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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

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(2) Subject to the following provisions of this clause, the maximum price (exclusive of sales tax) that may be charged or received by any other wholesaler for any dried fruit to which this Order applies shall be the appropriate price fixed by subclause (1) of this clause, increased as follows:—

(3) Where any one delivery by a wholesaler to a retailer of any dried fruit to which this Order applies—

(a) Comprises 10 or more but less than 200 case-lots, the maximum price fixed by subclause (1) or subclause (2) hereof (whichever is applicable) shall be reduced by an amount equal to 2½ per cent. thereof, and the maximum price so calculated shall be further reduced by a discount of 2½ per cent. thereof where payment is made on or before the 20th day of the month following the month in which delivery is made to the retailer:

(b) Comprises 200 or more case-lots, the maximum price fixed by subclause (1) or subclause (2) hereof (whichever is applicable) shall be reduced as follows:—

(i) By an amount equal to 7½ per cent. thereof where payment is made within seven days from the date of invoice:

(ii) By an amount equal to 2½ per cent. thereof where payment is made after seven days from the date of invoice but on or before the 20th day of the month following the month in which delivery is made to the retailer.

Retailers’ Prices

6. (1) The maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any dried fruit to which this Order applies shall be determined at the rate per pound or per carton as follows:—

(2) If in respect of any lot of dried fruit sold by a retailer the maximum price calculated in accordance with the foregoing provisions 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.

7. Every retailer who offers or exposes any dried fruit to which this Order applies for sale in any shop shall keep in a prominent position in such proximity to the dried fruit 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 following particulars:—

(a) The retail price per pound, in the case of bulk dried fruit;

(b) The retail price and the net weight, in the case of dried fruit packed in cartons or other containers:

(c) In the case of sultanas and currants imported from Australia, the description “1 Crown”, “2 Crown” “3 Crown”, or “4 Crown” (whichever is applicable).

Dated at Wellington, this 5th 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.

Price Order No. 254 (Condensed Milk)

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. 254, and shall come into force on the 10th day of July, 1944.

2. In this Order the expression “case” or “case-lot” means a lot consisting of four dozen tins of any one kind of condensed milk to which this Order applies, as packed by the manufacturer in a case or other container.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

3. This Order applies only with respect to condensed milk manufactured by New Zealand Products, Ltd., and marketed under the brands of “Highlander”, “Nestles”, and “Ideal”.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES OF CONDENSED MILK TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Manufacturer’s Prices

4. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause the maximum prices that may be charged or received by the manufacturer for any condensed milk to which this Order applies that is sold by the manufacturer to a wholesaler shall be—

Sweetened Condensed Milk—

(a) For “Highlander” brand (14 oz. tins) £ s. d. 1 15 0 per case.

(b) For “Nestles” brand (14 oz. tins) 1 15 0 per case.

Unsweetened Condensed Milk—

(a) For “Highlander” brand (11 oz. tins) .. .. .. 1 6 0 per case.

(b) For “Ideal” brand (11 oz. tins) .. .. .. 1 4 0 per case.

(2) The maximum prices fixed by the last preceding subclause shall be reduced by a trade discount of 10 per cent. thereof, and the prices so calculated shall be further reduced as follows:—

(a) By a discount of 3 per cent. thereof where payment is made within seven days from the date of invoice:

(b) By a discount of 2½ per cent. thereof where payment is made after seven days from the date of invoice but on or before the 20th day of the month following the month in which delivery is made to the wholesaler.

(3) In respect of deliveries in quantities not less than six cases to wholesalers carrying on business at Auckland, Gisborne, Napier, Hastings, New Plymouth, Hawera, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Wellington, Blenheim, Nelson, Westport, Greymouth, Hokitika, Christchurch, Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin, or Invercargill, the maximum prices fixed by the foregoing provisions of this clause are fixed as for delivery (in accordance with the provisions of subclause (5) hereof) to the wholesaler’s store at his place of business, or, at the option of the wholesaler, at the local depot of a common carrier nominated in that behalf by the wholesaler.

(4) In respect of deliveries in quantities not less than six cases to a wholesaler carrying on business elsewhere than at one of the cities or boroughs specified in the last preceding subclause, the maximum prices fixed by subclauses (1) and (2) hereof are fixed as for delivery (in accordance with the provisions of subclause (5) hereof) to the wholesaler’s store or the depot of a common carrier in such one of the places specified in subclause (3) hereof as is nearest or most convenient of access to the wholesaler’s place of business.

(5) The references in subclause (3) and (4) hereof to the delivery of any goods to which this Order applies shall be deemed to be references to delivery by sea (where the place of delivery is at a port) and, in any other case, shall be deemed to be references to delivery by sea at the port nearest or most convenient of access to the place of delivery, and thence by rail to the place of delivery.

(6) Where any goods to which this Order applies are, by arrangement between the manufacturer and the wholesaler, delivered otherwise than in accordance with the last preceding subclause, the wholesaler shall be liable for the payment of any transport charges incurred in excess of the charges that would have been incurred if delivery had been effected in accordance with that subclause.

(7) In respect of deliveries in quantities less than six cases, the maximum prices fixed by subclause (1) and (2) hereof are fixed as for delivery free on board or free on rail at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, or Dunedin; or free on rail at Christchurch or Invercargill (whichever of the said places is nearest or most convenient of access to the wholesaler’s store or other place to which the goods are to be delivered).

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