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(4) No person shall drive, or take or permit to be driven or taken,
any multi-axled heavy motor-vehicle or heavy motor-vehicle drawing
trailer(s) or heavy motor-vehicle being a trailer over the above-
mentioned main highway that has axles spaced less than 8 ft. apart
that has an axle weight in excess of 5 tons.

(5) Where a pair of axles of a short tractor wheelbase are spaced
6 ft. or more apart longitudinally, one axle of the pair may have
a load equal to that permitted for axles of a multi-axled vehicle
spaced more than 8 ft. apart longitudinally, provided that the sum
of the loads carried by the two axles of the tractor do not exceed
twice the load permitted for an axle spaced less than 8 ft. from any
other axle.

(6) For the purpose of these by-laws for determining axle loading,
axles spaced less than 40 in. apart shall be regarded as one axle.

(7) For the purpose of these by-laws the word “ weight ” is
defined as being “ weight of the vehicle and its load, including any
equipment or accessories, which is transmitted to the road surface
by the tire or tires which are attached to the wheels of the vehicle.”

(8) Every person who does, or causes or procures to be done,
anything contrary to or otherwise than is provided in these by-laws
shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding
£20 (twenty pounds) for each such offence.

The foregoing by-laws were made by resolution duly passed at a
meeting of the Main Highways Board held at Wellington on the
21st day of May, 1952.

In witness whereof the common seal of the Main Highways
Board is hereunto affixed this 18th day of June 1952.

[L.S.] R. TREVOR SMITH, Chairman.
W. G. BELTON, Member.

The Standards Act 1941—Draft New Zealand Standard Specification—
No. D. 4060 : Clothes Lockers

NOTICE is hereby given that the above draft New Zealand Stand-
ard Specification is now being circulated to affected interests
for consideration and comment. The closing date fixed for such
comment is 9 September 1952.

All persons who may be affected by this specification once it has
been declared a standard specification by the Minister of Industries
and Commerce may, at any time before the closing date for comments,
obtain, on application, free copies from the New Zealand Standards
Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay (P.O. Box 195),
Wellington, so as to have an opportunity to consider the draft and to
comment thereon to the Standards Council or to an appropriate
committee of the Council in accordance with subsection (3) of section
8 of the Standards Act 1941.

R. T. WRIGHT,
Executive Officer, Standards Council.

The Standards Act 1941—Amendment of Standard Specifications

NOTICE is hereby given that on 13 June 1952 the under-
mentioned standard specifications were amended by the
Minister of Industries and Commerce by incorporation of the
amendments shown hereunder :—

Applications for copies of the standard specifications so amended
should be made to the New Zealand Standards Institute, Hamilton
Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay, Wellington C. I (P.O. Box 195). Copies of the amendments will be supplied free of charge to all
purchasers of the standard specifications.

R. T. WRIGHT,
Executive Officer, Standards Council.

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The Standards Act 1941—Specifications Declared to be Standard Specifications

NOTICE is hereby given that, on the dates stated in the first
column hereunder, the undermentioned specifications were
declared to be standard specifications by the Minister of Industries
and Commerce pursuant to section 8 of the Standards Act 1941 :—

*NOTE.—N.Z.S.S. 390 is in the course of printing, and copies will be
available soon.

Applications for copies should be made to the N.Z. Standards
Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay (P.O. Box 195),
Wellington C. 1.

R. T. WRIGHT,
Executive Officer, Standards Council.

Price Order No. 1387 (Spirits and Beer)

PURSUANT to the Control of Prices Act 1947, the Price Tribunal,
acting with the authority of the Minister of Industries and
Commerce, hereby makes the following Price Order :—

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 1387, and shall
   come into force on the 27th day of June 1952.

2. (1) Price Orders Nos. 962*, 998†, and 1366‡ are hereby
   revoked.

(2) The revocation of the said Orders shall not affect the
liability of any person for any offence in relation thereto committed
before the coming into force of this Order.

3. (1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires,—

“ Beer ” includes ale, beer, stout, porter, and all other malt
liquors in respect of which beer duty in accordance with
Part III of the Finance Act 1915, is payable :

“ Original bottle ”, in relation to any sale, means any bottle
filled in accordance with customary trade practice and
to its normal capacity prior to and not for the purpose of
that sale :

“ Ounce ” means fluid ounce as defined in the Weights and
Measures Proclamation 1946§ ;

“ Spirits ” means whisky, rum, brandy, or gin :

“ Standard measure ” means five-eighths of an ounce.

(2) Terms and expressions defined in the Licensing Act 1908,
when used in this Order, have the meanings severally assigned
thereto by that Act.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

4. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Order, this Order
   applies with respect to the sale by the holder of a publican’s licence
   or accommodation licence for consumption on licensed premises,
   and to the sale by the holder of a conditional licence under the
   authority of that licence of drinks containing spirits or beer.

(2) This Order shall not apply to any liquor sold by the bottle
and in its original bottle.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES OF SPIRITS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

5. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Order, the maximum
   price that may be charged by the holder of a publican’s licence or
   an accommodation licence for consumption on licensed premises, or
   by the holder of a conditional licence under the authority of that
   licence, for any drink containing spirits shall be—

(a) Where the quantity of spirits contained in the drink is less
than a full standard measure, 6d. :

(b) Where the quantity of spirits contained in the drink is a
full standard measure, or more than a full standard
measure, 10d. for each full standard measure.

(2) Where any drink containing a full standard measure or
more than a full standard measure of spirits, other than French
brandy, is served in a lounge or a dining-room of licensed premises,
the maximum price of the drink shall be 1s. 3d. for each full standard
measure of spirits contained in the drink. Where any such drink
served as aforesaid contains less than a full standard measure of
spirits, the maximum price of the drink shall be 1s.

• Gazette, 13 January 1949, Vol. I, page 15.
  † Gazette, 12 May 1949, Vol. II, page 1016.
  ‡ Gazette, 27 March 1952, Vol. I, page 445.
  § Statutory Regulations 1946, Serial number 1946/68, page 141.