Mar. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 267

Retailers’ Prices.

16. (1) Subject to the provisions of subclauses (3), (4), (5), and (6) hereof, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for potatoes, whether grown in New Zealand or imported into New Zealand, shall not exceed the sum of the following amounts :—

(a) The price actually paid or payable by the retailer for the potatoes :

(b) Any grading, transport, or other charges actually paid or payable by the retailer :

(c) An amount equal to 33⅓ per cent. of the sum of the amounts specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) hereof.

(2) The retail price of any potatoes, computed in accordance with the last preceding subclause, shall be calculated by reference to the prices and weights disclosed in the appropriate invoices.

(3) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing provisions of this clause, but subject to the provisions of subclauses (4) and (5) hereof, the retail price of potatoes to which this Order applies shall not in any case exceed :—

(a) In the case of potatoes sold at any place within the provincial districts of Canterbury and Otago—

If sold during the months of March to July, 1943 (inclusive) . . . 1¾d. per lb.

If sold during the months of August to to November, 1943 (inclusive) (or thereafter while this Order is in force) . . . 2d. per lb.

(b) In the case of potatoes sold at any place within the Metropolitan Areas of Auckland or Wellington, or within the cities or boroughs of New Plymouth, Wanganui, Napier, Gisborne, Picton, Blenheim, Nelson, Greymouth, Westport, or Hokitika—

If sold during the months of March to July, 1943 (inclusive) . . . 2d. per lb.

If sold during the months of August to November, 1943 (inclusive) (or thereafter while this Order is in force) . . . 2¼d. per lb.

(c) In the case of potatoes sold elsewhere in New Zealand—

If sold during the months of March to July, 1943 (inclusive) . . . 2¼d. per lb.

If sold during the months of August to November, 1943 (inclusive) (or thereafter while this Order is in force) . . . 2½d. per lb.

(4) Where any potatoes to which this Order applies are sold by retail in lots of 14 lb. or 28 lb. or 56 lb. or 112 lb., the maximum retail price shall not in any case exceed :—

Where the Maximum Retail Price (as fixed by the last preceding Subclause) is—

Maximum Retail Price per Lot of—

14 lb. 28 lb. 56 lb. 112 lb.

s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.

1¾d. per lb. . . . 1 11 3 9 7 6 15 0

2d. . . . 2 2 4 4 8 8 17 3

2¼d. . . . 2 6 4 10 9 8 19 3

2½d. . . . 2 9 5 5 10 10 21 6

(5) Where any such potatoes are sold by retail in any lot exceeding 14 lb., but otherwise than in a lot of the actual weight specified in the last preceding subclause, the maximum price per pound of any surplus (being less in every case than 14 lb.) shall be the appropriate maximum price fixed by subclause (3) hereof.

(6) If in respect of any lot of potatoes sold by a retailer the maximum price, calculated in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause, is not an exact number of half-pence (in the case of a lot less than 5 lb.) or is not an exact number of pence (in the case of a lot of 5 lb. or more), the maximum price of the lot shall be the next highest halfpenny or the next highest penny, as the case may be. The provisions of this subclause shall apply notwithstanding that in any case the retailer purports to sell any potatoes otherwise than by weight.

(7) For the purposes of this clause the price paid or payable by a retailer for any lot of potatoes and the grading, transport, and other charges paid or payable by him in respect of the same lot, shall be apportioned evenly over the whole lot, and the price and charges paid or payable by the retailer for each 1 lb. of potatoes included in the lot shall be determined accordingly.

(8) For the purposes of paragraph (b) of subclause (3) of this clause the Auckland Metropolitan Area shall be deemed to comprise the City of Auckland, the boroughs of Birkenhead, Devonport, Ellerslie, Mount Albert, Mount Eden, New Lynn, Newmarket, Northcote, Onehunga, One Tree Hill, Otahuhu, and Takapuna, and the road districts of Mount Roskill, Mount Wellington, and Panmure Township ; and the Wellington Metropolitan Area shall be deemed to comprise the cities of Wellington and Lower Hutt, the boroughs of Eastbourne and Petone, and the Johnsonville Town District.

Dated at Wellington, this 1st day of March, 1943.

The Seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the presence of—

[L.S.] W. J. HUNTER (Judge), President.
H. L. WISE, Member.

NOTE.—It is the present intention of the Price Tribunal, by an amending Price Order or by a series of amending Price Orders, to alter the growers’ prices fixed by this Order with respect to potatoes sold for delivery during the months July to November, 1943, so that (in the absence of unforeseen circumstances) the maximum f.o.r.s.i. or f.o.b.s.i. prices (to be reached in November, 1943) will be :—

(a) For Sutton’s Supreme and King Edward varieties : £11 10s. per ton.

(b) For other varieties : £11 per ton.

Declared Goods (Control of Prices) Notice 1943, No. 1.

PURSUANT to the powers conferred on it by clause 9 (1) of the Control of Prices Emergency Regulations 1939, Amendment No. 3,* the Price Tribunal hereby gives the following notice :—

NOTICE AS TO DECLARED GOODS.

1. This notice may be cited as the Declared Goods (Control of Prices) Notice 1943, No. 1.

2. All goods of any of the kinds or classes specified in the Schedule hereto are hereby declared to be goods to which the provisions of clause 9 of the Control of Prices Emergency Regulations 1939, Amendment No. 3, are applicable.

SCHEDULE.

CLASSES OF GOODS DECLARED TO BE SUBJECT TO CLAUSE 9 OF THE CONTROL OF PRICES EMERGENCY REGULATIONS 1939, AMENDMENT NO. 3.

1. Garments of any of the following kinds or classes made wholly or partially from materials containing New Zealand wool, namely :— Underwear, pullovers, cardigans, slip-ons, jerseys, overcoats, men’s and boys’ two- and three-piece suits, sports coats, trousers, shorts, shirts, women’s skirts, girls’ gym frocks.

2. Textile piece-goods wholly or partially manufactured from New Zealand wool.

3. Footwear.

4. Boys’ school-caps.

5. Hosiery.

6. Gloves.

7. Knitting-wools.

8. Blankets.

9. Mattresses and pillows.

10. Household furniture manufactured wholly or partially from rimu.

Dated at Wellington, this 24th day of February, 1943.

The Seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the presence of—

[L.S.] W. J. HUNTER (Judge), President.
H. L. WISE, Member.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The foregoing notice does not operate as a prohibition of the sale of any goods, but is only a preliminary declaration specifying the several classes of goods with respect to which the Tribunal has authority to prohibit sales under the powers conferred on it by subclause (2) of clause 9 of the regulations cited in the notice. It is not the intention of the Tribunal to exercise its powers of prohibition (except in the event of special circumstances) for at least four weeks after the publication of the above notice in the Gazette. With respect to goods of the kinds specified in the Schedule to the notice the Tribunal advises that application for its approval of proposed prices should be made to the Tribunal as soon as possible, and draws attention of all persons concerned to the fact that, at any time after the expiration of four weeks from the publication of the notice, it may proceed, in accordance with the powers conferred on it by the regulations, to prohibit the sale of any such goods otherwise than at prices fixed or approved by the Tribunal. The Tribunal does not, however, require applications to be made by retail traders for goods held by them prior to the 15th December, 1942. With respect to other classes of traders application is required to be made for all goods in the Schedule (whether purchased before or after the said date).

• Statutory Regulations 1942, Serial number 1942/336, page 830.

By Authority: E. V. PAUL, Government Printer, Wellington.

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