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NEW ZEALAND

SUPPLEMENT

TO THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

OF

THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1948

Published by Authority

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1948

Price Order No. 876 (Island Oranges)

PURSUANT to the powers conferred on it by the Control of Prices Act, 1947, 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. 876, and shall come into force on the 10th day of May, 1948.

2. (1) Price Order No. 542* 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.

3. (1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires,—

“ The said Act ” means the Control of Prices Act, 1947 :

“ 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 Act, when used in this Order, have the meanings severally assigned thereto by that Act.

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.

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 .. .. 33 6

(b) When sold to a retailer carrying on business elsewhere—

Per bushel-and-a-half case .. .. 31 6

(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 8d. 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 halfpence, 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

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of May, 1948.

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

[L.S.] W. J. HUNTER (Judge), President.
P. N. HOLLOWAY, Member.

• Gazette, 2nd May, 1946, Vol. II, page 552.

By Authority: E. V. PAUL, Government Printer, Wellington.

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