Pursuant to the Control of Prices Act 1947, the Price Tribunal hereby makes the following Price Order:

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 1530 and shall come into force on the 19th day of February 1954.
2. (1) Price Order No. 1252* 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, unless the context otherwise requires—
   “‘Wholesaler’”, in relation to the sale of any goods, includes a manufacturer who sells the goods to a retailer.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

4. This Order applies with respect to the cycle tires and tubes specified in the Schedule hereto that have been manufactured by Reid New Zealand Rubber Mills, Limited, Dunlop New Zealand, Limited, or Empire Rubber Mills, Limited.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES OF GOODS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Factory Prices

5. The maximum price that may be charged or received by any manufacturer, for sale to a wholesaler, for any goods to which this Order applies shall be the appropriate maximum factory price set out in the Schedule hereto.

Wholesalers’ Prices

6. The maximum price that may be charged or received by any wholesaler, for sale to a retailer, for any goods to which this Order applies shall be the appropriate maximum wholesale price set out in the Schedule hereto.
7. The wholesale prices set out in the Schedule hereto are exclusive of sales tax but include freight to the nearest railway station or transport depot serving the retailer to whom any sale is made.
8. (1) Where any goods to which this Order applies are purchased by a wholesaler at a price less than the maximum factory selling price set out in the Schedule hereto those goods may not be sold at more than the price paid or payable by the wholesaler plus an additional amount of 15 per cent of the price paid or payable by the wholesaler.
   (2) If in respect to any goods sold by a wholesaler the maximum price calculated in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause is not an exact number of pence, the maximum price of those particular goods shall be computed to the next upward penny.

Retailers’ Prices

9. The maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any goods to which this Order applies shall be the appropriate maximum retail price set out in the Schedule hereto.
10. (1) Where any goods to which this Order applies are purchased by a retailer at less than the maximum wholesale selling price set out in the Schedule hereto those goods may not be sold at more than the price (including sales tax) paid or payable by the retailer plus the appropriate retail unit margin as provided in the maximum retail selling prices set out in the Schedule hereto.
    (2) If in respect to any goods sold by a retailer the maximum price calculated in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause is not an exact number of pence, the maximum price of those particular goods shall be computed to the next upward penny.

SPECIAL PRICES WHERE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGES INCURRED

11. 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 manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer, may authorize special maximum factory, wholesale, or retail prices in respect of any of the goods to which this Order applies where special circumstances exist, or for any reason extraordinary charges (freight or otherwise) are incurred by the manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer. Any authority given by the Tribunal under this clause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of such goods or may relate generally to all the goods to which this Order applies sold by the manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer while the approval remains in force.

SCHEDULE

MAXIMUM SELLING PRICES OF GOODS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Tires
Dunlop New Zealand, Ltd.
(1) Motorette—
26 x 1½ in. | 13 6 | 15 6 | 1 5 0
28 x 1½ in. | 15 2 | 17 5 | 1 7 4
(2) Racing—
H.P.R.R., 27 x 1¼ in. | 12 11 | 14 10 | 1 2 9
Speed, 27 x 1½ in. | 14 5 | 16 7 | 1 4 10
(3) Balloon and Carrier—
Balloon O.S., 26 x 2 in. | 14 6 | 16 8 | 1 4 4
Carrier O.S., 26 x 2 x 1½ in. | 15 2 | 17 5 | 1 5 3
(4) Other Types—
Roadster, all sizes | 10 8 | 12 3 | 1 9 0
Sports, 26 x 1¼ in. | 9 3 | 10 8 | 1 7 2
Reid New Zealand Rubber Mills, Ltd.
(1) Racing: Reidracer, 27 x 1¼ in. | 9 8 | 11 1½ | 1 8 3
(2) Balloon and Carrier: Carrier 26 x 2 x 1½ in. | 12 10½ | 14 9½ | 1 2 1
(3) Other Types—
Super, all sizes | 11 3 | 12 11 | 1 9 10
Penrose or Ellerslie, all sizes | 10 9½ | 12 5 | 1 9 3
Standard or Arrow, all sizes | 9 11 | 11 5 | 1 8 1
Roadracer, 28 x 1⅜ in. | 10 7 | 12 2 | 1 8 11
Tubes
Dunlop New Zealand, Ltd.
Reid New Zealand Rubber Mills, Ltd.
Empire Rubber Mills, Ltd.
12 to 20 in. tubes. | 4 5 | 5 1 | 8 1
22 to 28 in. tubes | 4 5 | 5 1 | 8 1
Balloon and Carrier O.S., 26 x 2 x 1½ in. | 5 5 | 6 3 | 10 1

])ated at Wellington, this 17th day of February 1954.

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

[I.S.]

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

• Gazette, 7 June 1951, Vol. II, page 822.