APRIL 15.]

Offensive language and behaviour prohibited.
28. No person shall in, upon, or in the immediate proximity
of any car or waiting-room swear, or use obscene or offensive
or insulting language, or shout, sing, or do or commit any in-
decent or offensive act whatsoever, or in any way interfere
with the peace or comfort of any passenger or other person
or tramway employee.

Animals and birds restriction.
29. Any animal or bird that shall be in, upon, or about any
waiting-room or car without the permission of any officer of
the Board may be removed therefrom by the conductor or
other authorised officer of the Board : Provided always that
nothing herein contained shall prevent animals, birds, or
bird being in any part or apartment of any car set apart for
that purpose or being otherwise carried under special permit
that may be issued by the Board for that purpose.

Luggage restriction.
30. No person shall take into or upon any car or waiting-
room any luggage other than parcels which can be conveniently carried in the hand and which will not in the opinion
of the conductor interfere with the comfort of other passengers: Provided that the foregoing provision shall not
prevent the carriage of any parcels or luggage in any part
or apartment of any car specially set aside for that purpose.

Goods left at owners’ risk.
31. The Board will not be responsible for any parcel,
packet, luggage, or goods whatsoever left in or about any
waiting-room or in or upon any car, whether or not the same
shall have been found by any person whether an officer of
the Board or not, and shall have been handed by such person
to the conductor or into the Board’s lost-luggage office.
Left luggage, &c., to be handed to conductor or into lost-luggage
office.
32. Every passenger or person finding any parcel or package, luggage or goods left in or about any waiting-room or in
or upon any car and not under the control of any person
shall immediately upon finding the same hand such parcel,
package, luggage, or goods to the conductor or into the lost-
luggage office.

Firearms and dangerous-goods restriction.
33. No person shall, without the written authority of the
Board’s Traffic Superintendent or Secretary, take or place in
or upon any car or waiting-room, or be in possession of, in,
upon, or about any car or waiting-room, any loaded firearm
or dangerous weapon whatsoever, or any packet, parcel, or
goods of a dangerous or objectionable nature. Any officer
of the Board may refuse to take in or upon any car or waiting-
room and may remove therefrom or order the removal thereof
from of any such firearm or dangerous weapon or of any
packet or parcel that he suspects to contain goods or matter
of a dangerous or objectionable nature, and he may in any
case require any parcel or packet to be opened to ascertain
whether or not the contents thereof are of a dangerous or
objectionable nature.

Musical-performance restriction.
34. No person shall without the written consent of the
Board play or perform on any musical instrument in, upon,
or about any car or waiting-room.

No one under influence of liquor to enter car or waiting-room.
35. No person in a state of intoxication or under the
influence of liquor shall enter or mount upon any car, or
attempt so to do, or be in or about any waiting-room.

No one to commit nuisance or offensive act.
36. No person shall in, upon, or about any car, waiting-room,
or other premises of or under the control of the Board commit
any nuisance whatsoever, or interfere or do anything which
tends to interfere with the peace and comfort of any person,
or gamble, or write, or use any insulting, indecent, obscene,
blasphemous, abusive, or offensive word or words, or do or
commit any indecent or offensive act whatsoever.

Or damage fixtures and fittings, or deface notices, &c.
37. No person shall in any way damage, injure, soil, or
spoil any fittings or fixtures of any car or waiting-room, or
deface or partially deface any number, plate, notice, or
advertisement in, upon, or about any car or waiting-room.

Or place any stones, refuse, or other substance on rails or tram-
way-track.
38. No person shall place upon any tramway-track or upon
or between any tramway-rails any stone, dirt, wood, refuse,
or other material, or anything that derails or is likely to
derail any car.

