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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 48

or working of any such public works as aforesaid, or for the loss occasioned thereby, or for the exercise of any such right or power as aforesaid.

17. This license shall come into force on and after the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

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

License authorizing the Christchurch Tramway Board to erect Electric Lines from the Trolley-wire in Hill’s Road to a Motor-generator on the Property of the Hon. George John Smith, White’s Road, Opawa.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this fourth day of May, 1914.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., 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 Christchurch Tramway Board (hereinafter referred to as “the licensee”) desires to erect electric lines from the tramway trolley-wire in Hill’s Road, Opawa, to connect with a ten-kilowatt motor-generator on the property of the Hon. George John Smith, situated at the corner of White’s Road and Hill’s Road, Opawa (hereinafter referred to as “the said electric lines”), 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 licensee to erect and maintain the said electric lines for the purpose of supplying electrical energy to the aforesaid motor-generator, such electric lines and the position of the motor-generator being indicated on the plan marked P.W.D. 35330, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District.

SCHEDULE.

CONDITIONS.

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

2. The positive lines shall consist of 7/16 S.W.G. copper wires, insulated with vulcanized indiarubber of 600-megohm grade, and the negative lines of 7/16 S.W.G. copper wires, which may be bare. The lines shall be insulated by means of porcelain insulators, carried on substantial hardwood poles placed not more than 200 ft. apart.

3. A fuse cut-out shall be placed on the positive conductor where it leaves the tramway trolley-wire, to operate at 50 per cent. above the maximum load of the circuit. A switch and a fuse that will operate with 50 per cent. excess current over the full load of the circuit shall be inserted at the distribution-box on the positive conductor in each lighting circuit, and for a motor circuit a switch and circuit-breaker set to operate with an overload of 50 per cent. excess current, and with a no-load release, shall be inserted in the positive conductor and placed near each motor respectively.

4. The negative conductor shall be continuous throughout its length from the distribution-box or the motor terminal to the tramway-rail, to which it shall be effectively bonded.

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

6. At crossings the conductors shall pass over or under the telegraph wires, as may be decided by the Minister of Telegraphs. Where the conductors cross telegraph or telephone wires, or if any telegraph or telephone wire is hereafter installed so as to cross the conductors, and at such other points as may be deemed necessary by the Minister of Telegraphs, substantial guard-wires effectively earthed shall be erected by or at the cost of the said licensee. 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. Earth-wires where led down poles shall be protected by a casing for a distance of 8 ft. from the ground.

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

8. The construction of the works hereby authorized shall be substantially commenced on or before the 1st day of June, 1914, and shall be completed on or before the 1st day of August, 1914.

9. The licensee 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.

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

11. The said electric lines, including their supports, their conductors, and their insulated covering, shall be duly and efficiently supervised and maintained by the licensee as regards both electrical and mechanical conditions, and shall not be permitted by the licensee to remain erected after they have ceased to be used for the supply of electricity.

12. This license, and the benefits and obligations hereunder, shall not be assigned by the licensee without the expressed 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.

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

14. Notwithstanding anything in the last preceding clause of these conditions, if the licensee 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.

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

16. 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 licensee for injury done to the works herein authorized by the construction, management, or working of any such public works as aforesaid, or for the loss occasioned thereby, or for the exercise of any such right or power as aforesaid.

17. This license shall come into force on and after the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

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

Portion of the South-eastern Side of Gladstone Road, in the Borough of Mosgiel, exempted from the Provisions of Section 117 of the Public Works Act, 1908, subject to a Condition as to the Building-line.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this fourth day of May, 1914.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING 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: