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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 44

18. Obstruction of Road by Ropes.

No person 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.

19. Penalties.

(1.) Every person who shall do or cause or procure to be done anything contrary to or otherwise than is provided by these bylaws or any provision thereof, or who shall omit to do anything therein required to be done by him, shall be guilty of an offence.

(2.) Every person guilty of an offence against these by-laws shall be liable for each such offence to such fine not exceeding £5, as the Court inflicting the same shall in its discretion think fit.

The foregoing by-laws were made by resolution duly passed at a meeting of the Main Highways Board held at Wellington on the 19th day of May, 1927.

In witness whereof the common seal of the Main Highways Board is hereunto affixed this 24th day of June, 1927, in the presence of—

F. W. FURKET, Chairman.
C. J. MCKENZIE, Member.

(SEAL.)

Wellington-Napier, via Wairarapa, Main Highway.—By-laws.

WHEREAS by section 9 of the Main Highways Act, 1922 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), the powers, rights, duties, and liabilities vested in or imposed on the Governor-General or the Minister of Public Works (in the case of Government roads), or vested in or imposed on any local authority (in the case of highways other than Government roads), are in the case of main highways, transferred to and vested in or imposed on the Main Highways Board :

And whereas by subsection (5) of section 33 of the Finance Act, 1924, it is provided that any by-laws in force in respect of any public highway immediately prior to its constitution as a main highway under the said Act shall continue in force as if made by the Main Highways Board in respect of that main highway, unless and until they are revoked or superseded pursuant to powers conferred by the said Act :

And whereas by Order in Council bearing date the 9th day of June, 1924, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 12th day of the same month, at page 1419, relating to public highways in the No. 9 Highway District, the public highway described in the First Part of the Schedule hereto was declared to be a main highway within the meaning and for the purpose of the said Act :

And whereas by Order in Council likewise bearing date the 9th day of June, 1924, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the day and at the page aforesaid, relating to public highways in the No. 10 Highway District, the public highway mentioned in the Second Part of the Schedule hereto was declared to be a main highway within the meaning and for the purpose of the said Act :

And whereas it is desirable that by-laws should be made by the Main Highways Board in respect of the two several portions of road or public highway described in the said Schedule (hereinafter together referred to as “the said main highway”) :

Now, therefore, the Main Highways Board, acting by authority of section 25 of the Motor-Vehicles Act, 1924, and of section 9 of the said Act, and of all other powers in anywise enabling it in this behalf, doth hereby make the following by-laws in respect of the said main highway :—

INTERPRETATION.

1. In these by-laws, unless inconsistent with the context,—
   “Board” means the Main Highways Board :
   “Chairman” means the Chairman for the time being of the Board :
   “Engineer” means the Engineer for the time being in charge of works on the said main highway :
   “Motor-vehicle” means the motor-vehicle as defined in the Motor-Vehicles Act, 1924 :
   “Workman” means any person engaged on works on the said main highway.

SPEED LIMITS.

2. No person shall drive any motor-vehicle on the respective portions of the said main highway lying, firstly, between the 25·5-mile peg (foot of Mangaroa Hill) and the 27-mile peg (summit of Mangaroa Hill), and secondly, between the 31-mile peg (foot of Rimutaka Hill, Hutt side) and the 39-mile peg (foot of Rimutaka Hill, Featherston side) at a greater speed than fifteen miles per hour.

3. No person shall drive any motor-vehicle which, together with the load it is carrying, weighs more than 3½ tons on the respective portions of the said main highway lying, firstly, between the 25·5-mile peg (foot of Mangaroa Hill) and the 27-mile peg (summit of Mangaroa Hill), and, secondly, between the 31-mile peg (foot of Rimutaka Hill, Hutt side) and the 39-mile peg (foot of Rimutaka Hill, Featherston side) at a greater speed than ten miles per hour.

ASCERTAINMENT OF OFFENDERS.

4. Any person authorized by the Chairman or Engineer, or any person being a workman or police officer, may call upon the rider or driver of any motor-vehicle to stop his vehicle if, in his opinion, such rider or driver is exceeding the speed limits herein provided.

5. If any such rider or driver shall fail immediately to stop his vehicle when called upon as aforesaid he shall be guilty of an offence against these by-laws.

6. Any rider or driver of any vehicle who exceeds or is challenged with having exceeded the speed limits herein provided shall, on the request of any person so authorized or any workman or police officer, give information as to his name and address, and any other particulars required as to his identification.

7. If such rider or driver shall refuse to give his name and address or other particulars, or shall give a false name or address, or other particulars, he shall be guilty of a breach of these by-laws.

8. Any other person then in such motor-vehicle who shall fail when required to give information which is in the power of such person to give, and which may lead to identification of the rider or driver as aforesaid, shall be guilty of an offence against these by-laws.

OFFENCES AND PENALTY.

9. 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.

10. Every person guilty of an offence against these by-laws shall be liable for each such offence to such fine, not exceeding £5, as the Court inflicting the same shall in its discretion think fit.

CONFIRMATION OF EXISTING BY-LAWS.

11. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to affect any by-laws in force in respect of the said main highway save and except so far as the same are in conflict with any of the foregoing provisions hereof.