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 $
Alexandra Borough Council: Pensioner Flats Loan 1973 13,000
Auckland City Council: Redemption Loan No. 94, 1973 11,700
Auckland Regional Authority: Bulk Water Supply Redemption Loan No. 41, 1973 225,300
Drainage Redemption Loan No. 78, 1973 144,700
Christchurch Drainage Board: Renewal Loan No. 3, 1973 45,000
Green Island Borough Council: Sewerage Loan 1973 635,000
Otago Harbour Board: Development Redemption Loan No. 1, 1973 83,500
Paparua County Council: Staff Housing Loan 1973 13,000
Waitemata County Council: Redemption Loan No. 6, 1973 11,000
Whangarei County Council: Water Supply Redemption Loan 1973 10,500

Dated at Wellington this 19th day of April 1973.
S. C. PARKER, Assistant Secretary to the Treasury.

Approval of Motor Cycle Safety Helmets in Terms of the Traffic Regulations 1956

Pursuant to subclause (1) of regulation 49 of the Traffic Regulations 1956*, the Secretary for Transport hereby approves, for the purpose of regulation 29, motor cycle safety helmets of the make and type described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE

SAFETY helmets manufactured by Stadium Ltd, England, and marked "Project 8" and bearing the certification mark of the British Standards Institution and the licence number B.S. 3289.

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of April 1973.
F. D. McWHA, for Secretary for Transport.
*S.R. 1956/217 (Reprinted with amendments No. 1 to 16: S.R. 1968/32)
Amendment No. 17: S.R. 1969/54
Amendment No. 18. S.R. 1969/115
Amendment No. 19: S.R. 1969/157
Amendment No. 20: S.R. 1970/272
Amendment No. 21: S.R. 1971/117
Amendment No. 22: S.R. 1972/83
Amendment No. 23: S.R. 1972/252
(TT. 17/6/1)

Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1964—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 Master Tailors' Industrial Union of Employers, Registered No. 122, situated at R.S.A. Building, 35 High Street, Auckland, 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 11th day of April 1973.
A. C. RUFFELL, Registrar of Industrial Unions,
Department of Labour.
(Lab. I.C. 138)

Nelson Education Board—Extraordinary Vacancy—Golden Bay Ward

Pursuant to the Education Boards' Administration Regulations 1965, it is hereby notified that Charles Reuben George Masters, the only nominated candidate for the extraordinary vacancy in the Golden Bay Ward of the Education Board of the District of Nelson, has been duly elected.

R. PARTRIDGE, Returning Officer.

Nelson, 8 March 1973.

Auckland Education Board—Extraordinary Vacancy—Ward 12, Tamaki-Howick

Pursuant to the Education Boards' Administration Regulations 1965, I hereby notify the result of the poll held for the election of a member for Ward 12 (Tamaki-Howick) was as follows:

Votes
Byrnes, Clifford Carson .... .... 51
Delaney, Ernest Melville .... .... 10
Kenny, George Arthur .... .... 67 (elected)
Levinsohn, Brenda .... .... 30
McLennan, Kenneth Ernest .... 25
Total number of valid votes recorded .... .... 183
Informal votes .... .... 6

I hereby declare George Arthur Kenny duly elected.

L. J. McCARTHY, Returning Officer.

Auckland, 2 April 1973.

The Land and Income Tax Act 1954—Interest on Income Tax Paid in Advance

THE Minister of Finance has prescribed, pursuant to section 207 of the Land and Income Tax Act 1954, that any subsisting company* public authority (other than either of them in the capacity of a trustee or agent) Maori authority which makes an advance payment on account of income tax on income derived in the income year ended on 31 March 1973 (or equivalent balance date) shall be entitled to interest at the rate of 4.25 percent per annum, provided the total interest so calculated amounts to 50c or more. Interest will be paid on amounts of $2 or multiples thereof.

In the case of any such advance payment made before the due date for payment of the first instalment of income tax, interest will be calculated for each complete month from and including 8 February 1973 or the date of payment whichever date is the later—
(a) on so much of the advance payment as does not exceed the amount of the first instalment of income tax, up to and including the day immediately preceding the due date for payment of that instalment;
(b) on so much of the advance payment as exceeds the amount of the first instalment of income tax payable, up to and including 6 February 1974.

In the case of any advance payment of income tax made after the due date for payment of the first instalment of income tax, interest will be calculated for each complete month from and including the date of payment up to and including 6 February 1974.

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of April 1973.

D. A. STEVENS, Commissioner of Inland Revenue.

*“Subsisting company” means a company which was incorporated before the 26th day of July 1957, but does not include a company which, by virtue of an election under section 42 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1957, has become a provisional taxpayer.

Indecent Publications Tribunal

I, Jack Alexander McLeod Kean, Comptroller of Customs, give notice that I have applied to the Indecent Publications Tribunal for a decision as to whether the book described below is indecent or not, or for a decision as to its classification.

Title: The Love Pagoda.
Author: Anonymous.
Publisher: Brandon Books, California.