18 APRIL THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 799

New Zealand Dairy Board—Notice of Election of Members
for South Auckland, Southern, and Taranaki Wards

I, Jack Lionel Wright, Returning Officer, appointed under
section 10 of the Dairy Board Act 1961, do hereby give notice
of a poll to elect a member for the South Auckland Ward and
a member for the Southern Ward and a member for the
Taranaki Ward No. 2 on the New Zealand Dairy Board; and
I do hereby give further notice that Wednesday, 18 April 1973,
is the date on which the rolls of electors for these wards shall
be closed, that the nominations of candidates for the election
of one member for each of the said wards must be in my
hands by noon on Wednesday, 16 May 1973; and that, in the
event of more than one candidate being nominated in any of
the said wards, a poll will be held and such poll will be closed
at 7 p.m., on Wednesday, 27 June 1973.

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of April 1973.

J. L. WRIGHT, Returning Officer.

Chief Electoral Office, Wellington.

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
$

Havelock North Borough Council: Hawke’s Bay
Airport Redemption Loan 1973 1,150
Gisborne Harbour Board: Storage Silo, Wharf,
and Gate Additional Loan 1972 45,000
Manawatu County Council: Rural Housing Loan
1973 100,000
Manukau City Council:
Otara Swimming Pool Loan 1973 290,000
Manurewa Swimming Pool Loan 1973 200,000
Ohinemuri County Council: Waihi Beach Water
Supply Improvement Loan 1973 27,000
Otamatea County Council: Ruawai Water Supply
Supplementary Loan 1973 7,000
Taumarunui County Council: Workers Dwelling
Loan 1973 15,000
Thames Borough Council: Pensioner Housing
Loan 1973 24,000
Waikouaiti County Council: Rural Housing Loan
No. 1, 1972 80,000
Waitemata County Council:
Redemption Loan No. 9, 1973 42,300
Redemption Loan No. 10, 1973 55,200
Redemption Loan No. 11, 1973 10,000
Waitemata Electric Power Board: Building Loan
1972 200,000
West Coast Hospital Board: Hospital Works Loan
1973 500,000
Whangarei County Council: Housing Advances
Redemption Loan 1973 8,900

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of April 1973.

S. C. PARKER, Assistant Secretary to the Treasury.

Tariff and Development Board Notice No. 346—Inquiry
Concerning Protection for New Zealand Industry Producing
Vinyl Floor Coverings—Public Hearing

1. Following receipt by the Minister of Customs of a report
   from the Emergency Protection Authority concerning protection
   for the New Zealand industry producing vinyl floor coverings,
   the Minister notified the Board, in a letter dated 14 March
   1973, that Government had accepted the recommendation of
   the Authority that a temporary additional duty of 20 percent
   be imposed on those floor coverings of Tariff items 39.02.081
   and 59.10.011 (except tiles) which have a current domestic
   value not exceeding $2.00 per square yard. However, as the
   goods of Tariff item 59.10.011 are on Schedule A to the
   NAFTA, the rate of duty will remain unchanged for these
   goods when they are imported from Australia.

2. In accordance with the provisions of the Tariff and
   Development Board Act the Minister of Customs has
   requested the Board to undertake a further inquiry and report
   on the nature and degree of protection, if any, it considers
   necessary to protect the New Zealand industry against imports
   of vinyl floor coverings now classified under Tariff items
   39.02.089 and 59.10.018 (formerly Tariff items 39.02.081 and
   59.10.011 respectively.)

3. For the purpose of taking evidence the Board will hold
   a public hearing in the Hearing Room, Eighth Floor, Cumberland House, Upper Willis Street, Wellington, on Tuesday,
   4 September 1973, commencing at 10.30 a.m.

4. Parties intending to make representations or requests about
   appropriate rates of customs duty are asked to take into
   account the statement by the Minister of Overseas Trade of
   6 September 1972 about changes in the New Zealand Customs
   Tariff. Copies of this statement can be obtained from the
   undersigned. In a letter dated 6 April 1973, the Minister of
   Trade and Industry has indicated that, while Government
   has asked the Board to consider the question of a single
   tariff rate, for trade policy reasons the Board’s recommendations on this aspect will not necessarily be made public for
   the time being. Parties intending to make representations or
   requests about the exemption from import licensing of goods
   at present not so exempt are asked to take into account
   the statement in the 1972 Financial Statement (page 19) that
   “the Government has also decided that where the industry
   is to be exempted from import licensing there should be
   provision in appropriate cases for a phase-out period which
   in general will be for up to three years”.

5. Any person who intends to tender evidence should lodge,
   in typewritten form, 14 copies of public evidence and 12 copies
   of confidential evidence, to be presented under oath at the
   public hearing, at the Board’s office no later than Tuesday,
   14 August 1973. In preparing this evidence the “Notes for
   Information and Guidance of Interested Parties” prepared
   by the Board may be of assistance. Copies of these notes
   may be obtained from the Board’s office.

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of April 1973.

C. H. S. RODDEN,
Secretary, Tariff and Development Board.
P.O. Box 27046, Wellington.

Tariff and Development Board Notice No. 347—Inquiry
Concerning Protection for New Zealand Industry Producing
Rulers—Public Hearing

1. Following receipt by the Minister of Customs of a report
   from the Emergency Protection Authority concerning protection for the New Zealand industry producing plastic
   30 cm/12 in. rulers, the Minister notified the Board, in a
   letter dated 14 March 1973, that Government had accepted
   the recommendation of the Authority that protection be
   afforded by a temporary restriction of imports of rulers
   based on a minimum f.o.b. value of $10.50 per gross. However,
   in order to comply with New Zealand’s obligations under the
   NAFTA, the temporary restriction will not be imposed against
   imports from Australia. The Authority considered that there
   was a wide area of substitutability amongst rulers of different
   materials and he suggested that any examination of the need
   for protection for the domestic industry should cover all
   types and sizes of rigid rulers.

2. In accordance with the provisions of the Tariff and
   Development Board Act, the Minister of Customs has
   requested the Board to undertake an inquiry and report on
   the form of permanent protection, if any, it considers necessary
   to protect New Zealand industry in relation to the importation
   of rulers (but not flexible measuring tapes) as classified in
   Tariff item Ex 90.16.009.

3. For the purpose of taking evidence the Board will hold
   a public hearing in the Hearing Room, Eighth Floor, Cumberland House, Upper Willis Street, Wellington, on Tuesday,
   11 September 1973, commencing at 10.30 a.m.

4. Parties intending to make representations or requests about
   appropriate rates of customs duty are asked to take into
   account the statement by the Minister of Overseas Trade
   of 6 September 1972 about changes in the New Zealand
   Customs Tariff. Copies of this statement can be obtained
   from the undersigned. In a letter dated 6 April 1973, the
   Minister of Trade and Industry has indicated that, while
   Government has asked the Board to consider the question
   of a single tariff rate, for trade policy reasons the Board’s
   recommendations on this aspect will not necessarily be made
   public for the time being. Parties intending to make representations or requests about the exemption from import licensing