New Zealand Gazette – 1972 – No. 42

Page 1082

✨ Standards and Railway Contracts



The Standards Act 1965—Draft Amendments to New Zealand Standard Specifications Available for Comment

Pursuant to subsection (3) of section 23 of the Standards Act 1965, notice is hereby given that the following draft amendments are being circulated:

Number and Description of Draft

DZ 1525/276 Draft amendment to NZS 1525: 1962, Mains operated electric fence controllers.

NOTE—When issued, the amendment will allow the use of suitable high grade insulating materials which are now available for transformer bobbins. It will also introduce alternative marking and will make provision for the cord anchorage test to be carried out with the cord normally fitted.

DZ 2183/278 Draft amendment to NZS 2183: 1967, Domestic electric clothes-washing machines.

NOTE—When issued, the amendment will simplify the marking of supply terminals where this is appropriate.

All persons who may be affected by these amendments and who desire to comment thereon, may, upon application, obtain copies on loan from the Standards Association of New Zealand, World Trade Center, 15–23 Sturdee Street (or Private Bag), Wellington.

The closing date for the receipt of comment is 9 June 1972.

Dated at Wellington this 12th day of May 1972.

G. H. EDWARDS, Director,
Standards Association of New Zealand.

(S.A. 5–114/2/8)

The Standards Act 1965—Endorsement of Amendments to Overseas Specifications

Pursuant to section 17 of the Standards Act 1965, the Standards Council, on 28 April 1972, endorsed as suitable for use in New Zealand the under-mentioned amendments to the relevant endorsed overseas specifications:

Number, Title, and Price of Specification Amendment No./AMD
BS 2011: Methods for the environmental testing of electronic components and electronic equipment— Part 2K: 1963 Salt mist. $1.10
BS 2613: 1970 Electrical performance of rotating electrical machines. Metric units. $5.00 1/736
BS 3988: 1970 Wrought aluminium for electrical purposes—solid conductors for insulated cables. Metric units. $1.90 1/773
BS 6883: 1969 Elastomer-insulated cables for fixed wiring in ships. Metric units. $2.60 1/783

Copies of the specifications so amended are obtainable from the Standards Association of New Zealand, World Trade Center, 15–23 Sturdee Street (or Private Bag), Wellington.

Copies of the amendments will be supplied, free of charge, upon request unless where otherwise stated. An additional 20c service charge is made on all mail orders.

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of May 1972.

G. H. EDWARDS, Director,
Standards Association of New Zealand.

(S.A. 6–114/2/10: E 285–88)

The Standards Act 1965—Overseas Specifications Endorsed as Suitable for Use in New Zealand

Pursuant to section 17 of the Standards Act 1965, the Standards Council, on 28 April 1972, endorsed the under-mentioned overseas specifications as suitable for use in New Zealand:

Number and Title of Specification Price of Copy $
BS 37: Electricity meters—Part 3: 1970 Prepayment watt-hour meters: Class 2.0, and fixed charge collectors. Metric and imperial units 2.70
BS 137: Insulators of ceramic material or glass for overhead lines with a nominal voltage greater than 1000 V—Part 1: 1970 Tests. Metric units 2.70
BS 2011: Methods for the environmental testing of electronic components and electronic equipment—Part 2 Ca: 1971 Damp heat, steady state. Metric units 1.10
Part 2Kb: 1970 Industrial atmosphere test for contacts and connections. Metric units 1.50
BS 2316: Radio-frequency cables—Part 3: Issue 4: 1971 Cable data sheets. Metric and imperial units 21.60
BS 2755: 1970 Copper and copper-cadmium stranded conductors for overhead electric traction systems. Metric units 1.90
BS 2898: 1970 Wrought aluminium and aluminium alloys for electrical purposes. Bars, extruded round tube and sections. Metric units 2.20
BS 3242: 1970 Aluminium alloy stranded conductors for overhead power transmission. Metric units 1.90
BS 4516: Enamelled copper conductors poly-vinyl acetal base with high mechanical properties—Part 2: 1971 Rectangular conductors. Metric units 1.90
BS 4565: 1970 Galvanised steel wire for aluminium conductors, steel-reinforced. Metric units 1.50
BS 4608: 1970 Copper for electrical purposes. Rolled sheet, strip and foil. Metric units 1.90
BS 4609: Enamelled copper conductors (oleo-resinous base with good dielectric properties under humid conditions)—Part 1: 1970 Round wire. Metric units 2.70
BS 4653: Paper covered copper conductors—Part 2: 1970 Rectangular conductors. Metric units 1.50
BS 4663: Enamelled copper conductors temperature index 220 (aromatic polyimide base)—Part 1: 1971 Round wire. Metric units 3.30
BS 4665: Enamelled copper conductors temperature index 180 (modified polyester base)—Part 1: 1971 Round wire. Metric units 3.30
BS 4720: Enamelled copper conductors temperature index 155 (modified polyester base)—Part 2: 1971 Rectangular conductors. Metric units 2.20
BS 4738: Enamelled copper conductor cores with an additional heat-bonding coating—Part 1: 1971 Round wire. Metric units 3.30
BS 4770: 1971 Bunched enamelled copper conductors with silk coverings. Metric units 2.20

Copies of the specifications are obtainable through the Standards Association of New Zealand, World Trade Center, 15–23 Sturdee Street (or Private Bag), Wellington 1. An additional 20c service charge is made on all mail orders.

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of May 1972.

G. H. EDWARDS, Director,
Standards Association of New Zealand.

(S.A. 7–114/2/9: 851–68)

New Zealand Government Railways—Schedule of Civil Engineering and Building Contracts of $20,000 or More in Value

Name of Work Successful Tenderer Amount of Tender Accepted $
Blenheim: construction of new way and works depot J. Waters and Sons Ltd., Leitrim Street, Blenheim 37,654.24

T. M. SMALL, General Manager.



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🎓 Draft Amendments to New Zealand Standard Specifications Available for Comment

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
12 May 1972
Standards Act 1965, Draft specifications, Public comment, Electric fence controllers, Clothes washing machines
  • G. H. Edwards, Director, Standards Association of New Zealand

🎓 Endorsement of Amendments to Overseas Specifications

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
9 May 1972
Standards Act 1965, Overseas specifications, Endorsement, Electronic components, Electrical machines, Cables
  • G. H. Edwards, Director, Standards Association of New Zealand

🎓 Overseas Specifications Endorsed as Suitable for Use in New Zealand

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
9 May 1972
Standards Act 1965, Overseas specifications, Endorsement, Electricity meters, Insulators, Cables, Conductors
  • G. H. Edwards, Director, Standards Association of New Zealand

🏗️ Schedule of Civil Engineering and Building Contracts of $20,000 or More

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
New Zealand Government Railways, Civil engineering contracts, Building contracts, Blenheim depot
  • J. Waters, Successful tenderer for Blenheim depot

  • T. M. Small, General Manager