Notice to Persons affected by Applications for Licences under Part III of the Industrial Efficiency Act, 1946

Manufacture of Paper and Paper-pulp

Westland Wood Pulp and Products Syndicate, P.O. Box 79, Hokitika, has applied for a licence to manufacture paper pulp and products.

Fruit-canning Industry

Plowmans (1944), Ltd., Battery Road, Napier, has applied for a licence to can fruit and vegetables.

Fruit Pulps (N.Z.), Ltd., P.O. Box 24, Devonport, has applied for a licence to can fruit and vegetables.

Retail Sale and Distribution of Motor-spirit

F. Butler (Rotorua), Ltd., Rotorua, has applied for a licence to resell motor-spirit from one pump to be installed outside garage premises at the corner of Aomahou and Ranolf Streets, Rotorua.

Maeroa Garage, Ltd., by E. L. Avery, 27 Rata Street, Maeroa, Frankton Junction, has applied for a licence to resell motor-spirit from four pumps to be installed outside proposed garage premises at the corner of Norton and Maeroa Roads, Frankton Junction.

J. C. Mills, Ltd., Levin, has applied for a licence to resell motor-spirit from one pump installed on garage premises at the corner of Oxford and Stanley Streets, Levin.

J. E. Story, P.O. Box 1, Taupo, has applied to take over from D. B. Hunt, the licence in respect of one pump installed outside garage premises at Lake Terrace Road, Taupo, and to change the site of the retail-selling point to the corner of Paora Hape and Tongariro Streets.

D. P. Patel, Storekeeper, Parawera, via Te Awamutu, has applied for a licence to resell motor-spirit from one pump to be installed on store premises at Parawera.

Troughear Bros., Ltd., Mangatangi, via Pokeno, has applied for permission to take over from J. de Jongh and Son, Ltd., the licence in respect of one pump installed at Kaiaua, and to transfer the retail-selling point from Kaiaua to Mangatangi.

Applicants and other persons considering themselves to be materially affected by the decisions of the Bureau of Industry on these applications should, not later than the 27th November, 1947, submit any written evidence and representations they may desire to tender. All communications should be addressed to Secretary, Bureau of Industry, P.O. Box 3025, Wellington.

J. D. KERR, Secretary.

Price Order No. 781 (Amendment No. 1 of Price Order No. 723) (Candles)

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. 781, and shall be read together with and deemed part of Price Order No. 723 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Order).

2. This Order shall come into force on the 14th day of November, 1947.

3. The principal Order is hereby amended by omitting from paragraph (a) of clause 4 the figure " ls. 9d.," and substituting the figure " ls. 11½d.," and by omitting from paragraph (b) of the same clause the figure " ls. 9¼d.," and substituting the figure " 2s."

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of November, 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, 19th June, 1947, Vol. II, page 761.

Price Order No. 783 (Substantial Meals)

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. 783, and shall come into force on the 14th day of November, 1947.

2. (1) Price Orders No. 140† and No. 589‡ 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) For the purposes of this Order—

" Public Hotel" means any premises in respect of which a publican's licence or an accommodation licence is in force under the Licensing Act, 1908:

" Private Hotel" and " boardinghouse" mean respectively premises where the principal business carried on is the provision of board and lodging for persons resident therein, but do not include any such premises where the number of lodgers usually resident therein is less than five.

• Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/275, page 1057. Reprinted with amendments: Statutory Regulations 1946, Serial number 1946/169, page 468.

† Gazette, 3rd June, 1943, Vol. II, page 633.

‡ Gazette, 8th August, 1946, Vol. II, page 1092.

(2) Where a purveyor of meals in the normal course of his business at particular times regularly serves only a three-course meal and three courses (as specified in the Schedule hereto) are in fact available, such meal shall be deemed to be a three-course meal and chargeable accordingly, notwithstanding that in any case the customer may not require to be served with three courses: Provided that nothing in this subclause shall prevent a purveyor of meals from offering a two-course meal or a one-course meal as an alternative to a three-course meal and for making appropriate charge therefor.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

4. (1) This Order does not apply with respect to meals served in any public or private hotel or in any boardinghouse.

