle, or motor-car on, along, or over any district road within the district shall carry attached to such bicycle or tricycle or motor-car a lamp, which shall be so constructed and placed as to exhibit a light in the direction in which he is proceeding, and so lighted as to afford adequate means of signalling the approach or position of the bicycle, tricycle, or motor-car.

4. No person shall drive or propel any bicycle, tricycle, or motor-car on, along, or upon any district road within the district unless such bicycle, tricycle, or motor-car is provided with an efficient alarm-bell or whistle.

5. Upon overtaking or approaching any vehicle being on or proceeding along any district road within the district, every person riding, driving, or propelling, or being upon a bicycle, tricycle, or motor-car shall, within a reasonable distance from and before passing such vehicle, by sounding a bell or whistle, give audible and sufficient warning to the driver of such vehicle having the ordinary powers of hearing of the approach of such bicycle, tricycle, or motor-car; and every such person shall, on passing such vehicle, reduce the speed of such bicycle, tricycle, or motor-car to a pace not exceeding two miles an hour faster than the pace at which the vehicle it passes is travelling.

6. Any person committing a breach of any of the provisions of this by-law shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

7. This by-law shall come into force and effect within the said district upon the date of its publication in the New Zealand Gazette.

This by-law was adopted by the Mount Hutt Road Board at its meeting (special) held on the 26th day of March, 1900, and confirmed at its meeting (special) held on the 12th day of April, 1900, and the common seal of the inhabitants of the Mount Hutt Road District was hereto affixed in accordance with the special order of the Mount Hutt Road Board this 12th day of April, 1900.

WILLIAM MORGAN,
Chairman.

[SEAL.]

G. H. ALINGTON,
Clerk.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly made and confirmed in accordance with the powers of “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” at a special meeting of the Mount Hutt Road Board held on the 12th day of April, 1900.

G. H. ALINGTON,
Clerk.

Suggestions and Directions respecting Bubonic Plague and other Dangerous Infectious Diseases.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th April, 1900.

THE following suggestions and directions, furnished by the Central Board of Health, are published for general information.

R. J. SEDDON,
For the Colonial Secretary, and President,
Central Board of Health.

CENTRAL BOARD OF HEALTH.

Wellington, 23rd March, 1900.

THERE being a possibility of this colony being visited by the Oriental plague (Pestis bubonica), which has now appeared in countries with which we are in almost daily communication, it is necessary that every possible precaution should be taken to prevent the incursion of this disease.

The plague has a period of incubation of from two to twelve days, and until this stage of incubation is passed the symptoms are not obvious. Beyond the fact that it is due to the presence, either in the blood-vessels or in the lymphatic system, of a characteristic bacillus, there is not much certain knowledge as to its mode of propagation. The disease generally appears at first in a country as a few sporadic cases, scattered at considerable distances apart throughout the community. The cases rapidly increase in frequency until at last, in localities under climatic and insanitary conditions favourable to its development, the disease becomes a formidable epidemic. In former years such epidemics spread rapidly through all classes of the community, even the most healthy, cleanly, well-clothed, and well-fed not escaping when the disease became well established and the season favoured its spread. The problem for practical solution in modern times is, therefore, to determine the measures to be taken which are absolutely necessary in order to confine the disease to its sporadic stage, and to prevent its passing into a general epidemic.

The Government having decided to obtain further information as to the nature of plague and the most effective precautions to prevent its spread and to deal with the disease, it seems to the Central Board that in the meantime some general directions should be made public, applicable to plague and other dangerous infectious or contagious diseases, and indicating the duties of Local Boards of Health and the general public in such cases. These have been compiled from various authoritative sources, and have been approved by competent medical authority.

While it is not intended by the Central Board of Health to create undue alarm, it cannot be too strongly impressed on all bodies and persons concerned that “prevention is better than cure,” and that the adoption of the means suggested in this memorandum would do much to mitigate the virulence of plague should it appear in any district.

I. SUGGESTIONS TO LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PRECAUTIONS AGAINST PLAGUE.

1. All those conditions which are general causes of unhealthiness should be ascertained forthwith by a house-to-house visitation by an expert Inspector or other officer, and by a careful survey of open spaces.

These causes are accumulations of filth, of litter, of wood, of animal and vegetable refuse, stagnant water above ground, and a wet subsoil, and they should be removed by appropriate means.

By “house-to-house visitation” is meant not only the inspection of dwelling-houses, but of all buildings, premises, and conveniences connected or used therewith; and also of all other buildings and premises used or occupied for any purpose.

2. All sources of water-supply, public and private, should receive special and detailed scrutiny. Residents in places where there is no certified public supply, or who obtain water from artesian wells or other sources, should be warned to drink none that has not been boiled. Where there is a public water-supply special attention should be turned to dangers at and above the intake.

3. The regular, frequent, and thorough removal of night-soil from dwellings and public buildings, and the same careful removal of dung and litter from stables and cow-sheds, should be provided for.

4. Special care should be given to the regulation and cleansing of markets, sale-yards, slaughterhouses, butchers’ shops, and other places where organic refuse is apt to accumulate; also of all places where people assemble in crowds.