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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 49

Retailers’ Prices

7. (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 halfpence, the maximum price of the lot shall be computed to the nearest upward halfpenny.

(3) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this clause 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 dried fruit 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 subclause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of dried fruit or may relate generally to all dried fruit to which this Order applies sold by the retailer while the approval remains in force.

8. 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 12th day of July, 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.

Price Order No. 393 (Honey)

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. 393, and shall come into force on the 19th day of July, 1945.

2. (1) Price Orders Nos. 121† and 234‡ are hereby revoked.

(2) 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.

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

“The said regulations” means the Control of Prices Emergency Regulations 1939* :

“Packer” means a wholesaler who sells to another wholesaler honey packed in retail containers, and includes a producer who sells to a wholesaler honey packed in retail containers as aforesaid :

“Retail container” means a jar, carton, or tin containing not more than 10 lb. net weight of honey :

“Standard case” means a case or other outer container containing in the aggregate approximately 60 lb. of honey packed in retail containers.

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

4. For the purpose of this Order, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the said regulations, any person who sells by retail to any one purchaser for delivery at any one time not less than two standard case-lots of honey shall in respect of such sale be deemed to be a wholesaler, and the provisions of this Order as to maximum wholesale prices shall apply accordingly with respect to every such sale.

5. The maximum prices fixed by this Order apply with respect to sales by auction as well as to other sales.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES FOR HONEY SOLD IN RETAIL CONTAINERS

6. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause and of clauses 9 and 10 hereof, the maximum price that may be charged or received for honey packed in retail containers of the kinds described in the first column of the Schedule hereto shall be the appropriate price fixed in the second, third, or fourth column of that Schedule.

(2) Where the quantity of honey sold by a packer to a wholesaler in any one transaction is six standard case-lots or more the cost involved in effecting delivery to the port (where carriage by sea is entailed) or railway-station (where carriage by sea is not entailed) that is nearest or most convenient of access to the wholesaler’s place of business shall be borne by the packer.

(3) The maximum prices fixed in the fourth column of the Schedule hereto are fixed in respect of supplies of honey available to the retailer free of freight charges for delivery at his store from any source whatever.

(4) Where supplies of honey are delivered to a retailer otherwise than free of freight charges as aforesaid the price that may be charged by the retailer shall be the appropriate price fixed as aforesaid, increased by a proportionate part of the freight charges incurred by him in obtaining delivery : Provided that the amount added to the price in respect of freight, pursuant to this subclause, shall not in any case exceed ½d. per pound.

(5) The several prices fixed by this clause shall include the price of the containers.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES FOR HONEY SOLD OTHERWISE THAN IN RETAIL CONTAINERS OF A KIND DESCRIBED IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO

7. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause and of clauses 9 and 10 hereof, the maximum prices that may be charged or received for honey sold otherwise than in retail containers of a kind described in the first column of the Schedule hereto shall be determined as follows :—

(2) The maximum retail prices fixed by the last preceding subclause are fixed in respect of supplies of honey available to the retailer free of freight charges for delivery at his store from any source whatever.

(3) Where supplies of honey are delivered to the retailer otherwise than free of freight charges as aforesaid, the price that may be charged by the retailer shall be the appropriate price fixed as aforesaid, increased by a proportionate part of the freight charges incurred by him in obtaining delivery : Provided that the amount added to the price in respect of freight, pursuant to this subclause, shall not in any case exceed ½d. per pound.

(4) The several prices fixed by this clause shall include the price of the containers.

FIXING MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICE OF HONEY SOLD IN THE COMB

8. Notwithstanding anything in the last preceding clause and subject to the provisions of clauses 9 and 10 hereof, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for honey sold in the comb shall be computed at the rate of 1s. 6d. per pound gross weight.

9. If in respect of any honey the retail price charged in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Order is not an exact number of pence or half-pence, the maximum price shall be computed to the nearest upward halfpenny.

10. Subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit, the Tribunal, on application by any person concerned, may authorize special prices or margins of profit in respect of any honey to which this Order applies where for any reason extraordinary freight charges

• Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/275, page 1057.
  † Statutory Regulations 1943, Serial number 1943/2, page 3.
  Amendment No. 1: Gazette, 20th May, 1943, Vol. II, page 557.
  ‡ Gazette, 18th May, 1944, Vol. I, page 592.