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NEW ZEALAND EMERGENCY STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS —continued. N.Z.S.S. E. 47 Women's Black Chrome 1-bar Ward Shoes. E. 48 Children's Sandals. E. 49 Wrought Steels ; being B.S.S. 970-1941 (War Emergency). E. 50 Bucket Pumps. E. 51 Ready-mixed Paint for Priming Coats for Woodwork, excluding Totara E. 52 Ready-mixed Paints for Undercoats for Woodwork. E53 Bituminous Paint and Bituminous Compound for the Protection of Steelwork; being 8.5.5./ARP. 2. E54 A Fitted Cistern for the Decontamination of Anti-gas Oilskin Clothing; being 8.5.5./ARP. 4. E. 55 Chemical Closets for Use in Shelter Accommodation ; being 8.5.5./ARP. 5. E. 56 Rubber Gaskets for Rendering Doors and Windows Gastight; being 8.5.5./ARP. 10. E. 57 Petroleum Jelly for Sealing Gastight Doors, &c. ; being 8.5.5./ARP. 12. E. 58 Adjustable Hinge ; being 8.5.5./ARP. 19. E. 59 Obscuration Value for Textile Material for Curtains and Method of Testing ; being 8.5.5./ARP. 23. E. 60 Testing Incombustible Material Resistant to Incendiary Bombs ; being 8.5.5./ARP. 27. E. 61 Ventilation for Buildings in Conditions of Black-out, General; being 8.5.5./ARP. 31. E. 62 A Closet for Use in Air Raid Shelters ; being 8.5.5./ARP. 43. E. 63 Testing Incombustible Material to Provide a Minimum Standard of Protection Against Incendiary Bombs ; being 8.5.5./ARP. 47. E. 64 A Simple Portable Standard of Brightness (including notes on the measurement of low values of brightness) ; being 8.5.5./ARP. 52. _ E. 65 Adhesive Tape for Repairing Gasproofing Material, Repairing Damaged Material, Sealing Apertures and Cracks, &c. ; being 8.5.5./ARP. 11. E. 66 Window Blind Material (Paper) ; being 8.5.5./ARP. 14. E. 67 Traffic Paints ; being 8.5.5./ARP. 38. E. 68 Testing Fire Retardent Timber Treatment by Exposure to Action of Incendiary Bomb; being 8.5.5./ARP. 39. E69 Methods of Providing for Even Illumination of Low Intensity (0-2 foot-candles); being 8.5.5./ARP. 21. E. 70 Fluorescent and Phosphorescent Paint (excluding Radio-active Materials) for A.R.P. Purposes ; being 8.5.5./ARP. 18. E. 71 Black Nuts and Bolts. E. 72 Recommendations for the Installation, Maintenance, and Operation of First-aid Fireextinguishers. NEW ZEALAND STANDARD WAR EMERGENCY PURCHASING DIRECTIONS. N.Z.S.S. P.D. 1 (Withdrawn.) P.D. 2 (Withdrawn.) P.D. 3 (Superseded by N.Z.S.S. E. 22.) P.D. 4 (Superseded by N.Z.S.S. E. 19.) *P.D. 5 Steel for Heel Tips for Army Boots. *P.D. 6 Hollow Drill Steel for Use in Metalliferous Mines. *P.D. 7 Steel Bars for the Manufacture of Collars for Shafting. *P.D. 8 " Monel " Metal Sheets for the Manufacture of Hospital Sterilizers. P.D. 9 (Superseded by N.Z.S.S. 23.) *P.D. 10 Galvanized Corrugated Roofing Sheets and Plain Galvanized Sheet. *P.D. 11 Soft Brass Rod for Riveting. *P.D. 12 Antimony Ingots. *P.D. 13 3% Nickel-steel Round Bars (Annealed). *P.D. 14 Special Self-hardening Tool Steel (Armstrong). P.D. 15 (Superseded by N.Z.S.S. E. 22.) *P.D. 16 Enamelling Quality Steel Sheets. *P.D. 17 Stainless Steel Sheets. *P.D. 18 Cast Steel for the Manufacture of Cutlery. *P.D. 19 Black Steel Bars. *P.D. 20 Bright Steel Shafting. *P.D. 21 Hot Rolled Black Steel Sheets. * Purchasing directions covering orders placed in North America.

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