Number 49

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, 17 JULY 1952
Published by Authority
WELLINGTON, FRIDAY 18 JULY 1952
Price Order No. 1394 (Eggs) South Island, Excluding Nelson Egg Marketing Area and Blenheim and Picton Districts
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. 1394, and shall come into force on the 21st day of July 1952.
2. (1) Price Order No. 1373* 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 “Nelson Egg Marketing Area” means the area so constituted under the Egg Marketing Regulations 1951†:
   “Blenheim District” means the district within a radius of ten miles from the post-office at Blenheim;
   “Picton District” means the district within a radius of ten miles from the post-office at Picton;
   “Westland District” means the district comprising the counties of Buller, Murchison, Inangahua, Grey, and Westland, including all cities, boroughs, and town districts situate within or contiguous to the boundaries of any such county.
   APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER
4. (1) Except as provided in the next succeeding subclause this Order applies with respect to all sales (whether wholesale or retail) of eggs of domestic fowls or ducks.
   (2) This Order shall not apply with respect to the sale of eggs within the North Island or in Nelson Egg Marketing Area or in the Blenheim and Picton Districts or to the sale of eggs which the vendor proves were sold for the purpose of hatching.
   CLASSIFICATION OF EGGS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ORDER Hen Eggs
5. (1) For the purposes of this Order every lot of hen eggs sold by a producer, wholesaler, or retailer shall be classified as “Large” or “Small” or “Mixed”.
   (2) With respect to the classification of hen eggs—
   (a) All eggs of a weight not less than 1⅔ oz. shall be deemed to be “Large”;
   (b) All eggs of a weight less than 1⅔ oz. but not less than 1¼ oz. shall be deemed to be “Small”;
   (c) If any lot of eggs sold or offered for sale comprises some eggs classifiable as “Large” and some classifiable as “Small” all the eggs in the lot shall be classified for the purposes of this Order as “Mixed”: Provided that if the average weight of the eggs in the lot is less than 2 ozs. the lot shall be classified as “Small”.
   Duck Eggs
6. (1) For the purposes of this Order every lot of duck eggs sold by a producer, wholesaler, or retailer shall be classified as “Large” or “Small” or “Mixed”.
   (2) With respect to the classification of duck eggs—
   (a) All eggs of a weight not less than 2⅔ oz. shall be classified as “Large”;
   (b) All eggs of a weight less than 2⅔ oz. shall be classified as “Small”;
   (c) If any lot of eggs sold or offered for sale comprises some eggs classifiable as “Large” and some classifiable as “Small” all the eggs in the lot shall be classified as “Mixed”.

• Gazette, 24 April 1952, Vol. I, page 723.
  † Statutory Regulations 1951, Serial number 1951/203, page 684.
  FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES OF EGGS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES Wholesale Prices

7. The maximum price that may be charged or received by any wholesaler (including a producer selling otherwise than by way of retail) for any eggs to which this Order applies, shall be— Per Dozen, Fresh.
   Elsewhere in South Island, Excluding Nelson Egg Marketing Area and Blenheim and Picton Districts.
   For Hen Eggs—
   Large .. .. 3 2½ 2 11½
   Small .. .. 2 8½ 2 5½
   Mixed .. .. 3 1½ 2 8½
   For Duck Eggs—
   Large .. .. 3 2½ 2 11½
   Small .. .. 2 11½ 2 8½
   Mixed .. .. 2 11½ 2 8½
   Retail Prices
8. The maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any eggs to which this Order applies shall be— Per Dozen, Fresh.
   Elsewhere in South Island, Excluding Nelson Egg Marketing Area and Blenheim and Picton Districts.
   For Hen Eggs—
   Large .. .. 3 7 3 4
   Small .. .. 3 1 2 10
   Mixed .. .. 3 6 3 1
   For Duck Eggs—
   Large .. .. 3 7 3 4
   Small .. .. 3 4 3 1
   Mixed .. .. 3 4 3 1
   SPECIAL PRICES WHERE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGES INCURRED
9. Subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit, the Tribunal, on application by any producer, wholesaler, or retailer, may authorize special prices in respect of any eggs to which this Order applies where special circumstances exist, or for any reason extraordinary charges (freight or otherwise) are incurred by the producer, wholesaler, or retailer. Any authority given by the Tribunal under this clause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of eggs or may relate generally to all eggs to which this Order applies sold by the producer, wholesaler, or retailer while the approval remains in force.
   RETAILERS TO EXHIBIT PRICES
10. Every retailer who offers or exposes any eggs to which this Order applies for sale in any shop shall keep in a prominent position in such proximity to the eggs 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 classification of the eggs and the retail price per dozen.
    Dated at Wellington, this 18th day of July 1952.
    The Seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the presence of—
    [L.s.]
    G. LAURENCE, Presiding Member.
    D. W. A. BARKER, Member.