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Price Order No. 285 (Amending Price Order No. 196) (Main Crop Potatoes)

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 amending Price Order :—

1. (1) This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 285, and shall be read together with and deemed part of Price Order No. 196† (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Order”).
   (2) Price Order No. 281‡ is hereby revoked.
   (3) The revocation of the said Order shall not affect the liability of any person for any offence in relation thereto committed before the coming into force of this Order.

2. This Order shall come into force on the 3rd day of November, 1944.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

3. (1) This Order applies with respect to all potatoes which, being subject to the principal Order, are sold by a grower for delivery at any time after the commencement of this Order and on or before the 30th day of November, 1944.

(2) For the purposes of this Order no potatoes sold on the basis of f.o.b.s.i. or f.o.r.s.i. shall be deemed to be delivered to the purchaser after the commencement of this Order if—
(a) In the case of sales f.o.b.s.i., the vessel on which the potatoes are laden leaves the port of shipment at any time before midnight of the 2nd day of November, 1944 ; or
(b) In the case of sales f.o.r.s.i., the trucks on which the potatoes are laden leave the grower’s station at any time before midnight of the said date.

(3) Except as provided in the last preceding subclause, potatoes sold f.o.b.s.i. or f.o.r.s.i. shall be deemed to be delivered to the purchaser after the commencement of this Order notwithstanding that they may have been actually laden on board any vessel or trucks before the commencement of this Order.

MODIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL ORDER WITH RESPECT TO POTATOES THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THIS ORDER

4. (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the principal Order the actual price to be charged by any grower for f.a.q. potatoes and the maximum price to be charged by any such grower for under-grade potatoes shall be determined in accordance with the following scale; namely :—

(a) For Sutton’s Supreme or King Edward potatoes grown in the South Island and sold for delivery :—

Per ton f.o.b.s.i. a Port in the South Island.

From 3rd November to 30th November, 1944 (both days inclusive)

(b) For any other variety of potatoes grown in the South Island and sold for delivery :—

Per Ton f.o.b.s.i. a Port in the South Island.

From 3rd November to 30th November, 1944 (both days inclusive)

(c) For potatoes (other than “tagged” potatoes) grown in the North Island and sold for delivery :—

Per Ton f.o.r.s.i. the Grower’s Station.

From 3rd November to 30th November, 1944 (both days inclusive)

(2) With respect to “tagged” potatoes the prices to be charged by the grower shall be not less than the prices fixed in accordance with paragraph (c) of the last preceding subclause for f.a.q. potatoes, but may exceed such prices by an amount not exceeding 10s. a ton in any case.

Dated at Wellington, this 1st day of November, 1944.

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

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

[L.S.]

• Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/275, page 1057. † Gazette, 22nd February, 1944, Vol. I, page 171. ‡ Gazette, 28th September, 1944, Vol. II, page 1170.

Price Order No. 286 (Amending Price Order No. 128) (Eggs)

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 amending Price Order :—

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 286, and shall be read together with and deemed part of Price Order No. 128† (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Order”).

2. This Order shall come into force on the 13th day of November, 1944.

3. The Second Schedule to the principal Order, as set out in Price Order No. 268‡, as amended by Price Order No. 273§, is hereby revoked and the following Schedule substituted therefor :—

SECOND SCHEDULE

MAXIMUM WHOLESALE PRICES (PER DOZEN) FOR EGGS SOLD FOR RESALE IN ANY MARKETING AREA WITHIN AN EGG-PRICE AREA

4. The Third Schedule to the principal Order, as set out in Price Order No. 268†, as amended by Price Order No. 273§, is hereby revoked and the following Schedule substituted therefor :—

THIRD SCHEDULE

MAXIMUM WHOLESALE PRICES (PER DOZEN) FOR EGGS SOLD FOR RESALE ELSEWHERE THAN IN A MARKETING AREA

5. Price Order Nos. 268† and 273§ are hereby revoked.

Dated at Wellington, this 1st day of November, 1944.

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

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

[L.S.]

*Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/275, page 1057. † Gazette, 12th March, 1943, Vol. I, page 314. ‡ Gazette, 18th August, 1944, Vol. II, page 1013. § Gazette, 7th September, 1944, Vol. III, page 1107.