2 DECEMBER
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
2129

Amendments
B.S.
Title
Ref.
No.
PD

521 : 1964 Cresylic acid of specified meta-cresol content.
Amendment No. 1 .. .. .. 5548

523 : 1964 Phenol. Amendment No. 1 .. .. .. 5549

659 : 1963 Light gauge copper tubes for water, gas, and
sanitation. Amendment No. 1 .. .. .. 5563

Addendum No. 1 : 1963 to B.S. 1016 Part 13 : 1961
Analysis and testing of coal and coke: The
micum test (using the half-micum drum).
Amendment No. 1 .. .. .. 5574

1125 : 1959 W.C. flushing cisterns (including flush pipes).
Amendment No. 5 .. .. .. 5539

1387 : 1957 Steel tubes and tubulars suitable for screwing
to B.S. 21 pipe threads. Amendment No. 3 5553

1494 : 1951 Fixing accessories for building purposes.
Amendment No. 5 .. .. .. 5571

1819 : — Spring interior mattresses for hospitals, institu-
tions and Government departments—
Part 1 : 1963 Mattresses for adult beds and
cots, Amendment No. 2 .. .. .. 5557
Part 2 : 1965 Mattresses for children’s
cots. Amendment No. 1 .. .. .. 5558

1836 : 1962 Dimensions of flyer bobbins and skewers.
Amendment No. 1 .. .. .. 5578

1869 : 1960 Protective helmets for racing motor cyclists.
Amendment No. 3 .. .. .. 5542

2645 : — Tests for use in the approval of welders—
Part 1 : 1955 Manual metal-arc and oxy-
acetylene welding of mild steel and low
alloy steel sheets, plates and sections.
Amendment No. 1 .. .. .. 5550

2767 : 1956 Valves and unions for radiators (low pressure
hot water). Amendment No. 3 .. .. .. 5551

3254 : 1960 Seat belt assemblies for motor vehicles.
Amendment No. 6 .. .. .. 5540

3448 : 1961 Ammonium chloride. Amendment No. 2 .. 5556

3456 : — The testing and approval of domestic electrical
appliances—
Section A4 : 1963 Electrically-heated
blankets. Amendment No. 2 .. .. .. 5545

3837 : 1965 Expanded polystyrene board for thermal
insulation purposes. Amendment No. 1 5552

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

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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 23 December 1965.

Dated at Wellington this 25th day of November 1965.

R. J. SMITH,
Acting Executive Officer, Standards Council.

(S.I. 114/2/1)

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SCHEDULE
LIST OF BRITISH STANDARDS

New Issues
B.S.
Title

3486 : — Wheels for agricultural machinery, implements and
trailers—
3486 Part 2 : 1965 Tyre and rim sizes.

3643 : — ISO metric screw threads—
3643 Part 2 : 1965 Limits and tolerances for com-
mercial bolt, nut, and machine screw threads.

3893 : 1965 Office desks, tables and seating.

3894 : — Method for converting elongation values for steel—
3894 Part 1 : 1965 Carbon and low alloy steels.

3898 : 1965 Laboratory humidity ovens (injection type).

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LIST OF BRITISH STANDARDS
New Issues
B.S.
Title

3900 : — Methods of test for paints—
General introduction.
Group A Tests on liquid paints (excluding
chemical tests)—
Part A1 : 1965 Notes for guidance
on the sampling of paints, var-
nishes, and related materials.
Part A2 : 1965 Examination and
preparation of samples for testing.
Part A3 : 1965 Preparation of
panels prior to painting.

Group B Tests involving chemical examination
of liquid paints and dried paint
films—
Part B1 : 1965 Determination of
water by the Dean and Stark
method.
Part B2 : 1965 Determination of
volatile matter and non-volatile
matter.
Part B3 : 1965 Determination of
“soluble lead”.

Group C Tests associated with paint film forma-
tion—
Part C1 : 1965 Wet edge time.
Part C4 : 1965 Freedom from
residual tack.

Group G Environmental tests on paint films—
(including tests for resistance to
corrosion and chemicals)
Part G1 : 1965 Resistance to
organic liquids.
Part G2 : 1965 Resistance to
aqueous liquids.

3910 : 1965 Cone and cheese trays for filament yarns.

3913 : 1965 Industrial safety nets.

Revisions
B.S.
Title

551 : 1965 n-Butyl acetate.

553 : 1965 Ethyl acetate.

582 : 1965 Asbestos cement soil, waste, and ventilating pipes
and fittings.

1595 : 1965 isoPropyl alcohol.

2015 : 1965 Glossary of paint terms.

Amendments
B.S.
Title
Ref.
No.
PD

7 : 1953 Rubber-insulated cables and flexible cords for
electric power and lighting (for working
voltages up to and including 11 kV).
Amendment No. 9 .. .. .. 5533

700 : 1962 Graduated pipettes. Amendment No. 2 .. 5529

773 : 1953 Ostwald-Folin pipettes. Amendment No. 2 .. 5530

889 : 1965 Flameproof electric lighting fittings. Amend-
ment No. 1 .. .. .. .. 5544

968 : 1962 High yield stress (welding quality) structural
steel. Amendment No. 3 .. .. .. 5547

1131 : — Plain bearings (metal)—
Part 1 : 1955 Dimensions of non-ferrous
solid bushes and thrust washers. Amend-
ment No. 3 .. .. .. .. 5527
Part 4 : 1964 Dimensions of thin-walled
bearing half-liners and thrust half-
washers. Amendment No. 1 .. .. .. 5528

1193 : 1961 Sizes of sensitised materials for recording
instruments. Amendment No. 2 .. .. 5524

1756 : — Methods for the sampling and analysis of
flue gases—
Part 2 : 1963 Analysis by the Orsat
apparatus. Amendment No. 2 .. .. 5534

2050 : 1961 Electrical resistance of conductive and anti-
static products made from flexible polymeric
material. Amendment No. 2 .. .. .. 5532

2475 : 1964 Octave and one-third octave band-pass filters.
Amendment No. 1 .. .. .. 5536

2655 : — Electric lifts—
Part 1 : 1958 General requirements.
Amendment No. 5 .. .. .. 5537

2747 : 1964 Textile care labelling code. Amendment No. 1 5541

3457 : 1962 Materials for water tap washers. Amendment
No. 2 .. .. .. .. 5525

3472 : 1963 Raw styrene-butadiene rubbers (1500 series).
Amendment No. 1 .. .. .. 5523

3547 : 1962 Electrically-heated food conveyors and
carriers. Amendment No. 2 .. .. .. 5531

3796 : 1964 Polythene pipe (Type 710) for general purposes
including chemical and food industry use.
Amendment No. 1 .. .. .. 5519