New Zealand Gazette – 1948 – No. 60

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✨ Price Order for Golden Syrup and Treacle

Nov. 25]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Price Order No. 953 (Golden Syrup and Treacle)

PURSUANT to 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:-

PRELIMINARY

(1) This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 953.
(2) This Order shall come into force-
(a) With respect to the prices to be charged by wholesalers : On the 26th day of November, 1948 :
(b) With respect to the prices to be charged by retailers : On the 10th day of December, 1948.
(1) Price Order No. 869 shall, so far as it applies to the prices to be charged by wholesalers, continue in force until the 25th day of November, 1948, and shall then be deemed to be revoked in its application to any such prices.
(2) Except as provided in the last preceding subclause, Price Order No. 869 shall continue in force until the 9th day of December, 1948, and shall then be deemed to be wholly revoked.
(3) The revocation of the said Price Order shall not affect the liability of any person for any offence in relation thereto committed before the coming into force of this Order.
In this Order :-
"The company" means The Colonial Sugar Refining Company, Limited ;
The expressions "the Auckland Sugar District", "the Southern Sugar District", and "the Sugar Free Delivery Area" mean respectively the districts and area recognized by the sugar trade at the time of the coming into force of this Order as the Auckland Sugar District, the Southern Sugar District; or the Sugar Free Delivery Area, as the case may be.
(1) While this Order remains in force the company shall continue, as heretofore, to deliver golden syrup and treacle manufactured by it-
(a) Free of transport charges within the Sugar Free Delivery Area :
(b) F.o.b. Auckland or f.o.r. Auckland (in the case of golden syrup or treacle for delivery in the Auckland Sugar District elsewhere than in the Sugar Free Delivery Area) :
(c) F.o.b. Auckland (in the case of golden syrup or treacle for delivery in the Southern Sugar District).
(2) The last preceding subclause shall not apply except in respect of the delivery by the company of-
(a) Lots of ½ ton or more of golden syrup or treacle ; or
(b) Lots of ½ ton or more consisting partly of golden syrup or treacle and partly of any other products of the company.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

This Order applies only with respect to golden syrup and treacle manufactured by the company and sold for consumption in New Zealand.

FIXING MAXIMUM WHOLESALE AND RETAIL PRICES OF GOLDEN SYRUP AND TREACLE TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Wholesalers' Prices

(1) Subject to the provisions of clause 7 hereo, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any wholesaler for any goods to which this Order applies shall be determined as follows:-

Method of Delivery.	Maximum Wholesale Prices.
	Golden Syrup.
(a) Delivered by the company direct to retailer within the Auckland Sugar District-	s. d.
In drums (5 cwt.) or kegs (1½ cwt.)	33 0 per cwt.
In cases containing-
Fifty-six 2 lb. tins	42 0 "
Sixteen 7 lb. tins	38 5 "
Two 56 lb. tins	35 0 "
In boxes of cartons containing-
Twenty-four 2 lb. tins	18 0 per box or carton
Six 7 lb. tins	14 5 "
(b) Delivered by the company direct to retailer in the Southern Sugar District-
In drums (5 cwt.) or kegs (1½ cwt.)	29 8 per cwt.
In cases containing-
Fifty-six 2 lb. tins	38 8 "
Sixteen 7 lb. tins	35 1 "
Two 56 lb. tins	31 8 "
In boxes or cartons containing-
Twenty-four 2 lb. tins	16 7 per box or carton
Six 7 lb. tins	13 2 "
(c) Delivered to retailer by a wholesaler carrying on business in any of the cities or boroughs of Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Gisborne, Greymouth, Hastings, Invercargill, Napier, Nelson, New Plymouth, Oamaru, Timaru, Wanganui, Wellington, or Westport-
In drums (5 cwt.) or kegs (1½ cwt.)	36 4 per cwt.
2 lb. tins	9 8½ per dozen
7 lb. tins	31 0 "
56 lb. tins	38 4 per cwt.
(d) Delivered to retailer by a wholesaler carrying on business elsewhere than as mentioned in paragraph (c) hereof-
In drums (5 cwt.) or kegs (1½ cwt.)	38 8 "
2 lb. tins	10 2½ per dozen
7 lb. tins	33 0 "
56 lb. tins	40 8 per cwt.

(2) The several maximum prices fixed by the foregoing provisions of this clause, in respect of golden syrup or treacle delivered direct to the retailer by the company, shall be reduced by a discount of ½ per centum thereof for prompt payment made in accordance with the established practice of the company.

(3) The several maximum prices fixed by the foregoing provisions of this clause in respect of golden syrup or treacle delivered to a retailer by a wholesaler, in accordance with paragraph (c) or paragraph (d) of subclause (1) hereof, are fixed as for delivery at any place within the free delivery area of the wholesaler, or, in the case of retailers beyond the free delivery area, are fixed f.o.b. or f.o.r. (or the equivalent thereof) the port or railway-station in the city, borough, or other place where the wholesaler's store is situated.

(1) The several prices fixed by the foregoing provisions of this Order may be increased by an additional charge in respect of containers as follows :-
(a) For drums (5 cwt.) £3 per drum.
(b) For kegs (1½ cwt.) £1 10s. per keg.

(2) On the return to the company, at its Chelsea refinery, of any drums or kegs in respect of which an additional charge has been made in accordance with the last preceding subclause, a rebate of the amount of the additional charge shall be allowed by the company in respect of all such drums or kegs returned, in good order and condition, without cost to the company by way of freight or other charges.

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🏭 Price Order No. 953 (Golden Syrup and Treacle) (continued from previous page)

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
KeywordsPrice Control, Golden Syrup, Treacle, Maximum Wholesale Prices, Maximum Retail Prices, The Colonial Sugar Refining Company, Auckland Sugar District, Southern Sugar District, Sugar Free Delivery Area
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