or by any vehicle attached thereto, shall forthwith thereafter
be repaired and made good by or at the expense of the owner
of any such engine, wagon, or other vehicle.

22. Nothing herein contained shall be held to relieve
    owners or employers of traction-engines or motor-lorries
    engaged in heavy traffic from liability in respect of injury
    done or damage sustained by the traction of weight in excess
    of that prescribed over or along the said road or any bridge
    or culvert thereon.

23. Any person authorized by the Minister of Public
    Works may stop and detain any vehicle, traction-engine,
    motor-lorry, or machine which in his opinion infringes these
    by-laws, until the width of tires or the weight of such vehicle,
    traction-engine, motor-lorry, or machine, and the load thereon,
    or the weight or measurement of the contents thereof, can
    be ascertained.

24. The driver of any such vehicle, traction-engine, motor-
    lorry, or machine shall give full and true information as to
    the load or contents thereof, and the quantity, weight, size,
    or measurement of the same, and shall do such acts for the
    purpose of enabling the same to be ascertained as such autho-
    rized person requests.

25. The manner of ascertaining the weight of loading or
    contents of any vehicle shall be by computing the weight or
    measurement from the cubical or superficial measurement
    of such loading or contents, and for this purpose the quan-
    tities hereunder set out shall, so far as regards the material
    or articles mentioned respectively, represent one ton, and
    so on in the same rates :-

New Zealand timber, 400 superficial feet.
Australian timber, 350 superficial feet.
Firewood, half a cord or 64 cubic feet.
Sand, 21 cubic feet.
Clay, 19 cubic feet.
Cement, 5 barrels (or bags equal to same).
Broken stone, 21 cubic feet.
Lime, 38 cubic feet.
Bricks, 320.
Coal, 45 cubic feet.
Chaff, 25 bags.
Oats (4-bushel bags), 10 bags.
Wool, 5 bales.
Iron and steel, 41/2 cubic feet.

26. The gross weight of any one vehicle which shall be
    permitted to cross any bridge or culvert situated on the said
    road shall not exceed seven (7) tons, and not more than one
    such vehicle shall be permitted to be on any bridge at one
    time.

27. No person or persons shall stretch ropes across any
    part of the said road, whether for log-hauling or any other
    purpose, to the danger of the travelling public.

RELATING TO SLEDDING.

28. No person shall draw or trail any sledge, timber, or
    other material in or upon the said road, whether such road is
    or is not or may be injured or damaged thereby.

29. Any person damaging the said road by sleighing shall
    make such damage good to the satisfaction of the Public
    Works Engineer.

PENALTIES.

30. Every person who shall do or cause or procure to be done
    anything contrary to or otherwise than is provided by these
    by-laws, or who shall omit to do anything therein required
    to be done by him, shall be guilty of an offence.

31. Every person guilty of an offence against these by-laws
    shall be liable for each such offence to a fine not exceeding £5.

Dated at Wellington this 12th day of November, 1923.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 6th November, 1923.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary
Forces Officers' Decoration to Lieut.-Colonel A. G. McKenzie,
D.S.O., 3rd New Zealand Mounted Rifles (Auckland).

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Club disbanded.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 12th November, 1923.

His Excellency the Governor-General has approved of
the disbandment, under section 43, Defence Act,
1909, of the undermentioned defence rifle club:-

Wakapuaka Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at
Wakapuaka.

Dated 25th September, 1923.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, for Minister of Defence.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, fixing the
Closing-hours of (1) Butchers', (2) Fancy-goods Dealers',
(3) Mercers', (4) Plumbers', (5) Saddlers and Harness and
Collar Makers', and (6) Watchmakers' Shops in the Borough
of Balclutha.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing signed by a majority
of the occupiers of all the shops in each of the trades
of (1) butcher, (2) fancy-goods dealer, (3) mercer, (4) plumber,
(5) saddler and harness and collar maker, and (6) watchmaker
in the Borough of Balclutha has been forwarded to me desiring
that all such shops in the borough be closed in the evening of
working-days as follows-Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, at 5.30 p.m.; Friday, 9 p.m. :

And whereas I, George James Anderson, Minister of Labour,
am satisfied that the signatures to such requisition represent
a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in each of the
trades of (1) butcher, (2) fancy-goods' dealer, (3) mercer,
(4) plumber, (5) saddler and harness and collar maker, and
(6) watchmaker in the Borough of Balclutha:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 32 of the Shops and
Offices Act, 1921-22, I do hereby direct that on and after the
26th day of November, 1923, all the shops in each of the
trades of (1) butcher, (2) fancy-goods' dealer, (3) mercer,
(4) plumber, (5) saddler and harness and collar maker, and
(6) watchmaker in the Borough of Balclutha shall be closed
accordingly.

The notices published in the New Zealand Gazette of the
24th June, 1909, and the 9th May, 1912, fixing the closing-
hours of all shops and of fancy-goods dealers' and booksellers'
shops respectively in the Borough of Balclutha is hereby
superseded insofar as it relates to the shops affected by this
notice, as from the date of the coming into operation of this
notice.

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of November, 1923.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, fixing the
Closing-hours of (1) Drapers', (2) Ironmongers', and
(3) Grocers' Shops in the Borough of Balclutha.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority
of the occupiers of all the shops in each of the trades
of (1) draper, (2) ironmonger, and (3) grocer in the Borough
of Balclutha has been forwarded to me desiring that all such
shops in the borough be closed in the evening of working-
days as follows-On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
5.30 p.m.; Friday, 9 p.m. :

And whereas I, George James Anderson, Minister of Labour,
am satisfied that the signatures to such requisition represent
a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in each of the
trades of (1) draper, (2) ironmonger, and (3) grocer within the
Borough of Balclutha:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 32 of the Shops and
Offices Act, 1921-22, I do hereby direct that on and after the
26th day of November, 1923, all the shops in each of the trades
of (1) draper, (2) ironmonger, and (3) grocer within the
Borough of Balclutha shall be closed accordingly.

The notice gazetted on the 24th June, 1909, fixing the
closing-hours of all shops in the Borough of Balclutha is
hereby superseded insofar as it relates to the shops affected
by this notice as from the date of the coming into operation
of this notice.

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of November, 1923.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, prohibiting
the Sale in the City of Dunedin of certain Goods comprised
in the Trade of a Tobacconist.

WHEREAS a petition in writing, signed by a majority
of the occupiers of all the tobacconists' shops within
the City of Dunedin, has been forwarded to me desiring
that the sale of certain goods comprised in the trade of a
tobacconist -- namely, smoking-requisites -- be prohibited
during such times as the said shops are required to be closed
in pursuance of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22:

And whereas I, George James Anderson, Minister of Labour,
am satisfied that the sale of the said goods is comprised in
the trade of a tobacconist in the said district, and that the
signatures to such petition represent a majority of the occu-
piers of all the said shops in the said district:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 33 of the said Act,
I do hereby direct that on and after the 19th day of November,
1923, the sale of the said goods in the City of Dunedin shall
be and is hereby prohibited as follows: On Monday, Tues-
day, and Thursday after the hour of 6.15 p.m., and on Wednes-
day after the hour of 9.15 p.m., with the following exceptions--
(1) On the working-day immediately preceding and the day
of any race meeting held at Wingatui or Forbury Park, after