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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 33

Visiting Justice resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 9th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of

FRANCIS McGOVERN, Esq., J.P.,

as a Visiting Justice of H.M. Prisons at Auckland and Fort Cautley.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Justice.

Gaolers appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 9th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments and transfers:—

Gaoler SIDNEY GEORGE MILLINGTON, New Plymouth, to be Gaoler at Wellington.

Gaoler ALEXANDER WILL IRONSIDE, Hokitika, to be Gaoler at Lyttelton.

Gaoler JEREMIAH CHARLES SCANLON, Wanganui, to be Gaoler at Dunedin.

Chief Warder JOHN COYLE, Wellington, to be Gaoler and Manager, Reformatory Prison, New Plymouth.

Chief Warder ALFRED GIDEON, Auckland, to be Gaoler at Napier.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Justice.

Cadets in the Department of Labour appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 21st April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ERIC GEORGE RHODES and
VICTOR AVELYNE SUTTON

to be cadets in the Department of Labour; the appointments to date from the 4th day of January, 1909.

A. W. HOGG,
Minister of Labour.

List of Fire-insurance Companies carrying on Business in New Zealand.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th April, 1909.

THE following list of fire-insurance companies carrying on business in New Zealand is published in accordance with clause 11 of the rules made under “The Fire Brigades Act, 1908.”

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

FIRE-INSURANCE COMPANIES.

Alliance Assurance Company (Limited).

Australian Alliance Assurance Company.

Atlas Assurance Company (Limited).

Commercial Union Assurance Company (Limited).

Farmers’ Co-operative Insurance Association of New Zealand (Limited).

Guardian Assurance Company (Limited).

Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company.

London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Company.

National Insurance Company of New Zealand (Limited).

New Zealand Insurance Company (Limited).

Northern Assurance Company (Limited).

North British and Mercantile Insurance Company.

Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society (Limited).

Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation (Limited).

Phoenix Assurance Company (Limited).

Queensland Insurance Company (Limited).

Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation of London.

Royal Insurance Company (Limited).

South British Insurance Company (Limited).

Standard Fire and Marine Insurance Company of New Zealand (Limited).

State Fire Insurance Office.

Sun Insurance Office.

Union Assurance Society (Limited).

United Insurance Company (Limited).

Victoria Insurance Company (Limited).

Yorkshire Insurance Company (Limited),

First Meeting of Hastings Fire Board.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th April, 1909.

PURSUANT to the provisions of “The Fire Brigades Act, 1908,” I, David Buddo, Minister of Internal Affairs, hereby appoint the Borough Council Chamber, Hastings, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, on Thursday, the 22nd day of April, 1908, to be the place and date for holding the first meeting of the Hastings Fire Board.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Special Order made by the Point Chevalier Road Board, County of Eden, making By-laws.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th April, 1909.

THE following special order, made by the Point Chevalier Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1908.”

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

SPECIAL ORDER.—POINT CHEVALIER ROAD BOARD.

By-laws regulating Heavy Traffic on Roads.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by “The Road Boards Act, 1908,” and “The Public Works Act, 1908,” the Point Chevalier Road Board makes the following by-laws, which shall come into force upon their being gazetted:—

1. The owner of any vehicle engaged in heavy traffic used in carting stone, earth, road-metal, scoria-ash, meat, bricks, timber, minerals, coal, or any thing or things, upon any of the roads within the boundaries of the Point Chevalier Road District shall, before using such vehicle upon any such road, apply to the Point Chevalier Road Board for a license, and shall pay to the said Board the yearly license fee following, that is to say:—

For vehicles having tires of the width of 4½ in. or over … … … … … £ 5

For vehicles having tires of a less width than 4½ in. 10

2. Provided nevertheless that the Board may in its discretion, and on application by the owner or driver of any vehicle engaged in heavy traffic used in carting such stone, earth, road-metal, scoria-ash, meat, bricks, timber, minerals, coal, or any thing or things, permit the owner or driver of such vehicle to use such vehicle for the purpose of carting stone, earth, road-metal, scoria-ash, meat, bricks, timber, minerals, coal, or any thing or things, upon or over all or any of the roads within the boundaries of the said road district, without having paid such license fee, upon the payment to the said Board of the following charges, by way of compensation for any damage likely to occur to such roads:—

For every load carried on any one day upon or over such road … … … s. d. 1 0

If more than three loads are carried in any one vehicle on any one day upon or over any such roads, then for the day … … … 3 0

3. Any person who, after coming into operation of this by-law, shall use any vehicle for heavy traffic within the boundaries of the Point Chevalier Road District without having first paid the said license fee for such vehicle, or without having first obtained the permission of the said Board under clause 2 of these by-laws, and paid the charges prescribed thereunder, or who shall do or cause to be done, or be concerned in doing, anything contrary to any provision of these by-laws, or who shall omit to do anything required to be done by him by any such provision, shall be deemed to have committed a breach of these by-laws, and on conviction thereof shall be liable for each offence to a penalty not exceeding £5.

4. “Heavy traffic” shall mean the transportation of any vehicle, engine, or machine which shall, together with any stone, earth, road-metal, scoria-ash, meat, bricks, minerals, timber, coal, or any thing or things being transported thereon, weigh more than 1½ tons avoirdupois to each pair of wheels.

“Owner” of any vehicle shall include a bailee or hirer entitled to the possession and use or profit thereof.

5. Any constable or any officer of the Board may stop and detain any vehicle which, in his opinion, infringes any of these by-laws, and inspect, examine, and measure the tires thereof, and the weight and contents of such vehicle; and the driver or person for the time being in charge of such vehicle shall permit such inspection, examination, measurement, and weighing to be made accordingly, and shall, if so