27 JAN.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

89

Price Order No. 1587 (Cocoa)

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. 1587, and shall come into force on the 28th day of January 1955.

2. (1) Price Order No. 1553* 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.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

3. This Order applies with respect to all cocoa, except “Van Houten’s” sold in New Zealand.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES OF COCOA TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Wholesalers’ Prices

4. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any wholesaler (which term in this order shall be deemed to include a manufacturer selling to a retailer) for any cocoa to which this Order applies shall be the appropriate price set out in the Schedule hereto.

(2) The prices fixed by the foregoing provisions of this clause are fixed subject to the continuance of the practice in the cocoa trade with respect to cash and other discounts and with respect to freight arrangements existing immediately prior to the coming into force of this Order.

Retailers’ Prices

5. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any cocoa to which this Order applies shall be the appropriate price set out in the Schedule hereto.

(2) If in respect of any lot of cocoa 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 halfpence, the maximum price of the lot shall be calculated to the next upward halfpenny.

GENERAL

6. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Order, the maximum price that may be charged by any wholesaler or by any retailer for cocoa to which this Order applies, bought by the wholesaler or by the retailer before the date of 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 cocoa to which this Order applies bought by a wholesaler or by a retailer 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 cocoa shall not be resold at prices in excess of those so authorized prior to the coming into force of this Order.

• Gazette, 27 May 1954, Vol. II, page 909.

PROVISION 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 any wholesaler or retailer, may authorize special maximum wholesale or retail prices in respect of any cocoa 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 cocoa or may relate generally to all cocoa to which this Order applies sold by the wholesaler or retailer while the approval remains in force.

SCHEDULE

MAXIMUM WHOLESALE AND RETAIL PRICES OF COCOA TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of January 1955.

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

[L.S.] G. LAURENCE, Presiding Member.
H. PEARCE, Member.

Price Order No. 1588 (Amendment No. 3 of Price Order No. 1202—Milk) (Buller, Kumara - Paroa - Camerons - Kumara Junction, Denniston, Stockton- Millerton, Waiuta, and Muru-para Milk Price Districts)

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

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 1588 and shall be read with and deemed part of Price Order No. 1202* (hereinafter referred to as the principal Order).

2. This Order shall come into force on the 1st day of February 1955.

3. The principal Order is hereby amended as follows:

“ The prices provided in the Schedule to the principal Order, as increased by Price Order No. 1510†, in respect of milk sold to commercial users or consumers in lots of 30 gallons or more shall be reduced at the rate of ¼d. per gallon.”

Dated at Wellington this 27th day of January 1955.

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

[L.S.] G. LAURENCE, Presiding Member.
H. PEARCE, Member.

• Gazette, 14 December 1950, Vol. III, page 2117.
  † Gazette, 17 December 1953, Vol. III, page 2035.

Price Order No. 1589 (Amendment No. 2 of Price Order No. 1203—Milk) (Brunner, Greymouth, Hokitika, Ross, Runanga, Tekapo, Waiheke Island, Diamond Harbour - Teddington - Charteris Bay - Church Bay Milk Price Districts)

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

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 1589 and shall be read with and deemed part of Price Order No. 1203* (hereinafter referred to as the principal Order).

2. This Order shall come into force on the 1st day of February 1955.

Price Order No. 1590 (Amendment No. 2 of Price Order No. 1204—Milk) (Main Order)

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

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 1590 and shall be read with and deemed part of Price Order No. 1204* (hereinafter referred to as the principal Order).

2. This Order shall come into force on the 1st day of February 1955.

3. The principal Order is hereby amended as follows:

“ The prices provided in the Schedule to the principal Order, as increased by Price Order No. 1512†, in respect of milk sold to commercial users or consumers in lots of 30 gallons or more shall be reduced at the rate of ¼d. per gallon.”

Dated at Wellington this 27th day of January 1955.

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

[L.S.] G. LAURENCE, Presiding Member.
H. PEARCE, Member.

• Gazette, 14 December 1950, Vol. III, page 2119.
  † Gazette, 17 December 1953, Vol. III, page 2036.