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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 82

Volunteer Officers appointed.
Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th September, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned appointments:—

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.
Walter Monckton Saunders to be Surgeon-Captain. Commission to date from the 27th July, 1900.

Stratford Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
The Reverend Noble Dale Boyes to be Honorary Chaplain. Commission to date from the 18th August, 1900.

Sydenham Rifle Volunteers.
The Reverend Scott Allen to be Honorary Chaplain. Commission to date from the 30th July, 1900.

R. J. SEDDON.

Award of the Imperial Volunteer Officers’ Decoration.
Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th September, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under the Royal Warrant dated the 25th July, 1892, of the award of the Imperial Volunteer Officers’ Decoration to

Lieutenant JOHN WILLIAM THURSTON,
Wellington District Reserve Corps Volunteers, he having a total efficient commissioned and rank service, counting towards the Decoration, to the 13th March, 1896, of 20 years 145 days.

R. J. SEDDON.

Award of the Imperial Volunteer Officers’ Decoration.
Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th September, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under the Royal Warrant dated the 25th July, 1892, of the award of the Imperial Volunteer Officers’ Decoration to

Lieut.-Colonel HENRY FELDWICK,
New Zealand Regiment, Artillery Volunteers, he having a total commissioned and rank service, counting towards the Decoration, to the 15th August, 1900, of 21 years 311 days.

R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.
Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th September, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the disbandment of the

Wellington Submarine Mining Volunteers.

Disbandment to date from the 15th August, 1900.

The commissions held by the under-mentioned gentlemen in the above corps will therefore lapse from that date, in accordance with paragraph 62, Volunteer Regulations:—

WILLIAM MORRIS TYERS, late Captain;
ALEXANDER WHITELAW NEWTON and
WALTER FELL, late Lieutenants;
The Right Rev. FREDERICK K. WALLIS, D.D., late Honorary Chaplain.

R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Officers resigned.
Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th September, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignations of the commissions held by the under-mentioned officers:—

Petone Naval Artillery Volunteers.
Lieutenant John Saunders Fairchild. Date of resignation, 8th May, 1900.

Sydenham Rifle Volunteers.
Honorary Chaplain the Reverend Thomas Arthur Williams. Date of resignation, 2nd May, 1900.

R. J. SEDDON.

Justice of the Peace resigned.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 25th September, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

OSCAR BUTLER BRYAN, Esq.,

of Whangarei, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

JAMES McGOWAN.

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

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 25th September, 1900.

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

J. G. WARD.

MOUNT SOMERS ROAD BOARD.

THE following by-law was made by special order passed by the Mount Somers 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 Somers 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 Somers Road District, by the Board thereof, commonly called “The Mount Somers 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 Somers Road District.

“District Road” means any road within the district and under the management or control of the Mount Somers 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 Somers Road Board at its meeting (special) held on the 6th day of August, 1900, and confirmed at its meeting (special) held on the 3rd day of September, 1900, and the common seal of the inhabitants of the Mount Somers Road District was hereto affixed in accordance with the special order of the Mount Somers Road Board this 3rd day of September, 1900.

W. T. CHAPMAN,
Chairman.

L. J. McGREGOR,
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 Somers Road Board held on the 3rd day of September, 1900.

L. J. McGREGOR,
Clerk.