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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 7

Wholesalers' Prices

5. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any wholesaler for any goods to which this Order applies, when sold otherwise than in assorted case lots, shall be the appropriate price specified in the Schedule hereto.

(2) Subject to the following provisions of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any wholesaler for any goods to which this Order applies when sold in assorted case lots shall be ascertained by dividing the sum of the appropriate maximum prices, as specified in the Schedule hereto, of all the jam comprised in the lot by the number of containers comprised in the lot and multiplying the result by twelve.

(3) Subject to the provisions of subclause (5) hereof, the maximum price that may be charged or received for any goods to which this Order applies by any wholesaler in the course of a business carried on elsewhere than at Auckland, Wellington, Palmerston North, Wairoa, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Timaru, Oamaru, Blenheim, Nelson, Picton, Motueka, Greymouth, Westport, Lyttelton, Bluff, Hamilton, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Napier, Hastings, Masterton, Dannevirke, Hawera, or Hokitika shall be the price fixed by subclause (1) or subclause (2) hereof (whichever is appropriate), increased as follows:—

In respect of 14 oz. containers: By 3d. per dozen.
In respect of 28 oz. containers: By 6d. per dozen.
In respect of 6 lb. containers: By 1s. 3d. per dozen.
In respect of 10 lb. containers: By 2s. per dozen.
In respect of other containers: By ¼d. per pound of net contents of containers.

(4) The prices fixed by the foregoing provisions of this clause are fixed subject to the same terms and conditions with respect to cash and other discounts and with respect to freight arrangements as existed between individual wholesalers and retailers immediately prior to the coming into force of this Order.

(5) The foregoing provisions of this clause shall apply with respect to sales made by the manufacturer to a retailer for purposes of retail sale.

Retailers' Prices

6. (1) The maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailers for any goods to which this Order applies shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions, namely:—

(a) When sold by a retailer in any area within which any wholesaler carrying on business in any of the cities or boroughs of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Timaru, Oamaru, Blenheim, Nelson, Picton, Motueka, Greymouth, Westport, Lyttelton, Bluff, Hamilton, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Napier, Palmerston North, Wairoa, Hastings, Dannevirke, Masterton, Hawera, or Hokitika normally undertakes the free delivery of goods to retailers, the maximum retail price shall be the appropriate maximum price specified in the Schedule hereto.

(b) When sold by a retailer in any other area, the maximum retail prices shall be the appropriate maximum price specified in the Schedule hereto, increased as follows:—

In respect of 14 oz. containers: By ¼d.
In respect of 28 oz. containers: By 1d.
In respect of 6 lb. containers: By 3d.
In respect of 10 lb. containers: By 5d.
In respect of other containers: By ¼d. per pound of net contents of container.

(2) 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 goods 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 goods or may relate generally to all goods to which this Order applies sold by the retailer while the approval remains in force.

SCHEDULE

MAXIMUM BASIC PRICES OF GOODS TO WHICH THIS APPLIES

Dated at Wellington, this 29th day of January, 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.