“ (7.) Drivers of all vehicles shall enter upon and traverse the bridge
on their left-hand side, and shall, while on the bridge, leave sufficient
room for the passage of vehicles travelling from the opposite direction.
“(8.) No person shall go upon or cross the bridge while in a state of
intoxication.
“(9.) In this by-law, where not inconsistent with the context,-
“(a.) ‘Vehicle’ means any conveyance upon or with wheels, whatever its
mode of construction, but shall not include a traction-engine, or
a tractor, or a vehicle running on rails :
“(b.) ‘Motor-vehicle’ means any vehicle propelled by mechanical power,
but shall not include a traction-engine, a tractor, or a vehicle
running on rails:
“(c.) ‘Motor-car’ means a motor-vehicle (other than a motor-cycle)
designed solely or principally for the carriage of persons not
exceeding nine in number.
“(d.) ‘Motor-cycle’ means a motor-vehicle having less than four wheels.”
As witness my hand this 5th day of July, 1926.
J. G. COATES, Minister of Railways.

By-laws under the Government Railways Act, 1908.

I N 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 : WAITAKI BRIDGE.

By omitting By-law No. 57, and substituting therefor the following :-
“57. The following provisions shall apply to the traffic on and over
the Waitaki 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 fifteen 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
12 tons gross on any wheel with tires less than 5 in. broad, or vehicles
with loads greater than 212 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 following
conditions:-
“(a.) The owner or person in charge thereof shall obtain from the
Railway Stationmaster at Oamaru, Pukeuri, or Glenavy a
permit authorizing the passage of the machine over the bridge,
accompanied by the bridge-keeper.