Public Works Act Exemptions and Licenses




JULY 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2199

SCHEDULE.

ALL that street in the Canterbury Land District, Timaru Borough, known as Cameron Street, commencing at its junction with Le Cren Street, and running in a westerly direction to its junction with Wilson Street, being a distance of 9 chains, more or less; as the said street is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 31690, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon coloured red.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.


Exempting Portion of the East Side of Morrison Street, in the City of Dunedin, from the Provisions of Section 117 of the Public Works Act, 1908, subject to certain Conditions as to the Building-line.


ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this ninth day of July, 1912.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by subsection one of section one hundred and seventeen of the Public Works Act, 1908, it is, inter alia, provided that the said section shall not apply in any case where the local authority having control of a road or street by resolution declares that the provisions thereof shall not apply to any specified road or street, or any specified part thereof, and such resolution is approved by the Governor in Council:

And whereas by subsection two of section one hundred and seventeen of the Public Works Act, 1908, and clause (b) of subsection one of section thirteen of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, it is provided that such approval may be either absolute or subject to such conditions as the Governor in Council thinks fit to impose, and may refer to one or both sides of the road or street:

And whereas the Dunedin City Council, the local authority having control of the portion of street described in the Schedule hereto, did by resolution declare that the provisions of the said section one hundred and seventeen should not apply to the said portion of street:

And whereas it is deemed expedient that such resolution should be approved in so far as it refers to the east side of the portion of Morrison Street described in the Schedule hereto, subject to the conditions hereinafter mentioned:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the above-in-part-recited Acts, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby approve of the said resolution to the extent hereinbefore mentioned, subject to the conditions that no building or part of a building shall be erected at any time on the east side of that part of Morrison Street described in the Schedule hereto, within a distance of twenty-five feet from the centre of that portion of street.


SCHEDULE.

ALL that portion of Morrison Street in the City of Dunedin fronting Allotments 22, 23, 24, 30, 31, and 32, Block II, Caversham Extension; as the said portion of street is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 31850, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon coloured red.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.


License authorizing the Upper Hutt Motion-picture Syndicate to erect an Electric Line across Princes Street, Upper Hutt Town District.


ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this ninth day of July, 1912.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section two of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, it is provided that no person shall lay, construct, put up, place, or use any electric line except under the authority of a license issued to him by the Governor in Council under that Act:

And whereas the Upper Hutt Motion-picture Syndicate (hereinafter referred to as “the said syndicate”) desires to erect an electric line across Princes Street in the Upper Hutt Town District: And whereas the Upper Hutt Town Board has consented to the erection of the said electric line, and it is expedient accordingly to issue a license in respect thereof under the said section:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by the said section, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth, subject to the conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto, hereby authorize the said syndicate to erect and maintain an electric line for the purpose of supplying electricity to a hall fronting the main road, such electric line being indicated in red ink on the plan marked P.W.D. 32024, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District.


SCHEDULE.

CONDITIONS.

  1. THE conductors shall be at a minimum height of 20 ft. above the surface of the road.

  2. The conductors shall be composed of stranded copper or aluminium. The size of the strand shall not be less than No. 20 standard wire gauge, and the number of strands shall not be less than seven.

  3. The conductors may be uninsulated.

  4. Every support for an aerial line shall be of durable material, and properly strengthened against forces due to wind-pressure, change of direction of the line, and unequal length of span. The factor of safety of such supports shall be at least four, taking into consideration all possible stresses, including wind-pressure of 30 lb. per square foot on plane surfaces and 18 lb. per square foot on diametrical plane for cylindrical surfaces. The stress in the aerial conductors shall not exceed 28,000 lb. per square inch for copper and 15,000 lb. per square inch for aluminium in the extreme case of a temperature of 12° Fahr. and a wind-pressure of 18 lb. per square foot of diametrical plane occurring simultaneously.

  5. Where the conductors cross telegraph or telephone wires, or if any telegraph or telephone wire is hereinafter installed so as to cross the conductors, substantial guard-wires shall be erected by or at the cost of the said syndicate. Such guard-wires shall consist of two-stranded galvanized-steel wires, carried on substantial supports at a height of 2 ft. above the conductors if the telegraph or telephone wires pass over the conductors, or 2 ft. above the telegraph or telephone wires if they pass under the conductors.

  6. The construction of the works hereby authorized shall be substantially commenced on or before the 1st day of September, 1912, and shall be completed on or before the 1st day of March, 1913.

  7. The said syndicate shall, prior to the completion of the said works, give to the Minister of Public Works (hereinafter referred to as “the Minister”) at least one week’s notice in writing of the estimated date of such completion.

  8. The said syndicate shall not use the said electric line, or permit the same to be used, for any purposes until the Minister has given notice in writing to the said syndicate that he has received from the Engineer appointed by him to inspect the works a certificate that they have been satisfactorily carried out.

  9. This license, and the benefits and obligations hereunder, shall not be assigned by the said syndicate without the express consent in writing of the Minister first had and obtained; but such consent shall not be withheld if it is proved to the satisfaction of the Minister that the transferee is financially and otherwise able to carry out the obligations specified in this license.

  10. If the said syndicate fails to comply with any of the above conditions of this license, the Minister may, by notice in writing, require the said syndicate within thirty days to remedy the default specified in that notice; and if the said syndicate fails to comply with the terms of the notice within the said period, it shall be liable to a penalty of £10, to be recoverable by or on behalf of the Minister as a debt due to the Crown.

  11. Notwithstanding anything in the last preceding clause of these conditions, if the said syndicate fails to comply with the terms of any such notice for ninety days after receipt thereof, the Governor in Council may thereupon revoke this license without further notice.

  12. For the purpose of ascertaining whether the conditions of this license are being faithfully complied with by



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