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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 26

Price Order 533 (Dates)

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:—

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 533, and shall come into force on the 25th day of April, 1946.

2. (1) Price Order No. 368† is hereby revoked.

(2) The revocation of the said Order shall not affect the liability of any person for any offence in relation thereto committed before the coming into force of this Order.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

3. This Order applies with respect to all dates imported as bulk dates and sold in New Zealand in the form in which they are received whether in the original containers or otherwise.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES OF DATES TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Wholesalers’ Prices

4. The maximum prices (exclusive of sales tax) that may be charged or received by any wholesaler for any dates to which this Order applies shall be determined as follows:—

(a) When sold by a wholesaler whose premises are situate in any of the cities of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, or Dunedin, the maximum price shall be—

Per Hundredweight : At the Rate of

(i) For Khadrawi (Khadrowee) dates—
Pitted (stoned) .. .. 89 9
Whole (unstoned) .. .. 67 9

(ii) For Sair (Sayer) dates—
Pitted (stoned) .. .. 83 3
Whole (unstoned) .. .. 60 0

(iii) For any other dates—
Pitted (stoned) .. .. 67 9
Whole (unstoned) .. .. 44 5

(b) When sold by a wholesaler whose premises are situated elsewhere the prices fixed by paragraph (a) hereof may be increased by 3s. per hundredweight.

Retailers’ Prices

5. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause the maximum prices that may be charged or received by any retailer for any dates to which this Order applies shall be determined as follows:—

(a) When sold by a retailer whose premises are situate in any area within which any wholesaler carrying on business in any of the cities of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, or Dunedin normally undertakes the free delivery of goods to retailers, the maximum price shall be—

Per Pound : At the Rate of

(i) For Khadrawi (Khadrowee) dates—
Pitted (stoned) .. .. 1 2½
Whole (unstoned) .. .. 0 11½

(ii) For Sair (Sayer) dates—
Pitted (stoned) .. .. 1 1½
Whole (unstoned) .. .. 0 10½

(iii) For any other dates—
Pitted (stoned) .. .. 0 11½
Whole (unstoned) .. .. 0 8½

(b) When sold by a retailer whose premises are situated elsewhere the prices fixed by paragraph (a) hereof may be increased by ½d. per pound.

(2) If in respect of any lot of dates 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 half-pence, the maximum price of the lot shall be computed to the nearest upward halfpenny.

Special Prices where Extraordinary Charges incurred

6. Notwithstanding anything 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 dates 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 dates or may relate generally to all dates to which this Order applies sold by the wholesaler or retailer while the approval remains in force.

Duty imposed on Retailers

7. Every retailer who offers or exposes for sale in any shop any dates to which this Order applies shall keep in a prominent position in such proximity to the dates 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 name of the dates :

(b) The word “Stoned” or “Unstoned”, as the case may be :

(c) The retail price per pound.

Dated at Wellington, this 24th day of April, 1946.

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

W. J. HUNTER (Judge), President.

H. L. WISE, Member.

[L.S.]

*Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/275, page 1057.
† Gazette, 11th May, 1945, Vol. II, page 491.

Price Order No. 534 (Seed Potatoes)

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. (1) This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 534, and shall come into force on the 25th day of April, 1946.

(2) Price Order No. 379† is hereby revoked.

(3) The revocation of the said Order shall not affect the liability of any person for any offence in relation thereto committed before the coming into force of this Order.

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

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

“Certified seed potatoes” means seed potatoes that have been certified as “mother seed” or as “commercial seed”, in accordance with the scheme for the certification of seed potatoes that is in operation under the control of the Department of Agriculture, and that are packed in containers labelled with the official certification tag of that Department; and “uncertified seed potatoes” means all seed potatoes that have not been so certified and packed :

“Distributor”, in relation to any lot of potatoes, means a wholesaler, as defined in the said regulations, who sells those potatoes otherwise than to a retailer for purposes of retail sale :

“Group”, in relation to certified seed potatoes, means the group into which any potatoes have been classified by the Department of Agriculture in accordance with its scheme for the certification of seed potatoes :

“Grower”, in relation to potatoes, means a person engaged in the business of growing potatoes for sale :

“Seed potatoes” includes all potatoes that are sold, offered, or exposed for sale as seed potatoes :

“Standard-sized”, in relation to certified seed potatoes, refers to potatoes that comply with the standard prescribed by clause 5 hereof :

The expression “f.a.q.”, in relation to uncertified seed potatoes, means potatoes of fair average quality, as determined in accordance with the rules laid down in clause 8 hereof.

The expression “f.o.r.s.i.” means “free on rail, sacks or other containers included”.

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

3. Subject to any general or specific directions that may be given by or on behalf of the Tribunal, any expenses that are reasonably incurred by a distributor, wholesaler, or retailer in undertaking the transport of any potatoes at his own expense, not exceeding in any case the cost that would have been incurred by him if delivery had been effected by a common carrier at current freight rates, may be regarded for the purposes of this Order as if they were transport charges paid by him, and the maximum price of the potatoes shall be determined accordingly.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

4. (1) This Order applies only to seed potatoes grown in New Zealand.

(2) Except as otherwise provided herein, this Order applies to all such potatoes (whether sold before or after the date of the coming into force of this Order) that are delivered to the purchaser on or after that date.

(3) In its application to growers’ prices, this Order applies only to seed potatoes that are grown in the South Island.

(4) In its application to distributors’ prices, wholesalers’ prices, and retailers’ prices, this Order does not apply to any seed potatoes which have been specially hand-picked in a distributor’s or a wholesaler’s store and which are sold in lots exceeding 1½ cwt., but applies to all other seed potatoes grown anywhere in New Zealand.

FIXING PRICES OF SEED POTATOES

Specifications of Standard-sized Certified Seed Potatoes

5. (1) For the purposes of this Order the standard for certified seed potatoes shall be deemed to be a potato that weighs not less than 2 oz. and not more than 4½ oz.

(2) If in any sample of one hundred potatoes taken at random from any lot of certified seed potatoes more than eight of those potatoes fail to comply with the standard prescribed by the last preceding subclause, none of the potatoes comprised in the lot shall be deemed to be “standard-sized”.

(3) Except as provided in the last preceding subclause all certified seed potatoes shall for the purposes of this Order be deemed to be “standard-sized”.

Growers’ Actual Prices for “Standard-sized” Certified Seed Potatoes

6. (1) The actual price to be charged by any grower for any “standard-sized” certified seed potatoes to which this Order applies shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions of this clause.

(2) The basic price of such potatoes shall in every case be computed in accordance with the scale set forth in the Schedule hereto.

• Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/275, page 1057.
  † Gazette, 31st May, 1945, Vol. II, page 627.