Numb. 31

733

NEW ZEALAND

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, 24 APRIL 1952
Published by Authority

WELLINGTON, TUESDAY, 29 APRIL 1952

Termination of State of War With Japan

FREYBERG, Governor-General
A PROCLAMATION
PURSUANT to section 41 of the Finance Act 1950, I, Bernard Cyril, Baron Freyberg, the Governor-General of New Zealand, hereby declare that the state of war with Japan ended at midnight on the 28th day of April, 1952.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, and issued under the Seal of New Zealand, this 29th day of April 1952.

J. R. MARSHALL,
For Minister of External Affairs.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Price Order No. 1374 (Australian Potatoes)

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. 1374.
2. This Order shall come into force-
   (a) With respect to potatoes sold in the Land Districts of Auckland and North Auckland and within a radius of twenty miles from the principal Post Office at Wellington, on the 29th day of April 1952.
   (b) With respect to potatoes sold elsewhere in New Zealand, on the 1st day of May 1952.
3. Price Order No. 1371* is hereby revoked as follows:-
   (a) With respect to potatoes sold in the Land Districts of Auckland and North Auckland and within a radius of twenty miles from the principal Post Office at Wellington, on the 28th day of April 1952.
   (b) With respect to potatoes sold elsewhere in New Zealand, on the 30th day of April 1952.

• Gazette, 16 April 1952, Vol. I, page 687

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER
4. This Order applies with respect to all potatoes imported into New Zealand from Australia and sold by way of retail.

FIXING MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES OF POTATOES TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES
5. The maximum price that may be charged or received for any potatoes to which this Order applies that are sold by way of retail shall be determined as follows:-
(a) Where the potatoes are sold by any retailer whose place of business is situate within a radius of twenty miles from the principal Post Office at Auckland the maximum price shall be 6d. per pound.
(b) Where the potatoes are sold by any retailer whose place of business is situate elsewhere in the Land District of Auckland or in the Land District of North Auckland the maximum price shall be 6½d. per pound.
(c) Where the potatoes are sold by any retailer whose place of business is situate within a radius of twenty miles from the principal Post Office at Wellington the maximum price shall be 7d. per pound.
(d) Where the potatoes are sold by any retailer whose place of business is situate elsewhere in the Land District of Wellington or in the Land Districts of Taranaki, Hawke's Bay, or Gisborne, the maximum price shall be 7½d. per pound.

DUTY IMPOSED ON RETAILERS
6. Every retailer who offers or exposes any potatoes to which this Order applies for sale in any shop shall keep in a prominent position in such proximity to the potatoes 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.

Dated at Wellington, this 28th day of April 1952.
The Seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the presence of--

[L.S.]

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

By Authority: R. E. OWEN, Government Printer, Wellington.

Price 6d.]