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Price Order No. 1463 (Cotton Wool)

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. 1463, and shall come into force on the 24th day of April 1953.

2. (1) Price Order No. 1355* is hereby revoked.
   (2) The revocation of the said Order shall not effect 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 cotton wool manufactured and packed in New Zealand.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES OF COTTON WOOL TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Manufacturer's Prices

4. (1) The maximum price that may be charged or received by the manufacturer for any cotton wool to which this Order applies shall be determined as follows:

(a) Where the sale is made to a hospital (whether public or private) or to a wholesaler for resale by him to a hospital the maximum price shall be 4s. 11¼d. per pound free on rail Foxton.
(b) Where the sale is made to a wholesaler for resale by him to a retailer the maximum price shall be:

At the Rate of,
Per Pound.
s. d.
For 16 oz. packs ... ... ... ...5 1½
For 8 oz. packs ... ... ... ...5 2½
For 4 oz. packs ... ... ... ...5 3½
For 2 oz. packs ... ... ... ...5 5½
For 1 oz. packs ... ... ... ...5 9¼

(2) The maximum prices fixed by paragraph (b) of subclause (1) hereof are fixed on the basis of delivery freight paid—

(a) To wholesaler's nearest port where sea freight is entailed.
(b) To wholesaler's nearest railway station where rail freight is entailed.

Wholesaler's Prices

5. (1) The maximum price that may be charged or received by any wholesaler for any cotton wool to which this Order applies shall be determined as follows:

(a) Where the sale is made to a hospital (whether public or private) the maximum price shall be 5s. 1½d. per pound free on rail Foxton.
(b) Where the sale is made to a retailer the maximum price shall be the actual price paid by the wholesaler to the manufacturer increased by 12½ per cent of that price.

(2) If in respect of any cotton wool the wholesale price changed in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Order is not an exact number of pence, the maximum price shall be computed to the next upward penny.

Retailers' Prices

6. (1) The maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any cotton wool to which this Order applies shall be the actual price paid by the retailer to the wholesaler increased by 25 per cent of that price.
   (2) If in respect of any cotton wool the retail price charged in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Order is not an exact number of pence or half-pence, the maximum price shall be computed to the next upward halfpenny.

PROVISIONS FOR SPECIAL PRICES

7. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Order and subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit, the Tribunal, on application by the manufacturer or by any wholesaler or retailer, may authorize special prices in respect of any goods to which this Order applies where special circumstances exist or for any reason extraordinary charges (freight or otherwise) are incurred by the manufacturer or by the wholesaler or retailer. Any authority given by the Tribunal under this clause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of goods or may relate generally to all goods to which this Order applies sold by the manufacturer or by the wholesaler or retailer while the approval remains in force.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of April 1953.

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

G. LAURENCE, Presiding Member.
D. W. A. BARKER, Member.

• Gazette, 20 March 1952, Vol. I, page 414.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 22

Price Order No. 1464 (Amendment No. 1 of Price Order 1421),
(Matches)

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 amending Price Order:

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 1464, and shall be read together with and deemed part of Price Order No. 1421* (hereinafter referred to as the principal Order).

2. This Order shall come into force on the 24th day of April 1953.

3. The principal Order is hereby amended by deleting from the Schedule the subheadings to columns three and four reading 'In Five-case Lots or More' and 'In Less Than Five-case Lots' respectively, and substituting the following new subheadings, 'In straight or assorted lots of 60 gross boxes or more in original cases' and 'In lots of less than 60 gross boxes' respectively.

Dated at Wellington, this 22nd day of April 1953.

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

G. LAURENCE, Presiding Member.
D. W. A. BARKER, Member.

• Gazette, 6 November 1952, Vol. III, page 1829.

Price Order No. 1462 (Raw-leaf Tobacco)

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. 1462, and shall come into force on the 24th day of April 1953.

2. The Board of Trade (Raw Tobacco Price) Regulations 1943/59* are thereby revoked.

3. In this Order—

'Flue-cured leaf' means leaf that has been treated in the kiln for at least three successive days immediately after picking for the purpose of yellowing, fixing colour, drying, and drying mid-ribs:
'Air-dried leaf' means leaf other than flue-cured leaf:
'Raw tobacco' means unmanufactured tobacco, and includes the leaves and stems of the tobacco plant before they have passed through any process of manufacture other than curing:
'Sale' includes a contract for sale, agreement to sell, and offer for sale; 'purchase' includes a contract for purchase, agreement to purchase, and offer to purchase; and 'sale' and 'purchase' include barter and exchange.

APPLICATI0N OF THIS ORDER

4. This Order applies with respect to all raw-leaf tobacco grown in New Zealand during the 1952-53 season: Provided that the Tribunal may, in any case where it considers it proper to do so and subject to such conditions (if any) as it thinks fit, exempt any such tobacco from the operation of this Order.

FIXING AVERAGE PRICES OF RAW-LEAF TOBACCO TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

5. (1) The average price to be paid by any tobacco manufacturer for raw-leaf tobacco to which this Order applies shall be not less than—

(a) For flue-cured leaf: 3s. 6¼d. per pound.
(b) For air-dried leaf: 3s. 3½d. per pound.

(2) For the purpose of this clause the weight of any raw-leaf tobacco shall be deemed to be its weight at the time and place of delivery by the grower to the manufacturer or to his agent in the district in which it is grown: Provided, that in any case where the grower and the manufacturer or his agent agree that the moisture-content of the leaf in any lot of tobacco is excessive, then, for the purposes of calculating the value of the lot, the weight of the lot shall be deemed to be reduced by a reasonable amount to make allowance for the excessive moisture.

6. No raw tobacco shall be sold by the grower thereof or purchased from him at less than 1s. 6d. per pound free on board ship Motueka or Nelson in the case of tobacco grown in the Nelson Provincial District, and in the case of tobacco grown in any other district at less than 1s. 6d. per pound free on board ship or free on rail at the port or railway-station which is nearest to the place at which such tobacco is grown.

7. No raw tobacco shall be sold by any person other than the grower thereof, or purchased from such other person at less than 1s. 6d. per pound free on board ship or free on rail at the port or railway-station which is nearest to the place at which such tobacco is at the time of sale thereof being held or stored.