Numb. 24.

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1924.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1924.

By-laws under the Government Railways Act, 1908.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by the Government Railways Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities in that behalf, I, Joseph Gordon Coates, Minister of Railways, do hereby amend the by-laws made under the said Act on the 29th day of May, 1909, by making the following alterations therein:—

PART I.—GENERAL.

By omitting By-law No. 33 and substituting the following:—
“33. Fruit, vegetables, fish, meat, poultry, and other perishable articles shall be carried only at the risk of the consignor. Any such goods (a) if not taken away within six hours after arrival at the station to which they are consigned, or (b) insufficiently addressed, or (c) not delivered in consequence of riot or strike or other labour disturbance may be forthwith sold by auction or otherwise without notice to the sender or consignee; and payment or tender of the net proceeds of any such sale, after deduction of freight charges and expenses, shall be equivalent to delivery.”

Given under my hand this 14th day of April, 1924.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Railways.

Approving Amended Conditions of Accident Insurance Policy to be issued by the Taranaki Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Association.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this 11th day of April, 1924.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section sixty-six of the Workers’ Compensation Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), it is enacted that every policy of insurance or indemnity indemnifying an employer against his liability under that Act, or at common law or otherwise, issued on or after the coming into operation of the said Act shall contain only such provisions as may be approved by the Governor-General in Council:

And whereas, by regulations dated the twenty-fifth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, under the Mutual Fire Insurance Amendment Act, 1913, is is provided that the provisions of section sixty-one of the Workers’ Compensation Act, 1908 (now section sixty-six of the Workers’ Compensation Act, 1922), shall apply to accident insurance policies issued by every mutual fire insurance association:

And whereas by Order in Council dated the twenty-seventh day of September, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, the provisions contained in the policy of accident insurance to be issued by the Taranaki Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Association were duly approved:

And whereas the provisions contained in the said policy have been amended by the said association by adding the following words at the end of clause 9 of the conditions endorsed on such policy:—
“Unless an order is made by a Judge of the Supreme Court in pursuance of the provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Act, 1922”:

And whereas it is desirable to approve the said amendment:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby approve of the aforesaid amendment to the conditions of insurance endorsed on the policy of accident insurance issued by the Taranaki Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Association.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Confering on Whakatane County Council Powers of Borough Councils with respect to Waterworks.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 11th day of April, 1921.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL:

WHEREAS it is enacted by the Counties Act, 1920, that the Governor-General may by Order in Council confer on any County Council such of the powers of Borough Councils with respect to the supply of water for domestic or industrial purposes as he thinks fit, and with such restrictions, modifications, and conditions as he thinks fit, and thereupon that County Council shall have and may exercise the said powers accordingly pursuant to the tenor of the said Order in Council:

And whereas it is expedient to confer upon the Whakatane County Council certain of the said powers of Borough Councils:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him in that behalf by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby confer on the said Whakatane County Council all the powers with respect to the supply of water for domestic or industrial purposes exercisable by a duly constituted Borough Council under sections eighty-two to eighty-seven, Part XXIV (with the exception of sections two hundred and forty-five and two hundred and forty-seven), and section three hundred and thirty-nine of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, and section eleven of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1921–22.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

By Authority: W. A. G. SKINNER, Government Printer, Wellington.

Price, 6d.]