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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 35

The Standards Act 1941—British Standards, Revisions,
and Amendments Available for Comment

Pursuant to subsection (3) of section 8 of the Standards Act 1941,
notice is hereby given that the British standards, revisions, and
amendments listed in the Schedule hereto are being considered for
adoption as New Zealand standard specifications. All persons
who may be affected by them and who desire to comment thereon
may, on application, obtain copies on loan from the New Zealand
Standards Institute, Bowen State Building, Bowen Street, or
Private Bag, Wellington C. 1.
Requests should specify that copies are required for comment
purposes.
The closing date for the receipt of comment is 16 July 1965.
Dated at Wellington this 16th day of June 1965.
V. FAIRHALL,
Acting Executive Officer, Standards Council.
(S.I. 114/2/1)

SCHEDULE

LIST OF BRITISH STANDARDS

New Issues
B.S.
Title
1809 : ——— Bobbins for ring doubling and twisting frames—
1809 Part 2 : 1965 Bobbins for woollen and
worsted yarns.
3178 : ——— Playground equipment for parks—
3178 Part 4 : 1965 Rotating equipment.
3191 : ——— Fixed playground equipment for schools—
3191 Part 3E : 1965 Special requirements for
steel horizontal ladders.
3191 Part 3F : 1965 Special requirements for
steel parallel bars.
3191 Part 3G : 1965 Special requirements for
steel window ladders.
3836 : ——— Components of microscopes—
3836 Part 2 : 1965 Dimensions and marking of
microscopes.
3846 : 1965 Methods for calibration and grading of extensometers
for testing of metals.
3847 : 1965 General requirements for mash seam welding in mild
steel.
3848 : ——— Weft pirns for woollen and worsted yarns—
3848 Part 1 : 1965 Pirns for use in shuttles fitted
with tongues.
3854 : 1965 Farm stock fences.
3855 : 1965 Method for modified Erichsen cupping test for sheet
and strip metal.
3856 : 1965 Platens for projection welding machines.
3857 : 1965 Electrically heated pads for use in hospitals.
3858 : 1965 Binding and identification sleeves for use on electric
cables and wires.
3859 : 1965 Topping knives for sugar beet harvesters.
3860 : 1965 Methods for measuring and expressing the performance of audio-frequency amplifiers for domestic,
public address, and similar applications.
3862 : 1965 Recommendations for symbols for languages, geographical areas, and authorities.

Revisions
B.S.
Title
4 : ——— Structural steel sections—
4 Part 2 : 1965 Hot-rolled hollow sections.
This revision supersedes both B.S. 4 Part 2: 1963
and Addendum 1: 1963 to B.S. 4 Part 2 (PD
5191).
78 : ——— Cast iron spigot and socket pipes (vertically cast) and
spigot and socket fittings—
78 Part 2 : 1965 Fittings.
This publication together with B.S. 78 Part 1: 1961
supersedes both B.S. 78 : 1938 and Addendum 1 :
1951 to B.S. 78: 1938 (PD 1166).
131 : ——— Methods for notched bar tests—
131 Part 5 : 1965 Determination of crystallinity.
459 : ——— Wooden doors—
459 Part 4 : 1965 Matchboarded doors.
872 : 1965 Abrasive papers and cloths (technical products).
889 : 1965 Flameproof electric lighting fittings.
903 : ——— Methods of testing vulcanised rubber—
903 Part D7 : 1965 Determination of impact
strength of ebonite.
1344 : ——— Methods of testing vitreous enamel finishes—
1344 Part 1 : 1965 Resistance to thermal shock.
1344 Part 2 : 1965 Resistance to culinary acids.
The difference between these new standards and
the 1960 editions of B.S. 1344 Part A1 and Part
A2 are only of an editorial nature, the technical
content being the same, and for this reason no
draft was circulated for technical comment.
2690 : ——— Methods of testing water used in industry—
2690 Part 2 : 1965 Dissolved oxygen, hydrazine,
and sulphite.
2948 : 1965 Dimensional features of slides and opaques for television.
3440 : 1965 Recommendations for the identification marking of
pulpable paper and board (pernicious contraries).

Amendments
B.S.
Title
Ref.
No.
PD
4 : ——— Structural steel sections—
Part 1 : 1962 Hot-rolled sections. Amendment No. 2 ..
5468
350 : ——— Conversion factors and tables—
Part 1 : 1959 Basis of tables. Conversion
factors. Amendment No. 3 ..
5435
357 : 1958 Power-driven travelling jib cranes. Amendment No. 2 ..
5469
449 : 1959 The use of structural steel in building. Amendment No. 5 ..
5425
644 : ——— Wood windows—
Part 1 : 1951 Wood casement windows.
Amendment No. 13 ..
5447
697 : 1960 Rubber gloves for electrical purposes. Amendment No. 2 ..
5437
716 : 1958 Rigging screws and stretching screws for general engineering purposes. Amendment
No. 4
5444
838 : 1961 Methods of test for toxicity of wood preservatives to fungi. Amendment No. 1 ..
5448
903 : ——— Methods of testing vulcanised rubber—
Part A 3 : 1956 Determination of tear strength. Amendment. No. 2 ..
5439
1210 : 1963 Wood screws. Amendment No. 1 ..
5467
1250 : ——— Domestic appliances burning town gas—
Part 5 : 1963 Refrigerators. Amendment
No. 1
5449
2004 : 1961 PVC-insulated cables and flexible cords for electric power and lighting. Amendment
No. 3
5452
2654 : ——— Vertical mild steel welded storage tanks, with
butt-welded shells, for the petroleum industry—
Part 2 : 1961 Site erection, inspection, and
testing. Amendment No. 1 ..
5472
3028 : 1958 Electric vacuum cleaners for use in hospitals.
Amendment No. 2
5445
3346 : 1961 Armoured PVC-insulated cables. Amendment
No. 2 ..
5453
3402 : 1964 Quality of vitreous china sanitary appliances.
Amendment No. 1 ..
5438
3456 : ——— The testing and approval of domestic electrical appliances—
Section B 9 : 1963 Electric floor polishers.
Amendment No. 2 ..
5451
3711 : 1964 Railway vacuum brake cylinders. Rolling ring
type. Amendment No. 2
5446
3762 : 1964 Methods of sampling and testing detergents.
Amendment No. 1 ..
5440
3785 : 1964 Webbing safety harness for baby carriages and chairs and walking reins. Amendment No. 1
5466

Trustees of Savings Banks

NOTICE is hereby given by direction of the Minister of Finance that:
Pursuant to section 6 of the Trustees Savings Banks Act
1948, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to reappoint
The Honourable William Theophilus Anderton and
The Honourable Sidney Walter Smith
as trustees of the Auckland Savings Bank;
William Gordon Fernie, C.B.E., and
Maurice John Russell
as trustees of the Canterbury Savings Bank;
Walter Edwin Bate, O.B.E., and
Peter Tait
as trustees of the Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne Savings Bank;
Ethel Emma McMillan
as a trustee of the Otago Savings Bank;
Maurice William Grantham and
Richard George Webb
as trustees of the Southland Savings Bank;
Ronald Charles Sampson
as a trustee of the Taranaki Savings Bank;
Douglas Julian Cater and
Edward Arthur Waters
as trustees of the Waikato Savings Bank;