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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 94

Members of Court of Arbitration appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1904.

ON the recommendation of industrial unions of employers His Excellency the Governor has appointed

SAMUEL BROWN (of Wellington) Member, and
JAMES MITCHELL ELLIS GARROW (of Dunedin) Acting Member,

of the Court of Arbitration.

On the recommendation of industrial unions of workers His Excellency the Governor has appointed

ROBERT SLATER (of Dunedin) Member, and
JAMES ASKEW SCOTT (of Dunedin) Acting Member,

of the Court of Arbitration.

Appointments dating from 22nd November, 1904.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Labour.

Rate of Interest allowed on Deposits in the Post-Office Savings-Bank.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 24th November, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that I have determined that, after the 1st day of December proximo, interest will be allowed on every complete pound deposited in the Post-Office Savings-Bank at the rate of 3½ per centum per annum on sums not exceeding £200, and at the rate of 3 per centum per annum on any balance over £200: Provided that no interest shall be allowed on sums over £500, except as provided by section 76 of “The Post Office Act, 1900.”

ALBERT PITT,
For Colonial Treasurer.

Special Order made by the Omaka Road Board, County of Marlborough, making By-laws.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 17th November, 1904.

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

J. G. WARD.

BY-LAWS REGULATING HEAVY TRAFFIC.

SPECIAL ORDER of the Omaka Road Board, on the 7th day of November, 1904:—

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it by “The Counties Act, 1886,” “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” and “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and the several Acts amending the same respectively, and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, the Omaka Road Board doth hereby, in respect of all roads, bridges, ferries, and fords under the care, control, and management of the said Omaka Road Board, make the following by-laws, which shall come into force upon their being gazetted.

1. In the construction of these by-laws, the words “heavy traffic” shall mean heavy traffic as defined by section 130 of “The Public Works Act, 1894”; the words “the said Board” shall mean the Omaka Road Board; the words “the said roads” shall mean and include all the roads under the care, control, or management of the Omaka Road Board; the words “the said bridges” shall mean and include all the bridges under the care, control, or management of the Omaka Road Board; the words “the said roads, bridges, ferries, and fords” shall mean and include all the roads, bridges, ferries, and fords under the care, control, or management of the Omaka Road Board; the words “the said district” shall mean and include the whole of the district within the jurisdiction of the Omaka Road Board; the word “engine” shall mean any locomotive engine propelled by steam, electricity, petrol, or other power, and designed for use on roads; the word “owner” shall include every person having the use of or any interest (whether permanent or temporary) in any engine.

2. No person shall engage (whether as owner, driver, or otherwise howsoever) in heavy traffic upon or over any road, bridge, ferry, or ford in the said district, other than and except in strict conformity with the provisions of these by-laws.

3. Every engine and every vehicle used or engaged in heavy traffic in the said district shall be licensed by the said Board, and no engine or vehicle (other than as aforesaid) shall be so used or engaged except and until the same shall have been duly licensed.

4. Prior to the using or engaging of any engine or vehicle in heavy traffic in the said district, the owner of such engine or vehicle shall—

(a.) Make to the Secretary of the said Board an application in writing for the issue of a license in respect of such engine or vehicle, which application shall be in or to the effect of the form marked “A” in the Schedule to this by-law, and shall be signed by the applicant. Such application shall describe the said engine or vehicle, and shall contain the particulars in such application form set forth, or such as are applicable.

(b.) Pay to the said Secretary the prescribed fee for a license of such engine or vehicle.

5. The sum payable as a license fee in respect of every such engine shall be the yearly sum of £10, and in respect of every such vehicle the yearly sum of £10: Provided that if an engine is used solely in connection with the transportation or working of threshing-machines, chaff-cutters, or other machines or mechanical appliances, no such license fee shall be payable.

6. The said license shall authorise the owner of the engine or vehicle in respect of which it is granted to engage in the heavy traffic specified in such license, subject to the provisions of these by-laws, over all the said roads, bridges, ferries, and fords which shall from time to time during the continuance of the said license be passable, and not declared permanently or temporarily unsafe for, and not closed permanently or temporarily to, heavy traffic generally, and to the limited extent only prescribed in respect of any of the said roads, bridges, ferries, or fords closed permanently or temporarily to heavy traffic in excess of a specified weight.

7. Nothing in any such license contained shall operate to prevent the said Board from at any time, and from time to time during the continuance thereof, closing any of the said roads, bridges, ferries, or fords against heavy traffic generally, or heavy traffic in excess of a specified weight; and such license shall be issued and accepted expressly subject to the right of the said Board to so close.

8. In the event of any resolution of the said Board closing a road, bridge, ferry, or ford to heavy traffic generally, or limiting the weight to be carried over any such road, bridge, ferry, or ford, a copy of the resolution legibly setting out the terms thereof shall be posted in a conspicuous place at each end of the road or portion of the road affected thereby, or of such bridge, or ford, or ferry, as the case may be, and a copy of such resolution shall be advertised once at least in a newspaper circulating in the said district.

9. Every license shall be signed by the Secretary of the said Board, and shall be numbered in order; and every license, and short particulars of the matters therein contained, shall be registered by the said Secretary in a register-book to be kept for that purpose.

10. The owner of the engine or vehicle for which the license shall be granted shall, before using such engine or vehicle in heavy traffic, cause the full name of the owner and the number of the license, in letters and figures (together with the letters O.R.B.) of a minimum length of 2 in., to be legibly painted with good white paint on a black ground on the right-hand side of such engine or vehicle, and shall cause the painting to be maintained, and, if necessary, renewed, during the currency of such license, and within three days after such engine or vehicle shall have ceased to be so licensed such owner shall cause the said painting to be completely effaced and obliterated.

11. In all heavy traffic in which any engine is used the width of the tires of the wheels of vehicles or machines drawn by such engine, whether plying for hire or not, shall be not less than the following:—

If the weight of the goods, exclusive of the vehicle or machine, is not more than 2½ tons to each pair of wheels of the vehicle or machine, not less than 5 in.

If the weight of the goods, exclusive of the vehicle or machine, is more than 2½ tons and not more than 3 tons to each pair of wheels of the vehicle or machine, not less than 6 in.

12. No vehicle or machine drawn by any engine shall carry more than 6 tons weight (over and above the weight of the vehicle or machine): Provided that on special application in writing to the Secretary of the Board, and with the approval of the Inspector for the time being of the said Board, permission may be granted to the applicant to carry a greater weight than 6 tons on each one vehicle or machine at any one time. Every such permit shall be in writing under the hand of the Secretary, and shall state the maximum weight (over and above the weight of the vehicle or machine) which may be carried by each such vehicle or machine at any one time, and the period for which such permit is given, and the conditions (if any) on which such extraordinary weight may be carried. And any owner or person carrying in or upon any such vehicle or machine more than such maximum weight, or carrying more than the weight of 6 tons without obtaining such permission and fulfilling such conditions as aforesaid, shall be guilty of a breach of this by-law.

13. The maximum weight of goods which may be drawn by any engine, exclusive of the weight of the vehicles in which such goods may be carried or transported, shall be 20 tons.