FEB. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Amending Regulations under the Coal-mines Act, 1925.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 26th day of January, 1928.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by the Coal-mines Act, 1925 (hereinafter referred to as "the said Act"), 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 amendments to the regulations made under the said Act on the fifteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, and gazetted on the sixteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, and doth hereby declare that the said amendments hereby made shall come into force on the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.
REGULATIONS.
REGULATION 13 (b) is hereby amended by deleting therefrom the words “Governor-General appoints,” and substituting therefor the words “Board, from time to time, subject to the approval of the Minister, appoints.”
Regulation 169 is hereby amended by adding thereto the following:—
“The issue of safety-lamps to workmen and the return of those lamps to the appointed person shall be checked and recorded in a manner approved by the Inspector.”
Regulation 224 (5) is hereby amended by adding thereto the following :—
“(c) A record of all detonators issued under clause (a) hereof, and the number returned to the magazine at the end of the shift by the person to whom issued, shall be kept, and any detonators not so returned shall be satisfactorily accounted for.”
Regulation 230 (g) is hereby amended by deleting the word “and” in the seventh line thereof.
Regulation 230 (g) is hereby further amended by inserting therein, after the word “tub,” in the eighth line thereof, the words “and subjected to a further search.”
Regulation 230 (i) is hereby revoked and the following substituted therefor :—
“230. (i) The person or persons firing the shots shall report to the manager or underviewer in writing, without delay, in a book to be kept for the purpose the circumstances of the misfired shot or shots, and the person making the search provided for in Regulation 230 (g) shall report in writing in a book to be kept for the purpose the number of cartridges involved, what explosive had been found, whether or not it was the whole of the charge, and whether or not the detonator had been found.”
Regulation 234 (b) is hereby revoked and the following substituted therefor :—
234 (b)—
“(i) No shot shall be fired in coal unless the coal has been holed or side-cut to a depth greater than the depth of the shot-hole, and the coal prepared for shot-firing in such manner as may be specified in the notice hereinafter mentioned.
“(ii) The Manager shall, by notice posted at the mine-mouth, specify in respect of each section of the mine—(a) The minimum depth and width of the holing ; (b) the minimum depth and height of side-cutting; and (c) such other particulars regarding the position of the shot-holes with respect to holing or cutting and roof or rib-side as may be considered necessary :
“Provided that if the Inspector considers that the distances specified in the above notice are unsatisfactory he may require the Manager to amend the notice and the Manager shall comply with the requisition.
“(iii) The provisions of this regulation shall not apply to any mine or part of any mine which may be exempted by the Inspector on the ground that, by reason of the character of the coal or the inclination of the seam, holing or side-cutting would be impracticable or dangerous.”
Regulation 238 (3) (g) is hereby amended by adding thereto the following:—
“The results of the tests shall be recorded in a book kept for the purpose and accessible to the workmen’s inspectors at all reasonable times.”
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(Mines—N. 3/2/1.)
Authorizing the Purchase by the Wanganui-Rangitikei Electric-power Board of certain Works, the Property of the Waverley Town Board.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 26th day of January, 1928.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section seventy-six of the Electric-power Boards Act, 1925, and of all other powers 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 authorize the purchase by the Wanganui-Rangitikei Electric-power Board, duly constituted under the provisions of the Electric-power Boards Act, 1918, of electric works the property of the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Town District of Waverley, referred to in a certain agreement bearing date the third day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, and made between the said Electric-power Board of the one part and the said Town Board of the other part, subject to the condition that such purchase be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the said agreement so far as the same relates to the purchase of electric works.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(P.W. 26/1127.)
Authorizing the Purchase by the Marlborough Electric-power Board of certain Electric-works, the Property of the Havelock Town Board.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 26th day of January, 1928.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section seventy-six of the Electric-power Boards Act, 1925, and of all other powers 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 authorize the purchase by the Marlborough Electric-power Board, duly constituted under the provisions of the Electric-power Boards Act, 1918, of electric works, the property of the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Town District of Havelock, referred to in a certain agreement bearing date the eighteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, and made between the Board of the said town district of the one part and the said electric-power Board of the other part, subject to the condition that such purchase be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the said agreement so far as the same relates to the purchase of electric-works.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(P.W. 26/1086.)
Authorizing the Laying-off of a Street in the City of Christchurch of a Width less than 66 ft. but not less than 44 ft.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 26th day of January, 1928.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this 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 authorize the Christchurch City Council to permit the laying-off of the street described in