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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 4

Price Order No. 304 (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. 304, 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 29th day of January, 1945.

3. The Second Schedule to the principal Order, as set out in Price Order No. 290f, 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

Marketing Areas Hen-eggs Duck-eggs
within the Heavy Standard Medium Pullet Ungraded Standard Medium Small Ungraded
Grade. Grade. Grade. Grade. Large. Small.
Auckland Egg-price Area 2 3½ 2 1½ 1 11½ 1 8½ 1 11 1 9½ 1 7½ 1 4½ 1 5 1 9½ 1 8½ 1 7
Hawke’s Bay Egg-price Area 2 3 2 1½ 1 11½ 1 7½ 1 10½ 1 9½ 1 8½ 1 7½ 1 9 1 8 1 7
Wellington Egg-price Area 2 3 2 2 2 0¼ 1 9½ 1 11 1 9½ 1 8½ 1 7½ 1 7
Westland Egg-price Area 2 4 2 2 2 1 1 10 2 1 1 9½ 1 8½ 1 9 1 8½ 1 8
Christchurch Egg-price Area 2 2 2 0 1 11 1 8 1 9½ 1 7½ 1 6½ 1 5½ 1 7 1 6 1 5
Dunedin Egg-price Area 2 2 2 0 1 11 1 8 1 9½ 1 7½ 1 6½ 1 5½ 1 7 1 6 1 5

4. The Third Schedule to the principal Order, as set out in Price Order No. 290f, 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

Hen-eggs Duck-eggs
Heavy Standard Medium Pullet Ungraded Standard Medium Small Ungraded
Grade. Grade. Grade. Grade. Large. Small.
Auckland Egg-price Area 2 3 2 1 1 11 1 8 1 10½ 1 9 1 7 1 4 1 4½
Hawke’s Bay Egg-price Area 2 2½ 2 1 1 11 1 7 1 10 1 9 1 8 1 7
Wellington Egg-price Area 2 2½ 2 1½ 2 0 1 9 1 10½ 1 9 1 8 1 7
Westland Egg-price Area 2 4 2 2 2 1 1 10 2 1 1 9½ 1 8½ 1 9
Christchurch Egg-price Area 2 1½ 1 11½ 1 10½ 1 7½ 1 9 1 7 1 6 1 5
Dunedin Egg-price Area 2 1½ 1 11½ 1 10½ 1 7½ 1 9 1 7 1 6 1 5

5. Price Order No. 290f is hereby revoked.

Dated at Wellington, this 24th day of January, 1945.

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

H. L. WISE, Member.
B. S. CONNOR, Associate Member.

• Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/275, page 1057.
  † Gazette, 12th March, 1943, Vol. I, page 314.
  ‡ Gazette, 30th November, 1944, Vol. III, page 1466.

Price Order No. 305 (Amending Price Order No. 177) (Tomatoes)

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. 305, and shall be read together with and deemed part of Price Order No. 177† (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Order”).

2. This Order shall come into force on the 1st day of February, 1945.

3. The principal Order is hereby amended by inserting after clause 9 the following new clauses:

“10. Every retailer who offers or exposes any tomatoes to which this Order applies for sale in any shop shall keep in a prominent position in such proximity to the tomatoes 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 retail price per pound of the tomatoes.

“11. Notwithstanding anything in the provisions of this Order and subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit, the Tribunal, on application by any retailer, may authorize special maximum retail prices in respect of any tomatoes to which this Order applies where for any reason extraordinary freight charges are incurred by the retailer in obtaining delivery from the source of supply that is nearest or most convenient of access to him. Any authority given by the Tribunal under this clause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of tomatoes or may relate generally to all tomatoes to which this Order applies sold by the retailer while the approval remains in force.”

4. The Schedule to the principal Order is hereby revoked and the Schedule to this Order is substituted therefor:

SCHEDULE

MAXIMUM WHOLESALE AND RETAIL PRICES OF TOMATOES TO WHICH THE PRINCIPAL ORDER APPLIES

When sold in the Period (both Days inclusive) during the 1945 Season. Period (both days inclusive) in Subsequent Seasons. Maximum Price per Pound.
Auckland Provincial District 1st February to 11th February 15th January to 31st January 0 8 0 11½
12th February to 31st March 1st February to 31st March 0 5½ 0 8½
1st April to 30th April 1st April to 30th April 0 9 1 1½
Hawke’s Bay Provincial District 1st February to 11th February 15th January to 31st January 0 6½ 0 10
12th February to 30th April 1st February to 30th April 0 5 0 7½
Taranaki, Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, and Canterbury Provincial Districts (excluding the Buller, Inangahua, and Grey Counties) 12th February to 30th April 1st February to 30th April 0 6½ 0 10
Otago, Southland, and Westland Provincial Districts, and Buller, Inangahua, and Grey Counties 1st March to 31st March 15th February to 31st March 0 8 0 11½
1st April to 30th April 1st April to 30th April 0 9 1 1½

Dated at Wellington, this 24th day of January, 1945.

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

H. L. WISE, Member.
B. S. CONNOR, Associate Member.

• Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/275, page 1057. † Gazette, 25th November, 1943, Vol. III, page 1414.