Price Order for Eggs




Price Order No. 1647 (Amendment No. 5 of Price Order No. 1616)
(Eggs) South Island, Excluding Nelson Egg Marketing Area and
Blenheim and Picton 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. 1647, and shall
    be read together with and deemed part of Price Order No. 1616*
    (hereinafter referred to as the principal order).

  2. This order shall come into force on the 19th day of March

  3. The principal order is hereby amended by revoking clauses 7
    and 8 thereof, and substituting the following clauses:

“FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES OF EGGS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Wholesale Prices

“7. (1) The maximum price that may be charged or received by
any wholesaler (including a producer selling otherwise than by
way of retail) for any eggs to which this order applies, shall be—

For Hen Eggs s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
Large 5 6½ 5 8½ 5 2½ 5 4½
Small 4 4½ 4 6½ 4 0½ 4 2½
Mixed 5 3½ 4 11½

For Duck Eggs—

Large 5 4½ 5 0½
Small 4 6½ 4 2½
Mixed 5 1½ 4 9½

“(2) Every wholesaler (including a producer selling otherwise
than by way of retail) who sells any eggs to which this order
applies shall specify in the relevant invoices with respect to each
item the classification of the eggs comprised in the item.

Retail Prices

“8. The maximum price that may be charged or received by
any retailer for any eggs to which this order applies shall be—

Westland District (Per Dozen) (Fresh) Elsewhere in South Island Excluding Nelson Egg Marketing Area and Blenheim and Picton Districts (Per Dozen) (Fresh)
Loose s. d. s. d.
Cartoned s. d. s. d.
For Hen Eggs—
Large 6 0 6 1
Small 4 10 4 11
Mixed 5 9 5 5
For Duck Eggs—
Large 5 10 5 6
Small 5 0 4 8
Mixed 5 7 5 3

Dated at Wellington this 15th day of March 1956.

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

G. LAURENCE, Presiding Member.
H. PEARCE, Member.

L.s.

Gazette, 8 July 1955, Vol. II, page 1104.

Price 6d.
BY AUTHORITY: R. E. OWEN, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND—1956


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💰 Amendment to Price Order for Eggs (South Island)

💰 Finance & Revenue
15 March 1956
Price order, Eggs, Wholesale prices, Retail prices, South Island, Control of Prices Act, Price Tribunal
  • G. Laurence, Presiding Member
  • H. Pearce, Member