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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 106

a City Council employé, whilst at work in Salisbury Street
on the day mentioned, saw a runaway horse coming tearing
along the footpath from Victoria Street. The child, Frank
Haydon, was standing on the footpath right in front of the
runaway. Carlyle ran across the street and reached the
child just in time to save him from being run over. He
threw the child inside the fence just as the horse reached
the spot. The horse was harnessed, and dashed past Carlyle
with the shafts of the damaged vehicle flying about its heels.
Carlyle got a graze on his arm, and his shirt-collar was torn.
The child was not hurt. Certificate on vellum.

46.—RUPERT RICH, aged twenty, rescued a boy, name un-
known, from drowning in Lyttelton Harbour on the 22nd
December, 1900. Rich, with considerable promptitude and
pluck, plunged from a steamer, a distance of 14ft., into water
20 ft. in depth, took hold of the boy, and held him up till a
line was passed to him, which he made fast to the lad, when
he was safely hauled ashore in a very exhausted condition.
Letter of commendation.

47.—CECIL LEONARD BRICE, aged twelve, who rescued
Elsie Collins, aged five, from drowning at Lyttelton on the
5th January, 1901.—The lad Brice, seeing the child in the
water, and being carried out by the tide, he at once jumped
in with his boots and clothes on, and waded out to her, the
water reaching nearly to his neck. The child was then under
water. He seized the child by the dress and dragged her to
the shore. The tide was running so strongly that he almost
lost his footing. If it had been necessary for him to take
one more step he would have had to swim. The water
where the child was taken out was about 5ft. deep. The
bottom is sloping; the depth of water increases rapidly on
going away from shore. Brice had to wade in up to his neck,
and the tide was running strongly at the time. Letter of
commendation.

48/49.—WILLIAM HARPER, aged forty-one, and DUNCAN
JOHNSON, aged thirty-six, who attempted to rescue Matthew
Lawrenson, aged forty-six, from drowning at Parsons’ Rocks,
Charleston, on the 12th July, 1900. Harper, Johnson, and
Lawrenson were fishing off Parsons’ Rocks on the morning
of the day referred to. They were standing on a rock
attached to the main rock. The sea was rising, and they
saw a large wave coming, when they all rushed to get off on
to the main rock, Lawrenson being last in crossing the
gutter. The wave caught Lawrenson and washed him into
the sea, where there was about 20ft. of water and a large
quantity of seaweed. Harper and Johnson then jumped
down to assist Lawrenson, when Johnson himself was
washed in. Harper then seized a fishing-line, and at the
second attempt Johnson managed to get hold of the end of
it. Harper hung on at great risk to himself, as the sea
was washing him with great force. Harper ultimately got
Johnson out. It was impossible to save Lawrenson, and he
was drowned. Letter of commendation in each case:

50/51.—The case of JAMES KNOWLES, aged twenty-one,
who rescued Charles Johnson, aged about fifty, from drown-
ing at Port Ahuriri, Napier, on the 21st May, 1901.—The
facts are that about 11 p.m. on the date named, Johnson,
with H. Akland and John Brickson, were walking together
along the West Quay at Port Ahuriri, when Johnson fell off
the wharf into the water. Knowles, who was walking some
distance behind the three men at the time, immediately
plunged into the water and brought Johnson to a dingey that
was moored to a lighter a short distance away. Akland and
Erickson lent Knowles a helping hand, and Johnson was
finally got on to the wharf. The special features of risk are
that there was 16 ft. of water at the spot; the night was
very dark; there was a strong ebb tide, running six or seven
miles an hour; and Johnson was very drunk at the time:
all which facts were well known to Knowles. It is fortunate
that the dingey was found moored alongside the lighter,
otherwise the lives of both rescuer and rescued would have
been in the greatest jeopardy. As it was, they were both
greatly exhausted, having been over ten minutes in the water.
This makes seven lives saved by Knowles during the past
seven years—he is so credited by the local papers. Knowles
already holds a letter of commendation (Case No. 50) from
this society in recognition of his brave conduct in rescuing
John Kenny, aged fifty, from drowning at Port Ahuriri on
the 9th April, 1900. Letter of commendation in Case 50;
and silver medal, Case 51.

By-laws of the Te Arawa District Maori Council, under
“The Maori Councils Act, 1900,” approved.

