Dec. 13] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1557

Abstract of Railways Working Account

FOUR-WEEKLY PERIOD ENDED 10TH NOVEMBER, 1945

Section. Revenue. Expenditure. Net Revenue.
£ £ £
North Island main line and branches 624,201 578,428 45,773
South Island main line and branches 333,946 353,461 -19,515
Nelson 913 3,451 -2,538
Picton 5,688 7,173 -1,485

Total railway operation 964,748 942,513 22,235
Miscellaneous and subsidiary services 176,014 139,901 36,113

Total 1,140,762 1,082,414 58,348

1ST APRIL, 1945, TO 10TH NOVEMBER, 1945

Revenue. Expenditure. Net Revenue.
£ £ £
5,006,289 4,576,182 430,107
2,680,888 2,852,943 -172,055
8,056 21,579 -13,523
46,643 61,962 -15,319

7,741,876 7,512,666 229,210
1,314,522 1,034,113 280,409

9,056,398 8,546,779 509,619

ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY OPERATING REVENUE AND TRAFFIC

                                 Four-weekly      Year to Date.
                                 Period.          
                                 £                £

Passenger 305,599 2,201,659
Parcels, luggage, and mails 32,048 253,231
Goods 606,788 5,120,215
Labour and demurrage 20,313 166,771

Total railway operating revenue 964,748 7,741,876

Passengers No. 2,230,612 20,017,807

Live-stock Tons 25,794 401,940
Timber 44,435 360,684
Other goods 597,327 4,875,603

Total goods 667,556 5,638,227

Road Motor Services—
Passengers No. 1,295,062 9,637,609
Revenue £ 84,137 600,763

ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY OPERATING EXPENDITURE

                                 Four-weekly      Year to Date.
                                 Period.          
                                 £                £

Maintenance—
Way and works 192,085 1,505,842
Signals and electrical appliances 27,074 235,091
Rolling-stock 232,326 1,786,891

Transportation—
Locomotive 193,957 1,591,958
Traffic 268,984 2,180,558
General charges 10,500 88,558
Superannuation subsidy 17,587 123,768

Total operating expenditure 942,513 7,512,666
Net operating revenue 22,235 229,210

Total railway operating revenue 964,748 7,741,876

Capital cost of open lines as at 31st March, 1945 £ 71,353,574

Price Order No. 470 (Amending Price Order No. 358) (White Oats)

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. 470, and shall be read together with and deemed part of Price Order No. 358† (hereinafter referred to as the principal Order).

2. This Order shall come into force on the 15th day of December, 1945.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

3. (1) This Order applies with respect to all white oats which, being subject to the principal Order, are delivered to a purchaser at any time after the commencement of this Order.

(2) For the purposes of this clause, no oats shall be deemed to be delivered to a purchaser after the commencement of this Order if—

(a) In the case of oats delivered at the grower’s station, the trucks on which the oats are laden leave the grower’s station at any time before midnight on the 14th day of December, 1945:

(b) In the case of oats delivered on board any vessel, if the vessel on which the oats are laden leaves the port of shipment at any time before midnight on the said date.

(3) Except as provided in the last preceding subclause, oats shall be deemed to be delivered to a purchaser after the commencement of this Order, notwithstanding that they may have been actually laden on board any vessel or trucks before the commencement of this Order.

AMENDMENT OF PRICES UNDER PRINCIPAL ORDER

4. The principal Order is hereby amended as follows:—

(a) By omitting from subclause (1) of clause 5 and from subclause (2) of clause 6 the price figure “3s. 8d.”, and substituting in each case the price figure “4s.”;

(b) By omitting from subclause (1) of clause 6 the price figure “3s. 9½d.”, and substituting the price figure “4s. 1½d.”.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of December, 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, 26th April, 1945, Vol. I, page 445.

Law Practitioners Amendment Act, 1935

Pursuant to the Law Practitioners Amendment Act, 1935, notice is hereby given that the Disciplinary Committee of the New Zealand Law Society on the 25th day of October, 1945, ordered that Michael Francis Grogan be suspended from practice as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand for a period of two years as from the 25th day of October, 1945, and that he pay fifty guineas towards the costs incidental to the inquiry.

Dated at Wellington, this 4th day of December, 1945.

A. E. REYNOLDS, Registrar, Supreme Court.

Notice to Persons affected by Applications for Licenses under Part III of the Industrial Efficiency Act, 1936

Manufacture for Sale of Footwear

D. M. Garrett, 20 Bay Road, St. Heliers, Auckland, has applied for a license to commence the manufacture of infants’ soft-soled shoes and slippers by the cosy-sole process.

Manufacture of Wooden Heels

J. Edwards and Sons, Ltd., has applied for an extension of its existing license to establish a small manufacturing unit in Christchurch.

Retail Sale and Distribution of Motor-spirit

R. Gilbertson, 54 Harrison Street, Wanganui, has applied for a license to resell motor-spirit from three petrol pumps to be installed at proposed garage and service-station premises situated at Main North Road, Wanganui.

E. C. Clayton and R. E. Stevens, 57 Wakefield Avenue, Sumner, Christchurch, have applied for a license to resell motor-spirit from petrol pumps to be installed at proposed garage and service-station premises situated at the corner of Wakefield Avenue and Nayland Street, Sumner.

J. D. Lewis, 4 Maungakiekie Avenue, One Tree Hill, Auckland, has applied for a license to resell motor-spirit from four petrol pumps to be installed at proposed service-station premises situated at Mission Bay, Auckland.

C. C. Moore, Regent Street, Martinborough, has applied for a license to resell motor-spirit from four petrol pumps to be installed at proposed service-station premises, Martinborough.

F. M. Marshall, care of Post-office, Orewa, North Auckland, has applied for a license to resell motor-spirit from two petrol pumps to be installed at proposed service-station premises, Orewa.

C. Young, Patiki Road, Avondale, has applied for a license to resell motor-spirit from one petrol pump to be installed on premises situated at Manly Beach, Whangaparaoa.

Persons considering themselves materially affected by the decision of the Bureau of Industry on these applications should make any desired representations in writing not later than the 27th December, 1945, to the Secretary, Bureau of Industry, G.P.O. Box 3025, Wellington.