48
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 2]

Exemption Order Under the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940

PURSUANT to the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940, the Minister of Transport doth hereby order and declare that the provisions of clause (1) of regulation 7 of the said regulations, so far as they relate to the driving of heavy trade motors, shall not apply to the persons hereinafter mentioned, but in lieu thereof the following provision shall apply :—

A motor-driver’s licence issued under the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940 to any one of the persons described in Column 1 of the Schedule hereunder may authorize him to drive a heavy trade motor in the course of his employment on a farm or market-garden of the respective employer described in Column 2 of the said Schedule, but shall not authorize him, while he is under the age of eighteen years, to drive a heavy trade motor for any other purpose.

———

SCHEDULE

Column 1 (Driver). Column 2 (Employer).
Ronald Archibald Paterson, Aparima .. .. Mother.
Peter John Heawood, Arapohue .. .. .. Father.

Dated at Wellington, this 10th day of January, 1951.

W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Transport.

———

Price Order No. 1209 (Wheat Grown in the North Island of New Zealand)

PURSUANT to the Control of Prices Act, 1947, the Price Tribunal, acting with the authority of the Minister of Industries and Commerce, hereby makes the following Price Order :—

PRELIMINARY

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 1209, and shall come into force on the 18th day of January, 1951.

2. (1) Price Order No. 1118* is hereby revoked.
   (2) The revocation of the said Order will not affect the liability of any person for any offence in relation thereto committed before the coming into force of this Order.

3. In this Order—
   “Distributor,” in relation to wheat, means any person who purchases wheat from a grower for the purpose of resale :
   “Retailer,” in relation to wheat, means any reseller other than a distributor :
   “Grower’s station,” in relation to any grower, means the railway-station that is nearest or most convenient of access to the grower’s premises :
   The expression “f.o.r.” means “free on rail the grower’s station.”

4. The provisions of this Order shall apply notwithstanding that any wheat to which this Order is applicable is sold otherwise than by weight.

5. The several prices fixed by this Order apply with respect to sales by auction as well as to other sales.

6. Where any wheat to which this Order applies is sold on the basis of sacks extra the maximum prices that may be charged or received for the wheat shall be computed on the weight of the wheat without the sacks.

7. Where any wheat to which this Order applies is sold on the basis of sacks included the maximum prices that may be charged or received for the wheat shall be computed on the total weight of the wheat and the sacks.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

8. (1) Except as provided in the next succeeding subclause, this Order applies with respect to all wheat grown in the North Island of New Zealand.
   (2) Nothing in this Order shall apply with respect to wheat that is sold as certified seed wheat or to wheat that is sold for milling purposes.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES OF WHEAT TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Grower’s Prices

9. (1) The maximum price that may be charged or received by any grower for any wheat to which this Order applies shall be 11s. 7½d. per bushel.
   (2) The said maximum price is fixed as for delivery f.o.r. by the grower and on the basis of “sacks extra.”
   (3) Where delivery is otherwise than f.o.r. the said maximum price shall be reduced by an amount equal to the amount of such f.o.r. costs that were not incurred.

Distributors’ Prices

10. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause; the maximum price that may be charged or received by any distributor for any wheat to which this Order applies shall be the sum of the following amounts :—
    (a) The cost of the wheat to the distributor at the point at which he takes delivery :
    (b) The amount of any transport charges actually and reasonably incurred between the point at which delivery is taken by the distributor and his premises, being not more in any case than the charges that would have been incurred had delivery been effected at common carrier rates :
    (c) The amount of any through-store charges actually incurred but not exceeding in any case 3½d. per bushel :
    (d) An amount calculated at the rate per bushel as follows :—
    (i) For wheat sold in lots of 1 ton or more : 4d. per bushel.
    (ii) For wheat sold in lots of ½ ton or more but less than 1 ton : 5d. per bushel.
    (iii) For wheat sold in lots of one sack or more but less than ½ ton : 7d. per bushel.
    (iv) For wheat sold in lots of—
    (a) ½ bushel or more but less than one sack : 1s. 3d. per bushel.
    (b) Under ½ bushel : 2s. per bushel :

Provided that where a distributor sells any wheat to which this Order applies on the basis of sacks included the amounts fixed in each of subparagraphs (i), (ii), and (iii) hereof may be increased by 8½d. per bushel :

Provided, further, that with respect to all wheat sold in lots of one sack or more and delivered ex grower’s station or at any of the places specified in the table hereto the maximum price shall not exceed the appropriate price set out hereunder :—

(2) The maximum prices fixed in the table to subclause (1) hereof are fixed for sales made on the basis of sacks included and where sales are made on the basis of sacks extra the said prices shall be reduced by 8½d. per bushel.

(3) Where delivery is effected by a distributor elsewhere than ex grower’s station or ex store one of the places mentioned in the table to subclause (1) hereof he may add to the appropriate price fixed by the foregoing provisions of this clause the actual cartage charges incurred by him in obtaining delivery of the wheat to the point at which delivery is effected.

Retailers’ Prices

11. The maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any wheat to which this Order applies shall be the sum of the following amounts :—

(a) The cost of the wheat to the retailer at the point at which he takes delivery but not more in any case than the cost that would have been incurred had the retailer purchased the wheat in lots of ½ ton or more :

(b) The amount of any transport charges incurred by the retailer in obtaining delivery of the wheat into his store, being not more in any case than the charges that would have been incurred had delivery been effected at common carrier rates :

(c) An amount calculated at the rate per bushel as follows :—
(i) For wheat sold in sack lots : 1s. per bushel.
(ii) For wheat sold in lots of ½ bushel or more but less than one sack : 1s. 9d. per bushel.
(iii) For wheat sold in lots of less than ½ bushel : 2s. 6d. per bushel.

12. Where the prices fixed by this Order do not include the price of the sacks, an additional charge may be made for the sacks not exceeding—

For 46 in. by 23 in. sacks .. .. .. s. d. 2 9
For 41 in. by 23 in. sacks .. .. .. .. 2 3
For 29 in. by 18 in. (sugar-bags) .. .. .. 0 6

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

Dated at Wellington, this 18th day of January, 1951.

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

[L.S.]

P. B. MARSHALL, President.
G. LAURENCE, Member.

• Gazette, 26th January, 1950, Vol. I, page 72.