Aug. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3181

Massage Branch.

The undermentioned to be Staff Masseuses. Dated 14th July, 1917:—

Miss Edith Jean Thomson.
Miss Flora Gray.
Miss Nan Heath.

NEW ZEALAND CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The undermentioned Chaplains to the Forces, 4th Class, retire under the provisions of paragraph 127, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 23rd July, 1917:—

The Reverend Charles Frederic Robert Harrison.
The Reverend John Calvert George Duncan Blathwayt.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).

Lieutenant Frank Leslie Hunt relinquishes his appointment as Attesting Officer, Otago Military District. Dated 12th July, 1917.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants:—

Frank Edwin Dornwell. Dated 8th January, 1917.
Frederick James Colmer. Dated 14th June, 1917.

Charles Randell Morris to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 29th March, 1917.

GENERAL LIST.

Battery Sergeant-major Walter Ibbotson, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 1st March, 1917.

Lieutenant Walter Ibbotson, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, is struck off the strength, and absorbed with his original rank and seniority—viz., 2nd Lieutenant, as from 1st March, 1916; to date from 23rd August, 1917.

MEMORANDUM.

2nd Lieutenant Alfred Richard Hatt is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, and is absorbed into the N.Z. Permanent Staff with his former rank and seniority, dated 17th March, 1916; to date from 30th June, 1916.

ERRATUM.

With reference to the notification published in the N.Z. Gazette No. 115, of the 12th July, 1917, for the words “The Reverend John Alexander McMickle” read “The Reverend John Alexander McNickle.”

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Special Order made by the Whangamarino Road Board making By-laws.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 30th July, 1917.

THE following special order, made by the Whangamarino Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Road Boards Act, 1908.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

WHANGAMARINO ROAD BOARD.

BY-LAWS.

BY-LAWS of the Chairman, Members, and Inhabitants of the Whangamarino Road Board, made by Special Order of the Whangamarino Road Board passed at a Special Meeting held on the 16th day of June, 1917, and confirmed at a Subsequent Meeting held on the 21st day of July, 1917.

THE Whangamarino Road Board, in pursuance of the powers conferred upon it by the Public Works Act, 1908, and by the Road Boards Act, 1908, and of every other power thereunto enabling it, hereby ordains as follows:—

1. In these by-laws, unless inconsistent with the context,——

“Board” means the Whangamarino Road Board.

“District” means the Whangamarino Road District.

“Heavy traffic” means—

(a.) The transportation of any vehicle, engine, or machine which itself or together with any things being transported thereon weighs more than one and a half tons avoirdupois to each pair of wheels;

(b.) The traction of any vehicle or thing by means of bullocks, notwithstanding that such vehicle or thing may separately or together with any load thereon weigh less than one and a half tons avoirdupois;

(c.) Any traffic which may be from time to time declared to be “heavy traffic” by Order in Council.

“Roadway crossing” means a track across a footpath connecting a roadway with the land adjoining a road.

“Road crossing” means a track leading from the land adjoining a road across that side of the road on which a drain or watertable but no footpath has been constructed.

“Footpath” means any portion of a highway or public thoroughfare intended exclusively for the use of foot passengers.

“Footpath crossing” means a crossing for foot passengers only.

“Road” means a public highway or thoroughfare within the Whangamarino Road District, and includes a roadway and footpath as herein defined.

“Roadway” means any public highway or thoroughfare, save and except the footpath thereof as defined herein.

“Vehicle crossing” means a roadway crossing or road crossing available for all classes of traffic.

“Crossing” includes a roadway crossing, a road crossing, a footpath crossing, and a vehicle crossing as herein defined.

The singular number shall include the plural, and reference to a person shall extend and apply to a person of either sex, and to a corporation.

“Cattle” means and includes any horse, mare, gelding, colt, filly, and foal; any bull, cow, ox, steer, heifer, and calf; any ram, ewe, wether, and lamb; any mule, ass, goat, boar, or sow.

“Owner” of any vehicle includes a bailee entitled to the possession and use of any such vehicle.

2. No person or persons, company or companies, corporation or corporations, shall during the months of May, June, July, August, and September in any year take, draw, carry, or transport, or cause to be taken, drawn, carried, or transported, and no person or persons, company or companies, corporation or corporations, shall during any of the said months engage in any heavy traffic upon or along any road, bridge, ferry, or ford under the care, control, or management of the Whangamarino Road Board and within the Whangamarino Road District.

3. The penalty for any breach of clause 2 hereof shall be a sum not exceeding £5.

4. No person shall drive or conduct any vehicle or machine upon or along any road, bridge, ferry, or ford under the care, control, or management of the Board, and within the district, unless such vehicle or machine shall have marked thereon in a conspicuous position and in a plain and legible manner the weight of such vehicle or machine; and any person who commits a breach of this clause of this by-law shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £20, notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other by-law to the contrary.

5. For the purpose of computing the weight of the contents of any vehicle or machine engaged in heavy traffic—

(a.) A measured ton of firewood shall be deemed to be 14 cwt. ;

(b.) 500 ft. of superficial sawn kauri shall be deemed to be 15 cwt. ;

(c.) 63 cubic feet of kauri shall be deemed to be one ton ;

(d.) 40 cubic feet of rimu, puriri, green totara, or kahikatea shall be deemed to be one ton ;

(e.) 13 cubic feet of solid stone shall be deemed to be one ton ;

(f.) 25 cubic feet of earth shall be deemed to be one ton ;

(g.) 22 cubic feet of clay shall be deemed to be one ton ;

(h.) 27 cubic feet of scoria shall be deemed to be one ton ;

(i.) 30 cubic feet of stable manure shall be deemed to be one ton ;

(j.) 22 cubic feet of gravel or sand shall be deemed to be one ton ;

(k.) 20 cubic feet of broken road metal shall be deemed to be one ton ;

(l.) 19 cubic feet of bricks shall be deemed to be one ton ;

(m.) 48 cubic feet of coal shall be deemed to be one ton ;

and

(n.) 25 cubic feet of kauri-gum shall be deemed to be one ton.

And so in proportion as any of the said respective several substances or things shall exceed the said measurements respectively.

6. No person or persons, corporation or corporations, shall conduct or cause to be conducted all or any of the following kinds of traffic—that is to say, the carriage of water-pipes, collars for water-pipes, lead, metal elbows, timber, gas-pipes, and marble, granite, freestone, cubes, and monumental masons’ requisites, upon or along all or any of the roads under the control of the said Board, unless the cost as estimated by the Board of reinstating the road or roads consequent upon the injury to be occasioned by such traffic upon or along which such traffic is to be conducted is previously paid to it.

7. No person shall drive, lead, or conduct any vehicle, contrivance, or machine containing or having thereon any