28 May]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Retailers' Prices

7. The maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any golden syrup or treacle to which this Order applies shall be determined as follows :—

(a) When sold in any area within which any general wholesale merchant carrying on business in any of the cities or boroughs of Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Gisborne, Greymouth, Hastings, Invercargill, Napier, Nelson, Blenheim, New Plymouth, Oamaru, Timaru, Wanganui, Wellington, or Westport normally undertakes the free delivery of goods to retailers, the maximum retail price shall be—

Maximum Retail Price.
Golden Syrup. Treacle.
s. d. s. d.
For 2 lb. tins .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 5½ each. 1 5 each.
For 7 lb. tins .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 9 ,, 4 8 ,, For quantities sold in loose bulk .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 8 lb. 0 7½ lb.

(b) When sold in any area (other than the areas specified in paragraph (a) of this clause) within which any general wholesale merchant normally undertakes the free delivery of goods to retailers, the maximum retail price shall be—

Maximum Retail Price.
Golden Syrup. Treacle.
s. d. s. d.
For 2 lb. tins .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 6 each. 1 5½ each.
For 7 lb. tins .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 11 ,, 4 10 ,, For quantities sold in loose bulk .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 8½ lb. 0 8 lb.

(c) When sold in any area other than the areas specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this clause—

The appropriate retail prices specified in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of this clause, as the case may require, increased by a proportionate part of the freight charges incurred by the retailer in obtaining delivery at his store from the nearest wholesale merchant's store or which would have been incurred had such retailer purchased from such nearest wholesale merchant's store.

The retail prices fixed by this paragraph shall be based on the prices specified in paragraph (a) of this clause in any case where the retailer's store is situated nearer to a wholesale store in any area specified in the said paragraph than it is to the nearest wholesale store within any area specified in paragraph (b). In every other case, the retail prices fixed by this paragraph shall be based on the prices fixed by paragraph (b) of this clause.

8. (1) The maximum retail prices fixed by the last preceding clause are fixed in respect of cash sales of golden syrup or treacle delivered over the counter.

(2) Where delivery is effected otherwise than over the counter or where the sale is not for cash, the several maximum retail prices fixed by this Order may be increased as follows :—

(a) In the case of quantities sold in loose bulk .. .. .. .. .. .. ½d. per lb.
(b) In the case of 2 lb. tins .. .. .. .. .. .. ¼d. per tin.
(c) In the case of 7 lb. tins .. .. .. .. .. .. 1d. ,,

9. If in respect of any lot of golden syrup or treacle sold by a retailer the maximum price calculated in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Order is not an exact number of pence or half-pence the maximum price of the lot shall be computed to the next upward halfpenny.

PROVISION FOR SPECIAL PRICES WHERE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGES INCURRED

10. 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 any wholesaler or retailer may authorize special maximum prices in respect of any golden syrup or treacle to which this Order applies where special circumstances exist, or for any reason extraordinary charges (freight or otherwise) are incurred 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 golden syrup or treacle or may relate generally to all golden syrup or treacle to which this Order applies sold by the wholesaler or retailer, while the approval remains in force.

GENERAL

11. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Order, the maximum price that may be charged by any wholesaler or by any retailer for golden syrup or treacle to which this Order applies bought by the wholesaler or retailer before the date of the coming into force of this Order, and unsold by him at that date, shall not exceed the appropriate price authorized pursuant to the Control of Prices Act 1947 to be charged immediately before that date. In the case of golden syrup or treacle to which this Order applies bought by a retail storekeeper after the coming into force of this Order at the appropriate price authorized pursuant to the Control of Prices Act 1947 to be charged immediately before that date; such golden syrup or treacle shall not be resold at prices in excess of those so authorized prior to the coming into force of this order.

Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of May 1953.

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

P. B. MARSHALL, President.
G. LAURENCE, Member.

Price Order No. 1471 (New Zealand Lemons Other Than Meyer 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. 1471, and shall come into force on the 1st day of June 1953.

2. (1) Price Order No. 1455* 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 New Zealand grown lemons (other than Meyer lemons) sold by way of retail.

(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 retail price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any lemons to which this Order applies shall be computed as follows :—

(a) For lemons sold at any place in the North Island, north of a straight line drawn from Tirua Point on the West Coast to Young Nick's Head on the East Coast: At the rate of 1s. 1½d. per pound.

(b) For lemons sold elsewhere in the North Island: At the rate of 1s. 2d. per pound.

(c) For lemons sold in the South Island: At the rate of 1s. 3¼d. 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 sub-clause 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 retail price per pound of the lemons.

Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of May 1953.

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

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

• Gazette, 19 March 1953, Vol. I, page 479.