Warning on naming flammable liquid

Press, 4 March 1983, Page 6

Warning on naming flammable liquid

Christchurch service stations that do not clearly display product names on filling points for flammable liquids may soon receive a final warning from the City Council. The council’s clean air and health committee was told yesterday that the Chief Inspector of Dangerous Goods had said that such identification was required. Recent inspections of city service stations had shown that 98 were still using an unsatisfactory method. Councillors became concerned about the proper identification of filling points after an incident in 1982. A petrol-kerosene mixture was sold to members of the public from a service station, but customers were warned quickly that they had bought the wrong product.

After the incident, health inspectors discovered a wide variation in the methods of identifying flammable liquid filling pipes. Although councillors favoured a standard colour-cod-ing for such pipes, the Chief Inspector of Dangerous Goods said that colour-coding was not a strong element of identification. Pigments faded over time and became dirty, and colour blindness could also be a problem for some customers. Hong Kong

The proprietors of the Hong Kong Restaurant, at 161 High Street, will be asked by the council’s appeals sub-committee to show cause why its certificate of registration should not be revoked.

The proprietors were convicted in the District Court

recently of breaches of the Food Hygiene Regulations, and were fined $lOBO. including costs. Regulation breaches included failure to maintain the premises in clean condition. to effectively clean and sanitise food-service utensils, to keep appliances clean, and to provide efficient refrigeration equipment and provide necessary thermometers. Local authorities are required to call on restaurant proprietors after conviction for breaches of the Food Hygiene Regulations if the fine exceeds $2O. Last year, six proprietors were called on by the appeals sub-committee. Either the required work was done satisfactorily, or the premises were eventually closed.

Band noise The Shirley- Lodge Hotel band noise will be reduced to make things easier for residents in nearby Pagoda Street.

Councillors were told that the music would still be audible in the neighbourhood.

and that there could be future objections even if no measurable nuisance existed.

Noise-level measurements in Marshland Road, which the hotel faces, had shown that the main noise influence was the constant flow of traffic. For about 75 per cent of the measuring time, the traffic sound level was higher than the level from the band. The band could be heard only during lulls in the traffic flow.

In Pagoda Street, however, there was less influence from traffic noise, and the band could be clearly heard when it played.

Both Marhsland Road and Pagoda Street residents had petitioned against the band noise.

Good Friday

Councillors said that an application to open the Skate World Sports Centre in Rested Street on Good Friday should be declined. The council has already declined applications for Good Friday opening by two main cinema proprietors.