MAY 3] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 465

The Overtime and Holidays Labour Legislation Suspension Order
1941, Variation No. 34

IN pursuance of the Labour Legislation Emergency Regulations
1940, the Minister of Labour doth hereby order as follows:—

1. This Order may be cited as the Overtime and Holidays
   Labour Legislation Suspension Order 1941, Variation No. 34.

2. This Order shall be read together with and deemed part of
   the Overtime and Holidays Labour Legislation Suspension Order
   1941 (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Order”).

3. The principal Order is varied as follows, namely: The
   provisions of the principal Order shall not apply to the workers
   coming within the scope of any of the awards or industrial
   agreements specified in the following Schedule.

SCHEDULE

4. This Order shall come into effect on the day of the date
   hereof.

Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of April, 1945.

F. JONES,
For the Minister of Labour.

Approval of Testing Officer under the Motor-drivers Regulations
1940

IN terms of Regulation 5 of the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940,
the Minister of Transport does hereby approve, until further
notice, of the person named in Column 2 of the Schedule hereunder
being a Testing Officer under the said regulations for the authority
specified in Column 1 of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE

Column 1. Column 2.
Transport Department .. .. Henry Kitchener Little.

Dated at Wellington, this 24th day of April, 1945.

JAS. O’BRIEN, Minister of Transport.

Plant declared a Noxious Weed in the Borough of Waikouaiti.—
(Notice No. Ag. 4184)

Office of the Minister of Agriculture,
Wellington, 30th April, 1945.

THE following special order made by the Waikouaiti Borough
Council on the 26th day of March, 1945, is published in
accordance with the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928.

SPECIAL ORDER

“ That, pursuant to the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act,
1928, and amendments thereto, the Waikouaiti Borough Council
hereby resolves that hemlock (Conium maculatum) be hereby declared
to be a noxious weed within the Borough of Waikouaiti.”

C. F. SKINNER,
For the Minister of Agriculture.

Plants declared Noxious Weeds in the Borough of Northcote.—
(Notice No. Ag. 4185)

Office of the Minister of Agriculture,
Wellington, 30th April, 1945.

THE following special order made by the Northcote Borough
Council on the 11th day of April, 1945, is published in
accordance with the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928.

SPECIAL ORDER

“ In exercise of the powers conferred on it by the Noxious
Weeds Act, 1928, the Northcote Borough Council hereby resolves
and declares, by way of special order, that the plants mentioned
in the Schedule hereto (being plants mentioned in Second Schedule
to the above Act, as extended from time to time by the Governor-General in Council) are noxious weeds within the Borough of
Northcote:—

“ Convolvulus (Convolvulus arvensis) and convolvulus (Calystegia
sepium, both species).
“ Dock (Rumex, any species).
“ Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare).
“ Gorse (Ulex europaeus).
“ Hawthorn.
“ Periwinkle (Vinca major).
“ Pussy willow (Salix caprea).
“ Silver poplar (Populus nivea).
“ Thistles; Any species of Carlina (stemless thistle), Carduus
(common plume or Scotch thistle), Cnicus (woolly-headed
thistle), Centaurea (star thistle), Silybum (milk thistle).
“ Watsonia bulbillifera.
“ Wild turnip (Brassica campestris).
“ And all previous orders are hereby revoked.”

C. F. SKINNER,
For the Minister of Agriculture.

New Zealand Emergency Standard Specification substituted

NOTICE is given of the issue of a New Zealand Emergency
Standard Specification entitled “Simplified Practice for the
Manufacture of Women’s Footwear” bearing date March, 1945,
in substitution for the specification having the same title and bearing
date June, 1943, which is cited in the Women’s Footwear Control
Order 1943.*

Copies of the specification so issued in substitution may be
obtained from the Secretary, New Zealand Standards Institute,
Lambton Quay, Wellington C.1, price 6d. per copy, post free.
Each person who has already purchased a copy of the previous
specification is entitled to a copy of the substituted specification
free of charge.

L. J. McDONALD,
Secretary, New Zealand Standards Institute.

• Gazette No. 50, 2nd July, 1943, page 739.

RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF THE RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND AS AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON MONDAY,
16TH APRIL, 1945

Liabilities Assets
£ s. d. £ s. d.

1. General Reserve Fund .. .. .. 1,500,000 0 0 7. Reserve—
2. Bank-notes .. .. .. 40,185,294 0 0 (a) Gold .. .. .. 2,801,877 10 0
3. Demand liabilities— (b) Sterling exchange* .. .. 49,495,088 17 7
   (a) State .. .. .. 15,611,137 4 7 (c) Gold exchange .. .. .. 30,027 2 5
   (b) Banks .. .. .. 37,860,953 17 3 8. Subsidiary coin .. .. .. ..
   (c) Other .. .. .. 1,117,641 2 1 9. Discounts—
4. Time deposits .. .. .. .. (a) Commercial and agricultural bills .. ..
5. Liabilities in currencies other than New (b) Treasury and local-body bills .. ..
   Zealand currency .. .. .. 10,020 2 4 10. Advances—
6. Other liabilities .. .. .. 2,409,512 19 9 (a) To the State or State undertakings—
   (1) Marketing Department .. 3,805,227 13 4
   (2) For other purposes .. 27,000,000 0 0
   (b) To other public authorities .. ..
   (c) Other .. .. .. ..
7. Investments .. .. .. 14,325,076 19 1
8. Bank buildings .. .. .. ..
9. Other assets .. .. .. 1,237,261 3 7
   £(N.Z.)98,694,559 6 0 £(N.Z.)98,694,559 6 0

• Expressed in New Zealand currency.

Proportion of reserve (No. 7 less No.*5) to notes and other demand liabilities, 55·170 per cent.

R. W. COX, Deputy Chief Accountant.

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