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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 79
Price Order No. 1581 (Bread)

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

PRELIMINARY

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 1581, and shall come into force on the 17th day of December 1954.
2. (1) Price Order No. 1506* 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) Notwithstanding the revocation of Price Order 1506, any approvals given under clause 9 of that Price Order after the 9th day of December 1953 shall continue to have effect as if the said Order had not been revoked.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

3. This Order applies to all bread referred to in clauses 4 and 5 of this Order sold in New Zealand by a wholesaler or by a retailer, but does not apply to bread sold on Stewart Island or to bread sold as part of a meal.

FIXING MAXIMUM WHOLESALE AND RETAIL PRICES OF BREAD TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

4. Subject to the provisions of this Order, the prices set out in the First Schedule to this Order shall be the maximum prices which may be charged or received for any bread to which this Order applies and which is customarily known as:
   (a) Standard White Bread.
   (b) Standard Brown Bread.
   (c) Wholemeal Bread.
   (d) Vienna Bread.
   (e) Wheat Germ Bread.

5. Subject to the provisions of this Order, the prices set out in the Second Schedule to this Order shall be the maximum prices which may be charged or received for any bread to which this Order applies and which is customarily known as Starch Reduced Bread, that is, bread in the making of which there is for each sack of flour (160 lb.) used not less than 6 lb. of dry gluten, or 18 lb. of wet gluten, and no less than 6 lb. of fat, with either dried milk or condensed milk.

6. The wholesale prices fixed by this Order apply to bread delivered to the retailer’s premises. In any case where bread is not so delivered the prices shall be such as are agreed upon between the baker and the retailer or, failing such agreement, as may be approved by the Tribunal.

GENERAL

7. Except as elsewhere provided in this Order the maximum prices fixed for any bread to which this Order applies are subject to the same general terms and conditions of sale as existed immediately prior to the coming into force of this Order.

8. No additional charge shall be made for wrapping any bread to which this Order applies. Provided that the Tribunal may, and subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit, on application by any wholesaler or retailer, authorize an additional charge for wrapped bread.

SPECIAL PRICES WHERE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGES INCURRED

9. 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 bread 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 bread or may relate generally to all bread sold by the wholesaler or retailer, while the approval remains in force.

FIRST SCHEDULE
MAXIMUM WHOLESALE AND RETAIL PRICES OF BREAD DESCRIBED IN CLAUSE 4 OF THIS ORDER

SECOND SCHEDULE
MAXIMUM WHOLESALE AND RETAIL PRICES OF STARCH REDUCED BREAD

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of December 1954.

The Seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the presence of—
[L.S.]

D. J. DALGLISH (Judge), President.
G. LAURENCE, Member.

• Gazette, 3 December 1953, Vol. III, page 1975.

The Standards Act 1941—Standard Specifications Revoked

NOTICE is hereby given that on 29 November 1954 the undermentioned standard specifications were revoked by the Minister of Industries and Commerce pursuant to section 8 of the Standards Act 1941, in conjunction with regulation 8 of the Standards Regulations 1947:

Number and Title of Specification
N.Z.S.S. 536: Manila ropes for general purposes (excluding manila ropes for lifeboat falls and for working cargo), being B.S. 431 : 1946; with amended title.
N.Z.S.S. 707: Sisal ropes for general purposes, being B.S. 908: 1946 with Amendments PD 562, November 1946, PD 621, May 1947, and PD 691, October 1947; amended to meet New Zealand requirements.

Dated at Wellington this 3rd day of December 1954.

L. J. McDONALD,
Executive Officer, Standards Council.

Notice to Persons Affected by Applications for Licences Under Part III of the Industrial Efficiency Act 1936

Retail Sale and Distribution of Motor Spirit

D. G. and J. Shepherd, Waikarie Avenue, Kaeo, have applied for a licence to resell motor spirit from one pump to be installed on service-station and garage premises at Waikarie Avenue, Kaeo.

I. MacEachern, corner Manukau and Subway Roads, Pukekohe, has applied for a licence to resell motor spirit from one pump to be installed on garage and engineering premises, corner Manukau and Subway Roads, Pukekohe.

Highway Services Ltd., High Street, Marton, has applied for a licence to resell motor spirit from one pump to be installed on garage premises at High Street, Marton.

Applicants and other persons considering themselves to be materially affected by the decisions of the Bureau of Industry on these applications should, not later than 30 December 1954, submit any written evidence and representations they may desire to tender. All communications should be addressed to Secretary, Bureau of Industry, C.P.O. Box 2492, Wellington.

J. D. KERR, Secretary.