Nov. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2839

NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1908,” unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within one month from the publication hereof in the Gazette.

JOHN BULLEID.—Sections 11, 12, and 21, Block IV, Town of Oamaru. Occupied by Applicant and his tenants. No. 4933.

THE NEW ZEALAND TRUST AND LOAN COMPANY (LIMITED).—Allotments 14 and 14, Roxburgh Estate, Hillend and Tokomairiro Districts. Occupied by Stephen Sheat, Alfred James Sheat, Henry Stephen Sheat, William John Sheat, Charles Robert Sheat, and Frank Albert Sheat. No. 4934.

JULIA TERESA FORRESTER.—Part of Section 13, Block V, City of Dunedin. Unoccupied. No. 4935.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 1st day of November, 1909, at the Lands Registry Office, Dunedin.

W. WYINKS,
District Land Registrar.

PRIVATE ADVERTISEMENTS.

BY-LAWS FOR THE REGULATION OF TRAFFIC ON ROADS.

IN pursuance of the powers, provisions, and authorities contained in “The Road Boards Act, 1908,” and “The Public Works Act, 1908,” and in pursuance of all other enabling powers and provisions, the Parihaka Road Board does hereby, in respect of all roads, bridges, ferries, and fords under the care, control, and management of the said Board, make the following by-laws, which by-laws shall come into force on the 1st day of June, 1910:—

1. (a.) The width of the tires of the wheels of each and every vehicle and machine (except as hereinafter specified) drawn, used, or engaged on, over, or upon any road, bridge, ferry, or ford within the Parihaka Road District under the care, control, and management of the Parihaka Road Board shall be in proportion to the number of wheels thereof and to the weight and the load carried thereon, and shall during the months of January, February, March, April, May, October, November, and December be not less than the respective widths specified in the First Schedule hereto; and shall during the months of June, July, August, and September be not less than the respective widths specified in the Second Schedule hereto; and the said respective Schedules shall form part of these by-laws.

(b.) No person shall during the months of January, February, March, April, May, October, November, and December drive on, over, or upon any such road, bridge, ferry, or ford as aforesaid any of the description of vehicles or machines mentioned in the said First Schedule with any greater load or less width of tires of the wheels of any such vehicle or machine than is specified in the said First Schedule.

(c.) No person shall during the months of June, July, August, and September drive on, over, or upon any such road, bridge, ferry, or ford as aforesaid any of the descriptions of vehicles or machines mentioned in the said Second Schedule with any greater load or less width of tires of the wheels of any such vehicle or machine than is specified in the said Second Schedule.

2. Every person committing a breach of any of the provisions of the three last preceding by-laws shall be liable to a penalty of not exceeding £5 for each such breach.

3. The driver of any vehicle or machine being drawn or used upon or over any road, bridge, ferry, or ford in the Parihaka Road District shall, whenever required so to do by any officer or person authorised or employed for the purpose of the said Board, cause such vehicle or machine to be and to remain stopped for a reasonable and sufficient time for the purpose of allowing such officer or person to inspect and examine such vehicle and machine, and every or any part thereof, and the load being transported therein, and the driver shall permit such inspection and examination accordingly, and no person shall obstruct any such officer or person in or about making such inspection or examination; and such driver shall, at the request of the officer or person so authorised or employed as aforesaid, give such information as to the load being transported in or by such vehicle or machine, and as to the quantity, weight, size, or measurement of the same, as such officer or person shall require.

4. Every such driver committing a breach of any of the provisions of the last-preceding by-law shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5 for every such breach.

5. And it is hereby prescribed that the weight of timber carried on any vehicle or machine subject to these by-laws shall be ascertained by measurement at the rate of 500 superficial feet of timber to the ton avoirdupois; and it is further prescribed that the manner of ascertaining the weight of the following articles shall be by computation according to the following scale:—

Firewood: Three-fifths of a cord to 1 ton weight avoirdupois.

Boulders, gravel, or broken stone: Four-fifths of 1 cubic yard to 1 ton avoirdupois.

Bricks: 350 to 1 ton avoirdupois.

Coal: 12 sacks to 1 ton avoirdupois.

Barley: 11 sacks of 4 bushels to 1 ton avoirdupois.

Oats: 14 sacks of 4 bushels to 1 ton avoirdupois.

Wheat: 10 sacks of 4 bushels to 1 ton avoirdupois.

Potatoes: 12 sacks of 4 bushels to 1 ton avoirdupois.

Maize: 10 sacks of 4 bushels to 1 ton avoirdupois.

Bonedust: 10 sacks to 1 ton avoirdupois.

Wool: 5 bales to 1 ton avoirdupois.

6. The maximum load to be carried at any one time by any vehicle or machine shall be 6 tons avoirdupois.

7. The owner or driver of any vehicle or machine as aforesaid carrying a heavier load than is specified in the last preceding by-law shall, each time such vehicle shall carry such heavier load, severally commit and be deemed to have committed a breach of the last preceding by-law, and shall be severally liable to a penalty not exceeding £5 for every such breach.

8. These by-laws shall not apply to any vehicle or machine carrying passengers only.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

The above is a true copy of the by-laws made by special order of the Parihaka Road Board, dated the 13th day of October, 1909.

ARTHUR O’BRIEN,
Clerk to the Parihaka Road Board.

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