Nov. 28] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1809

Price Order No. 627 (Amending Price Order No. 128) (Eggs)

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. 627, and shall be read together with and deemed part of Price Order No. 128† (hereinafter referred to as the principal Order).
2. This Order shall come into force on the 2nd day of December, 1946.
3. The Second and Third Schedules to the principal Order, as set out in Price Order No. 624‡, are hereby revoked, and the following Schedules substituted therefor respectively:—

SECOND SCHEDULE

MAXIMUM WHOLESALE PRICES (PER DOZEN) FOR EGGS SOLD FOR RESALE IN ANY MARKETING AREA WITHIN AN EGG-PRICE AREA

THIRD SCHEDULE

MAXIMUM WHOLESALE PRICES (PER DOZEN) FOR EGGS SOLD FOR RESALE ELSEWHERE THAN IN A MARKETING AREA

Dated at Wellington, this 22nd day of November, 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.
  Reprinted with amendments: Statutory Regulations 1946, Serial number 1946/169, page 468.
  † Gazette, 12th March, 1943, Vol. I, page 314.
  ‡ Gazette, 7th November, 1946, Vol. III, page 1726.

Price Order No. 628 (Overseas Canned Fruits)

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. 628, and shall come into force on the 2nd day of December, 1946.
2. (1) Price Order No. 298† 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 only with respect to canned peaches, canned pears, and canned apricots packed elsewhere than in New Zealand.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES OF CANNED FRUIT TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Wholesalers’ Prices

4. Subject to the following provisions of this Order, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any wholesaler for any canned fruit to which this Order applies shall be determined as follows:—
   (a) For canned fruit sold by any wholesaler carrying on business in any of the cities or boroughs of Auckland, Blenheim, Christchurch, Dannevirke, Dunedin, Gisborne, Greymouth, Hamilton, Hastings, Hawera, Hokitika, Invercargill, Masterton, Napier, Nelson, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Timaru, Wanganui, Westport, or Wellington—

Peaches, Apricots, or Pears (or any Combination thereof), per Dozen Cans.

s. d.
(i) For 16 oz. cans .. .. 13 7
(ii) For 30 oz. cans .. .. 20 5

(b) For canned fruit sold by any other wholesaler there may be added to the appropriate prices fixed in paragraph (a) hereof the amount of the freight charges incurred by the wholesaler in effecting delivery (not exceeding in any case the charges that would have been incurred if delivery had been effected by a common carrier at current freight rates).

Retailers’ Prices

5. Subject to the following provisions of this Order, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any canned fruit to which this Order applies shall be determined as follows:—
   (a) For canned fruit sold in any area within which any wholesaler carrying on business in any of the cities or boroughs of Auckland, Blenheim, Christchurch, Dannevirke, Dunedin, Gisborne, Greymouth, Hamilton, Hastings, Hawera, Hokitika, Invercargill, Masterton, Napier, Nelson, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Timaru, Wanganui, Westport, or Wellington normally undertakes the free delivery of goods to retailers—

Peaches, Apricots, or Pears (or any Combination thereof), per Can.

s. d.
(i) For 16 oz. cans .. .. 1 7
(ii) For 30 oz. cans .. .. 2 4½

(b) For canned fruit sold elsewhere—

Peaches, Apricots, or Pears (or any Combination thereof), per Can.

s. d.
(i) For 16 oz. cans .. .. 1 7½
(ii) For 30 oz. cans .. .. 2 5½

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

• Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/275, page 1057.
  Reprinted with amendments: Statutory Regulations 1946, Serial number 1946/169, page 468.
  † Gazette, 21st December, 1944, Vol. III, page 1551.
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