Varying Notice of Declaration of State Highway

Pursuant to section 11 of the National Roads Act 1953, the National Roads Board, acting with the written approval of the Minister of Works and Development, hereby gives notice that it varies the notice declaring public highways to be State highways, dated 9 March 1960, published in the Gazette, 24 March 1960, Vol. I, p. 384, by deleting from the Schedule to the said notice the paragraph, described in the First Schedule hereto, and substituting therefor the paragraph, set out in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE

PARAGRAPH deleted from the South Island section of Part II of the Schedule to the said notice:

Blenheim - No. 6 State Highway.

SECOND SCHEDULE

BLENHEIM - No. 6 State Highway: from the junction of Nelson Street and No. 1 State Highway, along Nelson Street, Middle Renwick Road to the western boundary of the Borough of Blenheim.

Dated at Wellington this 21st day of May 1976.

Signed on behalf and by direction of the National Roads Board:

D. J. CHAPMAN, Secretary.

(72/6/11/1)

Plant Declared a Noxious Weed Under the Noxious Weeds Act 1950 in the County of Waikato (No. 1447 Ag. 12/10/4/1)

Pursuant to a delegation from the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1953, for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, the following Special Order made by the Waikato County Council on the 4th day of May 1976 is hereby published.

SPECIAL ORDER

In exercise of the powers, conferred on it by section 3 of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, the Waikato County Council hereby resolves by way of Special Order that thorn apple or Jimson weed (Datura stramonium), being a plant included in the First Schedule of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, be declared a noxious weed within the County of Waikato.

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of May 1976.

A. T. JOHNS,

Director-General of Agriculture and Fisheries.

In the matter of the Insolvency Act 1967, and in the matter of the estate of Albert James Jackson, late of West Melton, but now deceased:

Notice is hereby given that the Public Trustee of New Zealand on the 5th day of May 1975 filed a certificate in the Supreme Court at Christchurch electing to administer the above-mentioned estate under Part XVII of the Insolvency Act 1967, and that the said estate will, as from the said date, be administered, realised, and distributed in accordance with the law in practice of bankruptcy.

I do hereby summon a meeting of creditors in the above estate to be held at the Public Trust Office, Christchurch, on the 27th day of May 1976, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon.

All creditors, whether they have already submitted their claims or not, are required to prove their debts as soon as may be in the manner provided by the Insolvency Act 1967. Proof of debt forms may be procured at my office.

Dated at Christchurch this 7th day of May 1976.

J. M. O'SULLIVAN,

District Public Trustee for Christchurch.

Customs Tariff Review Programme

Notice is hereby given that submissions relating to the Tariff chapters listed in the Schedule below are required not later than 30 June 1976.

Submissions should be forwarded to the Comptroller of Customs, Private Bag, Wellington.

J. A. KEAN, Comptroller of Customs.

SCHEDULE

SECTION XI

TEXTILES AND TEXTILE ARTICLES

50 Silk and waste silk.

51 Man-made fibres (continuous).

52 Metallised textiles.

53 Wool and other animal hair.

54 Flax and ramie.

55 Cotton.

56 Man-made fibres (discontinuous).

57 Other vegetable textile materials; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn.

58 Carpets, mats, matting and tapestries; piles and chenille fabrics; narrow fabrics; trimmings; tulle and other net fabrics; lace; embroidery.

59 Wadding and felt; twine, cordage, ropes and cables; special fabrics; impregnated and coated fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use.

60 Knitted and crocheted goods.

61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories of textile fabric, other than knitted or crocheted goods.

62 Other made up textile articles.

63 Old clothing and other textile articles; rags.

SECTION XII

FOOTWEAR, HEADGEAR, UMBRELLAS, SUNSHADES, WHIPS, RIDING-CROPS AND PARTS THEREOF; PREPARED FEATHERS AND ARTICLES MADE THEREWITH; ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS; ARTICLES OF HUMAN HAIR; FANS

64 Footwear; gaiters and the like; parts of such articles.

65 Headgear and parts thereof.

66 Umbrellas, sunshades, walking-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof.

67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair; fans.

SECTION XIII

ARTICLES OF STONE, OF PLASTER, OF CEMENT, OF ASBESTOS, OF MICA AND OF SIMILAR MATERIALS; CERAMIC PRODUCTS; GLASS AND GLASSWARE

68 Articles of stone, of plaster, of cement, of asbestos, of mica and of similar materials.

69 Ceramic products.

70 Glass and glassware.

SECTION XIV

PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES, PRECIOUS METALS, ROLLED PRECIOUS METALS, AND ARTICLES THEREOF; IMITATION JEWELLERY; COIN

71 Pearls, precious and semi-precious stones, precious metals, rolled precious metals, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery.

72 Coin.

Consenting to Raising of Loans by Certain Local Authorities

Pursuant to the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956, 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 $

Bay of Islands Electric Power Board: Home Insulation Loan No. 2, 1976 25,000

Eyre County Council: Rural Housing Loan 1976 50,000

Matamata County Council: Rural Housing Loan No. 20, 1976 100,000

North Auckland Electric Power Board: Redemption Loan No. 3, 1976 100,000

Otago Hospital Board: Redemption Loan 1976 105,400 Redemption Loan No. 2, 1976 60,200

Poverty Bay Electric Power Board: Home Insulation Loan No. 2, 1976 3,375