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Price Order No. 1068 (Cheese)

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. 1068, and shall come into force on the 1st day of September, 1949.
2. (1) Price Order No. 1004* 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;
   "Export size", in relation to any cheese, means a cheese weighing or reputed to weigh approximately 80 lb. :
   "Medium size", in relation to any cheese, means a cheese weighing or reputed to weigh approximately 40 lb. :
   "Pancake size", in relation to any cheese, means a cheese weighing or reputed to weigh approximately 20 lb. :
   "Standard crate lot", in relation to a transaction for the sale of cheeses, means a lot consisting of two cheeses of export size, or three cheeses of medium size, or six cheeses of pancake size.
   (2) Terms and expressions defined in the said Act and used in this Order have the meanings severally assigned thereto by that Act.

Application of This Order

4. (1) This Order applies only with respect to Cheddar cheese that is sold by a retailer within four months after the date of its manufacture.
   (2) For the purposes of this clause the date of the manufacture of any cheese shall be deemed to be the date indicated on the cheese in accordance with the requirements of the Dairy-produce Regulations 1938†.
   (3) Every person who sells any Cheddar cheese by retail (whatever the age of such cheese) shall keep, for a period of not less than four months, a record showing the date of the delivery of the cheese to the retailer, and also-
   (a) If the whole cheese was sold, without cutting, the date of its sale ; or
   (b) In any other case, the date on which the cheese was first cut.

Fixing Maximum Retail Prices for Cheese to Which This Order Applies

5. (1) The maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any cheese to which this Order applies shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions, namely :-
   (a) In the case of cheese sold by a retailer to whom supplies of Cheddar cheese are available, free of freight charges, for delivery at his store from any source whatever, the maximum retail price shall be ls. 6d. a pound :
   (b) In cases to which the last preceding paragraph does not apply, the maximum retail price shall be ls. 6d. a pound, increased to the next upward halfpenny by the appropriate proportion of the freight charges incurred by the retailer in obtaining delivery at his store :
   Provided that where any cheese to which this paragraph applies is obtained by the retailer from a source of supply that is not the most convenient of access to the retailer's store, the increase of the price per pound authorized by this paragraph shall not exceed the appropriate proportion of the freight charges that would have been incurred by the retailer if the cheese had been obtained from the source of supply most convenient of access to his store, and if delivery had been effected by a common carrier at current freight rates.
   (2) Where the quantity of cheese sold by a retailer in any one transaction is not an exact number of pounds, the maximum price shall be computed at the rate per pound fixed in accordance with the last preceding subclause.
   (3) If in respect of any cheese the retail price charged in accordance with the provisions of this clause is not an exact number of pence or halfpence, the maximum price shall be computed to the next upward halfpenny.
6. (1) Where any person sells by retail to any one purchaser, for delivery at any one time, not less than three standard crate lots of export-size, medium-size, or pancake-size cheeses, whether or not all the standard crate lots contain the same size of cheeses, the maximum price that may be charged or received in respect of any such sale shall be computed as follows :—

Maximum Price per Pound.

Nature of Sale.

Export Size. Medium Size. Pancake Size.

s. d. s. d. s. d.
(a) Sales in standard crate lots 1 3½ 1 3⅝ 1 3½
(crated)
(b) Sales in standard crate lots 1 2¾ 1 3 1 3½
(uncrated)
(c) Sales of less than a standard 1 2⅞ 1 3⅝ 1 3½
crate lot

• Gazette, 26th May, 1949, Vol. II, page 1230.
  † Statutory Regulations 1938, Serial number 1938/91, page 396.

(2) For the purposes of this clause the weight of any cheeses sold in crates shall be deemed to be their weight as at the time of crating, and the weight of uncrated cheeses shall be deemed to be their actual weight when delivered to the purchaser.

Special Prices Where Extraordinary Charges Incurred

7. Subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit, the Tribunal, on application by any retailer, may authorize special prices in respect of any cheese to which this Order applies where for any reason extraordinary charges (freight or otherwise) are incurred by the retailer. Any authority given by the Tribunal under this clause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of cheese or may relate generally to all cheese to which this Order applies sold by the retailer while the approval remains in force.

Dated at Wellington, this 31st day of August, 1949.

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

W. J. HUNTER (Judge), President.
P. N. HOLLOWAY, Member.

[L.S.]

Price Order No. 1069 (Amendment No. 4 of Price Order No. 978) (Main Crop Potatoes)

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 amending Price Order :—

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 1069, and shall be read together with and deemed part of Price Order No. 978* (hereinafter referred to as the principal Order).
2. This Order shall come into force on the 2nd day of September, 1949.
3. (1) This Order applies with respect to all potatoes which, being subject to the principal Order, are sold by a grower for delivery at any time after the commencement of this Order and on or before the 30th day of November, 1949.
   (2) For the purposes of this Order no potatoes sold on the basis of f.o.b.s.e. or f.o.r.s.e. shall be deemed to be delivered to the purchaser after the commencement of this Order if—
   (a) In the case of sales f.o.b.s.e. the vessel on which the potatoes are laden leaves the port of shipment at any time before midnight on the 1st day of September, 1949; or
   (b) In the case of sales f.o.r.s.e. the trucks on which the potatoes are laden leave the grower's station at any time before midnight of the said date.
   (3) Except as provided in the last preceding subclause, potatoes sold f.o.b.s.e. or f.o.r.s.e. shall be deemed to be delivered to the purchaser after the commencement of this Order notwithstanding that they may have been actually laden on board any vessel or trucks before the commencement of this Order.

Modification of Principal Order with Respect to Potatoes That Are Subject to This Order

4. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the principal Order the maximum price that may be charged by any grower for any potatoes to which this Order applies shall be determined in accordance with the following scale, namely :-

(a) For Sutton's Supreme, Red Dakota, or King Edward potatoes grown in the South Island and sold for delivery—

Maximum Price per Ton f.o.b.s.e. a Port in the South Island.
(Good Table). (f.a.q.). (Under-grade).
On and after the 2nd £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
September, 1949 12 5 0 11 15 0 10 15 0
(b) For any other variety of potatoes grown in the South Island and sold for delivery—

Maximum Price per Ton f.o.b.s.e. a Port in the South Island.
(Good Table). (f.a.q.). (Under-grade).
On and after the 2nd £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
September, 1949 11 15 0 11 5 0 10 5 0
(c) For potatoes grown in the North Island and sold for delivery—

Maximum Price per Ton f.o.r.s.e. the Grower's Station.
(Good Table). (f.a.q.). (Under-grade).
On and after the 2nd £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
September, 1949 14 0 0 13 10 0 12 10 0

Dated at Wellington, this 1st day of September, 1949.

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

W. J. HUNTER (Judge), President.
P. N. HOLLOWAY, Member.

[L.S.]

• Gazette, 24th February, 1949, Vol. I, page 641.

Branch of Friendly Society Registered

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 24th August, 1949.

The St. Joseph's Branch, No. 962, with registered office at Wellington, is registered as a branch of the New Zealand District of the Hibernian-Australasian Catholic Benefit Society, Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 24th day of August, 1949.

S. BECKINGSALLE, Registrar of Friendly Societies.