Price Order No. 541 (Raw-leaf Tobacco)

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. 541, and shall come into force on the 2nd day of May, 1946.

2. In this Order--

"Flue-cured leaf" means leaf that has been treated in the kiln for at least three successive days immediately after picking--for the purpose of yellowing, fixing colour, drying, and drying mid-ribs:

"Air-dried leaf" means leaf other than flue-cured leaf.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

3. This Order applies with respect to all raw-leaf tobacco grown in New Zealand during the 1945-46 season: Provided that the Tribunal may, in any case where it considers it proper so to do and subject to such conditions (if any) as it thinks fit, exempt any such tobacco from the operation of this Order.

FIXING AVERAGE PRICES OF RAW-LEAF TOBACCO TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

4. (1) The average price to be paid by any tobacco manufacturer for raw-leaf tobacco to which this Order applies shall be not less than--

(a) For flue-cured leaf: 2s. 2d. per pound.
(b) For air-dried leaf: 1s. 11d. per pound.

(2) For the purposes of this clause the weight of any raw-leaf tobacco shall be deemed to be its weight at the time and place of delivery by the grower to the manufacturer or to his agent in the district in which it is grown: Provided, however, that in any case where the grower and the manufacturer or his agent agree that the moisture-content of the leaf in any lot of tobacco is excessive, then for the purpose of calculating the value of the lot the weight of the lot shall be deemed to be reduced by a reasonable amount to make allowance for the excessive moisture.

5. This Order shall be read subject to the provisions of the Board of Trade (Raw Tobacco Price) Regulations 1943.

Dated at Wellington, this lst day of May, 1946.

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

W. J. HUNTER (Judge), President.
H. L. WISE, Member.

• Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/275, page 1057.
  † Statutory Regulations 1943, Serial number 1943/59, page 124.

Price Order No. 542 (Island Oranges)

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. 542, and shall come into force on the 6th day of May, 1946.

2. (1) Price Orders No. 224† and No. 338† 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*
"Bushel-and-a-half case" means a case of the type used in the ordinary course of trade for packing the quantity of Island oranges recognized as one and a half bushels:
"Island oranges" means oranges grown in any of the Pacific Islands and imported into New Zealand.

(2) References in this Order to metropolitan areas are references to the metropolitan areas described in the Schedule hereto.

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

4. The maximum prices fixed by this Order include the prices of the cases or other containers in which the oranges are delivered to the purchaser.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

5. This Order applies with respect to all Island oranges.

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

7. The provisions of this Order as to maximum wholesale prices shall apply notwithstanding that any Island oranges are sold otherwise than in bushel-and-a-half cases, and the provisions of this Order as to maximum retail prices shall apply notwithstanding that any such oranges are sold otherwise than by weight.

• Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/275, page 1057.
  † Gazette, 20th April, 1944, Vol. I, page, page 388.
  ‡ Gazette, 22nd February, 1945, Vol. I, page 229.

MAXIMUM WHOLESALE PRICES

8. (1) Subject to the provisions of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any wholesaler for any Island oranges shall be--

(a) When sold to a retailer carrying on business in any of the metropolitan areas of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, or Dunedin, or in any of the cities or boroughs of Whangarei, Hamilton, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Stratford, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Napier, Hastings, Blenheim, Nelson, Greymouth, Timaru, Oamaru, Gore, or Invercargill--

Per bushel-and-a-half case ..28 0
(b) When sold to a retailer carrying on business elsewhere--

Per bushel-and-a-half case ..26 0

(2) The wholesale prices fixed by this Order are fixed as for delivery. at the wholesaler's store or other premises from which delivery to the purchaser is effected.

(3) Where delivery is effected by a wholesaler elsewhere than at premises occupied by him, he may add to the appropriate price fixed by this Order the reasonable cost of delivery, 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.

MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES

9. (1) Subject to the provisions of this clause, the maximum retail price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any Island oranges shall be computed at the rate of 7d. per pound.

(2) If in respect of any lot of oranges 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

10. Subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit, the Tribunal, on application by any wholesaler or retailer, may authorize special prices in respect of any Island oranges 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 oranges or may relate generally to all Island oranges to which this Order applies sold by the wholesaler or retailer while the approval remains in force.

DUTY IMPOSED ON RETAILERS

11. Every retailer who offers or exposes any Island oranges for sale in any shop shall keep in a prominent position in such proximity to the oranges 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 oranges:
(b) The word "Island".

SCHEDULE

DEFINITION OF METROPOLITAN AREAS

Name of Metropolitan Area. Districts included therein.
Auckland .. The City of Auckland, the boroughs of Birkenhead, Devonport, Ellerslie, Mount Albert, New Lynn, Newmarket, Northcote, Onehunga, One Tree Hill, Otahuhu, and Takapuna, and the road districts of Mount Roskill, Mount Wellington, and Panmure Township.
Wellington .. The cities of Wellington and Lower Hutt, the boroughs of Eastbourne and Petone, and the Town District of Johnsonville.
Christchurch .. The City of Christchurch, and the boroughs of Lyttelton and Riccarton.
Dunedin .. The City of Dunedin, and the boroughs of Green Island, Port Chalmers, St. Kilda, and West Harbour.

Dated at Wellington, this lst day of May, 1946.

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

W. J. HUNTER (Judge), President.
H. L. WISE, Member.

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 15th day of March, 1946, ordered that the name of Edward Tabrum Moody, of Wellington, but late of Shannon, be struck off the Rolls of Barristers and Solicitors of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, and that he pays the sum of twenty guineas costs.

Dated at Wellington, this 29th day of April, 1946.

A. E. REYNOLDS,
Registrar, Supreme Court, Wellington.