1132
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 31

Lengths, and Members of the Maintenance Staff authorised by District Engineers, and persons carrying a special permit from the District Traffic Manager.

332. Velocipede permits for persons other than Members of the Railway Service are not to be issued without the authority of the General Manager, to whom all applications for such permits must be made.

These permits will be issued only by Traffic Managers and Stationmasters-in-Charge.

In cases of extreme urgency, such as serious sickness, these Officers may, on application, issue Velocipede permits to Members of the Railway Staff; but the use of Velocipedes for any other private purpose must be discountenanced, and application for permits declined.

Persons having a permit must exhibit the same to Stationmasters and Gangers when required.

333. Every person using a Velocipede must be in possession of a reliable Watch, showing correct Railway time, and a Working Time-table for the district; he will be held responsible for obtaining information as to the running of Special Trains, and Work-trains; and where there is not a clear view for half a mile in each direction he must protect his Velocipede as provided in Rule No. 326; or special arrangements may be made with the Traffic Branch for particular trips if necessary.

334. When a Work-train is working over any Section of Line Velocipedes must not be used thereon unless the person using the same has obtained advice of the running-time of the Work-train, or protects his Velocipede in accordance with Rule No. 326.

335. Where the Line is worked by Telegraph, Velocipedes may be run under the direction of the Stationmaster or Signalman, provided they do not interfere with the time of any Train-running.

336. In places where there is a clear view for half a mile in each direction Velocipedes may be run without protection between two Stations worked under Block, as on other parts of the Line, after the person in charge of the Velocipede has obtained information from the Stationmaster or Signalman as to the running of Trains. No Velocipede shall be allowed to enter a Block Section when a Train is immediately due, but it can be allowed to follow a Train from a Block Station the Velocipede being run in accordance with these Regulations.

337. In places where there is not a clear view for half a mile in each direction no person shall use a Velocipede between two Stations worked under Block without having previously obtained the consent of the Stationmaster or Signalman in charge at the Starting Station, and the following procedure is to be adopted:—

(a.) Before leaving one Station to travel to another, or to any part of the Line between two Stations, the person in charge of the Velocipede shall ascertain from the Stationmaster or Signalman whether any Special Trains are advised.

(b.) He shall then inform the Stationmaster or Signalman whether he proposes to travel direct through to the next Station; if not, he shall say to what part of the Line he is going, how long he anticipates to be between the two Stations, and whether he proposes to go on to the Forward Station or return to that from which he started.

(c.) When the Stationmaster or Signalman is supplied with this information he shall at once communicate with the Forward Station, and advise the Signalman there that a Velocipede is either coming through or is travelling between the two Stations. On receipt of acknowledgment he shall give the person in charge of the Vehicle permission to proceed.

(d.) The person in charge of the Velocipede on reaching the Forward Station, or on his return to that from which he started, shall immediately on arrival advise the Stationmaster or Signalman, who shall inform the Officer at the other Station.

(e.) In case a Special Train shall be running over a Block Section before the Velocipede has cleared it, the Officer-in-Charge of the Block Working at the end from which it enters the Section shall advise the Guard and Engine-driver of the Train, if necessary stopping the Train for the purpose, that a Velocipede is on the Section, and also its probable movements, and the Engine-driver shall keep a good Look-out and sound his Whistle at frequent intervals.

338. Where it is necessary for a person in charge of a Velocipede to commence his journey within the Block Section, and it is not possible to communicate with the Stationmaster or Signalman at either end, and when there is not a clear view for half a mile in each direction, he must use his Velocipede strictly in accordance with Rule No. 326 preceding; but if the view be clear for half a mile in each direction, the Velocipede need not be protected in accordance with Rule No. 326.

339. No Velocipede shall be allowed to travel after dark on a Block Section unless under absolute Block or in accordance with Rule No. 326.

340. The regulations contained in Rules Nos. 336, 337, 338, and 339 will not prevent a Velocipede being run under Absolute Block if so desired by the person using it.

341. Every Trolley or Velocipede must carry a Lamp, showing Red both ways by Night and when passing through Tunnels, and a Red Flag exhibited by Day.

342. The person in charge of a Trolley or Velocipede is in all cases responsible for its safety, and for the exhibition of the proper Signals.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

By Authority: JOHN MACKAY, Government Printer, Wellington.