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2. Convention concerning the creation of minimum wage fixing machinery.* (1.L.0.) Signed at Geneva 16 June 1928 ; ratified by New Zealand 29 March 1938 ; effective 14 June 1930 ; terminable 14 June 1940 and thereafter every five years after one year's notice. U.K. Cmd. 3209; S.P. CXXX, 875. 3. International treaty for the renunciation of war as an instrument of national policy* Signed at Paris 27 August 1928 ; ratified by New Zealand 2 March 1929 ; effective 24 July 1929. U.K.T.S. No. 29 (1929) (Cmd. 3410); S.P. CXXVIII, 447; L.N.T.S. XCIV, 57. 4. General act for the pacific settlement of international disputes* Signed at Geneva 26 September 1928 ; effective 16 August 1929 ; terminable every five years on six months' notice. New Zealand acceded to all the provisions of the act on 21 May 1931 subject to certain reservations. Declaration by New Zealand on 13 February 1939 that she will not be bound by the act on questions arising out of any war in which she may be involved. U.K.T.S. No. 32 (1931) (Cmd. 3803) ; S.P. CXXX, 878; L.N.T.S. XCIII, 343, CVII, 532. 1929 1. Convention for the safety of life at sea* Signed at London 31 May 1929 ; effective 1 January 1933. New Zealand acceded 19 November 1934. U.K.T.S. No. 34 (1932) (Cmd. 4198); S.P. CXXXII, 568 ; L.N.T.S. CXXXVI, 81. 2. International convention for the amelioration of the condition of the wounded and sick in the armies in the field* Signed at Geneva 27 July 1929 ; ratified by New Zealand 23 June 1931 ; effective 19 June 1931 ; terminable after one year's notice. Subject as regards New Zealand to a reservation with respect to article 28. The convention replaces, as between the parties, the convention of 6 July 1906. U.K.T.S. No. 36 (1931) (Cmd. 3940) ; S.P. CXXX, 265 ; L.N.T.S. CXVIII, 303.