New Zealand Gazette – 1953 – No. 72

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✨ Legal and Trade Notices



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 72

Reapplication of Convention Between New Zealand and Germany Relating to Legal Proceedings in Civil and Commercial Matters

NOTICE is hereby given that the Convention regarding Legal Proceedings in Civil and Commercial Matters signed at London on 20 March 1928* (which formerly applied between New Zealand and Western Samoa on the one hand and the German Reich on the other hand) now applies between New Zealand, the Cook Islands, and Western Samoa on the one hand, and the Federal Republic of Germany on the other hand, from 1 January 1953.

The Registrar of the Supreme Court of New Zealand at Wellington, the Registrar of the High Court of the Cook Islands, and the Registrar of the High Court of Western Samoa will act as the authorities to whom judicial and extrajudicial documents and Letters of Request should be addressed in New Zealand, the Cook Islands, and Western Samoa respectively, and it is requested that communications and translations may be made in the English language.

T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.

  • Gazette, 21 November 1929, Vol. III, page 3047.

Import Control Exemption Notice (No. 16) 1953

PURSUANT to regulation 15 of the Import Control Regulations 1938,* the Minister of Customs hereby gives notice as follows:

  1. (1) This notice may be cited as the Import Control Exemption Notice (No. 16) 1953.

(2) This notice shall come into force on the 18th day of December 1953.

  1. Goods of the classes specified in the First Schedule hereto, imported from and being the produce or manufacture of any country, are hereby exempted from the requirement of a licence under the said regulations.

  2. Goods of the classes specified in the Second Schedule hereto, imported from and being the produce or manufacture of any country other than the countries specified in the Third Schedule hereto, are hereby exempted from the requirement of a licence under the said regulations.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Tariff Item No. Classes of Goods
399 Timber, viz.: Logs, round, unworked, viz.: (a) Ash, hickory, lancewood, lignum vitae, and the timbers the botanical names of which are Swietenia species, Juglans species, Juniperus virginiana (red cedar), Pinus lambertiana, Pinus strobus, Pinus monticola, Quercus sessiliflora, Quercus pedunculata, also balsa wood, and such other similar species or kinds of timber as the Minister may from time to time approve. (b) Oak (Quercus) n.e.i. (c) N.e.i.
400 Palings, split.
401 Posts, split.
402 Rails, split.
403 Laths and shingles.
404 Timber, rough sawn or rough hewn, viz.: (1) (a) Ash, hickory, lancewood, lignum vitae, and the timbers the botanical names of which are Swietenia species, Juglans species, Juniperus virginiana (red cedar), Pinus lambertiana, Pinus strobus, Pinus monticola, Quercus sessiliflora, Quercus pedunculata, also balsa wood, and such other similar species or kinds of timbers as the Minister may from time to time approve. (b) Oaks (Quercus) n.e.i. (2) (a) Redwood, Douglas fir, and other coniferous, in pieces having a length of not less than 25 ft., and having a minimum cross sectional area of not less than 150 square inches. (b) Other kinds, in pieces having a length of not less than 25 ft., and having a minimum cross sectional area of not less than 150 square inches. (3) N.e.i., viz.: (a) Douglas fir and other coniferous. (b) Other kinds.
405 Timber, sawn dressed, viz.: (a) Douglas fir, hemlock, and other coniferous. (b) Other kinds.

SECOND SCHEDULE

Tariff Item No. Classes of Goods
16 (2) Chocolate; also cocoa or chocolate mixed with milk or with any other food substance.
32 (1) Confectionery n.e.i., including medicated confectionery, liquorice n.e.i., and sugared or crystallized fruits.
32 (2) Sugared or crystallized vegetable products n.e.i.; fruits and other vegetable products processed in syrup but not imported in liquid; ginger preserved in syrup.
41 (2) Caramel.
262 Toilet preparations and perfumery n.e.i., including perfumed oil.
Ex 353 (8) (c) Domestic clothes-washing machines and parts thereof.
351 (5) Vacuum cleaners all types.

