JULY 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2169

By-laws under the Government Railways Act, 1908.

In exercise and pursuance 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 V.—REGULATION OF TRAFFIC OVER COMBINED ROAD
AND RAILWAY BRIDGES: RAKAIA BRIDGE.

By omitting By-law No. 56, and substituting therefor the following:

"56. The following provisions shall apply to the traffic on and over
the Rakaia Bridge, which said bridge forms part of the railway between
Lyttelton and Bluff, and is used both for ordinary road and railway traffic:

"(1.) Horses not driven in harness or led by bridle or halter, and cattle,
sheep, pigs, goats, mules, and donkeys, must have a man behind them;
and cattle, sheep, and horses in mobs must also have a man before them.

"(2.) Motor-cars or motor-cycles shall not enter upon the bridge
within ten minutes; all other motor-vehicles, horses, or light horse-
drawn vehicles within twenty minutes; drays within thirty minutes;
and cattle, sheep, or pigs within one hour, of the time that any train is
due on the bridge: Provided that any authorized officer of the Department
may, at his discretion, relax any of the restrictions in this clause.

"(3.) (a.) Motor-cars or motor-cycles shall not travel faster than fifteen
miles an hour.

"(b.) Motor-vehicles (other than motor-cars and motor-cycles) with a
maximum load not exceeding 2 tons on any wheel shall not travel faster
than ten miles an hour.

"(c.) Horsemen, or horse-drawn wheeled-vehicles, or motor-vehicles
with a load of over 2 tons on any wheel, shall not travel faster than six
miles an hour.

"(d.) Provided that with respect to the restrictions imposed under
subclauses (a) and (b) hereof the drivers of all such vehicles shall on
meeting and while passing other vehicles not travel faster than six miles
an hour.

"(4.) Traction-engines, or tractors, or vehicles with loads greater than
1½ tons gross on any wheel with tires less than 5 in. broad, or vehicles
with loads greater than 2½ tons gross on any wheel (irrespective of the
width of the tires), shall not cross the bridge unless loaded on railway-
wagons.

"(5.) No portable engine, combine, elevator, reaper-and-binder, or such
travelling or portable machine (all of which are hereinafter included in the
term "machine") shall be taken over the bridge except under the follow-
ing conditions:

"(a.) The owner or person in charge thereof shall obtain from the
Railway Stationmaster at Rakaia or Dunsandel a permit author-
izing the passage of the machine over the bridge, accom-
panied by the bridge-keeper.

"(b.) Before such permit is issued the person applying for the same
shall state correctly the description, weight, number of wheels,
breadth of tires, and width of the machine, together with the
name and address of the owner thereof, which particulars
shall be entered in the permit.

"(c.) The permit is to be given to the bridge-keeper, and the machine
shall not enter upon the bridge if the description in the permit
does not agree with the machine, nor unless accompanied by
the bridge-keeper.

"(d.) Every precaution shall be taken against fire or other damage to
the bridge or railway, as required by the bridge-keeper; and
speed shall be at a uniform rate not exceeding two miles an
hour.

"(e.) The owner of any machine shall be liable to the Department for
any damage done to the bridge or railway during its transit.

"(f.) Machines shall be taken over the bridge only during daylight.

"(6.) The driver of any vehicle having a greater width than 7 ft. 6 in.
or carrying a load of greater width than 7 ft. 6 in. shall stop before entering
on the bridge, and shall not attempt to cross the bridge until the bridge-
keeper has given permission to do so. Such permission will only be given
at such times as not to interfere with the crossing of traffic from the
opposite direction: Provided that no load which exceeds 11 ft. in width
shall be taken over the bridge except under the conditions specified in
clause 5 for the passage of machines.

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