No one to interfere with any part of tramway plant.
39. No person whatsoever shall, without authority from the
Board, in any way interfere with, remove, or alter any part
of any tramway under the control of the Board or any work
connected therewith, or any mechanical, electrical, or other
appliances used in connection therewith or in the working
thereof, or place or throw or be a party to the placing or
throwing of any stone, obstacle, material, or any matter
whatsoever at, in, or upon any part of the tramway or the
mechanism, works, or appliances thereof, or of any car, or
cause to be done anything which shall or might obstruct
or impede the free and uninterrupted working of the tramway,
or the passage of any car or other vehicle used on or in connection with the tramway, or in any way endanger the lives
of any persons travelling thereon.

No unauthorised person to distribute or post or cause to be distributed or posted any placards, notice, or advertisement, &c.,
on Board’s plant or premises.
40. No person not being a servant of the Board, unless
authorised in writing by the Board or the Secretary thereof
so to do, shall post, stick, affix, paint, write, or distribute,
or cause to be posted, stuck, affixed, painted, written, or distributed, any placard, bill, poster, advertisement, photograph,
portrait, picture, sketch, or other matter or thing within or
upon any car, pole, post, bridge, viaduct, fence, gate, platform, wheel, building, or other property or premises of or
under the control of the Board.

No one to interfere with brakes or other appliances.
41. No person not being a servant of the Board authorised
so to do shall touch, handle, or interfere in any way with any
brake or electric or other machine or appliances, or open or
close any collapsible or other gate in, upon, or about any car
except signal or other means of communication (if any) provided for the use of passengers.

Passengers to board or leave car only at regular stopping-places.
42. No person or persons other than an officer of the Board
shall have any right to be taken on or put down from a car
except at stopping-places fixed from time to time by the
Board.

Tramway traffic not to be interfered with.
43. No person shall stand, walk, or travel by any means
whatsoever over and along any tramway route so as to interfere with the tramway traffic.

Motorman to sound bell to warn persons causing obstruction
to tramway traffic, and thereupon obstruction to be removed.
44. The motorman of a car on coming in sight of any person
standing or walking or being in a vehicle standing or travelling
or being on any part of the tramway route or highway so as
to leave insufficient space for the car to pass, or so as to interfere with the tramway traffic on the said tramway route or
highway, shall sound his bell, gong, whistle, or other alarm
as a warning to such person, and such person shall thereupon
with all reasonable despatch remove himself or cause such
vehicle to be removed from the tramway route or highway
so as not to obstruct or impede the car from proceeding along
the said tramway route at its ordinary rate of speed.

No one to prevent car travelling at ordinary rate of speed.
45. No person shall in any way impede, obstruct, or interfere with the traffic on the tramway so as to prevent any car
from proceeding at its ordinary rate of speed.

Drivers of cabs and carts to take up and set down passengers
and goods as far away from tramway-lines as practicable.
46. No driver of any omnibus, cab, carriage, express,
goods-cart, or other conveyance or vehicle shall stop to take
up or set down passengers or goods except as close to the
curb or as far away from the tramway-lines as practicable
on any street or public place within the Tramway District
on which a tramway line or lines is or are laid down.

Pedestrians, cyclists, and others not to hang on to and be drawn
along by any car.
47. No person, whether on foot or riding, or being in charge
of any bicycle, tricycle, motor-bicycle, or other means of con-
veyance, shall lay hold of or hang on to any car or part of any
car whilst in motion or about to move, or in any way connect
such bicycle, tricycle, motor-bicycle, or other means of con-
veyance to such car with a view of being thereby drawn
along, lifted, carried, or propelled.

Only passengers and intending passengers to enter car.
48. No person except a passenger or intending passenger
or an officer of the Board on duty shall enter or mount any
car.

Passengers not to talk to motorman.
49. No passenger shall converse with the motorman whilst
he is carrying out his duties, or without reasonable cause for
so doing make use of the means of communication between
passengers and the employees in charge of any car.

Restriction as to sale of goods on cars, &c.
50. No person, unless authorised in writing by the Board
or the Secretary thereof so to do, shall sell or attempt to sell
any articles or goods whatsoever on any tramway-car or in
any waiting-room or other premises of the Board.