(2) Except as provided in the last preceding subclause, this Order applies with respect to all meals of any description specified in the Schedule hereto that are supplied on any premises to members of the general public for consumption on the premises.

5. (1) For the purposes of this Order a " return" shall be deemed to be a separate meal and, subject to the following provisions of this clause, may be charged for accordingly.

(2) In any case where a partial " return" only is provided, the additional charge (if any) made therefor shall not exceed a fair proportion of the price chargeable under this Order for the original meal.

(3) Where it is proposed to make an additional charge for a return or a partial return, it shall be the duty of the purveyor, before the order is complied with, to inform the customer of the amount of the additional charge proposed to be made, and if he fails to do so, he shall not be entitled to make any additional charge.

6. In respect of the service of meals to which this Order applies, the quality and quantity of such meals, and all amenities and services heretofore provided in connection therewith, by the purveyor, must be maintained. In particular, the supply of tea, coffee, or cocoa, and of bread, butter, boiled or chipped potatoes, and other vegetables, and garnishings (including salads except where served as a complete course or meal or otherwise as provided in the Schedule hereto), with any meal of a description to which this Order relates, must be continued in the manner as aforesaid, and, except as otherwise specified in the Schedule hereto, no extra charge may be made therefor.

7. A menu written in English and showing the prices and details of meals available shall be submitted by the purveyor to each customer when he orders a meal.

FIXING MAXIMUM CHARGES FOR MEALS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

8. (1) The maximum price that may be charged or received by any person for any meal to which this Order applies shall be determined in accordance with the Schedule hereto: Provided that an additional charge, not exceeding 6d., may be made in respect of any such meal that is ordered before 7 a.m. of any day or that is ordered after 10 p.m. of any one day by a customer who was not waiting to give his order at least fifteen minutes before that hour: Provided also that a further additional charge, not exceeding 6d., may be made in respect of any such meal that is served at any time during the day on Sunday, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Anzac Day, Labour Day, or the day observed as the Sovereign's Birthday.

(2) The maximum charges fixed by this Order shall be deemed to include any charge made for the reservation of seats or tables or for any other service incidental to the providing and serving of meals.

9. Notwithstanding anything in the provisions of this Order and subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit, the Tribunal, on application by any purveyor of meals, may authorize special prices in respect of meals (including extras) where in its opinion special circumstances so warrant. Any authority given by the Tribunal under this clause may apply to either a specified class of meals or may relate generally to all meals (including extras) provided by the purveyor while the approval remains in force. Where special prices have been approved under this section, the purveyor shall, at all times during the currency of the approval, cause the Tribunal's written authorization to be displayed in a prominent position in his restaurant, where it may be readily inspected by customers.

SCHEDULE

Group A

Three-, Two-, and One-course Meals

THE dishes in this Group shall include the following classes:—

(a) Soup:

(b) Joint, with two or more vegetables, or any dish (with vegetables where appropriate) specified in the menu as available as a course in a three-, two-, or one-course meal:

(c) Sweets.

Three-course meal—

Classes (a), (b), and (c) above .. 2 3

Two-course meal—

Classes (a) and (b), or (b) and (c) .. 2 0

Classes (a) and (c) .. 1 3

One-course meal—

Class (b) .. 1 9

NOTE.—Where, with respect to any three-, two-, or one-course meal, a joint is ordered and less than two vegetables are offered, then in such case the maximum price fixed for the meal shall be reduced for every vegetable less than two by 3d.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.—Where the dish ordered is not one specified as available in a three-, two-, or one-course meal, but is one that is specified in any other group in the Schedule to this Order, the purveyor may make the appropriate charge fixed in the Schedule for that dish, and any other dishes supplied shall be deemed to be extras.