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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 27

(2) Any amount that is required to be paid under this regulation shall be paid by the trader into a branch of the Bank of New Zealand, and the bank receipt shall be forwarded by him to the Director of Marketing or to one of the said branch offices of the Marketing Department.

5. Any amount required by Regulation 4 hereof to be paid by any trader shall be deemed to be a debt due by him to the Crown, and may be recovered accordingly in any Court of competent jurisdiction.

T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

The Butter Wholesale Prices Notice 1950

PURSUANT to the Marketing Act, 1936, the Minister of Marketing doth hereby fix the wholesale prices at which butter, intended for consumption in New Zealand, may be bought or sold as follows:—

1. (1) This notice may be cited as the Butter Wholesale Prices Notice 1950.

(2) This notice shall come into force on the 8th day of May, 1950.

(3) In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires,—

“ The said regulations ” mean the Butter and Cheese Marketing Regulations 1948 : *

“ Commission ” means the New Zealand Dairy Products Marketing Commission established by the Dairy Products Marketing Commission Act, 1947.

(4) Terms defined by the said regulations shall, when used in this notice, have the respective meanings assigned to them by those regulations.

(5) The Butter Wholesale Prices Notice 1948 (No. 2)† is hereby revoked.

2. The grades referred to in clause 3 of this notice shall, as the case requires, mean—

(a) Grades assigned at a grading-store ; or

(b) Grades assigned in a manufacturing dairy as prescribed by Regulation 26 of the said regulations ; or

(c) Grades constructively assigned pursuant to subclause (4) of Regulation 26 of the said regulations.

3. Subject to the provisions of this notice, the several prices at which butter prepared in 1 lb. pats or smaller portions shall be sold by way of sale by wholesale in New Zealand shall be the following :—

(a) In the case of salted creamery butter the standard of quality of which is not lower than First Grade, the price of 22½d. per pound :

(b) In the case of salted creamery butter the standard of quality of which is Second Grade, the price of 22¼d. per pound :

(c) In the case of whey butter the standard quality of which is not lower than Second Grade, the price of 21½d. per pound.

4. The price of butter sold in bulk by way of sale by wholesale in New Zealand, being butter of one of the kinds and standards of quality set out in clause 3 hereof, shall be ½d. per pound less than the respective price prescribed for butter of that kind and standard of quality by the said clause 3 hereof.

5. The price of unsalted creamery butter the standard of quality of which is not lower than First Grade and which is sold whether in bulk or in pats by way of sale by wholesale as aforesaid shall be ½d. per pound more than the respective price prescribed for salted creamery butter by the foregoing provisions of this notice.

6. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this notice, the price for any parcel of butter sold, whether in bulk or in pats in a quantity of less than 48 lb., by way of sale by wholesale as aforesaid, being butter of one of the kinds and standards of quality set out in clause 3 hereof, may (at the option of the vendor) be the sum of 6d. per parcel more than the appropriate price prescribed for butter of that kind and standard of quality by the foregoing provisions of this notice, and the said sum of 6d. shall be added to the rates of ½d. per pound or portion of a pound referred to in clause 7 of this notice for the purpose of that clause.

7. In the case of sales in New Zealand by a manufacturer to a wholesale distributor, the prices at which butter shall be so sold shall be ½d. per pound or portion of a pound less than the respective prices hereinbefore specified.

8. Where, pursuant to the said regulations, the Commission authorizes the sale and purchase of—

(a) Any butter for use in the manufacture of ice-cream or ice-cream mix ; or

(b) Any butter or cheese required as ships’ stores for vessels sailing beyond New Zealand—

the price to be charged or paid for any such butter or cheese shall be such price as is fixed by the Commission when granting authority for the sale and purchase of that butter or cheese for the purpose aforesaid.

Dated at Wellington, this 5th day of May, 1950.

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Marketing.

• Statutory Regulations 1948, Serial number 1948/16, page 31.
  † Statutory Regulations 1948, Serial number 1948/21, page 50.

Price Order No. 1147 (Bread)

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. 1147 and shall come into force on the 8th day of May, 1950.

2. This Order applies to all bread sold by a retailer or by a wholesaler but does not apply to bread sold as part of a meal.

3. The maximum price that may be charged or received for any bread to which this Order applies shall be the appropriate price at which the bread was authorized to be sold immediately prior to the coming into force of this Order increased as follows :—

(a) In the case of a 2 lb. loaf by 2d. :

(b) In the case of a 4 lb. loaf by 4d. :

(c) In the case of other loaves by ½d. where the weight of the loaf is not more than 8 oz., by 1d. where the weight of the loaf is more than 8 oz. but less than 1 lb. 8 oz., and by 2d. where the weight of the loaf is not less than 1 lb. 8 oz.

4. The Board of Trade (Bread-price) Regulations 1936* shall be read subject to the provisions of this Order and shall be deemed to be amended accordingly.

Dated at Wellington, this 5th day of May, 1950.

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

[L.S.]

P. B. MARSHALL, President.
P. N. HOLLOWAY, Member.

• Statutory Regulations 1936, Serial number 8/1936, page 17.

Price Order No. 1148 (Butter)

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. 1148 and shall come into force on the 8th day of May, 1950.

2. (1) Price Order No. 169* is hereby revoked.

(2) 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.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

3. This Order applies with respect to all sales by way of retail of any butter within the meaning of the Butter and Cheese Marketing Regulations 1948.†

MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICE OF BUTTER TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

4. (1) The maximum retail price of butter to which this Order applies shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions, namely—

(a) In the case of butter sold by a retailer to whom a wholesale supply of butter of the same kind is available, free of freight charges, for delivery at his store from any source whatever, the maximum retail price shall be computed at the rate of—

(i) 2s. a pound for salted creamery butter :

(ii) 2s. 0½d. a pound for unsalted creamery butter :

(iii) 1s. 11d. a pound for whey butter :

(iv) 1s. 10d. a pound for dairy butter.

(b) Where freight charges are incurred by a retailer in obtaining delivery of any butter at his store the maximum retail price of such butter shall be the appropriate maximum price fixed by paragraph (a) hereof, increased to the next upward halfpenny by a proportionate part of the freight charges incurred by the retailer : Provided that, where any butter 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 butter 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 lot of butter 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 next upward halfpenny.

SPECIAL PRICES WHERE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGES INCURRED

5. 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 retailer, may authorize special maximum prices in respect of any butter to which this Order applies where special circumstances exist, or 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 butter or may relate generally to all butter to which this Order applies sold by the retailer while the approval remains in force.

Dated at Wellington, this 5th day of May, 1950.

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

[L.S.]

P. B. MARSHALL, President.
P. N. HOLLOWAY, Member.

• Gazette, 1st November, 1943, Vol. III, page 1267.
  † Statutory Regulations 1948, Serial number 1948/16, page 31.