23 FEB.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Price Order No. 1639 (Cycle Tires and Tubes)

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. 1639 and shall come into force on the 24th day of February 1956.
2. (1) Price Order No. 1618* 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
Wholesalers’ Prices

5. 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.
6. The wholesale prices set out in the Schedule hereto include freight to the nearest railway station or transport depot serving the retailer to whom any sale is made.
7. (1) Where any goods to which this order applies are purchased by a wholesaler at a price which, when plussed by a margin of 15 per cent, would result in a price below that set out in the Schedule hereto as the appropriate maximum wholesale selling price for such goods, then such lower price shall be the maximum wholesale selling price that may be charged.
   (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

8. 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.
9. (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 on under 16 in. tubes only) 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

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 manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer, may authorise 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
Name of Manufacturer | Description of Goods | Maximum Wholesale Selling Price | Maximum Retail Selling Price
--- | --- | --- | ---
Dunlop New Zealand Ltd. | Tires
(1) Motorette—
26 x 1⅜ in. | s. d. | s. d.
22 10 | 16 5 |
24 11 | 18 6 |
(2) Racing—
H.P.R.R., 27 x 1¼ in. | 14 8 | 19 7
Speed, 27 x 1½ in. | 16 4 | 21 3
(3) Balloon and Carrier—
Balloon O.S., 26 x 2 in. | 18 4 | 22 8
Carrier O.S., 26 x 2 x 1¾ in. | 19 1 | 23 5
(4) Other Types—
Roadster, all sizes | 12 8 | 17 0
Sports, 26 x 1½ in. | 11 5 | 15 9
Universal, all sizes | 11 7 | 15 11
Reid New Zealand Rubber Mills Ltd. | (1) Racing: Reidracer, 27 x 1¼ in. | 12 1 | 17 0
(2) Balloon and Carrier: Carrier, 26 x 2 x 1¾ in. | 16 6 | 20 10
(3) Other Types—
Super, all sizes | 13 9 | 18 1
Penrose or Ellerslie, all sizes | 12 10 | 17 2
Standard or Arrow, all sizes | 12 3 | 16 7
Roadracer, 28 x 1⅜ in. | 13 3 | 17 7
Tubes
Dunlop New Zealand Ltd. | 1¼, 1⅜, 1½ in. group—
12 to 14 in. | 3 11 | 6 9
16 to 20 in. | 4 8 | 6 8
22 in. | 5 3 | 7 3
Reid New Zealand Rubber Mills Ltd. | 24 to 28 in. | 5 11 | 7 11
Empire Rubber Mills Ltd. | 1¾ and 2 in. group—
14 in. | 5 11 | 9 1
16 to 20 in. | 5 11 | 7 11
26 in. | 7 3 | 9 10

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of February 1956.
The Seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the presence of—
[L.s.]
G, LAURENCE, Presiding Member,
H. PEARCE, Member,
*Gazette, 4 August 1955, Vol. II, page 1230.