May 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1345

PART II.

In respect of the Storage of Inflammable and Explosive Substances.

1. No person shall store in any premises in the district any crates, cases, boxes, or other packages, either empty or containing paper or other inflammable materials, within 20 ft. from any adjoining land, building, street, or right-of-way.

2. No person shall store any wood-shavings or other inflammable substance in any building situate at a less distance than 20 ft. from any adjoining land, building, street, or right-of-way.

3. No person shall store any stack of hay, straw, or other inflammable substance on any premises within the district, in the open air, at a distance of less than 30 ft. from any building, fence, street, public place, railway-line, or adjacent land.

4. No person shall store any hay, straw, or other inflammable substance in any building attached to or at a less distance than 20 ft. from any other building within the district, unless the roof of such first-mentioned building is covered with 26-gauge corrugated iron, or best-quality slates, or concrete, or a combination of such materials: Provided always that this clause shall not apply to the case of any agricultural produce required for keeping horses, and stored in any building used only for the bona fide purpose of or in connection with a stable, the storing of which does not exceed 3,000 cubic feet.

5. No person shall store in the district of Feilding any explosives, unless such explosives be in a properly constructed fireproof magazine, erected outside his premises, and (if in a building) in a case lined throughout with iron and mounted on four wheels, and stationed not more than 10 ft. from a doorway with an exit to a street; and shall not have on his premises at any one time more than 300 lb. in all of the explosive material hereinafter mentioned, without the previous consent in writing of the Superintendent.

6. No person shall store in the district of Feilding any carbide of calcium, or any preparation thereof, unless he shall have first obtained a license as hereinafter mentioned and provided.

7. In the event of an application for a license as hereinafter mentioned being made for any premises wherein other goods of any description are kept, the quantity of petroleum which shall be allowed to be kept in terms of the said license shall not exceed 250 gallons, unless stored in a properly constructed fireproof magazine approved of by the Superintendent, when a maximum quantity of 1,600 gallons may be kept.

8. No person shall store any petroleum in the district of Feilding except he shall have first obtained a license: Provided always that it shall be lawful to keep in any private dwellinghouse any quantity of pretroleum not exceeding 8 gallons for private use.

9. Any person desirous of storing any petroleum, carbide of calcium, explosives, dangerous goods, or other inflammable substances in or upon his premises in the district of Feilding shall first obtain in writing a license from the Feilding Borough Council to store such goods.

PART III.

Electric Fire-alarm Circuits.

1. The Board may establish or contract with any person or corporation for the establishment of an electric fire-alarm circuit, and may from time to time extend such circuit, and provide for the connection therewith of street-alarms, and public and private buildings and premises. All connection shall be carried out to the satisfaction of the Board at the cost of the owner of the property to be connected. The cost of maintenance of all public and private connections shall be borne by the owner of the property connected, and all such connections shall be efficiently maintained to the satisfaction of the Board or any officer appointed by the Board for that purpose.

PART IV.

In respect of Fires outside the District.

The Superintendent may by his own discretion render any assistance he deems necessary at any fire taking place outside the district, provided always that he can do so without endangering the safety of the Feilding Fire District. If any portion of the Feilding Fire Brigade established and maintained by the Board attends and performs any services at a fire in any building outside the district of Feilding at the request of the owner or occupier of such building, then such owner or occupier shall pay to the Board for such attendance and services at the under-mentioned rates:—

Superintendent or officer in charge of brigade—
First hour … … … … 0 10 0
Each succeeding hour … … 0 7 6
Each fireman—
First hour … … … … 0 4 0
Each succeeding hour … … 0 3 0
Each fire appliance, per hour… … 1 10 0

The cost of transporting men and appliances to be borne by the owner or occupier. The times to be computed from the time of leaving the station until the return to the station.

PART V.

Inspection of Public Buildings.

The fee to be paid by the owner or occupier of any buildings for inspection of such buildings under the provisions of section 51 of “The Fire Brigades Act, 1908,” shall be according to the following scale:—
Building to seat not more than two hundred s. d.
persons … … … 5 0
Building to seat more than two hundred but not more than three hundred persons … 7 6
Building to seat more than three hundred persons … … … 10 0

The owner or occupier of any such building shall be severally liable for the payment of the proper fees according to the above scale.

Payment of Fees.

All fees payable under these by-laws shall be payable to the secretary of the Board on demand.

Penalty Clause.

Every person guilty of an offence against, or committing any breach of, or failing to perform any duty imposed upon him by, any provisions of these by-laws shall be liable for such an offence, breach, or failure to such a penalty, not exceeding £20, as the Court inflicting the same shall in its discretion think fit. (See section 43, (1), (j), of the Act.)

PART VI.

Relating to the Maintenance of Discipline and the Insuring of Good Conduct on the Part of Members and Officers of the Brigade.

1. No person shall interfere with or obstruct any officer or member of the brigade in the execution of his duty.

2. No person shall supply any intoxicating liquors to any officer or member of the brigade while such officer or member shall be on duty unless he shall first have received from the officer in charge of the brigade permission to do so.

3. No person other than the officer or the fireman in the occupancy and his wife and children shall sleep in any fire-station quarters without permission of the Superintendent.

PART VII.

Conditions of Service.

Every member of the brigade and Fire Police and Salvage Corps when entering the service of the Board shall subscribe to the following conditions of service:—

1. Every member shall reside at a station, or within such distance therefrom as the Superintendent may approve of, and any member shifting his residence shall give notice thereof to the Superintendent.

2. Every member shall be supplied with suitable uniform and accoutrements, and he will be held responsible for the safety, cleanliness, and good order of the same. Such uniforms and accoutrements remain and are the property of the Board, and any member leaving the brigade, whether by resignation, discharge, or dismissal, or absence under condition 7, or for any other cause, shall, upon demand by the Superintendent, forthwith deliver up to the Superintendent possession of all such uniform and accoutrements. Should it appear to the Superintendent that any of the articles so returned have been improperly used or damaged, a sum sufficient to cover the loss sustained will be deducted from any money due to such member, or the Board may take such steps as it thinks fit to recover the amount of the loss sustained.

3. Every member is required to obey promptly all lawful orders given by persons placed in authority over him, and also to make himself acquainted with all rules and regulations for the proper working of the brigade that are in force, or which may be issued from time to time by the Board and entered in the Superintendent’s order-book kept for that purpose.

4. The Superintendent may instantly dismiss any member for any of the following offences, committed whilst on