THIRD SCHEDULE

ALBANIA, Argentina, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Somaliland, Germany (Russian Zone), Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iran, Japan, Korea, Liberia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Roumania, Tangier, United States of America, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Venezuela.

Dated at Wellington, this 15th day of December 1953.

JACK T. WATTS,
For the Minister of Customs.

  • Statutory Regulations 1938, Serial number 1938/161, page 695.

Notice Respecting Certain Tariff Inquiries

IT is hereby notified for public information that the reports made by the Board of Trade pursuant to Board of Trade notices set out in the Schedule hereto respecting the rates of import duty imposed on goods of the classes specified in that Schedule have been considered by the Government and it has been decided not to amend the duties at present imposed on such goods.

SCHEDULE

Board of Trade Notice No. Tariff Item No. Classes of Goods
47* 16 (1) (b) Cocoa-beans, roasted or crushed.
47* 41 (2) Caramel.
52† 262 Toilet preparations and perfumery n.e.i., including perfumed oil.
62‡ Ex 353 (8) (c) Domestic clothes-washing machines.

Dated at Wellington, this 15th day of December 1953.

CHAS. M. BOWDEN, Minister of Customs.

  • Gazette, 4 December 1952, Vol. III, page 2004.
    † Gazette, 26 March 1953, Vol. I, page 513.
    ‡ Gazette, 7 May 1953, Vol. II, page 721.

Compulsory Stoppage of Certain Vehicles at Railway Crossings—Provision of Exemptions

PURSUANT to section 46A of the Transport Act 1949 (as inserted by section 11 of the Transport Amendment Act 1953 and as amended by section 12 of the Transport Amendment (No. 2) Act 1953) the Minister of Transport hereby declares that nothing in subsection (1) of the said section 46A shall apply with respect to the railway crossings or classes of railway crossings described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE

  1. The railway crossing across the Masterton-Wellington State highway to the meat-works at Ngauranga in the Makara County.

  2. The four railway crossings across the Esplanade in the Borough of Petone.

  3. The railway crossing across the Hutt Road serving the meat-works in the Borough of Petone.

  4. The two railway crossings across the Waterloo Quay in the City of Wellington.

  5. All those railway crossings across Quay Street in the City of Auckland.

  6. The railway crossing across Victoria Street in the City of Hamilton.

  7. The railway crossing across Seaview Road in the City of Lower Hutt.

  8. The railway crossing across Hutt Park Road in the City of Lower Hutt.

Dated at Wellington, this 8th day of December 1953.

W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Transport.



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🌏 Reapplication of Convention Between New Zealand and Germany Relating to Legal Proceedings

🌏 External Affairs & Territories
Convention, Legal Proceedings, Civil and Commercial Matters, Germany, Cook Islands, Western Samoa
  • T. Clifton Webb, Minister of Justice

🏭 Import Control Exemption Notice (No. 16) 1953

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
15 December 1953
Import Control, Exemption Notice, Timber, Confectionery, Toilet Preparations, Domestic Clothes-Washing Machines, Vacuum Cleaners
  • Jack T. Watts, For the Minister of Customs

🏭 Notice Respecting Certain Tariff Inquiries

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
15 December 1953
Tariff Inquiries, Board of Trade, Import Duty, Cocoa-Beans, Caramel, Toilet Preparations, Domestic Clothes-Washing Machines
  • Chas. M. Bowden, Minister of Customs

🚂 Compulsory Stoppage of Certain Vehicles at Railway Crossings—Provision of Exemptions

🚂 Transport & Communications
8 December 1953
Railway Crossings, Exemptions, Transport Act, Masterton-Wellington State Highway, Esplanade, Hutt Road, Waterloo Quay, Quay Street, Victoria Street, Seaview Road, Hutt Park Road
  • W. S. Goosman, Minister of Transport