21 JUNE

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Price Order No. 1663 (Australian Oranges)

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. 1663, and shall come into force on the 22nd day of June 1956.

2. (1) Price Order No. 1611* 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 Australian oranges sold by way of retail in New Zealand.

FIXING MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES OF ORANGES TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

4. (1) The maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any oranges to which this order applies shall be determined as follows:
   (a) With respect to oranges sold at any place within the metropolitan areas of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, or Dunedin as defined in the Schedule hereto or in any of the cities or boroughs of Whangarei, Hamilton, Tauranga, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Stratford, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Napier, Hastings, Blenheim, Nelson, Greymouth, Westport, Timaru, Oamaru, Balclutha, Gore, or Invercargill—
   At the Rate of:
   Per Pound

s. d.

Australian oranges

.... 1 2

(b) With respect to oranges sold elsewhere in New Zealand—
At the Rate of:
Per Pound

s. d.

Australian oranges

.... 1 2½

(2) If in respect of any lot of oranges the 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 computed to the next upward half-penny.

PROVISION FOR SPECIAL PRICES

5. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing provisions of this order, and subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit, the Tribunal, on application by any retailer, may authorise special maximum prices in respect of any oranges to which this order applies where special circumstances exist, or for any reason extraordinary charges (freight or otherwise) are incurred by the retailer. Any authority given by the Tribunal under this clause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of oranges or may relate generally to all oranges to which this order applies, sold by the retailer while the approval remains in force.

DUTY IMPOSED ON RETAILERS

6. Every retailer who offers or exposes for sale in any shop any oranges to which this order applies shall keep in a prominent position in such proximity to the oranges to which it relates as to be obviously in relation thereto a ticket, placard, or label on which shall be stated in legible and prominent characters the word “Australian” and the retail price per pound of the oranges.

SCHEDULE

DEFINITION OF METROPOLITAN AREAS

Dated at Wellington this 21st day of June 1956.

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

H. PEARCE, Presiding Member.

D. BARKER, Member.

*Gazette, 9 June 1955, Vol. II, p. 936

Price Order No. 1662. New Zealand Grown Lemons (Other Than Meyer Lemons)

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. 1662, and shall come into force on the 22nd day of June 1956.

2. (1) Price Order No. 1648* is hereby revoked.
   (2) The revocation of the said price 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. (1) References in this order to “metropolitan areas” are references to the “metropolitan areas” described in the First Schedule hereto.
   (2) References in this order to “specified towns” are references to the “specified towns” described in the Second Schedule hereto.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

4. (1) This order applies with respect to all New Zealand grown lemons (other than Meyer lemons) sold by way of retail.
   (2) The provisions of this order as to maximum retail prices shall apply notwithstanding that any such lemons are sold otherwise than by weight.

MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES

5. (1) Subject to the provisions of this clause, the maximum retail price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any lemons to which this order applies shall be computed as follows:

(2) If in respect of any lot of lemons 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 computed to the next upward halfpenny.

(3) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing provisions of this order, and subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit, the Tribunal, on application by any retailer, may authorise special maximum prices in respect of any lemons to which this order applies where special circumstances exist or for any reason extraordinary charges (freight or otherwise) are incurred by the retailer. Any authority given by the Tribunal under this subclause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of lemons or may relate generally to all lemons to which this order applies sold by the retailer while the approval remains in force.

DUTY IMPOSED ON RETAILERS

6. Every retailer who offers or exposes any such lemons for sale in any shop shall keep in a prominent position in such proximity to the lemons to which it relates as to be obviously descriptive thereof a ticket, placard, or label on which shall be stated in legible and prominent characters the retail price per pound of the lemons.

FIRST SCHEDULE

DEFINITION OF “METROPOLITAN AREAS”