1878

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 92

Price Order No. 1326 (Bananas)

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 :—

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 1326, and shall come into force on the 20th day of December 1951.

2. (1) Price Order No. 1262* 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.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

3. This Order applies with respect to all bananas sold by way of retail in New Zealand.

FIXING MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES OF BANANAS

4. (1) The maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any bananas to which this Order applies shall be determined as follows :—

(a) With respect to bananas sold at any place within the metropolitan areas of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, or Dunedin as defined in the Schedule hereto or in any of the cities or boroughs of Whangarei, Hamilton, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Stratford, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Napier, Hastings, Blenheim, Nelson, Greymouth, Westport, Timaru, Oamaru, Gore, or Invercargill : At the rate of 8½d. per pound.

(b) With respect to bananas sold elsewhere in New Zealand at the rate of 9d. per pound.

(2) If in respect of any lot of bananas the price calculated in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause is not an exact number of pence or half-pence, the maximum price of the lot shall be computed to the next upward halfpenny.

PROVISIONS FOR SPECIAL PRICES

5. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary 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 bananas 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 bananas, or may relate generally to all bananas to which this Order applies sold by the retailer while the approval remains in force.

DUTY IMPOSED ON RETAILERS

6. Every retailer who offers or exposes for sale in any shop any bananas to which this Order applies shall keep in a prominent position in such proximity to the bananas to which it relates as to be obviously in relation thereto a ticket, placard, or label on which shall be stated in legible and prominent characters the retail price per pound of the bananas.

SCHEDULE

DEFINITION OF METROPOLITAN AREAS

Dated at Wellington this 19th day of December 1951.

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

[L.S.]

G. LAURENCE, Presiding Member.

I. D. REID, Member.

• Gazette, 28 June 1951, Vol. II, page 922.

Price Order No. 1327 (Australian, South African, and Jamaican Oranges and Jamaican Grapefruit)

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 :—

1. This Order may be cited as the Price Order No. 1327, and shall come into force on the 20th day of December 1951.

2. (1) Price Order No. 1215* and 1282† are hereby revoked.

(2) The revocation of the said Orders 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 Australian, South African, and Jamaican oranges and Jamaican grapefruit sold by way of retail in New Zealand.

FIXING MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES OF ORANGES AND GRAPEFRUIT TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

4. (1) The maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any oranges or grapefruit to which this Order applies shall be determined as follows :—

(a) With respect to oranges and grapefruit sold at any place within the metropolitan areas of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, or Dunedin as defined in the Schedule hereto or in any of the cities or boroughs of Whangarei, Hamilton, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Stratford, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Napier, Hastings, Blenheim, Nelson, Greymouth, Westport, Timaru, Oamaru, Gore, or Invercargill—

At the Rate of:
Per Pound.
s. d.
Australian or South African oranges .. 1 4½
Jamaican oranges .. .. .. 1 2
Jamaican grapefruit .. .. 0 11

(b) With respect to oranges and grapefruit sold elsewhere in New Zealand—

At the Rate of:
Per Pound.
s. d.
Australian or South African oranges .. 1 5
Jamaican oranges .. .. .. 1 2½
Jamaican grapefruit .. .. 0 11½

(2) If in respect of any lot of oranges or grapefruit the price calculated in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause is not an exact number of pence or half-pence, the maximum price of the lot shall be computed to the next upward halfpenny.

PROVISION FOR SPECIAL PRICES

5. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary 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 oranges or grapefruit 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 oranges or grapefruit or may relate generally to all oranges or grapefruit to which this Order applies, sold by the retailer while the approval remains in force.

DUTY IMPOSED ON RETAILERS

6. Every retailer who offers or exposes for sale in any shop any oranges or grapefruit to which this Order applies shall keep in a prominent position in such proximity to the oranges or grapefruit to which it relates as to be obviously in relation thereto a ticket, placard, or label on which shall be stated in legible and prominent characters the word “Australian”, “South African”, or “Jamaican” (as the case may be) and the retail price per pound of the oranges or grapefruit.

SCHEDULE

DEFINITION OF METROPOLITAN AREAS

Dated at Wellington, this 19th day of December 1951.

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

[L.S.]

G. LAURENCE, Presiding Member.

I. D. REID, Member.

• Gazette, 22 February 1951, Vol. I, page 244.

† Gazette, 6 September 1951, Vol. III, page 1358