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Price Order No. 1149 (Tea)

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. 1149, and shall come into force on the 8th day of May, 1950.

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

3. (1) The maximum price that may be charged or received for any tea to which this Order applies shall be the price at which the tea was authorized to be sold immediately prior to the coming into force of this Order increased by an amount calculated at the rate of 1s. 9d. a pound.

(2) The price at which any lot of tea is sold shall be calculated in respect of the particular lot sold.

(3) If the price authorized by this Order for any lot of tea is not an exact number of half pence the price may be calculated to the next upward halfpenny.

4. Every approval given under section 16 of the Control of Prices Act, 1947, relating to the price of tea to which this Order applies and in force on the coming into force of this Order 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.

Price Order No. 1150 (Flour)

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. 1150 and shall come into force on the 8th day of May, 1950.

2. This Order applies to flour sold by a retailer.

3. (1) The maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any flour to which this Order applies shall be the price at which the flour was authorized to be sold by the retailer immediately prior to the coming into force of this Order increased by 1½d. per lb.

(2) The price at which any lot of flour is sold shall be calculated in respect of the particular lot sold.

(3) If the price authorized by this Order for any lot of flour is not an exact number of half pence the price may be calculated to the next upward halfpenny.

4. Every approval given under section 16 of the Control of Prices Act, 1947, relating to the price of flour to which this Order applies and in force on the coming into force of this Order shall be read subject to the provisions of this Order and shall be deemed to be amended accordingly.

5. The prices fixed by this Order do not include the price of any calico bags containing the flour and an additional charge may be made for flour sold in calico bags not exceeding—

8d. where the calico bag contains 50 lb. of flour.

6d. where the calico bag contains 25 lb. of flour.

4½d. where the calico bag contains 12½ lb. of flour.

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.

Price Order No. 1151 (Amending Price Order No. 128) (Eggs)

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. 1151, and shall be read together with and deemed part of Price Order No. 128* (hereinafter referred to as the principal Order).

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

3. The Second and Third Schedules to the principal Order, as set out in Price Order No. 1127†, are hereby revoked, and the following Schedules substituted therefor respectively :—

SECOND SCHEDULE

MAXIMUM WHOLESALE PRICES (PER DOZEN) FOR EGGS SOLD FOR RESALE IN ANY MARKETING AREA WITHIN AN EGG-PRICE AREA

Hen Eggs.

Duck Eggs.

THIRD SCHEDULE

MAXIMUM WHOLESALE PRICES (PER DOZEN) FOR EGGS SOLD FOR RESALE ELSEWHERE THAN IN A MARKETING AREA

Hen Eggs.

Duck Eggs.

4. (i) Price Order No. 1127 is hereby revoked.

(ii) 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.

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

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

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

• Gazette, 12th March, 1943, Vol. I, page 314.

† Gazette, 16th February, 1950, Vol. I, page 184.