Dec. 16] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1555

Price Order No. 955 (Effervescent Saline)

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:—

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 955, and shall come into force on the 20th day of December, 1948.

2. (1) Price Order No. 197* 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—

(a) Effervescent saline manufactured by J. C. Eno, Ltd. (incorporated in England), and marketed under the trade name of “Eno’s Fruit Salt;” and

(b) Effervescent saline manufactured by Scott and Turner, Ltd., and marketed under the trade name of “Andrews’ Liver Salt.”

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES OF EFFERVESCENT SALINE TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Manufacturers’ Prices

4. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause, the maximum prices that may be charged or received by the respective manufacturers for any effervescent saline to which this Order applies that is sold to a wholesaler shall be:—

Eno’s Fruit Salt—

(a) For “Household” (8 oz.) bottles: 34s. 6d. per dozen.

(b) For “Regular” (4 oz.) bottles: 21s. per dozen.

Andrews’ Liver Salt—

(a) For large (8 oz.) tins (in three-gross lots or more): 26s. 10d. per dozen.

For large (8 oz.) tins (in less than three-gross lots): 27s. 5d. per dozen.

(b) For small (4 oz.) tins (in three-gross lots or more): 14s 11d. per dozen.

For small (4 oz.) tins (in less than three-gross lots): 15s 2d. per dozen.

(2) The maximum prices fixed by the last preceding subclause are the prices as for delivery in accordance with the following provisions:—

(a) Where the wholesaler’s place of business is at a port and delivery is effected by sea, delivery to the wholesaler shall be free of freight charges to that port:

(b) Where delivery is effected by rail, delivery to the wholesaler shall be free of freight charges to the railway-station nearest or most convenient of access to his place of business:

(c) Where delivery is effected otherwise than by sea or by rail, delivery to the wholesaler shall be free of freight charges to his place of business.

(3) The maximum prices fixed by the foregoing provisions of this clause shall be reduced by a discount of 2½ per cent. thereof where payment is made on or before the 20th day of the calendar month next following the calendar month in which delivery is made to the wholesaler.

Wholesalers’ Prices

5. (1) The maximum prices (exclusive of sales tax) that may be charged or received by any wholesaler (other than the manufacturer) for any effervescent saline to which this Order applies shall be—

Eno’s Fruit Salt—

(a) For “Household” (8 oz.) bottles: 39s. 6d. per dozen.

(b) For “Regular” (4 oz.) bottles: 24s. 3d. per dozen.

Andrews’ Liver Salt—

(a) For large (8 oz.) tins (in one-gross lots or more): 28s. 7d. per dozen.

For large (8 oz.) tins (in less than one-gross lots): 29s. 8d. per dozen.

(b) For small (4 oz.) tins (in one-gross lots or more): 15s. 11d. per dozen.

For small (4 oz.) tins (in less than one-gross lots): 16s. 7d. per dozen.

(2) The maximum prices fixed by the foregoing provisions of this clause shall be reduced by a discount of 2½ per cent. thereof where payment is made on or before the 20th day of the calendar month next following the calendar month in which delivery is made to the retailer.

Retailers’ Prices

6. (1) The maximum prices that may be charged or received by any retailer for any effervescent saline to which this Order applies shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions, namely:—

(a) In the case of effervescent saline sold by a retailer to whom a wholesale supply is available, free of freight charges, for delivery at his store from any source whatever—

Eno’s Fruit Salt—

(i) For “Household” (8 oz.) bottles: 4s. 7d. per bottle.

(ii) For “Regular” (4 oz.) bottles: 2s. 9d. per bottle.

Andrews’ Liver Salt—

(i) For large (8 oz.) tins: 3s. 5d. per tin.

(ii) For small (4 oz.) tins: 2s. per tin.

(b) Where freight charges are incurred by a retailer in obtaining delivery of any effervescent saline at his store the maximum retail prices of such effervescent saline shall be the approximate maximum prices fixed by paragraph (a) hereof, increased to the nearest halfpenny by a proportionate part of the freight charges incurred by the retailer: Provided that, where any effervescent saline to which this paragraph applies is obtained by the retailer from a source of supply that is not the nearest or most convenient of access to the retailer’s store, the increase of the price authorized by this paragraph shall not exceed a proportionate part of the freight charges that would have been incurred by the retailer if the effervescent saline had been obtained from the source of supply nearest or most convenient of access to his store and if delivery had been effected by a common carrier at current freight rates.

(2) If in respect of any effervescent saline 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 half-pence, the maximum price shall be computed to the next upward halfpenny.

7. 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 manufacturer or by any wholesaler or retailer, may authorize special maximum prices in respect of any goods to which this Order applies where for any reason extraordinary charges (freight or otherwise) are incurred by the manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer. Any authority given by the Tribunal under this clause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of goods or may relate generally to all goods to which this Order applies sold by the manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer while the approval remains in force.

Dated at Wellington, this 14th day of December, 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.

Notice of Adoptions Under Part IX of the Maori Land Act, 1931

Waiariki Maori Land Court Office,

Rotorua, 7th December, 1948.

It is hereby notified that the adoptions as set out in the Schedule hereunder have been made by the Maori Land Court under the provisions of the Maori Land Act, 1931.

J. J. Dillon, Registrar.

Whakaatu tangohanga Tamariki Whangai i raro o Wahi IX o te Ture Whenua Maori, 1931

Tari Kooti Whenua Maori, Waiariki,

Rotorua, 7 o Tihema, 1948.

He whakaaturanga tenei kia mohiotia ai kua hangaia e te Kooti Whenua Maori i raro i nga tikanga o te Ture Whenua Maori, 1931, etahi ota whakamana i te tangohanga o etahi tamariki whangai e whakaaturia nei e te Kupu Apiti i raro nei.

Hone Tirona, Kai-rchita.

SCHEDULE (KUPU APITI)

Notice to Persons Affected by Applications for Licences Under Part III of the Industrial Efficiency Act, 1936

Manufacture of Footwear

British Shoes, Ltd., 196 Wordsworth Street, Christchurch, has applied for permission to extend existing factory premises by 9,000 square feet, to provide for increased manufacturing production.

Retail Sale and Distribution of Motor-spirit

S. Crawford, Bridge Pah, Hastings, has applied for a licence to resell motor-spirit from one pump to be installed outside store premises at Bridge Pah, Hastings.

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 30th December, 1948, 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.

• Gazette, 24th February, 1944, Vol. I, page 197.