Classification of Roads in Taranaki County

PURSUANT to regulation 3 (5) of the Heavy Motor-vehicle Regulations 1950, the Minister of Transport doth hereby alter the Taranaki County Council's proposed classification of the roads described in the Schedule hereto and situated in Taranaki County and doth hereby approve such altered classification as described in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE

TARANAKI COUNTY

Roads Classified in Class Two

MAIN HIGHWAYS

Okato-Puniho Main Highway No. 358, Carrington Road Main Highway No. 426, Ngamotu Road Main Highway No. 427, Waitara-Huirangi Main Highway No. 505, Devon Road - North Egmont Main Highway No. 821 (from the Te Kuiti - New Plymouth State Highway to Hillsborough Dairy Factory).

COUNTY ROADS

Ahu Ahu, Albert, Alberta, Atiawa, Atkinson, Baker, Beach, Bertrand, Bishop, Bridle, Brophy, Carthew, Coast, Constance, Cowling, Cross, Doralto, Dover, Elliot, Frankley (from New Plymouth City Boundary to Hurworth Road), Greenwood, Henwood, Hurford, Hursthouse, Hurworth, Johnston, Kaihihi, Kent, Komene, Korito, Koru, Leith, Lepper, Mahoetahi, Mamaku, Mangati, Mangatete, Manutahi, Minarapa, Omata, Oxford, Paraita, Penington, Perth, Pheney, Pioneer, Pitone, Plymouth, Queens, Richmond, Smart, Te Arei, Timaru, Upland, Wairau, Waitara, Weld, Wills.

Roads Classified in Class Three

MAIN HIGHWAYS

Lower Mangorei Road Main Highway No. 357, Devon Road - North Egmont Main Highway No. 821 (from Hillsborough Dairy Factory to the Taranaki County Boundary).

COUNTY ROADS

Ackworth, Albion, Alfred, Barrett, Blagdon, Brown, Carring-ton, Elsham, Clarke, Colson, Corbett, Croydon, Cumming, Dixon, Dorset, Frankley (from Hurworth Road to Carrington Road), Gosling, Gray's, Hampton, Heata, Hill, Hoani, Huatoki, Huirangi Hall, Jan's Terrace, Kaipi, Kairau, Kelly, King, Kirihau, Mangorei, Marr's, Messenger Terrace, Matarikoriko, Maude, Murray, Mutton Track, Ninia, Oakura School, Old South, Parr's, Pitt, Puniho (from the Eastern boundary of Block IX, Cape Survey District, to the Radius Line), Rona, Saunders, Saxton, Sealy, Smith's, Spargo's, Surrey Hill, Sutton, Tapuae, Tate, Townsend, Tupare, Umutekai, Veale, Victoria, Waiwakaiho, Waireka, Wortley, York.

Dated at Wellington, this 25th day of September, 1950.

W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Transport.

(TT. 10/71.)

Classification of Roads in Patea County

PURSUANT to regulation 3 (5) of the Heavy Motor-vehicle Regulations 1950, the Minister of Transport doth hereby alter the Patea County Council's proposed classification of the roads described in the Schedule hereto and situated in Patea County and doth hereby approve such altered classification as described in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE

PATEA COUNTY

Roads Classified in Class Three

MAIN HIGHWAY

Waitotara Valley Main Highway No. 475.

COUNTY ROADS

Hensen, Makakoho, Omata, Okotuku (from Elmslies to Okahuteria Road), Okahuteria, Waikare, Waitotara Valley, Weraweraonga.

Dated at Wellington, this 25th day of September, 1950.

W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Transport.

(TT. 10/180.)

Exemption Order Under the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940

PURSUANT to the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940, the Minister of Transport doth hereby order and declare that the provisions of clause (1) of regulation 7 of the said regulations so far as they relate to the driving of heavy trade motors, shall not apply to the persons hereinafter mentioned, but in lieu thereof the following provision shall apply :-

A motor-driver's licence issued under the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940 to any one of the persons described in Column 1 of the Schedule hereunder may authorize him to drive a heavy trade motor in the course of his employment on a farm or market-garden of the respective employer described in Column 2 of the said Schedule, but shall not authorize him, while he is under the age of eighteen years, to drive a heavy trade motor for any other purpose.

SCHEDULE

Column 1 (Driver). Column 2 (Employer).

Alexander John Cameron, Gisborne .. Father.
Owen George Green, Paeroa .. E. Powell and Co., Ltd.

Dated at Wellington, this 25th day of September, 1950.

W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Transport.

Alterations to the Scale of Charges Upon the New Zealand Government Railways

IN pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me under the Government Railways Act, 1949, and of all other powers enabling me in this behalf, I, William Stanley Goosman, Minister of Railways, do hereby make the following alterations to the General Scale of Charges made on the 13th day of April, 1939, and published in the Supplement dated the 19th day of April, 1939, to the New Zealand Gazette of the 13th day of April, 1939, in force on the New Zealand Government Railways open for traffic.

GENERAL SCALE OF CHARGES

The following alterations to the General Scale of Charges shall come into force on the 8th day of October, 1950

GOODS, LIVE-STOCK, PARCELS, AND LUGGAGE

68. Classification of Goods, Live-stock, &c.

Omit :—

Meat, beef, veal, mutton, lamb, pork, frozen or chilled, for export . . C

The charges computed at this rate may be reduced by 30 per cent. on beef and veal, and 20 per cent. on mutton, lamb, and pork in any case where the Department is satisfied that the meat has been produced from animals conveyed by rail to the freezing-works, that the whole of the products and by-products of the freezing-works (whether disposed of under conditions whereby the ownership passes to a purchaser or other transferee on the premises of the works or elsewhere) are transported by rail, and that the persons having the control or management of the works do not transport goods or cause goods to be transported by means other than the railway, provided always that in determining any question arising out of these provisions the Department will take into consideration the question of whether the transport by rail of any such goods or animals is not reasonably practicable for the persons concerned in each case.

Insert :—

Meat, beef, veal, mutton, lamb, pork, frozen or chilled, for export . . C