Feb. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 577

the following by-law for Tuapeka County, that is to say :—

The short title of this by-law shall be “ The Tuapeka County By-law No. 2, 1909.

1. In this by-law “ motor ” shall have the meaning assigned to the word “ motor ” by section 2 of “ The Motor Regulation Act, 1908,” and shall include a motor-car and a motor-cycle, or any similar vehicle propelled by motor-power.

“ Road ” means any highway road, street, thoroughfare, under the care, control, or management of the Tuapeka County Council, or any road within the Tuapeka County as to which the Tuapeka County Council has by law authority to make this by-law, or as to which the same is capable of operating, and, unless repugnant to the context, includes a bridge forming part of such road.

“ Bridge,” “ culvert,” mean any bridge or culvert respectively under the care, control, or management of the Tuapeka County Council, or any bridge or culvert within the Tuapeka County as to which the Tuapeka County Council has by law authority to make this by-law, or as to which the same is capable of operating.

“ Vehicle ” means and includes every coach, carriage, omnibus, drag, cab, cart, dray, wagon, timber-carriage, lorry, van, express wagon, and any other conveyance whatever its construction drawn by animals.

“ Danger-disc ” means a metal disc painted red or white, 18 in. in diameter, and affixed to a pole not less than 10 ft. above the level of the road standing on the side of the road.

2. The driver, rider, or person in charge of any motor on any road on approaching, meeting, or overtaking any person, whether or not such person is on foot or is riding, leading, or driving any horse or other animal, or is driving any vehicle, shall give audible and sufficient warning to such person of the approach or position of such motor by sounding a bell or other instrument.

3. The driver, rider, or person in charge of any motor on any road shall, on the request of any person driving, riding, or having charge of a restive horse, or driving or having charge of any vehicle drawn by a restive horse, and coming towards or going the same way as the motor, or on such person holding up his hand as a signal for that purpose, cause such motor to stop and to remain stationary, and, where such motor is a motor-car, stop the motor engine until such person with the horse or vehicle which he is driving, riding, or in charge of shall have passed or removed to the rear of the motor, and shall, if requested by such person, render any reasonable assistance that may be necessary to enable such person to safely pass or to remove to the rear of the motor.

4. The driver, rider, or person in charge of any motor on any road shall, when meeting or overtaking any horses, cattle, sheep, or pigs being driven along a road, slow down the motor to a speed not exceeding four miles an hour, or stop on the person in charge of or driving such horses, cattle, sheep, or pigs holding up his hand as a signal for that purpose.

5. No driver, rider, or person in charge of any motor shall pass any vehicle, or horse, or other animal in charge of any person whilst such vehicle, horse, or other animal shall be on a culvert or bridge.

6. No driver, rider, or person in charge of any motor shall pass over any bridge whilst any vehicle or person riding, leading, or driving a horse, or any horses, cattle, sheep, or pigs, shall be on such bridge ; and if the driver, rider, or person in charge of a motor shall meet any vehicle, or any horses, cattle, sheep, or pigs, in charge of any person on any such bridge he shall back or remove the motor clear of such bridge.

7. No person shall drive, propel, or take, or cause to be driven, propelled, or taken, any motor across any bridge at a greater speed than four miles an hour.

8. The driver, rider, or person in charge of a motor on a road shall, when travelling in traffic or meeting or passing any vehicle, or horse, or other animal, effectively muffle the exhaust of the engine of such motor so as to silence same.

9. The driver, rider, or person in charge of a motor on a road shall, when within 100 yards of a red danger-disc on a roadside, if such disc is in sight for that distance, or, if such disc is not in sight for that distance, as soon as the disc is sighted within that distance, slow down the motor to a speed not exceeding six miles an hour, and shall not increase that speed until after passing a white disc.

10. No driver or person in charge of a motor which is a motor-car when on a road shall cause, or permit, or allow such car to be driven or operated, or to remain or stand, on a road, or bridge, or culvert so as to obstruct or interfere with the traffic thereon.

11. The driver, rider, or person in charge of a motor on a road formed in a side cutting with an embankment, or a road having a fall on one side, or a road bounded by or near to a river or stream, shall, when meeting or passing any person riding, leading, or driving any horse or other animal, or driving any vehicle, drive or ride on the embanked side, or the side on which the fall lies of such road, or on the river or stream side of such road, as the case may be.

12. The driver, rider, or person in charge of a motor on a road, when so meeting any person as mentioned in the last preceding clause, shall warn the person he so meets to take the inside or the land side (as the case may be) of such road.

13. Subject to section 11 hereof, the driver, rider, or person in charge of a motor on any road shall, when meeting any vehicle or animal, keep to the left or near side of the road, and when passing or being passed by any vehicle or animal going in the same direction shall, subject as aforesaid, pass or allow any person desirous of doing so to pass, when practicable, on the right or off side of the road.

14. No person shall drive, operate, or attempt to drive or operate, a motor which is a motor-car on a road unless he is a person competent to drive or operate the same, and competent to control and direct its use and movement.

15. No owner or bailee having the possession or use of a motor which is a motor-car, or person in charge of a motor which is a motor-car, while on a road shall permit any person to drive or operate, or attempt to drive or operate, such car unless such last-mentioned person is competent to drive or operate the same.

16. No person driving or in charge of a motor which is a motor-car when on a road shall quit such car without having taken due precautions against its starting or being started in his absence.

17. No person shall drive, ride, or operate a motor, or cause or permit the use of a motor, upon any of the roads mentioned in the Schedule hereto, the Tuapeka County Council being satisfied that the use of motors upon any of the said roads would be attended with risk of danger to the public.

18. Every person who shall commit a breach or fail to comply with any of the provisions of this by-law shall for each and every such offence be liable to a penalty in the discretion of the Court inflicting the same not exceeding in any case the sum of £5.

19. This by-law shall apply to the whole of the Tuapeka County, and shall come into force on the 10th day of February, 1910.

SCHEDULE.

1. The road from the Beaumont to the Menzion Burn on the east side of the Clutha River. The terminal portions of the said prohibited road are at present indicated by pegs in the road, and will be further indicated by a sign bearing the words “ Prohibited to Motors by the Tuapeka County Council.”

2. The road from a point near Trigonometrical Station B, Block I, Crookston District, such point being about two miles below the bridge over the Clutha River at Beaumont, and following the west bank of the Clutha River to that point where the Rongahere Punt is at present situated. The terminal portions of the said prohibited road are at present indicated by pegs in the road, and will be further indicated by a sign bearing the words “ Prohibited to Motors by the Tuapeka County Council.”

3. That portion of the Main Road from Tuapeka Flat to Tuapeka Mouth which extends from the bridge locally known as Labes’s Bridge to the top of “ Bruce’s Hill,” Waitahuna West. The terminal portions of the said prohibited road are at present indicated by pegs in the road, and will be further indicated by a sign bearing the words “ Prohibited to Motors by the Tuapeka County Council.”

This by-law was duly made by the Council of the Tuapeka County by special order duly passed and adopted at a special meeting of the Council, duly convened, and held at the Council Chambers on Wednesday, the 24th day of November, 1909, and confirmed at a meeting of the Council, duly convened, and held at the Council Chambers on Friday, the 14th day of January, 1910.