Nov. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3383

THE FEILDING INDUSTRIAL, AGRICULTURAL, AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATION SHOWGROUND BY-LAWS, 1935.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 15th November, 1935.

THE following by-laws, made by the Feilding Industrial, Agricultural, and Pastoral Association on the 25th day of October, 1935, and approved by the Governor-General, are published pursuant to section 4 (3) of the Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Amendment Act, 1933.

C. E. MACMILLAN, Minister of Agriculture.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers in that behalf contained in the Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Amendment Act, 1933, and of all other powers and authorities it enabling in that behalf, the Feilding Industrial, Agricultural, and Pastoral Association, a society within the meaning of the said Act, doth hereby make the following by-laws controlling the admission of persons to any place used or occupied by it for any meeting, show, exhibition, competition, or entertainment held or conducted by it. These by-laws shall take effect from the date of the same being published in the New Zealand Gazette.

BY-LAWS.

PART I.—PRELIMINARY.

1. (1) These by-laws may be cited as the Feilding Industrial, Agricultural, and Pastoral Association Showground By-laws, 1935.
   (2) In these by-laws, unless the context otherwise requires,—
   “ The said Act ” means the Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Amendment Act, 1933:
   “ The issuing society ” means the Feilding Industrial, Agricultural, and Pastoral Association:
   “ The showground ” includes any place used or occupied by the issuing society for any meeting, show, exhibition, competition, or entertainment held or conducted by the issuing society:
   “ Society ” means a society formed for all or any of the objects mentioned in the Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act, 1908, and incorporated thereunder, and includes a society existing at the date when the last-mentioned Act came into operation and incorporated under any Act theretofore in force for like purposes:
   “ Side-show ” includes any show, game, contest, sport, exhibition, competition, or entertainment carried on or conducted upon the showground and not conducted or managed by the issuing society:
   “ License ” means a license issued under these by-laws and includes a license issued by a society under any by-laws made pursuant to the said Act, and also includes a renewed license and a license recognized by endorsement:
   “ Licensee ” means any person to whom a license is issued under any by-laws made pursuant to the said Act.
   Words importing the singular number only include the plural number and vice versa.

PART II.—POWERS OF EXCLUSION.

2. The following person or persons or classes of persons whether or not being the holders of licenses or tickets of admission shall be and are hereby excluded from the showground while the same is used or occupied by the issuing society for a period beginning three clear days before the opening of such meeting, show, exhibition, competition, or entertainment, and ending three clear days after the close thereof, namely,—
   (a) All persons under disqualification inflicted by any society or any similar organization in the Commonwealth of Australia or elsewhere, if affiliated to the Royal Agricultural Society of New Zealand (Incorporated):
   (b) Common prostitutes and persons who habitually consort with thieves or with persons who have no lawful visible means of support:
   (c) Professional tipsters, persons convicted of house-breaking or pocket-picking, forgery, uttering or possessing counterfeit coin, theft, false pretences, receiving stolen property, mischief, assault, or any offence or crime of any kind under the Crimes Act, 1908, or the Justices of the Peace Act, 1927; and also idle and disorderly persons, rogues, and vagabonds, and incorrigible rogues convicted under the Police Offences Act, 1927, or persons convicted of an offence under the Gaming Act, 1908, or the Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act, 1908, and its amendments:
   (d) All persons engaged or taking part in or connected with any art union, lottery, sweep, consultation, or other scheme of a like nature or kind:
   Provided always that the issuing society may at any time in its absolute discretion exempt from exclusion for such period as it thinks fit any such person or persons or classes of persons as aforesaid, and may at any time revoke any such exemption without notice to such persons and without assigning any reason for such revocation.

PART III.—LICENSING.

3. No person shall upon any showground control or manage any side-show or conduct or carry on any side-show in the principal or sole charge thereof unless he is the holder of a manager’s license in respect of that side-show issued by or recognized by endorsement by the issuing society.
4. No person shall upon any showground assist with or be employed or engaged in the carrying on, conducting, controlling, or management of any side-show unless he is the holder of a manager’s license or an attendant’s license in respect of that side-show issued by or recognized by endorsement by the issuing society.
5. A single license may be applied for and issued in respect of more than one side-show conducted under the same management.

PART IV.—APPLICATION FOR LICENSE.

6. Every person desiring to obtain a license for the purposes of these by-laws shall—
   (i) Make application in person in that behalf to the issuing society:
   (ii) Deliver to the issuing society three copies of an application in the form numbered 1 in the Schedule hereto or to the like effect containing the information indicated in the said form and signed by the applicant in person:
   (iii) Pay to the issuing society the fee prescribed by the next succeeding clause of these by-laws:
   Provided that the issuing society may in its discretion entertain an application not made in writing.
7. The fee to be paid with any application shall be as under:—
   (i) For a manager’s license in respect of any side-show, £1.
   (ii) For an attendant’s license in respect of any side-show not authorizing the holder to act in the principal or sole charge thereof, 2s. 6d.
8. If the application is declined the respective fee aforesaid shall be returned to the applicant.
9. Every application shall be made at least seven days prior to the first day upon which it is desired that the license shall take effect:
   Provided that the issuing society may at its discretion entertain an application made less than seven days prior to the day aforesaid.

PART V.—ISSUE AND TERM OF LICENSE.

10. Every license shall be in the form numbered 2 in the Schedule hereto or to the like effect.
11. Every license shall be sufficient if signed by the secretary of the issuing society or any person authorized by the issuing society in that behalf.
12. Every license shall before delivery be countersigned by the applicant.
13. Every license shall at all times remain the property of the issuing society.
14. No license shall be issued to a person who is not sixteen years of age or over.
15. Subject to the right of appeal conferred by the said Act, the granting or refusal of a license shall be in the absolute discretion of the issuing society.
16. The term for which a license shall continue in force shall be one year from the date thereof.

PART VI.—CONDITIONS OF LICENSE.

17. In every license there shall be imposed the conditions set out in the said form numbered 2.