Numb. 109. 4005

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1941.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1941.

Munitions Manufacturing Labour Legislation Suspension Order 1941.

WHEREAS it appears to me to be necessary for securing the public safety, the defence of New Zealand, the efficient prosecution of any war in which His Majesty may be engaged, and for maintaining supplies and services essential to the life of the community, I, Henry Greathead Rex Mason, acting for the Minister of Labour, pursuant to the Labour Legislation Emergency Regulations 1940, do hereby order as follows :—

1. This Order may be cited as the Munitions Manufacturing Labour Legislation Suspension Order 1941.

2. This Order shall apply to the female workers employed by Pallo Engineering, Ltd., whilst they are engaged on urgent munition work and to the employer of such workers.

3. The provision of subsection (1) of section 21 of the Factories Act, 1921–22, and of subsection (2) of section 3 and of section 5 of the Factories Amendment Act, 1936, and of any award or industrial agreement or of any voluntary agreement affecting conditions of employment shall be and are hereby suspended in so far as they operate to restrict or prevent the employment of the workers referred to in clause 2 hereof before 8 a.m. or after 6 p.m., or on any Sunday or on any holiday or half-holiday, but such suspension shall be subject to the following conditions, viz. :—

(1) For time worked before 8 a.m., time and a half rates shall be paid.

(2) For time worked after 5 p.m., time and a half rates shall be paid for the first four hours and double time rates thereafter.

(3) For time worked on Saturday up to 12 noon or for the first four hours, whichever is the earlier, time and a half rates shall be paid, and thereafter double time rates.

(4) For all time worked on Sundays, double time rates shall be paid.

(5) Where a worker is employed on any whole holiday she shall, in addition to the payment to which she is entitled under the Factories Act, 1921–22, and its amendments, be paid for the time worked on such holidays at the ordinary rate.

(6) All extended hours beyond the daily or weekly limits prescribed by any Act, award, or agreement applicable shall be paid for in accordance with the award.

4. This Order shall come into effect on the day of the date hereof and shall continue in force until the 31st day of January, 1942.

Dated at Wellington, this 23rd day of December, 1941.

H. G. R. MASON,
For the Minister of Labour.

The Lemon Marketing Regulations 1940.—Notice fixing Prices of certain Grades.

Office of the Minister of Marketing,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1941.

PURSUANT to Regulation 5 : 1 of the Lemon Marketing Regulations 1940, I hereby fix the following price per bushel to be paid by the Marketing Department for lemons of Fancy Grade and Commercial Grade respectively, delivered to the Department during the undermentioned period.

The prices are fixed on an average basic price of 6s. 4½d. for sufficient fruit which when cured will pack a bushel case.

Period of delivery (both days inclusive): 15th December to 31st December, 1941—

s. d.
Loose packed fresh lemons, Fancy Grade .. 4 6
Loose packed fresh lemons, Commercial Grade .. 4 0

J. G. BARCLAY, Minister of Marketing.