Oct. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3197

Provided that where a truck or vehicle or trucks or vehicles is or are attached to or being drawn by any traction-engine it shall not be necessary for the engine to carry a red light behind, but a red tail light shall be carried on the back of the hindmost truck or vehicle.

2A. Every vehicle (other than a motor-bicycle or bicycle) which shall be standing or travelling as aforesaid between the hours aforesaid shall carry two good and efficient carriage-lamps properly fitted outside the vehicle one on each side thereof.

2B. Every bicycle or motor-bicycle which shall be standing or travelling as aforesaid between the hours aforesaid shall carry on the forepart thereof an efficient lamp so designed and placed as to throw a white light ahead of the front wheel. If a side-car or trailer be attached to any bicycle or motor-bicycle, a white light shall be carried on the off side of the car or a red light shall be carried at the back of the trailer, as the case may be.

2C. Wherever in this by-law it is provided that a light or lamp must be carried it shall be understood that the light or lamp must be carried burning.

THIRD SCHEDULE.—NEW BY-LAWS.

NEW BY-LAW NUMBER 12A.

Heavy Traffic.

1. HEAVY traffic of all kinds shall cease during the months of May, June, July, August, and September in the year 1917, and in each succeeding year thereafter, on all roads under the care, control, or management of the Council.

2. Every person committing a breach of this by-law shall for each such offence be liable to a penalty of five pounds (£5).

3. By-law Number 12 passed on the 10th day of June, 1907, is hereby repealed.

NEW BY-LAW NUMBER 13.

MOTOR LORRIES.

Part I.—Licenses.

(a.) No person shall use or drive any motor-lorry over or along any road, bridge, ferry, or ford under the care, control, or management of the Council, unless such motor-lorry shall have been first licensed in manner hereinafter provided.

(b.) The owner of any motor-lorry required to be licensed under this by-law, or some person on his behalf, shall deliver at the County Office to the County Clerk a written application for a license signed by the owner or his authorized agent, together with the proper license fee and a description of the motor-lorry, stating the trade-name, weight, horse-power, and registered number thereof.

(c.) The description of every licensed motor-lorry shall be entered in a book to be kept by the County Clerk for that purpose, and the Clerk shall deliver to the owner or other person obtaining a license hereunder a receipt for the license fee marked with the number under which the license is issued.

(d.) Every licensed motor-lorry shall have painted on the right-hand side thereof, in letters and figures not less than four inches high and of proportionate breadth, the owner’s name, the words “License No.,” and immediately following those words the number under which the lorry is licensed. The said letters and figures shall be painted with good white paint on a dark ground, and the paint shall, if necessary, be from time to time renewed so that the said letters and figures may be legible at all times during the currency of the license.

(e.) Every license issued hereunder shall continue in force for one year from the day when the same shall be granted, and no longer.

(f.) Nothing in this by-law or in any license issued hereunder shall be deemed to relieve any licensee or other person concerned from liability for any damage or injury that may be caused or done to any road, bridge, ferry, or ford under the care, control, or management of the Council, by reason or in consequence of the use of any licensed motor-lorry for any purpose whatsoever, or to prejudice the right or remedy of the Council under sections 150 and 151 of the Public Works Act, 1908, or any other right or remedy of the Council, or to affect the right of the Council to close roads to heavy traffic during certain months of the year as provided by subparagraph (i) of section 139 of the said Act.

(g.) The license fees payable shall be as follows :—
For an engine under 10 horse-power, £5.
For an engine over 10 horse-power but under 15 horse-power, £12 10s.
For an engine over 15 horse-power but under 20 horse-power, £15.
For an engine over 20 horse-power, but under 25 horse-power, £17 10s.
For an engine over 25 horse-power but under 30 horse-power, £20.
For an engine over 30 horse-power, £25.

Part II.—General.

(h.) Every motor-lorry shall be provided with a reflector, which shall be so hung or affixed as to give the driver of the lorry a good view of vehicles or horsemen overtaking him and requiring room to pass.

(i.) A motor-lorry shall not be driven at any greater speed than four miles an hour when crossing any bridge, than eight miles an hour when passing through any town or village, than sixteen miles an hour when travelling along any public road outside the boundaries of any town or village.

NEW BY-LAW NUMBER 14.

Interpretation.

The word “vehicle” wherever used in the foregoing by-laws shall, unless such meaning would be inconsistent with the context, be deemed to extend to and include motor-cars, motor-bicycles, motor-lorries, and every description of “motor” as defined in the Motor Regulation Act, 1908.

NEW BY-LAW NUMBER 15.

Providing for the Licensing and Control of Public Billiard-rooms.

1. In this by-law—
   “Billiard-room” means and includes any premises used or intended to be used by the public for the purpose of playing therein, in consideration of a money payment to the keeper of the room, the games of billiards, pool, pyramids, snooker, bagatelle, or any of those games or any games of a like nature :
   “Keeper” means the holder for the time being of a license for any billiard-room.

2. From and after the 1st day of October, 1916, no billiard-room shall be occupied or used for the purpose of playing any of the games aforesaid, unless licensed and registered in that behalf under this by-law. Every such license shall be in the form given in the Schedule hereto or to the like effect.

3. The County Clerk shall keep a register of billiard-rooms in the county, showing the local situation of each billiard-room, and the name, address, and description of the keeper thereof.

4. For the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of this by-law the Council may from time to time appoint an Inspector of Billiard-rooms, who shall have the right to enter any billiard-room at any time, and shall make known to the Council any infringement or attempted infringement of the said provisions.

5. Any person desiring to obtain a license for a billiard-room shall make application therefor in writing to the Council, and in his application shall define the local situation and size of the billiard-room, and shall state the number of tables proposed to be maintained therein. If any such applicant omits or states falsely any of the particulars hereby required to be set forth he shall be deemed to have committed an offence against this by-law.

6. Every such application shall be referred to the Inspector aforesaid, who shall report to the Council on the character of the applicant and the fitness or otherwise of the premises proposed to be licensed.

7. The Council may refuse to grant or renew any license or to sanction any proposed transfer of any license, without assigning any reason for its refusal.

8. Every license granted in pursuance of this by-law shall be deemed to expire on the 31st day of March next following the day whereon the same was granted.
   The annual fee for such license shall be—
   £ s. d.
   For one table . . . . . . . . 2 2 0
   For two tables . . . . . . . . 3 11 6
   For every additional table exceeding two . . 1 1 0
   The first fee payable under this by-law shall be equal to one-half of the annual fee. A proportional fee, not being however in any instance less than one-quarter of the annual fee, shall be payable in cases where a license is issued for any unexpired portion of a year. The Council shall not be bound to receive any application for a license unless the same be accompanied by the proper fee. Should the application be refused the fee shall be returned to the applicant.

9. The County Clerk may, on proof to his satisfaction that any license has been lost or destroyed, issue to the keeper a duplicate of that license. A fee of two shillings and sixpence shall be payable for any duplicate so issued.

10. Every application for the Council’s consent to a transfer of any license shall be signed by both the transferor and