Mar. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 919

New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and direct that the district valuation rolls for the districts enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be revised by the Valuer-General as at the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight.

SCHEDULE.

Takapuna Borough.
Te Awamutu Borough.
Whakatane Borough.
Huntly Town District.
Kawakawa Town District.
Hobson County.
Panmure Township Road District.
Ostend Road District.
Manukau County.
Franklin County.
Ohinemuri County.
Piako County.
Tauranga County.
Opouriao, Taneatua, Waimana, Nukuhou, and Matata Ridings of Whakatane County.
Rotorua County.
Part Taumarunui County.
Ohura County.
Waitomo County.
Opotiki County.
Cook County.
Wanganui City.
Raetihi Borough.
Otaki Borough.
Lower Hutt Borough.
Eastbourne Borough.
Nelson City.
Opunake Town District.
Waverley Town District.
Manaia Town District.
Johnsonville Town District.
Mangaehu and East Ridings of Stratford County.
Whangamomona County.
Patea County.
Kaitieke County.
Akitio County.
Halswell County.
Paparua County.
MacLennan’s and Catlins Ridings of Clutha County.
Otautau Town District.

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

Amending Regulations as to the Use of Motor-lorries.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 29th day of March, 1928.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by the Public Works Amendment Act, 1924, the Public Works Amendment Act, 1927, and the Motor-vehicles Act, 1924, and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling him in that behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulations by way of amendment to the Motor-lorry Regulations, 1927.

REGULATIONS.

1. THESE regulations may be cited as “the Motor-lorry Regulations Amendment No. 1.”

2. In these regulations “the said regulations” means the Motor-lorry Regulations, 1927.

3. These regulations shall come into force on the 1st day of April, 1928.

4. Clause (1) of Regulation 1 of the said regulations is hereby amended by revoking the definition of “Motor-lorry” therein contained and substituting therefor the following definition:—

“Motor-lorry” means any motor-vehicle within the meaning of the Motor-vehicles Act, 1924, in respect of which an annual license fee is payable under the said Act (other than a private motor-car as defined by the said Act and other than a motor-vehicle the property of the Crown) which, with the greatest load it is at any time carrying, exceeds two tons in weight; and includes tractors and steam-wagons; but does not include traction-engines, and does not include any vehicle the owner of which has obtained from the licensing authority a certificate to the effect that he has proved to the satisfaction of the licensing authority—

(a) That such vehicle is a public motor-car carrying only passengers and their luggage and available for hire to any of the public from day to day on undefined routes; and

(b) That with the greatest load it is at any time carrying it does not exceed 2 tons 5 cwt. in weight; and

(c) That the vehicle was and has remained in possession of its owner on and since the 30th day of June, 1925.

5. Clause (4) of Regulation 1 of the said regulations is hereby amended by revoking the word “fifteen” and substituting in lieu thereof the word “sixteen.”

6. Regulation 3 of the said regulations is amended by adding thereto the following clause:—

“(7) On and after the first day of June, 1928, the owner of every motor-lorry shall at all times cause to be shown on the right or off side thereof, in clearly-painted letters and figures not less than one inch in height, a statement, correct to within one hundredweight, of the unladen weight of the motor-lorry as follows: UNLADEN WEIGHT, TONS CWT.

7. Regulation 5 of the said regulations is amended by inserting after clause (3) thereof the following clause:—

“3A. The maximum speed of vehicles which are motor-cars or motor-omnibuses within the meaning of the Motor-vehicles Act, 1924, and which are fitted with pneumatic tires on all wheels, shall be the respective speeds set out in clause (2) of this regulation, increased by 50 per centum.

8. (1) Regulation 6 of the said regulations is revoked.

(2) Any permission heretofore given by a controlling authority in terms of the said Regulation 6 shall enure in so far as is provided in the permission as if the permission had been given in terms of Regulation 10 of the Motor-vehicle Regulations, 1928, according to its tenor or until revoked pursuant to the last-mentioned regulations, as the case may be.

9. Clauses (1), (2), and (3) of Regulation 9 of the said regulations are revoked.

10. (1) Every heavy-traffic license granted under Regulation 10 of the said regulations to take effect after the 31st day of March, 1928, and on or before the 31st day of May, 1928, shall continue in force until the 31st day of May, 1929.

(2) Every such license granted to take effect after the 31st day of May, 1928, shall continue in force until the next succeeding 31st day of May.

(3) Where by virtue of the amendments effected by the two last preceding clauses hereof any heavy-traffic license is continued in force for a period longer than twelve months after the date of the issue thereof, the license fee shall be increased by an amount equal to one-twelfth part of the annual fee (as prescribed at the date of the issue of the license) for every month or part of a month for which the license is in force in excess of twelve months.

(4) Clause (8) of the said Regulation 10 shall hereafter be read subject to the modifications effected by the preceding clauses of this regulation.

11. Clause (4) of Regulation 11 of the said regulations is revoked and the following substituted therefor:—

(4) For the purposes of this regulation the conveyance either of school-children or the conveyance of workmen employed by the one firm to and from their work shall not be deemed to be the carriage of passengers, but a motor-lorry so engaged and used for no other purpose shall be deemed to be a motor-lorry engaged only in the carriage of goods.

12. Regulation 11 of the said regulations is amended by adding after clause (6) thereof the following clause:—

(6A) In the case of any motor-lorry or trailer of the self-laying-track type, having a continuous band or bands as its sole means of locomotion or traction, or having in addition thereto no more than two wheels (which must be fitted with tires of a soft or elastic material) in contact with the ground, the license fee shall be fifteen per centum less than the fees hereinbefore set out.

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

(P.W. 62/26/2.)

By Authority: W. A. G. SKINNER, Government Printer, Wellington.—1928.

Price 6d.]