Pursuant to the authority conferred on the Bureau of Industry under Part III of the Industrial Efficiency Act 1936, the following decisions have been made in respect of applications for licences.

Bureau of Industry, C.P.O. Box 2492, Wellington.

J. D. KERR, Secretary.

Applicant and Location.
Nature of Application.
Decision.
Date.
C. Beaver, Little Manly, Whangaparaoa
For a licence to resell motor-spirit from one pump
Declined
22 Sept. 1952.
to be installed on garage premises at Little
Manly
The Mount Cook and Southern
For a licence to resell motor-spirit from one pump
Granted
22 Sept. 1952.
Lakes Tourist Co., Ltd., Lake
to be installed at accommodation house,
Ohau
Lake Ohau
T. C. Chapman, midway between
For a licence to resell motor-spirit from one pump
Granted (subject to the condition
22 Sept. 1952.
Runciman and Pukekohe
to be installed on garage premises midway
that a bona fide repair service be
between Runciman and Pukekohe
provided to the satisfaction of
the Bureau)
H. Schneebli and S. McDonald,
For a licence to resell motor-spirit from one pump
Declined
22 Sept. 1952.
corner of Tramway and Pukey
to be installed on proposed garage premises,
taha Roads, Hamilton
corner Tramway and Puketaha Roads, Hamilton
Telford Motors, Ltd., 89–91 Stafford Street, Timaru
For a licence to resell motor-spirit from one pump
Granted (subject to the condition
22 Sept. 1952.
to be installed on garage premises at 89–91
that a bona fide repair service be
Stafford Street, Timaru
provided to the satisfaction of
the Bureau)
B. Marshall, The Summit, Te Haroto
For a licence to resell motor-spirit from one pump
Declined
22 Sept. 1952.
to be installed on tea-room premises at The
Summit, Te Haroto
Mrs. V. C. Daniel, Rimutaka Hill, Wellington
For a licence to resell motor-spirit from one pump
Declined
22 Sept. 1952.
to be installed on tea-room premises at The
Summit, Rimutaka Hill, Wellington
E. P. Stacey, Waikanae Beach, Gisborne
For a licence to resell motor-spirit from one pump
Declined
22 Sept. 1952.
to be installed on store premises at Waikanae
Beach, Gisborne
R. C. Payne, corner Mountain and Devon Roads between Bell Block and Waitara
For a licence to resell motor-spirit from one pump
Declined
22 Sept. 1952.
to be installed on proposed service-station
premises, corner Mountain and Devon Roads,
between Bell Block and Waitara
I. Papich, One Tree Point, Ruakaka
For a licence to resell motor-spirit from one pump
Declined
22 Sept. 1952.
to be installed on store premises at One Tree
Point, Ruakaka
J. S. O’Malley, Cronandum, West Coast
For permission to change the retail selling point
Granted
22 Sept. 1952.
of one pump by shifting it from its present
position on the Main Road at Cronandum, to
a new site on the opposite side of the road
where new store premises have been erected
H. F. Becroft, Henderson
For a licence to resell motor-spirit from one pump
Declined
22 Sept. 1952.
to be installed on garage and service-station
premises at 6–8 Station Road, Henderson
Seabrook Fowlds Ltd., Auckland
For permission to shift three pumps from their
Granted
22 Sept. 1952.
present position at 77–83 Symonds Street to
a new site 58 yards in a south-westerly direction
and behind the present premises
C. H. Newton, Tisbury
For a licence to resell motor-spirit from one pump
Declined
22 Sept. 1952.
to be installed on store premises at Tisbury
Revocation
M. J. Smith, 69 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Licence in respect of sale of motor-spirit from
Revoked
22 Sept. 1952.
two pumps installed on premises at 69 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Board of Trade Notice No. 38—Public Inquiry into Tariff Duties on Footwear
Tariff Item 196 (2)—
British Preferential: 25%.
Australian Agreement: 35%.
Canadian Agreement: 30%.
Most Favoured Nation: 50%.
General: 55% plus surtax at the rate of nine-fortieths of the amount of duty.
Tariff Item 196 (3):
British Preferential: 25% or 3s. per pair.
Australian Agreement: 35% or 4s. per pair.
Canadian Agreement: 30% or 3s. 8d. per pair.
Most Favoured Nation: 50% or 6s. per pair.
General: 55% plus surtax at the rate of nine-fortieths of the amount of duty or 6s. per pair plus surtax at the rate of nine-fortieths of the amount of duty.
Note.—In each case the higher rate of duty applies.
Tariff Item 197—
British Preferential: 3%.
General: 25% plus surtax at the rate of nine-fortieths of the amount of duty.

1. The Board of Trade proposes to inquire into and report upon
   the question of what rates of import duty should be imposed under
   the following Tariff Items:-
   Tariff Item 195, Boots, shoes, shoettes, sandals, clogs, pattens,
   slippers, and goloshes—namely, children’s 0 to 9 inclusive.
   Tariff Item 196 (1), Boots and shoes, n.e.i., composed of canvas
   with rubber soles solutioned to the uppers, including goloshes
   and overshoes.
   Tariff Item 196 (2), Slippers n.e.i.
   Tariff Item 196 (3), Boots, shoes, clogs, pattens, shoettes,
   sandals, and other footwear, n.e.i.
   Tariff Item 197, Gumboots, half-knee, knee, or thigh, with soles
   either of leather or of rubber, and measuring not less than
   9½ inches from the lowest point reached by the line of the
   top of the upper to a horizontal surface on which the boot
   is placed.
   The present rates of import duty in respect of these items are-
   Tariff Item 195-
   British Preferential: Free.
   Most Favoured Nation: 20%.
   General: 20% plus surtax at the rate of nine-fortieths of
   the amount of duty.
   Tariff Item 196 (1)-
   British Preferential: 20% plus surtax at the rate of
   nine-fortieths of the amount of duty in respect of goods
   imported from Ireland (except Northern Ireland),
   Union of South Africa, India, Pakistan, and Canada.
   Australian Agreement: 25%.
   Canadian Agreement: 20% plus surtax at the rate of
   nine-fortieths of the amount of duty.
   General: 50% plus surtax at the rate of nine-fortieths of
   the amount of duty.
2. For the purpose of taking evidence on the review of these
   tariff items, the Board will hold a public inquiry commencing on
   Tuesday, 3 March 1953, at 10.30 a.m. in the Board Room, First
   Floor, Departmental Building, Stout Street, Wellington.
3. Any person who intends to tender evidence should comply
   with the notes for the guidance of witnesses which have been approved
   by the Board. A copy of these notes may be obtained from the
   office of any Collector of Customs or from the undersigned.
4. A typewritten statement of the evidence to be tendered,
   compiled in accordance with these notes of guidance, should be lodged
   with the undersigned on or before Tuesday, 17 February 1953. Each
   statement will, in general, need to be read under oath at the public
   inquiry by the person tendering it.
   Dated at Wellington, this 25th day of September 1952.
   R. F. WILSON, Secretary, Board of Trade.
   G.P.O. Box 2424, Wellington C. 1.