May 30] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 749

Price Order No. 552 (Milk) (Te Aroha)

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. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 552, and shall come into force on the 16th day of May, 1946.

2. In this Order—

“Te Aroha Milk District” means the district within a radius of five miles from the post-office at Te Aroha:

“Commercial user” means a person who buys milk for sale for consumption on his premises (whether in the form in which it is received by him or otherwise and whether separately or in combination with any other substance or substances):

“Consumer” means a person who buys milk for purposes other than resale:

“Shop dairy” means a shop where milk is sold for consumption or use off the premises and not otherwise and where the milk so sold is sold in the form in which it was received into the shop dairy.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

3. (1) Nothing in this Order shall apply with respect to milk sold to a Hospital Board for use in any institution under the control of that Board or to milk sold for use in any separate institution within the meaning of the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1926.

(2) Except as provided in the last preceding subclause, this Order applies with respect to all milk wherever produced that is sold—

(a) To the occupier of any shop dairy within the Te Aroha Milk District; or

(b) By the occupier of a shop dairy or by any other person to a commercial user or to a consumer within the Te Aroha Milk District.

FIXING PRICES OF MILK TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

4. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received for any milk to which this Order applies shall be the appropriate price set out in the Schedule hereto.

(2) The prices fixed by this Order are fixed as for delivery as follows:—

(a) In respect of milk sold by the occupier of a shop dairy: As for delivery to the purchaser at the shop dairy:

(b) In respect of milk sold otherwise than at a shop dairy: As for delivery at the premises of the purchaser.

(3) Where an account is rendered to any purchaser for milk supplied to him during a period comprising more than one day, the price that may be charged for the milk to which the account relates shall be computed as follows:—

(a) For all milk supplied during the period in measurements of half-pint or less, the price shall be computed separately for each lot supplied at a rate not exceeding the appropriate rate fixed by this Order:

(b) For all milk supplied during the period in measurements of more than half-pint but less than two pints (exclusive of milk so supplied on any one day of a total quantity of one gallon or more), the price shall be computed separately for each lot supplied at a rate not exceeding the appropriate rate fixed by this Order:

(c) For all milk supplied during the period in measurements of two pints or more (exclusive of milk so supplied on any one day of a total quantity of one gallon or more), the price shall be computed at a rate not exceeding the appropriate rate fixed in the Schedule hereto for two pints:

(d) Where the quantity of milk supplied to any one purchaser in any one day (exclusive of quantities supplied in measurements of half-pint or less) is not less than one gallon, the maximum price that may be charged shall be computed by reference to the total quantity of milk so supplied to the purchaser during that day.

• Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/275, page 1057.

(4) Where any milk to which this Order applies is sold otherwise than in one of the quantities specified in the Schedule hereto, or otherwise than in a multiple of any specified quantity, the price shall be computed as follows:—

(a) Where the quantity supplied is less than the smallest specified quantity, the price shall be a proportionate part of the price of the smallest specified quantity:

(b) Where the quantity supplied exceeds a specified quantity but is less than twice the specified quantity, the price of any surplus over that specified quantity shall be a proportionate part of the price of that specified quantity:

(c) Where the quantity supplied exceeds twice the amount of the nearest lower specified quantity but is not an exact multiple of that specified quantity, the price of any surplus over the nearest multiple of the specified quantity shall be a proportionate part of that specified quantity.

(5) If in respect of any milk the price charged in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause is not an exact number of pence or half-pence, the maximum price shall be computed to the nearest upward halfpenny.

SCHEDULE

MAXIMUM PRICES OF MILK SOLD IN THE TE AROHA MILK DISTRICT TO SHOP DAIRIES, COMMERCIAL USERS, OR CONSUMERS

Milk

Dated at Wellington, this 16th day of May, 1946.

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

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

Price Order 554 (Amending Price Orders Nos. 238, 243, 502, and 542) (New Zealand Lemons other than Meyer Lemons, Australian Oranges and Lemons, Californian Lemons, and 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 amending Price Order:—

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 554, and shall come into force on the 30th day of May, 1946.

2. The Schedules to Price Orders No. 238† (relating to New Zealand lemons other than Meyer lemons), No. 243‡ (relating to Australian oranges and lemons), No. 502§ (relating to Californian lemons), and No. 542|| (relating to Island oranges), are each hereby amended by revoking the definition of the districts included in the Christchurch Metropolitan Area and substituting the following definition:—

“The City of Christchurch and the Borough of Riccarton.”

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

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, 31st May, 1944, Vol. II, page 625.
  ‡ Gazette, 2nd June, 1944, Vol. II, page 682.
  § Gazette, 7th March, 1946, Vol. I, page 312.
  || Gazette, 2nd May, 1946, Vol. II, page 552.

Price Order No. 553 (Amending Price Order No. 279) (Boys’ and Men’s Wear manufactured by Ross and Glendining, Ltd.)

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. 553, and shall be read together with and deemed part of Price Order No. 279† (hereinafter referred to as the principal Order).

2. This Order shall come into force on the 30th day of May, 1946.

3. The principal Order is hereby amended by omitting from the Schedule the references to boys’ shorts and substituting the following references:—

Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of May, 1946.

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, 14th September, 1944, Vol. III, page 1129.

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