APRIL 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1147

PART II.

INTERPRETATION OF TERMS USED IN PART I OF THIS SCHEDULE.

(a) In Part I of this Schedule the terms used have the meanings (if any) assigned to them in the Motor-vehicles Act, 1924.

(b) The following terms, used in Part I of this Schedule, and not defined in the Motor-vehicles Act, 1924, have the meanings herein assigned to them, namely:—

“Public motor-vehicle” means a motor-vehicle used for the carriage of persons for hire or reward (including a motor-vehicle hired to any person who himself drives or provides a driver), but does not include a motor-cycle or a contract motor-vehicle as hereinafter defined:

“Contract motor-vehicle” means a motor-vehicle used for the carriage for hire or reward of school-children going to or returning from school either with or without teachers or other escorts, or used for the carriage for hire or reward of particular individuals (including clubs or parties of individuals), but never used or available for the carriage for hire or reward of the general public.

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

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Regulations under the Post and Telegraph Act, 1928.

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BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 27th day of April, 1932.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1928, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby make the following regulations.

REGULATIONS.

1. THESE regulations shall form part of and be read together with the regulations made by Order in Council on the 2nd day of March, 1931, and published in the Gazette on the 5th day of the same month, at page 449 (hereinafter referred to as the Telephone Regulations of 1931), and shall also form part of and be read together with the regulations therein mentioned, of which it is thereby declared that the Telephone Regulations of 1931 shall form part.

2. These regulations shall come into force on the date of publication hereof in the Gazette.

3. The Telephone Regulations of 1931 are hereby amended by inserting, after Regulation 14 thereof, the following additional regulation:—

“14A. (1) Individual subscribers to the Lower Hutt Automatic Telephone Exchange may, in addition to enjoying the ordinary local service, be permitted to communicate direct with subscribers to the Wellington Telephone Exchange system at the rates hereinafter prescribed.

“(2) The rates for subscribers whose premises are within the base-rate area shall be as follows:—

“(3) The rates for subscribers whose premises are beyond the base-rate area shall be the rates set out in clause (2) hereof, together with the extra mileage rates prescribed by Regulation 20 hereof.

“(4) The rates prescribed by this regulation are in substitution for and not in addition to the rates prescribed by Regulation 14 hereof.”

4. Regulation 15 of the Telephone Regulations of 1931 is hereby revoked, and the following substituted:—

“15. For the rates prescribed in Regulations 14 and 14A the Department shall supply one copy of the telephone directory for each telephone, and provide and maintain all necessary exchange equipment, subscribers’ lines, and (subject to the provisions of Regulation 16) one telephone wall-set per station.”

5. Regulation 16 of the Telephone Regulations of 1931 is hereby revoked and the following substituted:—

“16. In cases in which desk telephones of any type are provided, the rates prescribed in Regulations 14 and 14A shall be increased as follows:—

Additional Charge.

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

Amending the Scale of Fees to be paid for the Inspection of Machinery and Boilers.

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BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 27th day of April, 1932.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the second day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, and published in the Gazette of the fifth day of the same month, at page 463, fees to be paid for the inspections of machinery and boilers were prescribed:

And whereas it is expedient to revoke the said Order in Council, and to prescribe an amended scale of fees for such inspections: