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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 47

Militia Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th June, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned appointment:—

New Zealand Militia.

Charles Montague Lewin to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 25th October, 1901.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Special Order made by the Moa Road Board, County of Taranaki, making By-laws.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 11th June, 1902.

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

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Colonial Secretary.

MOA ROAD DISTRICT.

By-law for the Regulation of Traffic on District Roads in the Moa Road District.

THE Moa Road Board hereby makes, by special order, the following by-law under and by virtue of “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” “The Public Works Act, 1894,” the various Acts amending the same, and all other Acts and powers whatsoever it thereunto enabling; such by-law to come into operation on the gazetting thereof.

Part 1.—Interpretation.

1. This by-law may be cited or referred to as “The Moa Road Board By-law No. 1, 1902,” and shall apply to the whole of the Moa Road District.

2. In this by-law, except where inconsistent with or repugnant to the context,—

“Heavy traffic” means the transportation of any vehicle, engine, or machine which shall itself or together with any thing or things being transported thereon weigh more than one ton and a half avoirdupois to each pair of wheels.

“Cattle” means and includes any horse, mare, gelding, colt, filly, and foal; any bull, cow, ox, steer, heifer, and calf; any ram, ewe, wether, and lamb; any mule, ass, goat, boar, sow, or other pig.

“District road” means any road or bridge under the care, control, or management of the Moa Road Board.

Part 2.—Regulating Traffic, and prohibiting Heavy Traffic during certain Months of the Year, and repealing Existing By-law.

3. No person shall drive or ride across or upon any bridge of a span of 30 ft. or upwards upon any district road with any horse or with any vehicle faster than at a walking pace.

4. No person shall drive, lead, or take any horses, cattle, engine, agricultural or other machine, or vehicle across or upon any bridge of a span of 30 ft. or upwards, being part of any district road, at a pace faster than a walking pace.

5. The width of the tires of vehicles passing over any district road or bridge shall, according to the class of vehicle used, be regulated with regard to the number of wheels and to the weight of the load being carried on such vehicle in the proportions specified and as provided in the First Schedule of this by-law.

6. The owner and driver of any vehicle which shall be driven, or taken, or used upon or over any such district road or bridge shall be deemed to have committed a breach of the foregoing clause if the width of the tires of the wheels, or any of them, of such vehicle be less than is required by the said Schedule.

7. The computation of quantities set out in the Second Schedule hereto shall be taken and be computed as the schedule of quantities to represent 20 cwt. in each of their several kinds.

8. Any person acting under the authority of the said Board, or any police constable, may at all times examine and measure the tires of the wheels of any vehicle, and may examine, weigh, and measure any vehicle, or the load thereon, which in his opinion infringes this part of this by-law; and no person shall obstruct or interfere with the person acting under such authority, or such police constable, or refuse to permit such examination and measurement.

9. “Heavy traffic” of all kinds shall cease during the months of May, June, July, August, and September in each year upon all district roads within the Moa Road District.

10. The by-law made by the Moa Road Board on the 25th day of September, 1895, and confirmed on the 30th day of October, 1895, regulating traffic, is hereby repealed.

11. Every person guilty of an offence against, or committing a breach of, or failing to perform any duty imposed upon him by, any provision of this by-law shall be liable upon conviction for each such offence, breach, or failure to such penalty, not exceeding £5, as the Court inflicting the same shall in its discretion think fit, which penalty shall be recoverable in a summary way.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

The following schedule of quantities shall represent 20 cwt. in each of their several kinds:—

Sawn timber or logs .. .. 500 superficial feet.
Firewood .. .. .. ⅔ of one cord.
Boulders, gravel, or broken stone ⅔ of one cubic yard.
Bricks .. .. .. 350.
Barley (4-bushel bags) .. .. 11 sacks.
Oats " .. .. 14 "
Wheat " .. .. 10 "
Maize " .. .. 10 "
Potatoes " .. .. 12 "
Wool .. .. .. 5 bales.
Bonedust or other artificial manures .. .. 10 sacks.

The above by-law was made by special order at a special meeting of the Moa Road Board held on the 5th day of April, 1902, and confirmed at a special meeting held on the 4th day of June, 1902.

The common seal of the inhabitants of the Moa Road District was affixed to the above-written special order and by-law at the office of, and pursuant to a resolution of, the Moa Road Board, in the presence of—

HAROLD TRIMBLE,
Chairman, Moa Road Board.

A. E. ATKINSON,
Clerk, Moa Road Board.

Special Order made by the Raglan County Council merging the Onewhero Road District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th June, 1902.

THE following special order, made by the Raglan County Council, is published for general information.

J. G. WARD.

RAGLAN COUNTY COUNCIL, merging the Onewhero Road District.

SPECIAL order (resolution adopted 17th March, 1902, confirmed 28th May, 1902):—