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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 40

Examiner of Standing Orders on Private Bills appointed.

IT is hereby notified for public information that we have appointed

ARTHUR THOMAS BOTHAMLEY, Esq.,

to be the Examiner of Standing Orders on private Bills, vice Leonard Stowe, Esq.

Dated the 14th day of April, 1910.

CHAS. C. BOWEN,
Speaker of the Legislative Council.

A. R. GUINNESS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th April, 1910.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointment:—

St. Anne's Rifle Cadet Volunteers.

The Reverend Alfred Thomas Herring to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 23rd February, 1910.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th April, 1910.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the undermentioned officer:—

Royal Rifle Volunteers (Marton).

Captain James Edmond Batten. Date of resignation, 28th February, 1910.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned, and posted to Active List (Unattached).

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th April, 1910.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by

Lieutenant-Colonel EDWARD NELSON LYDEARD OKEY, 4th Battalion, Wellington (Taranaki) Rifle Volunteers,

and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List (Unattached), with rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and with effect from 28th February, 1910.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Ex-Officer placed on Active List (Unattached).

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th April, 1910.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 140, Amended General Regulations of the Defence Forces of New Zealand, of the appointment of

JAMES BUTLER FLYNN (formerly Lieutenant, No. 2 Company, New Zealand Engineer Volunteers), (Dunedin Engineer Volunteers),

as Lieutenant on the Active List (Unattached), with effect from 1st April, 1910.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Territorial Force Officers' Commission cancelled.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th April, 1910.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 65, General Regulations of the Defence Forces of New Zealand, 1906, of the cancellation of the commission granted to

Lieutenant WILLIAM JOHN DENNERLY MOORE, Piako Mounted Rifles,

and with effect from 31st March, 1910.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Club disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th April, 1910.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the disbandment, under section 42 (1) and (2) and section 44 of the Defence Act, 1909, of the undermentioned Defence rifle club:—

Midland Railway Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Springfield, Canterbury Military District. Date of disbandment, 19th April, 1910.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

By-laws made by Feilding Fire Board.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 29th April, 1910.

THE following by-laws, made by the Feilding Fire Board, are published in accordance with the Fire Brigades Act, 1908.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

THE FEILDING FIRE BOARD.

By-laws.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in it by the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, and of all and each and every other power in that behalf enabling it, the Feilding Fire Board makes and ordains these by-laws.

PART I.

Interpretation Clauses.

In these by-laws, except when inconsistent with the context, or when otherwise expressly provided,—

“Board” shall mean the Feilding Fire Board elected and appointed under the provisions of the Fire Brigades Act.

“Brigade” shall mean the Feilding Fire Brigade established and enrolled under the provisions of these by-laws.

“Corps” shall mean the Feilding Fire Police and Salvage Corps established and enrolled under the provisions of these by-laws.

“District” shall mean the Feilding Fire District as constituted under the Fire Brigades Act, 1908.

“Secretary” shall mean the Secretary appointed by the Feilding Fire Board.

“Superintendent” shall mean the Superintendent of the Feilding Fire Brigade appointed by the Feilding Fire Board.

“Station” shall mean any building in which any of the plant or property of the Board shall be kept.

“Street” shall mean any public or private street, and includes any public places, or public and private rights-of-way.

“Explosives” shall mean gunpowder, nitro-glycerine, dynamite, guncotton, blasting-powders, fulminate of mercury or of other metals, coloured fires, and every other substance, whether similar to those mentioned above or not, used or manufactured with a view to produce a practical effect by explosion or a pyrotechnic effect; and includes fog-signals, fireworks, fuses, rockets, percussion-caps, detonators, cartridges, ammunition of all descriptions, and every adaptation or preparation of exposives as above defined.

“Petroleum” shall mean and include all such rock oil, Rangoon oil, Burmah oil, and any product of them, and any oil made from petroleum, coal, schist, shale, peat, or other bituminous substance, and any product of them, that gives off an inflammable vapour at a temperature of less than 110 degrees Fahrenheit, and shall also include kerosene, and every other distillate or product of petroleum, notwithstanding that it does not give off an inflammable vapour at less than 110 degrees Fahrenheit.

“Dangerous” goods shall mean and include nitro-glycerine, glonoine oil, painters’ spirits, eupione, benzine, gasoline, light naphtha, and all light mineral oils the specific gravity of which is less than 0·733 at a temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit. And shall also include any liquid stored in cylinders and liable to sudden expansion under heat.