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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 21

License authorizing the Wellington City Corporation to erect an Electric Line from the Trolley-wire on Davis Street to a Motor on the Wellington Harbour Board’s Property near the Proposed Lambton Wharf.

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LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this third day of March, 1914.

Present :

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY PRESIDING 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 Wellington City Corporation (hereinafter referred to as “the said Corporation”) desires to erect an electric line from the overhead wire on Davis Street to connect with a motor on the Wellington Harbour Board’s property in the vicinity of that street (hereinafter referred to as “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 in 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 Corporation to erect and maintain the said electric line for the purpose of supplying electricity to the aforesaid motor, such electric line being indicated by a red line on the plan marked P.W.D. 34370, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District.

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SCHEDULE.

CONDITIONS.

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

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

3. The positive conductor shall be insulated throughout its length with rubber covering of 600-megohm grade.

4. The negative conductor may be uninsulated.

5. A fuse cut-out shall be placed on the positive conductor where it leaves the tramway trolley-wire. A switch and a circuit-breaker fitted with an overload and no-load release shall be inserted in the positive conductor and placed near the motor.

6. The negative conductor shall be continuous throughout its length from the motor terminal to the tramway rail, to which it shall be effectively bonded.

7. The conductors shall be carried on substantial supports, which shall be designed to have a factor of safety of 5 under a wind-pressure of 30 lb. per square foot.

8. No work of any nature shall be erected or constructed upon, over, or under any part of the New Zealand Government Railways until the Corporation has obtained the consent of the Minister of Railways thereto, as required by Section 4 of the Government Railways Amendment Act, 1910 (No. 2).

9. Where the conductors cross telegraph or telephone wires, or if any telegraph or telephone wire is hereafter installed so as to cross the conductors, substantial guard-wires effectively earthed shall be erected by or at the cost of the said Corporation if deemed necessary by the Minister of Telegraphs. Such guard-wires shall consist of two stranded galvanized-steel wires carried on substantial supports at a height of 2 ft. above the conductors, or 2 ft. above the telegraph or telephone wires if they pass under the conductors. Earth-wires where led down poles shall be protected by a casing for a distance of 8 ft. from the ground.

10. The construction of the works hereby authorized shall be substantially commenced on or before the 1st day of April, 1914, and shall be completed on or before the 1st day of October, 1914.

11. The said Corporation 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 month’s notice in writing of the estimated date of such completion.

12. The said Corporation shall not use the said electric line or permit the same to be used, for any purpose until the Minister has given notice in writing to the Corporation that he has received from the Engineer appointed by him to inspect the work a certificate that it has been satisfactorily carried out.

13. The said electric line, including the supports, the conductors, and the insulated covering, shall be duly and efficiently supervised and maintained by the said Corporation as regards both electrical and mechanical conditions, and shall not be permitted by the said Corporation to remain erected after it has ceased to be used for the supply of electricity.

14. This license, and the benefits and obligations hereunder, shall not be assigned by the said Corporation 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.

15. If the said Corporation fails to comply with any of the conditions of this license the Minister may, by notice in writing, require the Corporation within thirty days to remedy the default specified in that notice, and if the said Corporation 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.

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

17. For the purpose of ascertaining whether the conditions of this license are being faithfully complied with by the said Corporation, the Minister, or any person appointed by him in that behalf, may at all reasonable times enter on the lands and works and inspect the same.

18. Nothing in this license shall be deemed in any way to interfere with, affect, or abridge any rights or powers vested in His Majesty the King, or in the Governor on his behalf, authorizing the construction, management, or working of any public works, nor shall any compensation be payable to or on behalf of the said Corporation for injury done to the works herein authorized by the construction, management, or working of any such public work as aforesaid, or for the loss occasioned thereby, or for the exercise of any such right or power as aforesaid.

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

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Amendment of Regulations under the Education Act, 1908, regarding Audit of School Committees’ Accounts.

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LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this third day of March, 1914.

Present :

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Education Act, 1908, and all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby amend, in the manner set forth in the Schedule hereto, the regulations in force relating to the audit of School Committees’ accounts; and doth prescribe that this Order shall come into force on the date of the first publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

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SCHEDULE.

THE regulations relating to audit of School Committees’ accounts made by Order in Council dated the 2nd day of December, 1890, are hereby amended as follows :—

With respect to clause 3 thereof, by substituting for the word “March” the word “February”; and, with respect to clause 4 thereof, by substituting for the word “April” the word “March,” and for the words “31st day of March” the words “last day of February.”

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