New Zealand Gazette – 1918 – No. 141

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✨ War Regulations for Butter-boxes

Num. 141 3567

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1918.

War Regulations prescribing a Standard Size for Butter-boxes.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-second day of October, 1918.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section thirty-five of the War Legislation Act, 1917, it is enacted that the Governor-General in Council may, by regulations under the War Regulations Act, 1914, make such provisions as, having regard to the exigencies of the present war or the conditions created thereby, he thinks advisable for the maintenance, control, regulation, and management of any industry or business that may be regarded by him as essential for or affecting the public welfare:

And whereas the exportation of butter is, in the opinion of the Governor-General, an industry or business affecting the public welfare, and it is desirable to make the regulations hereinafter appearing with respect to the packing of butter for exportation:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of that Dominion, doth hereby, in exercise of the powers conferred on him as aforesaid, make the following regulations under the War Regulations Act, 1914.

REGULATIONS.

In these regulations all references to boxes of the standard size shall be deemed to be references to rectangular boxes of which the inside measurements shall be 15½ in. by 10½ in. by 11¼ in., and the outside measurements shall be 16¼ in. by 11¾ in. by 12¼ in.
(1.) After the commencement of these regulations it shall not be lawful, except with the consent in writing of the Minister of Agriculture, for any person, whether as principal or agent, to pack any butter for exportation beyond New Zealand except in boxes of the standard size.

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🌾 War Regulations prescribing a Standard Size for Butter-boxes

Domain🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Dated22 October 1918
KeywordsWar Regulations, Butter-boxes, Standard Size, Exportation
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