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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 39

of bullocks as traction animals is prohibited on said roads
during the months of May, June, July, August, September,
and October in every year.

18. No person shall conduct, or cause or procure to be
    conducted, any heavy traffic on or along any road or part
    of a road that shall, in terms of the last preceding section,
    be for the time being closed to heavy traffic of the kind
    conducted.

19. Without prejudice to the liability of any other person
    under By-law 17, it shall be an offence against these by-laws
    for any person being the owner, as hereinbefore defined, of
    any vehicle to permit or allow the same to be used for
    conducting any heavy traffic contrary to either of the said
    by-laws.

REGULATING BICYCLE TRAFFIC.

20. Any person riding a bicycle, tricycle, or other similar
    vehicle on any road between the hours of sunset and sunrise
    shall have a light conspicuously displayed on the front part
    of such bicycle or tricycle or similar vehicle.

21. Any person riding a bicycle, tricycle, or similar vehicle
    on any road shall observe the ordinary rule of the road when
    meeting or passing vehicles or horsemen.

22. Nothing herein contained shall be held to relieve the
    owner of any engine, carriage, or vehicle from liability in
    respect of any injury or damage which may be occasioned or
    done by any such engine, carriage, or vehicle to any bridge,
    road, or culvert.

PENALTY CLAUSE.

23. Every person shall be guilty of an offence against the
    aforesaid by-laws, and for every such offence shall be liable
    to a penalty not exceeding £5, who shall do or cause to be
    done or be concerned in doing or omit to do anything re-
    quired to be done contrary to any provision thereof.

SCHEDULE A.
Computation Scale.

Nature of Load. | Quantity. | Computed
| Weight.
--- | --- | ---
Sawn timber ... | 400 ft. equal | 1 ton.
Firewood ..... | 1 cord | 2 tons.
Gravel or stone | 1 yard | 27 cwt.
Bricks ....... | 500 bricks | 25 cwt.
Wheat ....... | 10 sacks | 1 ton.
Oats ........ | 14 sacks | 1 ton.
Wool ........ | 5 bales | 1 ton.
Maize ....... | 10 sacks | 1 ton.
Flax, green ... | 16 bundles | 1 ton.
Flax, dressed . | 4 bales | 1 ton.

The above by-laws were made by special order passed at
a special meeting of the Te Puke Road Board held on the
6th day of March, 1920, and confirmed at an ordinary meet-
ing held on the 24th day of April, 1920.

The common seal of the Chairman, Members, and In-
habitants of the Te Puke Road Board District was affixed
hereto on the 24th day of April, 1920, in the presence of

CALEB LALLY, Chairman.
(Seal.)
JOHN WITHEROW, Member.
OWEN COONEY, Clerk.

The above by-laws came into force when gazetted.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly
made.

H. W. EARP, Clerk.

Redefining Boundaries of the Borough of Ashburton and the
County of Ashburton.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 18th April, 1921.

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 141 of the Muni-
cipal Corporations Act, 1920, the boundaries of the
Borough of Ashburton are hereby defined as set out in the
First Schedule hereto, the boundaries of the said borough
having been altered by a Proclamation dated the 4th day of
March, 1921, made under the Municipal Corporations Act,
1908, and the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1915,
published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 25, of the 10th day
of March, 1921.

And also, in pursuance of the said section 141 of the Muni-
cipal Corporations Act, 1920, the boundaries of the County of
Ashburton affected by the said Proclamation dated the 4th
day of March, 1921, are hereby defined as set out in the
Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

BOUNDARIES OF THE BOROUGH OF ASHBURTON.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded by
a line commencing at the junction of roads to the western-
most corner of Rural Section 4906, along the south-western
boundary of that section and its production to the south-
eastern side of East Street, along that side of the said East
Street to the south-western side of the road along the north-
eastern boundary of Reserve 2471; thence along that side of
said road and its continuation past Reserves 2644, 1261, 3446,
1120, Rural Sections 14370 and 15470, to the easternmost
corner of the last-named section; thence along the north-
western side of the road forming the south-eastern boundaries
of Sections 15470, 15999, Reserve 1415, Sections 13705, 10350,
and Reserve 1119 to the Wakanui Road; thence along the
north-eastern side of that road to a point in line with the
south-eastern side of Trevors Road; thence to and along that
side of said Trevors Road to the left bank of the Ashburton
River; thence north-westerly along said left bank to a point
in line with the south-eastern boundary of Rural Section
4905; thence to and along that boundary of said section and
a right line to the westernmost corner of Rural Section 4906,
the point of commencement.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

BOUNDARIES OF THE COUNTY OF ASHBURTON.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded
towards the north by the Selwyn County from the source of
the Rakaia River to the ocean; towards the east by the ocean
to the mouth of the Rangitata River; thence by the centre
of that river to Forest Stream; thence by the centre of that
stream to its source in Two Thumbs Range; thence by a line
along the summit of that range to the summit of the southern
Alps near Mount Tyndall; and thence by a line along the
summit of the Southern Alps and a line to the source of the
Rakaia River near Whitcombe Pass, being the starting-point:
save and except the Borough of Ashburton and the Town
District of Tinwald.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice respecting Proposed Borough of Avondale.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 18th April, 1921.

PURSUANT to section 131 of the Municipal Corporations
Act, 1920, it is hereby notified that a petition, in
accordance with regulations, signed by not less than one-
fifth of the electors of the area described in the Schedule
hereto, has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-
General praying that the said area may be constituted a
borough under the said Act, by name the Borough of Avon-
dale. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge
any written objections to or petitions against the proposed
constitution within one month from the first application of
this notice. Such objections or petitions are to be addressed
and forwarded to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

PROPOSED BOROUGH OF AVONDALE.

ALL that area in the North Auckland Land District bounded
towards the north generally by Waitemata Harbour from
the Whau River to Oakley Creek; thence towards the east
generally by Oakley Creek aforesaid to the southern boundary
of Section 62, Parish of Titirangi; thence towards the south
by that boundary and its production to the middle of a road
forming the western boundary of Section 62 aforesaid;
thence again towards the east by a line along the middle of
that road to a line parallel to and distant 3 chains from
the southern side of New North Road; thence again to-
wards the north-west by that line to Oakley Creek aforesaid ;
thence again towards the north-east generally by that creek
to the eastern side of Richardson Road, which forms the
north-eastern boundary of Section 94, Parish of Titirangi ;
thence again towards the north-east by the eastern side of
that road to its nearest angle; thence by a line across that
road to the western side of road forming the north-eastern
boundaries generally of Sections 66 and 67, Parish of Titi-
rangi; thence towards the north-east generally by that road-
side to the easternmost corner of Section 67 aforesaid; thence
towards the south-east and south-west by the south-eastern
and south-western boundaries of Section 67 aforesaid to a
point in line with the eastern side of Boundary Road, which
forms the eastern boundaries of Sections 78 and 77, Parish
of Titirangi; thence by a right line to said eastern side of
Boundary Road; thence towards the south-east by said
eastern side of Boundary Road and a right line across White
Swan Road to the north-eastern corner of Section 75, Parish
of Titirangi; thence towards the south-east by the eastern
boundary-line of the last-mentioned section to Manukau
Harbour; thence towards the south generally by Manukau
Harbour to the western side of the Whau-Portage Road;
thence towards the west by that roadside to Avondale Stream,
and again towards the west generally by that stream and the
Whau River to Waitemata Harbour, the place of commence-
ment.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.