JULY 6] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 865

Appointment of Deputy District Public Trustee

NOTICE is hereby given that, in pursuance of the power and authority vested in me by section 3 of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1921–22, I, the Public Trustee of the Dominion of New Zealand, have appointed Wilfred Harold Chudley, of the Public Trust Office, Hastings, to be deputy of the District Public Trustee, Hastings, during the absence of such District Public Trustee from his headquarters from any cause, and all previous Warrants appointing any deputy of the said District Public Trustee have been revoked.

Dated at Wellington, this 3rd day of July, 1944.

W. G. BAIRD, Public Trustee.

New Zealand Dairy Board Election, 1944.—Declaration of Result of Election in the Northern Ward

I. LEONARD IRWIN, Returning Officer appointed under section 19 of the Agriculture (Emergency Powers) Act, 1934, do hereby declare the result of the election in the Northern Ward for a member of the New Zealand Dairy Board, which closed at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, the 28th June, 1944, to be as follows:—

Votes.

Murdoch, Alfred James .. .. .. 39,253
Perry, William Norman .. .. .. 16,886

I therefore declare the said Alfred James Murdoch to be elected.

Dated at Wellington, this the 29th day of June, 1944.

L. IRWIN, Returning Officer.

Declaration of Result of Election of Producers’ Representatives on the Nelson Raspberry Marketing Committee

I. MAY WAREHAM, Returning Officer for the purposes of the election of four (4) producers’ representatives for appointment to the Nelson Raspberry Marketing Committee, established by the Nelson Raspberry Marketing Regulations 1940, made under the Marketing Act, 1936, and the Agriculture (Emergency Powers) Act, 1934, do hereby declare the result of the election on the poll, which closed at Wellington at noon on the 28th day of June, 1944, for the two vacancies on the Northern Ward, to be as follows:—

Name of Candidates. Votes polled.
Llewellin, Donald Irving .. .. .. 10
Llewellin, Sydney Irving .. .. .. 6
Stevens, Richard Wheatley Staples .. .. 11
—
Total votes cast .. .. .. .. 27

I therefore declare the said Donald Irving Llewellin and Richard Wheatley Staples Stevens to be duly elected for appointment to such office.

I further declare the following two producers to have been duly nominated for the two vacancies on the Southern Ward:—

Fargher, Percy William Quayle.
Warnes, Charles William.

As the number of candidates nominated for the Southern Ward does not exceed the number of vacancies to be filled, I therefore declare the said Percy William Quayle Fargher and Charles William Warnes to be duly elected for appointment to such office.

Dated at Wellington, this 29th day of June, 1944.

M. WAREHAM, Returning Officer.

Declared Goods (Control of Prices) Notice 1944, No. 4

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 1944, No. 4.

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. Hearing-aid sets and parts thereof.
2. Leather.
3. Knitting yarns of all kinds and classes.

Dated at Wellington, this 4th day of July, 1944.

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

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

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

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.

Price Order No. 253 (Sultanas, Currants, and Raisins)

PURSUANT to the powers conferred on it by the Control of Prices Emergency Regulations 1939,* the Price Tribunal, acting with the authority of the Minister of Industries and Commerce, doth hereby make the following Price Order:—

PRELIMINARY

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 253, and shall come into force on the 10th day of July, 1944.

2. (1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires,—

“ The said regulations ” means the Control of Prices Emergency Regulations 1939* :

The descriptions “ 1 Crown ”, “ 2 Crown ”, “ 3 Crown ”, and ” 4 Crown ”, in relation to sultanas and currants imported into New Zealand from Australia, indicate the quality of that fruit as graded in Australia for export to New Zealand :

“ Case-lot ”, in relation to sultanas or currants, means a lot containing or reputed to contain 60 lb. of sultanas or 56 lb. of currants, and, in relation to raisins, means a lot containing or reputed to contain either 50 lb. in bulk or forty-eight 12 oz. cartons or forty-six 16 oz. cartons :

“ Raisins ” includes raisins of the variety known as “ Lexias ”.

(2) Terms and expressions defined in the said regulations, when used in this Order, have the meanings severally assigned thereto by those regulations.

(3) The maximum prices fixed by this Order include the prices of the cases or other containers in which any dried fruit to which this Order applies is delivered to the purchaser.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

3. This Order applies with respect to the dried fruits known respectively as sultanas, currants, and raisins.

4. The maximum prices fixed by this Order apply with respect to sales by auction as well as to other sales.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES OF DRIED FRUITS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Wholesalers’ Prices

5. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause, the maximum price (exclusive of sales tax) that may be charged or received by any wholesaler whose premises are situated in any of the cities of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, or Dunedin for any dried fruit to which this Order applies shall be computed as follows:—

(a) Sultanas—

For 3 Crown : At the rate of .. 60 7 per cwt.
For 4 Crown : At the rate of .. 65 6 ,,
For other sultanas (whether imported from Australia or elsewhere) : At the rate of .. .. .. 57 0 ,,

(b) Currants—

For 1 Crown : At the rate of .. 55 0 ,,
For 2 Crown : At the rate of .. 57 0 ,,
For 3 Crown : At the rate of .. 59 6 ,,
For other currants (whether imported from Australia or elsewhere) : At the rate of .. .. .. 52 0 ,,

(c) Raisins—

(i) Seeded—

When supplied in bulk or in cartons (other than 12 oz. or 16 oz. cartons) or other containers : At the rate of .. 65 0 ,,
For 12 oz. cartons : At the rate of 7 0 per dozen.
For 16 oz. cartons : At the rate of 8 6 ,,

(ii) Unseeded—

When supplied in bulk or in cartons or other containers :
At the rate of .. .. .. 56 3 per cwt.

• Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/275, page 1057.