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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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(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 1s. 6d. per bushel.

(3) Where delivery is effected by a distributor from a store situated elsewhere than on a railway siding at 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 into that store.

Retailers’ Prices

12. 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.

13. 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 .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 0
For 41 in by 23 in. sacks .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 0
For 29 in. by 18 in. (sugar-bags) .. .. .. .. 1 0

14. 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 17th day of January 1952.

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

[L.S.]

G. LAURENCE, Presiding Member.
I. D. REID, Member.

Price Order No. 1338 (Australian Lemons)

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. 1338, and shall come into force on the 17th day of January 1952.

2. (1) Price Order No. 243* 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. (1) This Order applies with respect to all Australian grown lemons sold by way of retail in New Zealand.

(2) The provisions of this Order as to maximum retail prices shall apply notwithstanding that any such lemons are sold otherwise than by weight.

MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES

4. (1) Subject to the provisions of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any lemons to which this Order applies shall be computed at the rate of 1s. 6d. per pound.

(2) If in respect of any lot of lemons 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 half-pence, the maximum price of the lot shall be computed to the next upward halfpenny.

(3) 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 lemons 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 subclause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of lemons, or may relate generally to all lemons to which this Order applies sold by the retailer while the approval remains in force.

Duty Imposed on Retailers

5. Every retailer who offers or exposes any such lemons for sale in any shop shall keep in a prominent position in such proximity to the lemons to which it relates as to be obviously descriptive thereof a ticket, placard, or label on which shall be stated in legible and prominent characters the word “Australian” and the retail price per pound of the lemons.

Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of January 1952.

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

[L.S.]

G. LAURENCE, Presiding Member.
I. D. REID, Member.

Price Order No. 1336 (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. 1336, and shall come into force on the 17th day of January 1952.

2. (1) Price Orders Nos. 1209,* 1223†, 1233‡ 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.

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.”

• Gazette, 2 June 1944, Vol. II, page 682.

• Gazette, 18 January 1951, Vol. I, page 48.
  † Gazette, 15 March 1951, Vol. I, page 333.
  ‡ Gazette, 19 April 1951, Vol. I, page 555.