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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 73

Services of Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th August, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under clause 15 of “The Defence Act Amendment Act, 1900,” the services of the

Pohangina Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Pohangina. Acceptance to date from 6th August, 1907.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Defence.

Special Order made by the Purua Road Board, County of Wanganui, making By-laws.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 13th August, 1907.

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

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

THAT the Board ordain and make the following by-laws:—

PURUA ROAD DISTRICT.

Heavy Traffic By-laws.

In pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” “The Road Boards Act Amendment Act, 1905,” and “The Public Works Act, 1905,” and the respective amendments of the said Acts, and of all other powers, if any, the Purua Road Board (by way of special order) hereby ordains and makes the following by-laws for the Purua Road District, that is to say:—

1. In these by-laws “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 one and a half 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 one and a half tons avoirdupois.

“Road” shall mean any public highway under the control or management of the Purua Road Board.

“Vehicle, engine, or machine” shall mean vehicle, engine, or machine of one or other of the classes named in the First Schedule hereto.

2. The width of the tires of all vehicles, engines, or machines engaged in or used in connection with heavy traffic and passing over or along any road, and whether plying for hire or not, 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 to these by-laws.

3. The owner and also the driver or the person in charge of any vehicle, engine, or machine engaged in or used in connection with heavy traffic which shall be driven, or taken, or used upon, along, or over any road shall be guilty of an offence under these by-laws if the width of the tires of the wheels, or any of them, of such vehicle, engine, or machine be less than is specified or required by these by-laws.

4. It shall not be lawful for any person to use or drive any vehicle, engine, or machine engaged or concerned in heavy traffic over, upon, or along any road unless the weight of such vehicle, engine, or machine shall be correctly marked upon some conspicuous part of such vehicle, engine, or machine so as to be distinctly visible and legible during daylight.

5. Every person who shall use or drive any vehicle, engine, or machine engaged or concerned in heavy traffic over, upon, or along any road without having the weight thereof correctly marked thereon in accordance with the last preceding by-law (No. 4), or having a weight marked thereon which shall not be the correct weight thereof, shall be guilty of an offence under these by-laws, and shall be liable upon conviction for each such offence to such penalty not exceeding the sum of twenty pounds as the Court inflicting the same shall in its discretion think fit, which penalty shall be recoverable in a summary way.

6. For the purpose of ascertaining the weight of any load upon or of the contents of any vehicle under these by-laws the quantities of timber, agricultural produce, mineral, or other material of any description specified in the Second Schedule to these by-laws shall be taken and computed to represent one ton avoirdupois in each of their several kinds.

7. Any person authorised by the Purua Road Board in respect of the roads under its control may at any time stop and detain any vehicle, engine, or machine which in his opinion infringes these by-laws, or any of them, until the width of the tires, or the weight of such vehicle, engine, or machine, and the weight of the load thereon, or the weight or measurement of the contents thereof, can be ascertained.

8. Any person authorised as aforesaid may at any time examine and measure the tires of the wheels of any vehicle, engine, or machine which in his opinion is affected by these by-laws, or any of them, when on any road, and may examine and measure the load on or the contents of any such vehicle, engine, or machine.

9. The driver of any vehicle, engine, or machine used or engaged in heavy traffic on any road shall upon the request of any person authorised as aforesaid give to such person such information as to the load or contents of such vehicle, engine, or machine, and the quantity, weight, size, or measurement of such load or contents, and do all such acts for the purpose of enabling the same to be ascertained, as such authorised person shall reasonably request, and any such driver who shall refuse to give such information as aforesaid or to do any such act as aforesaid shall be guilty of an offence under these by-laws.

10. No person shall use, drive, or conduct any vehicle, engine, or machine for the purposes of or engaged in heavy traffic along, over, or upon any road at any time during the months of July, August, and September in each year.

11. No person shall use bullocks as traction animals along, over, or upon any road at any time during the months of July, August, and September in each year.

12. Every person guilty of an offence under or committing a breach of or failing to perform any duty imposed upon him by any provisions of these by-laws (other than By-laws Nos. 4 and 5 hereof) shall be liable upon conviction for each such offence, breach, or failure to such penalty not exceeding the sum of five pounds as the Court inflicting the same shall in its discretion think fit, which penalty shall be recoverable in a summary way.

13. These by-laws shall come into force upon the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

The following measurements shall represent one ton avoirdupois in each of their several kinds:—

Sawn timber .. .. .. 500 superficial feet.
Logs, posts, and firewood .. Three-fourths of a cord.
Gravel, coal, and broken stone .. One cubic yard.
Clay, earth, or other similar material .. .. One cubic yard.
Bricks .. .. .. 22 cubic feet.
Barley, loose or in bags .. 3 cubic yards.
Oats, loose or in bags .. 3½ cubic yards.
Wheat, loose or in bags .. 2½ cubic yards.
Maize, loose or in bags .. 2½ cubic yards.
Potatoes, loose or in bags .. 3 cubic yards.
Wool, packed, in bales of any size 4 cubic yards.

The above by-laws were made by special order passed at a special meeting of the Purua Road Board held on the 26th day of June, 1907, and confirmed at an ordinary meeting held on the 31st day of July, 1907.