Feb. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 629

In the matter of “The Companies Act, 1903,” and of the Kakahi Co-operative Supply Company (Limited).

NOTICE is hereby given that a petition for the winding-up of the above-named company by the Supreme Court was, on the 14th day of February, 1906, presented to Sir Robert Stout, K.C.M.G., Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, by Briscoe and Company (Limited), of Customs Street, in the City of Auckland, a creditor of the said company; and the said petition is directed to be heard before a Judge of the said Court at the Supreme Court House, Wellington, on the 13th day of March, 1906, at 10.30 o’clock in the forenoon; and any creditor or contributory of the said company desirous of opposing the making of an order for the winding-up of the said company under the above Act should appear at the time of hearing, by himself or his counsel, for that purpose. And a copy of the petition will be furnished to any creditor or contributory of the said company requiring the same by the undersigned on payment of the regulated charge for the same.

RUSSELL AND CAMPBELL,
Wyndham Street, Auckland,
Solicitors for the Petitioner.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership hereto fore subsisting between us, the undersigned ROBERT STURGEON DEATH and WILLIAM BELIVE, carrying on business as livery-stable proprietors and carriers at Eltham, under style or firm of “Death and Bellve,” was on the 31st day of January, 1906, dissolved by mutual consent. The business of livery-stable proprietor hitherto carried on by the late firm will in future be carried on by Robert Sturgeon Death, and the business of carrier hitherto carried on by the late firm will be carried on by William Bellve. All debts due to and owing by the late firm on account of the livery-stable business will be received and paid by the undersigned Robert Sturgeon Death, and all debts due to and owing by the late firm on account of the carrying business will be received and paid by the undersigned William Bellve.

Dated at Eltham, this 12th day of February, 1906.

R. S. DEATH.
WILLIAM BELLVE.

Witness to the signatures of Robert Sturgeon Death and William Bellve—A. H. Johnstone, Solicitor, Eltham. 264

BOROUGH OF ALEXANDRA.

BY-LAW No. 3.—HEAVY-TRAFFIC BY-LAW.

A BY-LAW of the Council of the Borough of Alexandra, made in pursuance of the powers and provisions in that behalf contained in “The Public Works Act, 1905,” “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” and its amendments, and in pursuance of all and every the other powers enabling the said Council in that behalf, the Council of the Borough of Alexandra doth ordain as follows:—

1. In this by-law, if not inconsistent with the context,—

“The borough” or “the said borough” shall mean the Borough of Alexandra:

“The Corporation” shall mean the Corporation of the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Alexandra:

“Council” or “Borough Council” shall mean and include the Mayor and Councillors of the Borough of Alexandra:

“The Inspector” shall mean any Inspector for the time being appointed by the Council of the Borough of Alexandra in whatsoever capacity, and every person now holding such appointment:

“The Town Clerk” shall mean the Town Clerk or Acting Town Clerk of the Corporation:

“Heavy traffic” shall mean (a) the transportation of any vehicle, engine, or machine which shall itself or together with any thing or things being transported thereon weigh more than 1½ tons avoirdupois to each pair of wheels; (b) the traction of any vehicle or thing by means of bullocks notwithstanding that such vehicle or thing may separately or together with any load thereon weigh less than 1½ tons avoirdupois:

“Road” shall mean and include any road, bridge, or culvert under the care, control, or management of the Council:

“Vehicle” shall mean and include any coach, carriage, omnibus, drag, car, cab, cart, dray wagon, timber-carriage, lorry, sledge, van, express wagon, and any other conveyance whatever be its construction, drawn by animals, in or by which goods may be removed upon land from place to place:

The Schedules hereto form part of this by-law.

Words of the singular number shall include the plural, and words of the plural number shall include the singular.

2. No person shall use any traction-engine on a road within the borough which together with any thing or things carried thereon shall weigh more than 1½ tons avoirdupois to each pair of wheels, unless the same shall be duly licensed in manner hereinafter mentioned.

3. No person shall use any vehicle on a road within the borough which together with any thing or things carried thereon shall weigh more than 1½ tons avoirdupois to each pair of wheels, unless the same shall be duly licensed in manner hereinafter mentioned.

4. Any person owning or using a traction-engine or vehicle who shall desire to obtain a license for the same shall deliver at the office of the Town Clerk an application in writing, signed by him, pursuant to the form contained in Schedule B to this by-law, or to the like effect, describing such engine or vehicle; and for any such license granted there shall be paid to the Town Clerk, to be placed to the credit of the Borough Fund, such sum or sums of money as are respectively specified in Schedule A to this by-law.

5. Licenses for engines or vehicles may be in the form in Schedule C hereunder, or to the like effect, and shall continue in force for one year from the date of issue, and no longer.

6. Any person may, in lieu of paying the license fee payable for a year in respect of any such engine or vehicle, pay one-fourth, one-half, or three-fourths of the amount of such fee, and on payment of any such proportion thereof the engine or vehicle in respect of which such payment is made shall thereupon be licensed under this by-law either for one-quarter, one-half, or three-quarters of a year according to the amount paid.

7. In every license there shall be specified the number and duration of the license, the name and abode of the owner of the engine or vehicle in respect of which the license is granted, the description of the engine or vehicle, the weight of the vehicle when loaded and unloaded, and the number of animals (if any) which may be employed to draw the same.

8. The driver of every engine or vehicle required by this by-law to be licensed shall have the license for the same in his immediate personal possession, and shall, whenever required by the Inspector or the Town Clerk, produce such license for inspection forthwith. Any driver who shall, on being so required, refuse or fail forthwith to produce such license shall be guilty of a breach of this by-law.

9. If the Town Clerk or Inspector is of opinion that any engine or vehicle infringes this by-law, he may request the driver thereof to stop the same, and the driver shall stop the same forthwith until the weight of such engine or vehicle, or the load thereon, or the weight or measurement of the contents thereof, can be ascertained, and in default of the driver so doing he shall be guilty of a breach of this by-law; and, further, such Town Clerk or Inspector may thereupon stop and detain such engine or vehicle until the weight thereof, or the load thereon, or the weight or measurement of the contents thereof, can be ascertained.

10. The driver of any engine or vehicle so stopped shall truly answer all such questions as such Town Clerk or Inspector shall reasonably put to him as to the load or contents of such engine or vehicle, and the quantity, weight, size, or measurement of the same, and permit the Town Clerk or Inspector to mount such engine or vehicle for the purpose of verifying any answers given to him, or for ascertaining the quantity, weight, size, or measurement aforesaid, and the driver thereof shall do all things necessary to cause the vehicle or engine to be stopped while such Town Clerk or Inspector is engaged in his functions under this clause of this by-law.

11. Nothing herein contained shall be held to relieve any person owning or using any engine or vehicle from liability in respect of any injury done or damage sustained by the traction of excessive weight or extraordinary traffic over or along any bridge, culvert, or road within the borough.

12. Any person committing a breach of or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this by-law shall for each and every such offence be liable to a penalty of £5, or such less sum as to the Court shall seem fit, which penalty shall be recoverable in a summary way, as provided by law.

13. This by-law shall come into force on the 14th day of February, 1906.

SCHEDULE A.

LICENSE fee to be paid annually by the owner of any traction-engine or vehicle, as mentioned in sections 2 and 3 of this by-law:—

(a.) For any traction-engine .. .. £ s. d.
(b.) For any vehicle—
(1.) If with four wheels .. .. 4 0 0
(2.) If with two wheels .. .. 2 0 0