Consenting to Raising of Loans by Certain Local Authorities

Pursuant to section 3 of the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956 (as amended by section 3 (1) of the Local Authorities Loans Amendment Act 1967), the undersigned Assistant Secretary to the Treasury, acting under powers delegated to the Secretary to the Treasury by the Minister of Finance, hereby consents to the borrowing by the local authorities mentioned in the Schedule hereto of the whole or any part of the respective amounts specified in that Schedule.

SCHEDULE

Local Authority and Name of Loan Amount Consented to $
Invercargill City Council: Electricity Loan 1970 50,000
Manukau City Council: Roading Loan 1970 300,000
Taumarunui Borough Council: Pensioner Flats Additional Loan 1970 5,000
Waitemata County Council: Wairau Stream Improvement Loan 1970 232,500
Wallace County Council: Te Anau Amenities Loan No. 2, 1970 12,500
Whangarei County Council: Bridge Loan 1970 60,000

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of December 1970.
J. D. LANG, Assistant Secretary to the Treasury.
(T. 40/416/6)

The Standards Act 1965—British Standards, Revisions, and Amendments Available for Comment

Pursuant to subsection (3) of section 23 of the Standards Act 1965, 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 or for endorsement as being suitable for use in New Zealand. All persons who may be affected by them and who desire to comment thereon may, on application, obtain copies on loan from the Standards Association of New Zealand, Private Bag, Wellington 1.

Requests should specify that copies are required for comment purposes.

The closing date for the receipt of comment is 31 January 1971.

Dated at Wellington this 7th day of December 1970.
G. H. EDWARDS, Director,
Standards Association of New Zealand.
(S.A. 114/2/1)

SCHEDULE
LIST OF BRITISH STANDARDS

New Issues
B.S. Title
402 : — Clay plain roofing tiles and fittings—
402 : Part 2 : 1970 Clay plain roofing tiles and fittings—metric units.
463 : — Sockets for wire ropes—
463 : Part 2 : 1970 Metric units.
1212 : — Ballvalves (excluding floats)—
1212 : Part 2 : 1970 Diaphragm type (brass body)—metric units.
3149 : — Recommendations for the carriage of live animals by air—
3149 : Part 10 : 1970 Larger carnivores.
3939 : — Graphical symbols for electrical power, telecommunications and electronics diagrams—
3939 : Supplement No. 2 : 1970.
4579 : — Performance of compression joints in electric cable and wire connectors—
4579 : Part 1 : 1970 Copper conductors.
4604 : — The use of high strength friction grip bolts in structural steelwork. Metric series—
4604 : Part 2 : 1970 Higher grade (parallel shank).
4618 : — Recommendations for the presentation of plastics design data—
4618 : Introduction : 1970 General introduction.
4618 : Part 1 : Mechanical properties—
Section 1.1 : 1970 Creep.
Subsection 1.1.1 : 1970 Creep in uniaxial tension or compression (with particular reference to solid plastics).

List of British Standards—continued

New Issues
B.S. Title
4618 : Part 2 Electrical properties—
Section 2.1 : 1970 Permittivity.
Section 2.2 : 1970 Loss tangent.
4618 : Part 3 : Thermal properties—
Section 3.1 : 1970 Linear thermal expansion.
4618 : Part 5 : Other properties—
Section 5.1 : 1970 Density.
Section 5.2 : 1970 Change in linear dimensions with moisture absorption.
4629 : 1970 Dimensions of spool spindles for 16 mm cinematograph equipment.
4630 : 1970 Tributyltin oxide (di (tributulyin) oxide).
4631 : 1970 Parking discs.
4632 : 1970 Automatic exposure control equipment, in cameras.
9520 : 1970 Electrical connectors of assessed quality for frequencies below 3 MHz: Generic data and methods of test.
9563 : 1970 Rotary (manual) switches of assessed quality: Generic data and methods of test.

New codes of practice
BS
CP 2007 : —
CP 2007 : Part 2 : 1970 Design and construction of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures for the storage of water and other aqueous liquids.

Revised standards
BS
549 : 1970 Diacetone alcohol.
946 : 1970 Designation of the structure of single, plied and cabled yarns.
970 : — Wrought steels in the form of blooms, billets, bars and forgings—
970 : Part 2 : 1970 Direct hardening alloy steels, including alloy steels capable of surface hardening by nitriding.
1016 : — Methods for the analysis and testing of coal and coke—
1016 : Part 15 : 1970 Fusibility of coal ash and coke ash.
1297 : 1970 Grading and sizing of softwood flooring.
1308 : 1970 Concrete street lighting columns.
1658 : 1970 Housings for hydraulic seals for reciprocating applications.
1808 : — Sizes and recommended layouts of commercial forms—
1808 : Part 1 : 1970 Letterheads and forms other than those produced on rotary presses.
1998 : 1970 Triphenyl phosphate.
2482 : 1970 Timber scaffold boards (38 mm x 225 mm soft-wood).
2756 : 1970 Recommendations for the use of detergents in the dairying industry.
2869 : 1970 Petroleum fuels for oil engines and burners.
2992 : 1970 Painters' and decorators' brushes for local authorities and public institutions (excluding quality of fillings).
3169 : 1970 Rubber reel hose for fire fighting purposes.
3247 : — Salt for spreading on highways for winter maintenance—
3247 : Part 1 : 1970 Rock salt.
3247 : Part 2 : 1970 Salt other than rock salt.
3622 : 1970 General purpose stools and anaesthetists' chairs for hospital use.
3632 : 1970 Permanent residential caravans.
4093 : 1970 Metric rules and rulers for school use.

Revised codes of practice
BS
CP 299 : 1970 Sprayed asbestos insulation. Metric units.

Revised automobile standards
BS
AU 1a : 1970 Dimensions of 2–27⁄8 in. diameter fifth wheel king pin for use with semi-trailers.
AU 2a : 1970 Dimensions of 31⁄2–41⁄2 in. diameter fifth wheel king pin for use with extra heavy duty semi-trailers.

Note—BS AU 1a and AU 2a have, in error, been printed with the words "Metric Units" on their title pages. These standards are in imperial units.
AU 144a : 1970 Retreaded car and commercial vehicle tyres.