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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 23

Price Order No. 681 (Amending Price Order No. 675) (Canned Herrings)

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. 681, and shall be read together with and deemed part of Price Order No. 675† (hereinafter referred to as the principal Order).

2. This Order shall come into force on the 1st day of May, 1947.

3. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of clause 3 of the principal Order, that Order shall apply and be deemed at all times to have applied only with respect to all canned herrings in tomato sauce and canned fresh herrings imported into New Zealand from Great Britain.

(2) Clause 3 of the principal Order is hereby revoked.

Dated at Wellington, this 28th day of April, 1947.

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, 17th April, 1947, Vol. I, page 470.

Price Order No. 682 (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. 682, and shall come into force on the 2nd day of May, 1947.

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 1946–47 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 purpose 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 28th day of April, 1947.

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.
  † Statutory Regulations 1943, Serial number 1943/59, page 124.

Price Order No. 683 (Board Products manufactured by Whakatane Paper Mills, 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 Price Order:—

PRELIMINARY

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 683, and shall come into force on the 1st day of May, 1947.

2. Price Order No. 649† is hereby revoked in its application to orders accepted for delivery in the April–June, 1947, cycle, or succeeding cycles.

3. In this Order—

“Standard”, in reference to colour, means grey, blue, green, pink, yellow, salmon, brown, or buff:

“Special”, in reference to colour, means a colour that is a commercial match with a submitted sample colour.

• Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/275, page 1057.
  Reprinted with amendments: Statutory Regulations 1946, Serial number 1946/169, page 468.
  † Gazette, 30th January, 1947, Vol. I, page 107.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

4. This Order applies with respect to the board products manufactured by Whakatane Paper Mills, Ltd., of the several kinds specified in the first column of the Schedule hereto.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES OF BOARD PRODUCTS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

5. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received by Whakatane Paper Mills, Ltd., for any board products to which this Order applies shall be the appropriate price fixed in the Schedule hereto.

(2) The maximum prices fixed by this Order apply only with respect to board products for which orders are accepted for delivery in the April–June, 1947, cycle, or succeeding cycles.

(3) The maximum prices fixed by this Order are fixed with respect to board products that conform to the formula submitted to and approved by the Tribunal and that are of a size not less than 20 in. by 25 in. with a minimum across the machine of 20 in. with 25 in. cut off. Where board products of a smaller size, being not less in any case than 15 in. by 20 in., are sold the respective maximum prices may be increased by £2 per ton.

(4) The maximum prices fixed by this Order are fixed for quantities of not less than 3 tons of one size, caliper, and quality, or of not less than 5 tons of one caliper and quality, with not more than two sizes in one delivery, and where delivery is required otherwise than in conformity with this subclause the maximum prices may be increased by £2 per ton.

(5) The maximum prices fixed by this Order for combination board are for sales of not less than 1,000 sheets of a size 30 in. by 40 in. For sales of a lesser number of sheets an additional charge may be made at the rate of not more than £2 per 1,000 sheets.

(6) The maximum prices as aforesaid are fixed in respect of sales f.o.r. to purchaser’s nearest railway-station in the North Island or c.i.f. Lyttelton, Dunedin, Port Chalmers, or Bluff (by direct steamer only) in the South Island.

(7) Where delivery is made to ports other than those set out in subclause (6) of this clause the actual freight charges incurred may be charged in lieu of the standard allowance for freight.

(8) The maximum prices fixed by this Order shall be subject to a rebate of £1 per ton, or per 1,000 sheets of a size 30 in. by 40 in., when payment is made within seven days of delivery.

(9) The maximum prices calculated in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Order may be increased—

(a) By £2 per ton when reels require slitting and rewinding to reel widths between 15 in. and 10 in.:

(b) By £3 per ton when reels require slitting and rewinding to reel widths below 10 in.:

(c) By £4 per ton for standard colours other than grey:

(d) By £3 10s. per ton, plus the actual cost of the dyestuff used, for special colours:

(e) By £2 per ton for hard sizing.

SCHEDULE

MAXIMUM PRICE OF BOARD PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED BY WHAKATANE PAPER MILLS, LTD.

Dated at Wellington, this 28th day of April, 1947.

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

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