MAY 3] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 471

Price Order No. 366 (Raw-leaf Tobacco)

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:—

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 366, and shall come into force on the 7th day of May, 1945.

2. In this Order—

“Flue-cured leaf” means leaf that has been treated in the kiln for at least three successive days immediately after picking—for the purpose of yellowing, fixing colour, drying, and drying mid-ribs :

“Air-dried leaf” means leaf other than flue-cured leaf.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

3. This Order applies with respect to all raw-leaf tobacco grown in New Zealand during the 1944–45 season: Provided that the Tribunal may, in any case where it considers it proper so to do and subject to such conditions (if any) as it thinks fit, exempt any such tobacco from the operation of this Order.

FIXING AVERAGE PRICES OF RAW-LEAF TOBACCO TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

4. (1) The average price to be paid by any tobacco manufacturer for raw-leaf tobacco to which this Order applies shall be not less than—

(a) For flue-cured leaf: 1s. 11½d. per pound.

(b) For air-dried leaf: 1s. 8½d per pound.

(2) For the purposes of this clause the weight of any raw-leaf tobacco shall be deemed to be its weight at the time and place of delivery by the grower to the manufacturer or to his agent in the district in which it is grown: Provided, however, that in any case where the grower and the manufacturer or his agent agree that the moisture-content of the leaf in any lot of tobacco is excessive, then for the purpose of calculating the value of the lot the weight of the lot shall be deemed to be reduced by a reasonable amount to make allowance for the excessive moisture.

5. This Order shall be read subject to the provisions of the Board of Trade (Raw Tobacco Price) Regulations 1943†.

Dated at Wellington, this 2nd day of May, 1945.

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 1939, Serial number 1939/275, page 1057.
  † Statutory Regulations 1943, Serial number 1943/59, page 124.

Price Order No. 367 (Toys)

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:—

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 367, and shall come into force on the 14th day of May, 1945.

2. In this Order—

“Toys” means any articles used or intended to be used by children as playthings or any articles customarily referred to as toys and includes souvenirs which may be used as toys.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

3. This Order applies with respect to all toys manufactured in New Zealand.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES OF TOYS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Wholesalers’ Prices

4. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause the maximum price (exclusive of sales tax) that may be charged or received for any toys to which this Order applies that are sold by way of wholesale shall be determined as follows:—

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

(2) Where freight charges are incurred by a wholesaler in obtaining delivery to his premises of any goods to which this Order applies he may add to the appropriate price calculated in accordance with the preceding subclause the reasonable cost so incurred, 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.

(3) Every wholesaler who incurs freight charges in obtaining delivery to his premises of any goods to which this Order applies shall keep complete records of all such charges.

Retailers’ Prices

5. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause the maximum price that may be charged or received for any toys to which this Order applies when purchased from a wholesaler and sold by way of retail shall be the invoice cost thereof, including sales tax, increased by an amount not exceeding 42½ per cent. thereof.

(2) The maximum price that may be charged for any toys to which this Order applies when purchased from a manufacturer and sold by way of retail shall be the invoice cost thereof, including sales tax, increased by an amount not exceeding 55 per cent. thereof.

(3) Where freight charges are incurred by a retailer in obtaining delivery to his premises of any toys to which this Order applies he may add to the appropriate price calculated in accordance with subclause (1) or (2) of this clause (whichever is applicable) the reasonable cost so incurred, 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.

(4) Every retailer who incurs freight charges in obtaining delivery to his premises of any toys to which this Order applies shall keep complete records of all such charges.

6. Every retailer who offers or exposes for sale in any shop any toys to which this Order applies shall keep in a prominent position in such proximity to the goods to which it relates as to be obviously in relation thereto a ticket, placard, or label on which shall be stated in legible and prominent characters the retail price thereof.

Dated at Wellington, this 1st day of May, 1945.

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

[L.S.] W. J. Hunter (Judge), President.
H. L. Wise, Member.

Declared Goods (Control of Prices) Notice 1945, 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 1945, No. 1.

2. All goods of the kind specified in the Schedule hereto that belong to or are in the disposition of the manufacturer thereof 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

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

1. Toys manufactured in New Zealand.

Dated at Wellington, this 1st day of May, 1945.

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 class of goods with respect to which the Tribunal has authority to prohibit sales by manufacturers 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 kind specified in the Schedule to the notice the Tribunal advises that application by manufacturers 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.