New Zealand Gazette – 1944 – No. 43

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✨ Price Order for Lemons



MAXIMUM WHOLESALE PRICES

  1. (1) Subject to the provisions of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any wholesaler for any lemons to which this Order applies shall be—

(a) When sold to a retailer carrying on business in any of the metropolitan areas of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, or Dunedin, or in any of the cities or boroughs of Whangarei, Hamilton, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Stratford, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Napier, Hastings, Blenheim, Nelson, Greymouth, Timaru, Oamaru, Gore, or Invercargill—

Per three-quarter-bushel case . . . . . . 19 0

(b) When sold to a retailer carrying on business elsewhere—

Per three-quarter-bushel case . . . . . . 18 3

(2) The wholesale prices fixed by this Order are fixed as for delivery at the wholesaler’s store or other premises occupied by the wholesaler.

(3) Where delivery is effected by a wholesaler elsewhere than at premises occupied by him, he may add to the appropriate price fixed by this Order the reasonable cost of delivery, not exceeding in any case the cost that would have been incurred by him if delivery had been effected by a common carrier at current freight rates.

MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES

  1. (1) Subject to the provisions of this clause the maximum retail price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any lemons to which this Order applies shall be computed at the rate of 9d. per pound.

(2) If in respect of any lot of such lemons sold by a retailer the maximum price calculated in accordance with the foregoing provision of this clause is not an exact number of pence or half-pence, the maximum price of the lot shall be computed to the nearest upward halfpenny.

(3) Every retailer who offers or exposes any such lemons for sale in any shop shall keep in a prominent position in such proximity to the lemons to which it relates as to be obviously descriptive thereof a ticket, placard, or label on which shall be stated in legible and prominent characters the retail price per pound of the lemons.

SCHEDULE

DEFINITION OF METROPOLITAN AREAS

Name of Metropolitan Area. Districts included thereto.
Auckland .. The city of Auckland, the boroughs of Birkenhead, Devonport, Ellerslie, Mount Albert, New Lynn, Newmarket, Northcote, Onehunga, One Tree Hill, Otahuhu, and Takapuna, and the road districts of Mount Roskill, Mount Wellington, and Panmure township.
Wellington .. The cities of Wellington and Lower Hutt, the boroughs of Eastbourne and Petone, and the town district of Johnsonville.
Christchurch .. The city of Christchurch and the boroughs of Lyttelton, Riccarton, and Sumner.
Dunedin .. The city of Dunedin, and the boroughs of Green Island, Port Chalmers, St. Kilda, and West Harbour.

Dated at Wellington, this 30th day of May, 1944.

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

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


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🏭 Price Order No. 238 for New Zealand Lemons (continued from previous page)

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
30 May 1944
Price Order, Lemons, Maximum Wholesale Prices, Maximum Retail Prices, Metropolitan Areas
  • W. J. Hunter (Judge), President
  • H. L. Wise, Member