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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 82

(6) All billiard-rooms shall remain open on week-days only between the hours 9 a.m. and 10 p.m. Any person committing a breach of this by-law shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £1 for the first offence, not exceeding £2 for the second offence, and for a subsequent offence shall be liable to have his license revoked.

(7) No Maori under the age of fifteen shall be permitted to play billiards on such licensed premises, and if discovered playing therein the licensee or the person for the time in charge of the premises shall be liable to a fine of £5 for the first offence, and for a second offence the Council may revoke the license.

(8) Any Maori under the age of fifteen years found playing billiards in any place whatsoever shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 5s. for the first offence, not exceeding 10s. for the second offence, and not exceeding £1 for the third offence or for every subsequent offence.

(9) Any person keeping a billiard-room or a billiard-table in any Maori kainga and any Maori keeping such a room or table at any other place within the district, except townships (but not Maori lots within a Native township) and European settlements, without license from the Council, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £20.

(10) Any person found playing for money, whether by cards or any other game (except by billiards on licensed premises), within the precincts of any kainga shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £5 for the first offence, not exceeding £10 for the second offence, and not exceeding £20 for every subsequent offence.

(11) Any person, the owner, or occupier of any house or premises situate in any Maori kainga, who shall permit or allow gambling or playing for money (except by billiards on licensed premises) in such house or upon such premises shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £5 for the first offence, not exceeding £10 for the second offence, and not exceeding £20 for every subsequent offence.

N.—VILLAGE COMMITTEES.

70. The Council may delegate wholly or in part its powers under the prescribed rules or regulations to any village committee, and such committee shall thereupon be enabled to exercise such powers within its own kainga.

The village committee shall have power to impose a penalty or a fine for any breach of regulation, and if such fine be not paid within the prescribed period the chairman of the committee shall forward a report on and evidence of such breach of regulation and of the non-payment of such fine to the chairman of the Council.

71. The Council shall prescribe fines for by-laws for which no provision has been made.

O—WELFARE AND MORAL WELL-BEING OF THE MAORI INHABITANTS OF THE DISTRICT.

72. (1) Any person who having custody, control, or charge of a child, being a boy under fourteen years and a girl under the age of sixteen years, wilfully ill-treats, neglects, abandons, or exposes such child in a manner likely to cause such child unnecessary suffering or injury to its health, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than £20.

(2) It shall be an offence, within any Maori kainga or Maori settlement surrounding a Maori kainga, to practise as a Tohunga, or practise on the superstition and credulity of the Maori people, by pretending to possess supernatural powers of treatment and cure of disease.

Any person infringing this by-law shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £20 for each offence.

(3) Every person within a Maori village, pa, or assemblage of houses who ill-treats any animal or leaves any animal for any time without sufficient food or water is liable to a fine not exceeding £5.

(4) Any person who wilfully trespasses within a Maori village and refuses to leave such village after being warned to do so by a member of the Council or of the village committee, or such person as the Council or village committee may depute for the purpose, is liable to a fine not exceeding 10s.

(5) (a) No person shall conduct a picture show or other entertainment for profit or gain within a Maori village unless licensed to do so by the village committee. Such license shall be valid if signed by any two members of the village committee.

(b) The fee for any such license shall be £1 per month or part of a month, but the village committee may remit such license fee either wholly or in part.

(c) Any person infringing against this by-law shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

(6) No person shall promote or organize any hui or Maori meeting to be held within any Maori settlement without having first obtained the consent of the Maori Council or village committee thereto. Any person offending against this part of the by-law shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

SCHEDULE.

FORM A.

To (Name and Address):
Greeting: You are requested to cleanse or cause your house to be cleansed within __ days after service of this notice upon you, and you are warned that if after such service you refuse or neglect within the time specified to comply with this notice you will be liable to a fine not exceeding £1.

Dated the __ day of __, 19____.

[SEAL.] Chairman (or Clerk) of Council.
(or Village Committee).

FORM B.

Hawker’s License.

Know all men that __, a hawker, is duly licensed to sell goods in the kaingas of the District for one year from the date hereof.

Given under the Seal of the Maori Council for the Maori District, the __ day of __, 19____.

[SEAL.] Chairman (or Clerk) of the Council.

FORM C.

Billiard License.

Know all men that __, of __, is duly licensed to keep a billiard-room at __ for twelve months from the date hereof, subject to the provisions of the by-laws of the Council.

Given under the Seal of the Maori Council for the Maori District, the __ day of __, 19____.

[SEAL.] Chairman (or Clerk) of the Council.

The above by-laws were passed at a meeting of the Maori Council for the Takitimu Maori District held at Gisborne on the 14th day of February, 1941, and are given under the Seal of the said Council.

KAHUTIA TE HAU,
Chairman.

Nga Paero o te Kaunihera Maori o te Takiwa o Takitimu raro i te Ture Kaunihera Maori, 1900, me te Ture mo te Ora, 1920, kua whakaaetia.

Tari o te Minita Maori,
Poneke, 29 o Hepetema, 1941.

TENEI ka whakaaturia ko His Excellency te Kawana-Tianara kua pai ki ti whakaae i nga paero e whai ake nei i mahia e te Kaunihera Maori o te Takiwa o Takitimu i raro i nga tikanga o tekiona 16 o te Ture Kaunihera Maori, 1900.

H. G. R. MASON,
Mo te Minita Maori.

Kua Whakaaetia—
C. L. N. NEWALL, Kawana-Tianara.

TE KAUNIHERA MAORI O TE TAKIWA MAORI O TAKITIMU.

NGA PAERO.

TENEI te Kaunihera Maori o te Takiwa Maori o Takitimu i whakaturia i raro i te Ture Kaunihera Maori, 1900, me ona menemana me te Ture o te Ora ka hanga i enei paero e whai ake nei me timata te whaimana o aua paeroa a te wa e whakaaetia ai e te Kawana-Tianara, me te panuitanga o aua mea i roto i te Gazette.

WHAKAMARAMA.

I roto i enei paero, mehemea ia kaore e taupatupatu ana ki nga kupu e whai ake nei, a mehemea kaore i motuhake te takoto a etahi atu whakamaramatanga, koia enei o ratou tikanga:

“Tua Ture” tona tikanga ko te Ture Kaunihera Maori, 1900, me ona menemana me te Ture o te Ora, 1920.

“Te Kaunihera” tona tikanga ko te Kaunihera Maori o te Takiwa Maori o Takitimu i whakaturia i raro i aua Ture.

“Komiti” ara “Komiti Marae” tona tikanga ko te Komiti Marae o tetahi kainga Maori i whakaturia e te Kaunihera i raro i nga tikanga o aua Ture.

“Takiwa” tona tikanga ko te Takiwa Maori o Takitimu i panuitia e te Kawana-Tianara i raro i aua Ture.

“Taone Maori” tona tikanga he Taone Maori i whakaturia i raro i te Ture Taone Maori, 1910.

“Whakatakotoria” tona tikanga i whakatakotoria e nga tikanga whakahaere i hangaia i raro i aua Ture, e enei paero ranei.