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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXIV, Issue 9662, 17 November 1882, Page 1

WANGANUI BOEOUGH COUNCIL. NOTICE is hereby given that at a meeting of the Wanganui Borough Council, held on the seventh day of November, 1882, it was resolved that the following By-laws be made ,; and notice is hereby further given that? a subsequert meeting of the said Council will be held on Tuesday, the fifth day of December, 1882j afc the hour of 6.45 p.m., for: the purpose of confirming such By-laws. ■ ' ■ BY-LAW Wo. 15. ' For regulating the Storage and Management of Petroleum within the Borough. In pursuance of the powers vested in them^by "The Dangerous Goods Act, 1882," and of all other powers in this behalf in them vested by law, the Council of tho Borough of Wanganui ordain as follows : — 1 1. In' this By-law tlie word " Petroleum " shall mean and include the several articles and things mentioned in section 2 of "The Dangerous Goods Act, 1882," herein called " tho said Act," notwithstanding the same or any of .them , do not give off an inflammable vapour at a temperature of less than one hundred and ten degrees oE Fahrenheit's- thermometer; and shall also include such other articles and things as have been since the date of the coming into operation of the said Act, or shall hereafter be declared under the provisions of section 5 of the said Act, to come within the provisions of tho said Act. 2. No person shall keep any Petroleum within the Borough of Wanganui except" in pursuance of such written License in. that behalf as is hereinafter mentioned; provided always that any person may keep in any private house Petroleum to the extent of eight gallons for private, use., . . ' ■ ' ' . ! 3. Any person desirous of obtaining a License to keep Petroleum in or upon his premises) within the said Borough shall deliver to the Town Clerk of the Borough Council of the said Borough a written. ) application for such License, and such application shall specify the situation of the premises wherein the same is intended' to be kept, and the description and quantity of Petroleum which the appli-^ cant proposes to keep therein. •i. Such application shall be considered by the said Borough Council, and every person to whom the said Borough Council may have resolved that a . License be granted shall be entitled- to receive from the Town Clerk a License under the hands of any two members of such Council, authorising the applicant to keep in terms of the said License such quantity oE Petroleum as the said CoTincil may in each case consider proper. 5. Every such license as aforesaid shall terminate on the thirty-first day of March in each year, and for every such License ithero shall be paid, to the JTqwn Clerk \4ho sum of five shillings for every IjAnartcr or fraction of a quarter of a year ||p to the .said thirty-first day of March ujn each year. / 6. Every person who shall do, permit suffer, or omit- any act, matter, or thing contrary to the provisions oE any of the sections of this By-Jaw .shall be deemed to be guilty of an offence against the same, and' shall be liable, to a penalty not exceeding £5 for such offence, and, in every ease- whew, such offence shall be a continuing one, to a further penalty not exceeding io for every day or part of a day during which such, offence shall be' continued. • • '• ■ BY-LAW No. 16. In_ pursuance oF the power vested in them under section 3<19, subsection 4, oE "The Municipal Corporations AcC1876," and of all other powers in this behalE in them vested by law, the Council of the Borough of Wanganui ordain as follows: — 1. Every person who shall lead or ride any horse or shall lead or drive any horse harnessed to, and drawing any cart, dray, carriage, buggy, express, or other vehicle of any description round or. across any corner or angle oE any of the streets, squares, or other public thoroughfares in the Borough oE Wanganui at any pace otherthan a walking pace shall be guilty of an offence.', •, . 2. Every person who shall lead or j ride any horse, or shall lead or drive any | horse harnessed to and drawing any cart, 'dray, carriage, buggy, exprcs-s, or other vehicle of any description, on, upon, on to, over, or across any footpath in any street, square,'or other public thoroughfaro. in the Borough of Wanganui atauy pace other than a walking pace shall be guilty oE au offence. 3. Every person who shall be guilty of an oft'ehce uuder lliis By-law shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5. . ! GEO. BROOKING, Town Clerk. nUGH. BLACK, Watchmaker & Jewellbb, Late of Tcmuka and Tiiuaru, Canterbury, and . formerly of Edinburgh and Aberdeen, Scotland, HAVING added largely to his stock wishes the public to know that ho is selling Gold and Silver Watches, Jewellery, Clocks, &c., at very low prices. Special line 3in E.P. Cruets and Silver Bracelets. All Watches repaired guaranteed for 12 months. Victoria Avenue, next J. Anderson's. ELIGIBLE INVESTMENT. FARM FOR SALE. '['HE undersigned have for sale a capital 1 Farm of about UOO acres ; 550 clear and well li.d down with permanent English grasses, tvuel well watered. The land is all well and securely fenced with live hedges, and is divided into six paddocks. Distance from town, about five miles, and one from a railway station. Has a long frontage to a main line of road. Price moderate. A portion of tho money can remain on mortgage for two years at 8 per cent. For further particulars apply to BARNS & UIGGHE, Auctioneers. ViUIUAL INSURANCE COMPANY lUL OF NEW ZEALAND. Board of Advice for Wanganui : Mes3rs Joseph Abbot and James Thorn. Fire and Marine Risks accepted at current rates. J. H. STEWART & CO., Victoria, 'Vycmiq"