Native Minister’s Office,
Wellington, 14th December, 1901.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has
been pleased to approve of the following by-laws made
by the Maori Council of the Te Arawa Maori District, under
the provisions of section sixteen of “The Maori Councils
Act, 1900.”

J. CARROLL.
Minister of Native Affairs.

Approved.

RANFURLY, Governor.

SCHEDULE.

THE MAORI COUNCIL OF THE TE ARAWA MAORI
DISTRICT.

BY-LAWS.

The Maori Council of the Te Arawa Maori District, consti-
tuted under “The Maori Councils Act, 1900,” hereby makes
the following by-laws under and by virtue of the said Act,
such by-laws to come into operation upon approval thereof by
the Governor, and the publication of the same in the Gazette
and Kahiti:—

Interpretation.

In these by-laws, except when inconsistent with the con-
text, or when otherwise expressly provided, the following ex-
pressions shall have the meanings attached thereto:—

“The said Act” means “The Maori Councils Act,
1900.”

“The Council” means the Maori Council of the Te Arawa
Maori District, constituted under the said Act.

“Committee” or “Village Committee” means the
Village Committee or Komiti Marae of a Maori
kainga, village, or pa, appointed by the Maori
Council under the provisions of the said Act.

“District” means the Te Arawa Maori District, pro-
claimed by the Governor under the said Act by
Proclamation dated the 26th day of December,
1900.

“Native township” means a township constituted
under “The Native Townships Act, 1895.”

“Prescribed” means prescribed by rules or regula-
tions made under the said Act or by these by-laws.

(A.) Health and Personal Convenience.

(Section 16, Subsection 1.)

1. Human corpses shall be buried, if the death occurs be-
   tween the 15th day of March and the 15th day of September
   (both days inclusive) in any year, within four days after
   death; and, if the death occurs between the 16th day of
   September, and the 14th day of March of the following year
   (both days inclusive), within three days after death, unless
   the Council shall otherwise direct, or unless it is otherwise
   provided for by any Act of the General Assembly.

2. It shall be the duty of the nearest relatives of the de-
   ceased, or, in their absence, of the owner or occupier of the
   house or premises wherein deceased died, to comply with the
   provisions of the last preceding by-law; and all or any of
   them shall be deemed to be guilty of a breach thereof as the
   Council may deem fit, and shall be liable to a penalty not
   exceeding one pound.

3. No human corpse shall be buried, except with the per-
   mission of the Council, in any place other than a burial-
   ground recognised by the inhabitants of a Maori kainga, or
   reserved or set apart by them or some duly constituted au-
   thority as a burial-ground.

(B.) Cleansing Houses.

(Section 16, Subsection 2.)

4. The Chairman of the Council, or any person duly autho-
   rised by the Council in that behalf, may by notice in writing
   direct the owner or occupier of any house or other building
   in a dirty and unwholesome state to clean or cause the same
   to be cleaned within a time to be specified in such notice,
   which may be in Form A in the Schedule hereto. And if
   after service of such notice upon him any person shall refuse
   or neglect to comply with such notice, he shall be liable to a
   penalty not exceeding one pound for the first offence and
   not exceeding two pounds for every subsequent offence.

5. The Council may order the removal or destruction of
   any building in a dirty and unwholesome state, if in its
   opinion it is unsuitable for human accommodation, or if the
   owner or occupier thereof fails after due notice to clean,
   renovate, or himself remove or destroy the same. Any costs
   incurred by the Council in and about such removal or de-
   struction shall be a debt due to the Council, recoverable
   as liquidated damages by process in the Magistrate’s Court.

6. The Village Committee may in its discretion ease or
   modify the application of the foregoing by-laws numbered
   four and five, in the case of any old, ill, or feeble person
   occupying any such buildings as aforesaid, so that such by-law
   may not press heavily on such person. The Chairman
   of the Village Committee shall report the case and all the
   circumstances to the Chairman of the Council, whereupon
   the Council shall consider such case and decide whether it
   shall devote part of its funds towards cleansing and other-
   wise improving the dwellings of such sick, old, or feeble
   persons.

(C.) Nuisances.

(Section 16, Subsection 3.)

7. No nightsoil, refuse, or offensive rubbish shall be cast
   or deposited or allowed to flow into any spring, stream,
   or watercourse that flows through or past a Maori kainga