Tariff Notice—Application for Approval of the Minister of Customs
—
NOTICE is hereby given that an application has been made for
the classification, by approval of the Minister of Customs, of
the under-mentioned goods under item 155 (1) of the Customs
Tariff of New Zealand:
Tarred felt.
The application will not be dealt with until 9 November
1961 and any person wishing to submit any objection thereto
should do so in writing to the Comptroller of Customs, Private
Bag, Wellington, on or before 9 November 1961.
Any such objection should be supported by information as
to:
(a) The range of goods manufactured;
(b) The proportions of New Zealand and imported materials
used in manufacture;
(c) Present and potential output; and
(d) Details of factory costs in terms of materials, labour,
overhead, etc.
Dated at Wellington this 19th day of October 1961.
J. F. CUMMINGS, Comptroller of Customs.
(Tariff Notice No. 175)

Specifications Declared to be Standard Specifications
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PURSUANT to the Standards Act 1941 and the regulations made
thereunder, the Minister of Industries and Commerce, on
5 October 1961, declared the under-mentioned specifications to
be standard specifications:
Number and Title of Specification
N.Z.S.S. 1333:1961: Minimum safety requirements for lighting fittings for use with hot-cathode tubular fluorescent lamps; being B.S. 2467:1954, amended to meet New Zealand requirements
N.Z.S.S. 1623:1961: Slides and opaques for television; being B.S. 2948:1958
N.Z.S.S. 1624:1961: Picture areas of motion picture films for television; being B.S. 2962:1958
Application for copies should be made to the N.Z. Standards Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay, or P.O. Box 195, Wellington C. 1.
Dated at Wellington this 16th day of October 1961.
G. LAURENCE,
Acting Executive Officer, Standards Council.
(S.I. 114/2–76)

Specifications Declared to be Standard Specifications
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PURSUANT to the Standards Act 1941 and the regulations made
thereunder, the Minister of Industries and Commerce, on
5 October 1961, declared the under-mentioned specifications to
be standard specifications:
Number and Title of Specification
N.Z.S.S. 1128: Part A13:1961: Methods of testing vulcanised rubber: Part A13: Determination of resistance to low temperatures (rigidity modulus test); being B.S. 903: Part A13:1960
N.Z.S.S. 1489:1961: The description of woven and warp-knitted fabrics containing man-made fibres; being B.S. 2935:1957
N.Z.S.S. 1491:1961: Methods of test for bow and skewness in woven fabric: being B.S. 2819:1957
N.Z.S.S. 1656:1961: Schedule of sizes for locks and latches for doors in buildings; being B.S. 455:1957
Application for copies should be made to the N.Z. Standards Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay, or P.O. Box 195, Wellington C. 1.
Dated at Wellington this 16th day of October 1961.
G. LAURENCE,
Acting Executive Officer, Standards Council.
(S.I. 114/2–75)

Specification Declared to be a Standard Specification
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PURSUANT to the Standards Act 1941 and the regulations
made thereunder, the Minister of Industries and Commerce, on
10 October 1961, declared the under-mentioned specification
to be a standard specification:
Number and Title of Specification: N.Z.S.S. 1654:1961 Polaris ed and non-polarised plugs on hearing aids; being B.S. 2813:1957.
Price of Copy (Post Free): 3s.
Application for copies should be made to the N.Z. Standards Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay, or P.O. Box 195, Wellington C. 1.
Dated at Wellington this 16th day of October 1961.
G. LAURENCE,
Acting Executive Officer, Standards Council.
(S.I. 114/2–77)

Code of Recommended Practice Adopted
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PURSUANT to section 7 of the Standards Act 1941, the Minister
of Industries and Commerce, on 5 October 1961, approved
the recommendation of the Standards Council that the under-mentioned code of recommended practice be adopted:
Number and Title of Code of Recommended Practice
CP 47:1961 Recommendations on laboratory furniture and fittings; being B.S. 3202:1959
Application for copies should be made to the N.Z. Standards Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay, or P.O. Box 195, Wellington C. 1.
Dated at Wellington this 17th day of October 1961.
G. LAURENCE,
Acting Executive Officer, Standards Council.
(S.I. 114/2–79)

Amendment of Standard Specifications
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PURSUANT to the Standards Act 1941 and the regulations made thereunder, the Minister of Industries and Commerce, on 2 October 1961, amended the under-mentioned standard specifications by the incorporation of the amendments shown hereunder:
Number and Title of Specification
N.Z.S.S. 826: Aluminium and aluminium alloy ingots and castings for general engineering purposes; being B.S. 1490:1955
N.Z.S.S. 1423:1958: Wrought aluminium and aluminium alloys for general engineering purposes; Wire; being B.S. 1475:1955
N.Z.S.S. 1586:1961: Canister respi-rators (gas masks) and dust respi-rators (dust masks); being B.S. 2091: 1954
Application for copies of the standard specifications so amended should be made to the N.Z. Standards Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay, or P.O. Box 195, Wellington C. 1. Copies of the amendments will be supplied, free of charge, upon request.
Dated at Wellington this 16th day of October 1961.
G. LAURENCE,
Acting Executive Officer, Standards Council.
(S.I. 114/2–78)

Plant Declared Noxious Weed in the County of Pohangina
(Notice No. Ag. 7408)
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PURSUANT to section 3 of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, the Director-General of Agriculture, acting under a delegation from the Minister of Agriculture for the purposes of the said section, hereby publishes the following special order made by the Pohangina County Council on the 21st day of September 1961.
SPECIAL ORDER
THAT, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 3 of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, the Pohangina County Council resolves by way of special order, that the plant named barley grass (Hordeum murinum) be and is hereby declared a noxious weed within the district of the County of Pohangina.
Dated at Wellington this 12th day of October 1961.
P. W. SMALLFIELD, Director-General of Agriculture.