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and shall also stop the engine of such motor-car or traction-
engine till such time as the person with the horse or horses
has completely passed such motor-car or traction-engine, or,
in the case of a person driving stock, till all the stock have
completely passed such motor-car or traction-engine. If on
meeting a person with horse or horses or with stock there is
not sufficient room for the person with such animals to pass
on the inner side of such road from the motor-car or traction-
engine, then the driver of such motor-car or traction-engine
shall back his motor-car or traction-engine, or cause the same
to be driven backwards, to such a place and at such a distance
away as will enable the person with such horse or horses or
stock to pass on such inner side of such road.

3. Every person driving a motor-car or traction-engine on
   the said portion of the said road shall sound his horn or other
   mechanical warning at least twice when approaching any
   corner.

4. Every person driving a motor-car or traction-engine, or
   riding a bicycle, motor-cycle, tricycle, or similar vehicle upon
   any road or place within the county shall, on meeting or over-
   taking any person either on foot or riding any horse or driving
   any vehicle, ring his bell or give other warning before ap-
   proaching within one chain of such person.

5. Every rider or driver of a horse, vehicle, motor-car,
   motor-cycle, bicycle, tricycle, or traction-engine or similar
   vehicle overtaking any stock being driven on any road shall,
   if so requested by the person in charge of such stock, wait
   before passing the said stock until the formation of the road
   will allow him to do so with safety to the stock being driven,
   and such rider or driver shall not pass them at other than a
   walking-pace if so requested by the person.

6. No person shall drive a motor-car or traction-engine
   over the said portion of the said road unless he or she has
   driven in ordinary use a motor-car or traction-engine for a
   period of at least twelve months.

7. A motor-car for the purpose of this by-law is hereby
   defined as: "Any vehicle propelled by mechanical power if
   it does not exceed four tons in weight unladen, whether such
   vehicle is used alone or in order to propel or draw one or more
   vehicles whose weight together with that of the motor vehicle
   does not exceed five tons unladen. In calculating for the
   purposes of this Act the weight of a vehicle unladen, the
   weight of any water, fuel, or accumulators used for the pur-
   pose of propulsion shall not be included."

"Traction-engine" shall include a motor of any description
mounted on wheels, and having attached to it or drawn or
propelled by it one or more wagons or vehicles to carry material
of any description, and exceeding the weights hereinbefore
mentioned as applying to the definition of motor-car.

8. Any person committing a breach of this by-law shall be
   deemed guilty of an offence, and shall be liable upon con-
   viction to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

The above resolution was duly passed by the Raglan County
Council as a special order at a special meeting of the said
Council held on the 10th day of September, 1913, and con-
firmed at a special meeting held on the 22nd day of October,
1913.

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and In-
habitants of the County of Raglan has hereunto been affixed
this 22nd day of October, 1913, in the presence of—

CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE,
Chairman.

H. MARSLAND,
County Clerk.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly
made in accordance with the provisions of the Counties Act,
1908.

H. MARSLAND,
County Clerk.

872

HOROWHENUA COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.

THAT, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in
it in that behalf by the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1908,
and its amendments, the Horowhenua County Council hereby
resolves as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing for the payment of
interest and sinking fund and other charges on a loan of
£2,800, authorized to be raised by the said Horowhenua
County Council for the purpose of forming and metalling
roads and constructing bridges and railway-crossing in the
Makerua Estate Special-rating District, the Horowhenua
County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of
9/11ths of a penny in the pound upon the rateable value of
all rateable property in the Makerua Estate Special-rating
District comprised in Sections part Man-Kuk 2B, 2C, 2E, 2F,
and 2G, Blocks 7 and 8, 11 and 12, Mt. Robinson Survey Dis-
trict, the ratepayers whereof are Whitanui (Limited), Makerua
Estate Co. (Limited), and A. & L. Seifert Co. (Limited);
and that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate
during the currency of such loan, and be payable on the first
day of October in each and every year during the currency
of such loan, being a period of thirty-six and one-half years,
or until the loan is fully paid off.

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct
copy of a resolution passed by the Horowhenua County
Council at a duly constituted meeting held on the 8th day
of March, 1913.

H. E. LODGE,
County Clerk.

873

CASTLE POINT COUNTY COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in
that behalf by section 4 of the Local Bodies' Loans
Amendment Act, 1910, the Castle Point County Council
hereby resolves as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing the instalments in
respect of principal and interest and also the other charges
on a loan of £600, authorized to be raised by the Castle Point
County Council, under the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1908,
and its amendments, to meet the cost of surveying, legaliz-
ing, and constructing the road in Masterton County known
as Leach's Road, the said Castle Point County Council hereby
makes and levies a special rate of one penny in the pound
upon the rateable value of all rateable property within the
Leach's Road Loan Special-rating Area, comprising Sec-
tions 823, 160, 162-72, 175, 183, 185, Block XV, Puketoi
Survey District; Sections 173-4, 184, 187, Block XI, Puketoi
Survey District; Sections 161, 186, 192, Block XVI, Puketoi
Survey District; and Lot part 3, D.P. 2130, in Blocks II
and XIV, Mangapakeha and Puketoi Survey Districts. And
that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate
during the currency of such loan, and be payable half-yearly
on the first day of February and the first day of August in
each and every year during the currency of such loan, being
a period of thirty-six and a half years, or until the loan is
fully paid off.

I hereby certify that the above resolution was adopted by
the Castle Point County Council at a special meeting held
on the 27th day of September, 1913, and confirmed at a sub-
sequent meeting held on the 25th day of October, 1913.

874

H. SUTTON, County Clerk.

NOTICE is hereby given that as from the 15th day of
October, 1913, the Partnership heretofore existing
between JOHN WALLACE EASSON and PERCY GEORGE EASSON
at Kilbirnie, under the style of "Easson Bros." (formerly
J. W. Easson & Co.), is dissolved by mutual consent. The
business of "Easson Bros." will in future be carried on under
the style of "J. W. Easson" by the said John Wallace
Easson, and all debts owing to and due by the said late
Partnership will be received and paid respectively by the
said John Wallace Easson. The business of Easson (Limited),
Timber Merchants, is not affected by the foregoing arrange-
ment, but will continue under the management of the said
Percy George Easson.

Dated at Wellington this twenty-eighth day of October,
one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

PERCY G. EASSON.
J. W. EASSON.

875

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND,
TARANAKI DISTRICT.

In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908; and in the
matter of the Taranaki Farmers Company (Limited).

On Friday, the 24th day of October, 1913.

UPON the petition of Newton King, Charles Hayward
Burgess, and Murdoch Fraser, creditors of the above-
named company, on the 27th day of September, 1913, pre-
ferred unto a Judge of the Supreme Court, and upon hearing
counsel for the petitioners, and upon reading the said peti-
tion, an affidavit of the said Newton King and Charles Hay-
ward Burgess, filed the 27th day of September, 1913, verifying
the said petition, an affidavit of Claud Hamilton Foote, filed
the 21st day of October, 1913, the New Zealand Gazette of
the 16th day of October, 1913, and the Taranaki Herald and
Taranaki Daily News newspapers of the 13th day of October,
1913, each containing an advertisement of the said petition,
this Court doth order that the Taranaki Farmers Company
(Limited) above named be wound up by this Court under the
provisions of the Companies Act, 1908.

By the Court.

J. TERRY,
Deputy Registrar.

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