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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 31

protected by Hand-signal, and in all cases
the movement must be completed ten
minutes before an incoming Train is due.

160. No Engine must enter or foul any
     Running Line, nor must any Vehicle be
     left foul of, or standing thereon, prior to
     being shunted. without the permission of
     the Member in charge of the Points and
     Signals.

161. When a Train has to be shunted
     from one Main Line to the other to allow
     a following Train to pass, such Train must
     be set well within the Home Signal, so as
     to be efficiently protected by it from any
     Train or Engine approaching from the
     opposite direction.

162. (a.) The Signalman and Officer-in-
     Charge are responsible for ascertaining that
     each Train arrives complete with the Tail-
     lamp attached.

(b.) When the last Vehicle of a Train
does not pass the Signal-box before it
has been shunted into a Siding, or when
a Train has been brought to a stand within
the Home Signal, and it is necessary to
give the “Train Arrival” Signal before the
Train passes the Signal-box, the Signal-
man must, before giving such Signal,
ascertain from the Guard or Shunter in
charge of the Train that the whole of the
Train, with Tail Disc or Lamp attached,
has arrived; and the Guard or Shunter will
be held responsible for giving this informa-
tion to the Signalman, the Fireman being
similarly responsible in the case of a Light
Engine.

163. When it is necessary to change a
     Rail, or in any manner to Obstruct the
     Line, or to do any work to the Per-
     manent-way, between the Distant Signals,
     or the Home Signals where Distant
     Signals are not provided, of any Station,
     Junction, or intermediate Signalling-place,
     of a character to make the exhibition of
     a Signal at all necessary, the permission
     of the Signalman in charge of the Fixed
     Signals must first be obtained by the
     Ganger, and the work must not be com-
     menced unless those Signals are at
     Danger; and the Signals must remain in
     that position until the Signalman is in-
     formed by the man in charge of the work
     that the Line is again clear and safe for
     the passage of Trains.

The man in charge of any such work
must also protect his operations, as ordered
by Rule No. 316 (a).

164. When a Flagman, in going to stop
     a Train, passes any Signal-box, he must
     request the Signalman to keep his Signals
     at Danger to protect the Line which is
     Obstructed; and the Signalman so in-
     structed must not take off his Signals
     until the Flagman or Ganger in charge of
     the work has informed him that the Ob-
     struction has been removed and that the
     Line is clear; the object being that the
     Signalman and Workmen shall not show
     contrary Signals to approaching Engine-
     drivers.

165. Should any Obstruction exist upon
     the Line within the sight or knowledge of
     the Signalman, he must keep his Signals at
     Danger and prevent any Train or Engine
     passing his Post in the direction of the
     Obstruction until the Line is made safe.

166. At places where a Train is allowed
     to proceed towards the rear of another
     Train, and it is necessary, after the first
     Train has been started, that it should be
     again stopped, care must be taken not to stop
     the Engine-driver of the first Train until
     the Engine-driver of the second Train has
     been advised of what is about to be done.

167. (a.) When a Signal is lowered or
     turned off to allow a Train to run upon a
     Line in a Station or upon a Siding, or to
     leave a Station or Siding, and a second
     Train is following, the Engine-driver of the
     second Train must follow at such a dis-
     tance as will enable him to avoid col-
     liding with the first Train in the event
     of its being stopped, and he must bring
     his Train to a stand at the Signal, and
     not pass it until it has been replaced at
     Danger, and again lowered or turned off.

(b.) When a Signal is lowered or turned
off to allow a second Train to leave a
Station or Siding to run towards a Train
ahead of such Signal, the Engine-driver of
the second Train must proceed at such a
speed as to be able to stop before reaching
the Train ahead of the Signal.

CONTROL AND WORKING OF
STATIONS.

168. Every Stationmaster or Member in
     charge of a Station is answerable for the
     security and protection of the Office and
     Station Buildings, and of the Department’s
     property there. He is responsible for the
     faithful and efficient discharge of the
     duties of all the Members under his
     charge either permanently or temporarily
     employed at the Station or while within
     its limits, and such Members are subject
     to his authority and directions in the
     working of the Line. He is responsible
     for the general working of the Station being
     carried on in strict accordance with the
     Rules and Regulations, and must, as far
     as practicable, give personal attention to
     the Shunting and Despatch of Trains and
     all other operations which affect the safety
     of the Line. He must pay particular at-
     tention to the Special Rules for working
     that portion of the Line on which he is
     engaged.

169. The public shall be admitted to
     Stations only in accordance with the
     By-laws, and must not have access be-
     hind the counter of any Station, or be fur-
     nished with information which is not in-
     tended for them.

170. Smoking on platforms or any
     covered part of the Railway premises, or
     in Carriages other than those appointed
     for the purpose, is strictly prohibited.
     Gambling is forbidden.

171. The Loading and Securing of
     goods, timber, &c., should be done so as
     to prevent the possibility of anything fall-
     ing off, or extending beyond the proper
     limit; and the goods should be sheeted so
     as to prevent the possibility of fire, and
     ridged to shed water. The greatest care
     is necessary in this particular, to prevent
     damage to the Rolling-stock, or accident to
     Trains. When Timber Wagons are used
     they must be so loaded that the bolsters
     will work freely. When Four-wheeled