May 31]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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Price Order No. 378 (Amending Price Order No. 317) (Apples and Pears)

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. 378, and shall be read together with and deemed part of Price Order No. 317† (hereinafter referred to as the principal Order).

2. This Order shall come into force on the 4th day of June, 1945.

3. The First Schedule to the principal Order, as set out in Price Order No. 371†, is hereby revoked, and the following Schedule substituted therefor:—

FIRST SCHEDULE

MAXIMUM WHOLESALE PRICES OF APPLES TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Dated at Wellington, this 30th 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. † Gazette, 15th February, 1945, Vol. I, page 162 ‡ Gazette, 17th May, 1945, Vol. II page 510.

Price Order No. 379 (Seed 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 Price Order:—

PRELIMINARY

1. (1) This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 379, and shall come into force on the 4th day of June, 1945.

(2) Price Orders Nos. 244† and 260‡ are hereby revoked.

(3) The revocation of the said Orders shall not affect the liability of any person for any offence in relation thereto committed before the coming into force of this Order.

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

“ The said regulations ” means the Control of Prices Emergency Regulations 1939*: “ Seed potatoes ” includes all potatoes that are sold, offered, or exposed for sale as seed potatoes:

“ Standard-sized ’’, in relation to certified seed potatoes, refers to potatoes that comply with the standard prescribed by clause 5 hereof:

The expression ‘‘ f.o.r.s.i.” means “ free on rail, sacks or other containers included.”

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

3. Subject to any general or specific directions that may be given by or on behalf of the Tribunal, any expenses that are reasonably incurred by a distributor, wholesaler, or retailer in undertaking the transport of any potatoes at his own expense, 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, may be regarded for the purposes of this Order as if they were transport charges paid by him, and the maximum price of the potatoes shall be determined accordingly.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

4. (1) This Order applies only to seed potatoes grown in New Zealand.

(2) Except as otherwise provided herein, this Order applies to all such seed potatoes (whether sold before or after the date of the coming into force of this Order) that are delivered to the purchaser on or after that date.

(3) In its application to growers’ prices, this Order applies only to seed potatoes that are grown in the South Island.

(4) In its application to distributors’ prices, wholesalers’ prices, and retailers’ prices, this Order does not apply to any seed potatoes which have been specially hand-picked in a distributor’s or a wholesaler’s store in the South Island and which are sold in lots exceeding 1½ cwt. in any case, but applies to all other seed potatoes grown anywhere in New Zealand.

FIXING PRICES OF SEED POTATOES

Specifications of Standard-sized Certified Seed Potatoes

5. (1) For the purposes of this Order the standard for certified seed potatoes shall be deemed to be a potato that weighs not less than 2 oz. and not more than 4½ oz.

• Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/275, page 1057. † Gazette, 6th June, 1944, Vol. II, page 683. ‡ Gazette, 25th July, 1944, Vol. II, page 913.