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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 66

The Standards Act, 1941—Specifications Declared to be Standard Specifications

NOTICE is hereby given that on the dates stated in the first column hereunder, the undermentioned specifications were declared to be standard specifications by the Minister of Industries and Commerce pursuant to section 8 of the Standards Act, 1941 :—

Applications for copies should be made to the New Zealand Standards Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay (P.O. Box 3049), Wellington C. 1.

R. T. WRIGHT,
Executive Officer, Standards Council.

The Standards Act, 1941—Amendment of Standard Specifications

NOTICE is hereby given that on the 1st day of August, 1951, the undermentioned standard specifications were amended by the Minister of Industries and Commerce by the incorporation of the amendments shown hereunder :—

Applications for copies of the standard specifications so amended should be made to the New Zealand Standards Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay, Wellington C. 1 (P.O. Box 3049). Copies of the amendments will be supplied free of charge to all purchasers of the standard specifications.

R. T. WRIGHT,
Executive Officer, Standards Council.

The Standards Act, 1941—Draft New Zealand Standard Specification—No. D. 3758 : Batch Type Concrete-mixers

NOTICE is hereby given that the above draft New Zealand Standard Specification is now being circulated to affected interests for consideration and comment. The closing date fixed for such comment is the 2nd November, 1951.

All persons who may be affected by this specification once it has been declared a standard specification by the Minister of Industries and Commerce may, at any time before the closing date for comments, obtain, on application, free copies from the New Zealand Standards Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay, Wellington, so as to have an opportunity to consider the draft and to comment thereon to the Standards Council or to an appropriate committee of the Council in accordance with subsection (3) of section 8 of the Standards Act, 1941.

R. T. WRIGHT,
Executive Officer, Standards Council.

Price Order No. 1275 (Condensed Milk)

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. 1275, and shall come into force on the 9th day of August, 1951.

2. (1) Price Order No. 1234* 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. In this Order the expression “ case ” or “ case-lot ” means a lot consisting of four dozen tins of any one kind of condensed milk to which this Order applies, as packed by the manufacturer in a case or other container.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

4. This Order applies only with respect to condensed milk manufactured by New Zealand Products, Ltd., and marketed under the brands of “ Highlander,” “ Nestles,” and “ Ideal.”

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES OF CONDENSED MILK TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Manufacturer’s Prices

5. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause, the maximum prices that may be charged or received by the manufacturer for any condensed milk to which this Order applies that is sold by the manufacturer to a wholesaler shall be—

Sweetened Condensed Milk—
Per Case.
£ s. d.
(a) For “ Highlander ” brand (14 oz. tins) .. 2 11 9
(b) For “ Nestles ” brand (14 oz. tins) .. 2 11 9

Unsweetened Condensed Milk—
For “ Ideal ” brand (11 oz. tins) .. .. 1 16 8

(2) The maximum prices fixed by the last preceding subclause shall be reduced by a trade discount of 10 per cent. thereof, and the prices so calculated shall be further reduced as follows :—

(a) By a discount of 3 per cent. thereof where payment is made within seven days from the date of invoice :

(b) By a discount of 2½ per cent. thereof where payment is made after seven days from the date of invoice but on or before the 20th day of the month following the month in which delivery is made to the wholesaler.

(3) In respect of deliveries in quantities of not less than six cases to wholesalers carrying on business at Auckland, Gisborne, Napier, Hastings, New Plymouth, Hawera, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Wellington, Blenheim, Nelson, Westport, Greymouth, Hokitika, Christchurch, Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin, or Invercargill, the maximum prices fixed by the foregoing provisions of this clause are fixed as for delivery (in accordance with the provisions of subclause (5) hereof) to the wholesaler’s store at his place of business, or, at the option of the wholesaler, at the local depot of a common carrier nominated in that behalf by the wholesaler.

(4) In respect of deliveries in quantities of not less than six cases to a wholesaler carrying on business elsewhere than at one of the cities or boroughs specified in the last preceding subclause, the maximum prices fixed by subclauses (1) and (2) hereof are fixed as for delivery (in accordance with the provisions of subclause (5) hereof) to the wholesaler’s store or the depot of a common carrier in such one of the places specified in subclause (3) hereof as is nearest or most convenient of access to the wholesaler’s place of business.

(5) The references in subclauses (3) and (4) hereof to the delivery of any goods to which this Order applies shall be deemed to be references to delivery by sea (where the place of delivery is at a port) and, in any other case, shall be deemed to be references to delivery by sea at the port nearest or most convenient of access to the place of delivery, and thence by rail to the place of delivery.

(6) Where any goods to which this Order applies are, by arrangement between the manufacturer and the wholesaler, delivered otherwise than in accordance with the last preceding subclause, the wholesaler shall be liable for the payment of any transport charges incurred in excess of the charges that would have been incurred if delivery had been effected in accordance with that subclause.

• Gazette, 19th April, 1951, Vol. I, page 555.