New Zealand Gazette – 1945 – No. 80

Page 1581

✨ Price Order for Apricots, Peaches, and Plums



Dec. 19] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1581

  1. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing provisions of this Order and subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit, the Tribunal, on application by any wholesaler or retailer, may authorize special maximum wholesale or retail prices in respect of any fruit to which this Order applies where for any reason extraordinary charges (freight or otherwise) are incurred by the wholesaler or retailer. Any authority given by the Tribunal under this clause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of fruit or may relate generally to all fruit to which this Order applies sold by the wholesaler or retailer while the approval remains in force.

DUTIES IMPOSED ON RETAILERS FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ORDER

  1. Every retailer who sells or offers for sale or exposes for sale any fruit to which this Order applies shall keep for a period of not less than two months a record showing with respect to every purchase of such fruit made by him by way of wholesale the following particulars:—

(a) The date of purchase:
(b) The name and address of the wholesaler from whom the fruit was purchased:
(c) The trade description of the fruit purchased:
(d) The number of cases, trays, or other containers:
(e) The price paid.

  1. (1) Every retailer who offers or exposes for sale in any shop any fruit to which this Order applies shall keep in a prominent position, in such proximity to the 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 of the fruit:
(b) In the case of graded fruit, the word “graded” (with or without words to indicate the grade of the fruit):
(c) In the case of ungraded fruit, the word “ungraded”.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (b) of the last preceding subclause, but subject to the provisions of clause 7 hereof, the grade of any fruit shall be the grade thereof as determined by the grower or packer in accordance with clause 6 hereof.

(3) All apricots, peaches, or plums graded as “special selected dessert” or “special” or “extra fancy” (if offered for sale by the retailer as fruit of any of those grades) shall be offered or exposed for sale by the retailer in the trays in which the fruit was so packed by the grower.

SCHEDULE

MAXIMUM WHOLESALE AND RETAIL PRICES OF FRUIT TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

When sold in the Period in any Year (both Days inclusive) within which Delivery is made. Graded and Branded as “Special Selected Dessert,” “Special,” or “Extra Fancy.” Graded otherwise than as “Special Selected Dessert,” “Special,” or “Extra Fancy.” Ungraded.
Wholesale. Retail. Wholesale.
Per Pound. Per Pound. Per Half-case.
Apricots (all Varieties)
Otago and Southland Provincial Districts 14th January to 28th February 0 8½ 1 0 9 8
Canterbury Provincial District .. 14th January to 28th February 0 9 1 0½ 10 2
Nelson, Marlborough, and Westland Provincial Districts 14th January to 28th February 0 10½ 1 3 12 8
Wellington Metropolitan Area .. 14th January to 28th February 0 11 1 3½ 13 2
Wellington, Hawke’s Bay, and Taranaki Provincial Districts, excluding the Wellington Metropolitan Area 14th January to 28th February 0 11½ 1 4 14 2
Auckland Provincial District .. 14th January to 28th February 1 0½ 1 5 15 8
Peaches (all Varieties)
Otago, Southland, Canterbury, Nelson, and Marlborough Provincial Districts, excluding Buller, Inangahua, and Grey Counties 14th January to 31st March 0 8½ 1 0 10 2
Westland Provincial District and Buller, Inangahua, and Grey Counties 14th January to 31st March 0 10½ 1 3 12 8
Wellington and Taranaki Provincial Districts 1st January to 31st March 0 10½ 1 3 12 2
Hawke’s Bay Provincial District.. 1st January to 31st March 0 9 1 0½ 10 8
Auckland Provincial District .. 1st January to 31st March 0 11 1 3½ 13 2
Plums (all Varieties other than Greengage)
North Island .. .. 1st January to 31st March 0 8½ 1 0 10 2
Westland Provincial District and Buller, Inangahua, and Grey Counties 14th January to 31st March 0 10½ 1 3 12 8
Elsewhere in New Zealand .. 14th January to 31st March 0 8½ 1 0 10 2

Dated at Wellington, this 19th 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.



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🏭 Price Order No. 471 for Apricots, Peaches, and Plums (continued from previous page)

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
19 December 1945
Price Order, Apricots, Peaches, Plums, Price Tribunal, Grading, Maximum Prices
  • W. J. Hunter (Judge), President
  • H. L. Wise, Member