Price Order No. 1470 (Australian and South African Oranges)

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. 1470, and shall
   come into force on the 29th day of May 1952.

2. (1) Price Orders Nos. 1432* and 1448† are hereby revoked
   in their application to Australian and South African oranges.

(2) The revocation of the said Orders 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. This Order applies with respect to all Australian and South
   African oranges sold by way of retail in New Zealand.

FIXING MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES OF ORANGES TO WHICH THIS
ORDER APPLIES

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

(a) With respect to oranges sold at any place within the metro-
politan areas of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, or
Dunedin as defined in the Schedule hereto or in any
of the cities or boroughs of Whangarei, Hamilton, Gis-
borne, New Plymouth, Stratford, Wanganui, Palmerston
North, Napier, Hastings, Blenheim, Nelson, Greymouth,
Westport, Timaru, Oamaru, Balclutha, Gore, or Inver-
cargill—

At the Rate of:
Per Pound.
s. d.

Australian and South African oranges 1 2

(b) With respect to oranges sold elsewhere in New Zealand—

At the Rate of:
Per Pound.
s. d.

Australian and South African oranges 1 2½

(2) If in respect of any lot of oranges the 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.

• Gazette, 18 December 1952, Vol. III, page 2059.
  † Gazette, 23 January 1953, Vol. I, page 94.

PROVISION FOR SPECIAL PRICES

5. 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 oranges 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 clause
   may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of oranges
   or may relate generally to all oranges to which this Order applies,
   sold by the retailer while the approval remains in force.

DUTY IMPOSED ON RETAILERS

6. Every retailer who offers or exposes for sale in any shop any
   oranges to which this Order applies shall keep in a prominent
   position in such proximity to the oranges to which it relates as to
   be obviously in relation thereto a ticket, placard, or label on which
   shall be stated in legible and prominent characters the word “Austra-
   lian” or “South African” (as the case may be) and the retail price
   per pound of the oranges.

SCHEDULE
DEFINITION OF METROPOLITAN AREAS

Name of
Metropolitan
Area.

Districts Included Therein.

Auckland ..
The City of Auckland, the Boroughs of Birken-
head, Devonport, Ellerslie, Mount Albert,
Mount Eden, Mount Roskill, New Lynn,
Newmarket, Northcote, Onehunga, One Tree
Hill, Otahuhu, Takapuna, and Mount Welling-
ton and Panmure Township.

Wellington ..
The Cities of Wellington and Lower Hutt, the
Boroughs of Eastbourne and Petone.

Christchurch ..
The City of Christchurch and the Borough of
Riccarton.

Dunedin ..
The City of Dunedin and the Boroughs of Green
Island, Port Chalmers, St. Kilda, and West
Harbour.

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.

Public Trust Office Act 1908 and its Amendments.--Election to Administer Estates

NOTICE is hereby given that the Public Trustee has filed in the Supreme Court an election to administer in respect of the several
estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations (so far as known) are hereunder set forth:

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 25 May 1953.
G. E. TURNEY, Public Trustee.