Acquisition of Land as Scenic Reserve

NOTICE is hereby given that the land described in the Schedule
hereto has been acquired as a scenic reserve, subject to the
provisions of Part IV of the Reserves and Domains Act 1953,
to form part of the Te Raupo Scenic Reserve.

SCHEDULE

GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT—WAIRoa COUNTY
LOT 1, D.P. 5507, being part Section 10s, Ohuka Settlement,
situated in Block II, Taramarama Survey District; area, 11
acres 3 roods 7 perches, more or less. All certificate of title,
Volume 3c, folio 953.

Dated at Wellington this 7th day of October 1971.
R. J. MACLACHLAN, Director-General of Lands.
(L. and S. H.O. 4/1342; D.O. 13/135)

Timber Preservation Regulations 1955—Branding and
Identification of Preservative Treated Timber

PURSUANT to regulation 12 of the Timber Preservation Regulations 1955*, the Timber Preservation Authority hereby gives
notice that, subject to the exemptions provided herein, timber
which has been preservative treated as provided in the said
regulations shall be branded or identified in the manner herein
described.

1. End Branding—All preservative-treated timber shall be
   branded on or at one end with a clearly legible brand in block
   letters not less than ⅜in. high. The brand shall include the
   registered number of the plant allocated by the Timber
   Preservation Authority. Timbers exempt from this requirement
   are:

(a) Fence battens or droppers;
(b) Timber in sizes 2in. by 1in. section and less;
(c) Timber to be treated to Commodity Specification C.8
(Low Hazard Building Timbers) which is to be
dressed or planer-gauged and branded in accordance
with clause 4 at or adjacent to the treatment plant at
which it is treated.

2. Commodity Branding—(1) In the case of timber for use
   in contact with sea water, to comply with TPA Commodity
   Specification C.1, an additional brand in the form of an “S” is
   to be placed immediately after the plant number as required
   in clause 1 above.

(2) In the case of timber treated for ground contact use, to
comply with TPA Commodity Specifications C.2 and C.3, an
additional brand in the form of an “X” is to be placed
immediately after the plant number as required in clause 1
above.

(3) In the case of timber treated for use as exterior joinery,
to comply with TPA Commodity Specification C.6, an additional brand in the form of a “J” is to be placed immediately
after the plant number as required in clause 1 above.

(4) In the case of timber treated for building timbers in high
decay hazard situations, to comply with TPA Commodity
Specification C.7, an additional brand in the form of an “H”
is to be placed immediately after the plant number as required
in clause 1 above.

(5) In the case of timber treated for use as beehive timbers,
to comply with TPA Specification C.9, an additional brand in
the form of a “B” is to be placed immediately after the plant
number as required in clause 1 above.

3. Colouring—Each piece of timber treated with a preservative which does not colour the timber shall have its surfaces
   coloured by a colouring material, approved by the Authority,
   added to the treating solution.

4. Face Branding—(1) All surface branding shall be incised
   or branded with a permanent ink approved by the Authority
   and shall be in block letters not less than ⅜in. high embodying
   the word “TREATED” together with, as a minimum, the number or trade name approved by the Authority for the organisation performing this branding and may include the type of
   treatment and other information.

(2) All scantlings and framing timbers which are dressed or
planer-gauged on at least one surface shall be continuously
branded on at least one face except where a clear face is
required on all four sides; when a clear, legible end brand will
suffice as required in clause 1 above.

(3) All weatherboards and flooring shall be continuously
branded on the back of the board.

(4) All other dressed lines shall be either—
(a) Continuously surface branded; or
(b) Surface branded within 6in. of the end; or
(c) End branded as required in clause 1 and 2 above.

(5) Timbers shall be exempt from this requirement when
they are in sizes of 2in. by 1in. section and less.

5. Posts, Poles, and Piles—All posts, poles, and piles shall
   be branded with an incised brand on one end or with a disc
   approved by the Authority and fixed above ground line.

6. Dispensations—Notwithstanding anything in the provisions
   of this notice, the Authority may, if it thinks fit in special
   circumstances, grant dispensation from any of the foregoing
   provisions.

7. Effective Date—The provisions of this notice shall come
   into force on the day after the date of its publication in the
   Gazette.

8. Previous Notice Cancelled—The previous notice, published
   in the Gazette, 2 April 1969, is hereby revoked.

Dated at Wellington this 12th day of October 1971.
R. D. ARCHIBALD, Secretary,
Timber Preservation Authority.
*S.R. 1955/146

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

Auckland Harbour Board: Loan No. 1, 1971
Auckland Regional Authority: Regional Roading
Loan No. 3, 1971
Christchurch Drainage Board: Drainage Loan No.
3, 1971
Hastings City Council: Flaxmere Development
Supplementary Loan 1971
Marlborough Catchment Board: Kaikoura Staff
Housing Supplementary Loan 1971
Murupara Borough Council: Pensioner Flats Loan
1971
Southland Harbour Board: Loan No. 27, 1971
Takapuna City Council: Concrete Footpaths Loan
1971

Amount
Consented to
$

660,000
1,700,000
65,000
80,000
1,300
6,000
500,000
20,000

Dated at Wellington this 8th day of October 1971.
J. D. LANG, Assistant Secretary to the Treasury.
(T. 40/416/6)

Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1954—Proposed
Cancellation of Registration of Industrial Union

PURSUANT to section 86 of the Industrial Conciliation and
Arbitration Act 1954, it is hereby notified that the registration
of the New Zealand Freezing Works and Related Trades
Industrial Association of Workers, Registered No. 1706, situated
at Trades Hall, 194 Gloucester Street, Christchurch 1, will,
unless cause to the contrary is shown, be cancelled on the
expiration of 6 weeks from the date of the publication of this
notice in the Gazette.

Dated at Wellington this 5th day of October 1971.
A. C. RUFFELL, Registrar of Industrial Unions,
Department of Labour.

Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1954—Proposed
Cancellation of Registration of Industrial Union

PURSUANT to section 86 of the Industrial Conciliation and
Arbitration Act 1954, it is hereby notified that the registration
of the Auckland and North Shore Fire Brigades Employees'