602 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 24

TRAFFIC RESEARCH REPORTS
NUMBERS 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16.
1975. No. 6, 30c; No. 7, 30c; No. 8 and 9, 45c; No. 10, 45c;
No. 11, 40c; No. 12 and 13, 60c; No. 14, 15 and 16, 80c.
A series of reports which present the results of investigations
into traffic safety and management problems.
Report No. 6 investigates accident occurrence at planned
off-street type shopping areas and the strip-development type
and compares the findings.
Report No. 7 deals with vehicle priority at uncontrolled
intersections.
Report No. 8 and 9 contains an analysis of fatal motor
cyclist accidents for periods of 1 year before and after the
introduction of the law which makes the wearing of safety
helmets compulsory.
Report No. 10, the role of alcohol in traffic accidents in
New Zealand, is reviewed and reference to relative data is
made. Alternative counter measures to the problem of drink-
ing and driving is examined.
Report No. 11. A month-long intensive traffic enforcement
programme was conducted in Christchurch. This analysis
review shows the effects on road users. In this publication it
also reviews the long-term effects of a similar programme con-
ducted in Hamilton City in 1973.
Report No. 12. The 50 mph limit was introduced in
December 1973 as part of the Government's fuel conservation
measures. In this report is a review of the first year's operation
of the 50 mph speed limit and its effects.
Report No. 13. Reviews the current organisation of traffic
safety research in New Zealand. It concludes by outlining
some of the implications for the medical profession.
Report No. 14. This report evaluates the effect alcohol has
on driving skills and the part played by alcohol in traffic
accidents. Also dealt with is the part played by engineers in
reducing the alcohol-involved accidents and other research.
Report No. 15. Is a general review of the roles that traffic
rules and their enforcement can reasonably be expected to
play in the field of road safety.
Report No. 16. The trends and patterns of injury traffic
accidents over the last two decades are traced and described
through tables and comments.
Report No. 17. Evaluation of the New Zealand Compulsory
Safety Belt Law. 70c

TRUCK OPERATING COSTS 1980
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT
23 p. 1980 $1.75 plus 30c p. and p.
This bulletin sets out the estimated costs of operation for
various types of motor vehicles, ranging from 3.2 tonne petrol
trucks to 45 tonne heavy articulated diesel trucks.

UNQUIET EARTH
A History of the Bolton Street Cemetery
By Margaret H. Alington
359 p. 1978. $9.75 plus p. and p.
A cemetery is generally thought of as a peaceful last
resting place. The Bolton Street Cemetery, lying only a short
distance from Wellington's busy Lambton Quay, has had a
restless history. From the fierce "consecration" debate of the
1840s to the contentious motorway of the 1960s, the cemetery's
land, siting and maintenance have been constantly under
critical fire.

VIRUS AND VIRUS-LIFE DISEASES OF POME FRUITS AND STONE FRUITS IN NEW ZEALAND
DSIR BULLETIN No. 226
By C. A. Wood
87 p. 1979. $13.50 plus p. and p.
Illustrated descriptions are given of the 11 apple, 5 pear,
5 peach, 4 plum, 3 apricot, and 6 cherry diseases which have
been found up to the present time.

WEED CONTROL BY CHEMICAL METHODS
By L. J. Mathews
AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES BULLETIN 329
710 p. Hard cover, 1975. $35
Possibly no subject in the whole field of agricultural techno-
logy has advanced as rapidly in recent years as that of
chemical methods of weed control. This publication
summarises and makes specific recommendations based on
the experimental work conducted largely by the New Zealand
Department of Agriculture. The book is divided into five
sections:
Section 1—Principles of weed control and the uses of
chemical weed killers.
Section 2—Supplies information on the control of many
of New Zealand's worst weeds.
Section 3—Gives recommendations for the control of
weeds in crops, pastures, and other specific
areas.
Section 4—Describes the chemicals and summarises their
uses.
Section 5—Deals with application of herbicides.

THE WHARE KOHANGA AND ITS LORE
By Elsdon Best
NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN No. 13
93 p. Reprint 1975. $5.75
In this study of Whare Kohanga (the "Nest House") is con-
tained data of baptism rites performed over infants of superior
families only, together with other cultural ceremonies applied
to infants of high birth. The information obtained was con-
tributed by members of the Ngati-Kahungunu tribe of the
North Island. The text has been retained in its original style
in the belief that these basic studies should still be readily
available without textual alteration.

WHAT GRASS IS THAT?
By N. C. Lambrechtsen
D.S.I.R. INFORMATION SERIES No. 87
136 p., hard cover $2.25
A guide to the identification of some introduced grasses by
means of an illustrated step-by-step key process by botanical
name, or by standard common name.

WOMEN IN THE WORKFORCE . . . Facts and Figures
DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR
63 p. 1980. $2.75 plus p. and p.
Changing social attitudes towards female employment,
together with the dramatic increases in female labour force
participation have made this an area of vital concern to
many organisations with widely differing aims and interests.
This bulletin contains current data on women in the labour
force.

CONTENTS

Price $1.65 BY AUTHORITY: P. D. HASSELBERG, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND—1981