New Zealand Gazette – 1956 – No. 55

Page 1405

✨ Price Orders and Regulations



Price Order No. 1675 (Nails)

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. 1675, and shall come into force on the 15th day of October 1956.
  2. (1) Price Order No. 1576* 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

  1. This order applies with respect to nails of the kinds and gauges specified in the Schedule hereto.

FIXING MAXIMUM WHOLESALE AND RETAIL PRICES FOR NAILS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Wholesalers’ Prices

  1. The maximum price that may be charged or received by any wholesaler for any nails to which this order applies shall be determined as follows:

(a) For nails sold by a wholesaler whose place of business is situate in any of the cities of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, or Dunedin, the maximum wholesale price shall be the appropriate price fixed in the Schedule hereto:
(b) For nails sold by any other wholesaler, the maximum wholesale price shall be the appropriate price fixed in the Schedule hereto increased by a proportionate part of any freight charges incurred by the wholesaler in obtaining delivery into his premises.

Retailers’ Prices

  1. The maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any nails to which this order applies shall be determined as follows:

(a) For nails sold by a retailer whose place of business is situate in any of the cities of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, or Dunedin, the maximum retail price shall be the appropriate price fixed in the Schedule hereto:
(b) For nails sold by any other retailer, the maximum retail price shall be the appropriate price fixed in the Schedule hereto increased by a proportionate part of any freight charges paid by the retailer to the wholesaler from whom the nails were purchased or incurred by the retailer in obtaining delivery into his premises.

  1. If in respect of any lot of nails sold by a retailer the maximum retail price calculated in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this order is not an exact number of pence or halfpence, the maximum price of the lot shall be calculated to the next upward halfpenny.

Special Prices Where Extraordinary Charges Incurred

  1. 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 authorise special maximum prices in respect of any nails 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 nails, or may relate generally to all nails to which this order applies sold by the wholesaler or retailer while the approval remains in force.

DUTY IMPOSED ON WHOLESALERS

  1. Every wholesaler who sells any nails to which this order applies shall specify in the relative invoice with respect to each lot of nails sold the quantity, the gauge, and the length of the nails.

SCHEDULE

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8 Column 9
Thickness by Gauge Measurement Where Quantity Sold is 1 cwt. or a Multiple Thereof in Original 1 cwt. Boxes Supplied by the Manufacturer Where Quantity Sold is ½ cwt. or a Multiple Thereof in Original ½ cwt. Boxes Supplied by the Manufacturer Where Quantity Sold is Not Less Than ½ cwt. Except as Provided in Column 3 Where Quantity Sold is Not Less Than ½ cwt. Where Quantity Sold is Not Less Than 7 lb. Where Quantity Sold is Less Than 7 lb. Where Quantity Sold is 1 Ton or More Where Quantity Sold is Less Than 1 Ton
Wholesale Per Hundred-weight Retail Per Box Wholesale Per Hundred-weight Retail Per Hundred-weight Wholesale Per Pound Retail Per Pound Retail Per Ton Retail Per Hundred-weight
Bright Wire Nails
7 gauge and heavier 74 0 77 0 37 6 39 0 76 0 79 6 0 9 £ 0 9½
8 gauge 75 3 78 3 38 2 39 8 77 3 79 6 0 9 0 9½
9 gauge 75 9 78 9 38 5 39 11 77 9 79 11 0 9 0 9½
10 gauge 76 9 79 9 38 11 40 5 78 9 80 0 0 9 0 9½
11 gauge 77 3 80 3 39 2 40 8 79 3 81 0 0 9 0 9½
12 gauge 78 3 81 3 39 8 41 2 80 6 82 0 0 9 0 9½
13 gauge 79 0 82 0 40 0 41 6 81 3 82 6 0 9 0 10
14 gauge 80 9 83 9 40 11 42 5 82 9 84 0 0 9½ 0 10
15 gauge 84 9 87 9 42 11 44 5 87 0 88 0 0 10½ 0 11
16 gauge 87 9 91 9 44 5 46 5 90 0 92 0 0 10½ 0 11½
17 gauge 98 6 103 6 49 9 52 3 100 6 103 0 1 0 1 1½
18 gauge 114 3 120 3 57 8 60 8 116 6 120 0 1 1 1 3½
19 gauge 131 0 139 0 66 0 70 0 133 0 141 0 1 3½ 1 5
20 gauge 153 6 164 6 77 3 82 9 155 6 166 6 1 6½ 1 8
Cement-coated Nails
13 gauge and heavier … … … … … … … £ 78 5 0
14 gauge … … … … … … … 79 10 0

Dated at Wellington this 10th day of October 1956.

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

[L.S.]

Gazette, 28 October 1954, Vol. III, p. 1698.

Administration of Noxious Weeds Act 1950 in Thames County
(Notice No. Ag. 6173)

PURSUANT to the Noxious Weeds Act 1950 the Director-General of Agriculture, acting under a delegation from the Minister of Agriculture for the purposes of the said Act, hereby publishes the following resolution passed by the Thames County Council on the 20th day of September 1956.

RESOLUTION

THE Thames County Council hereby resolves to assume responsibility of the administration of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950 within its district as from the 1st day of October 1956.

Dated at Wellington this 8th day of October 1956.

E. J. FAWCETT, Director-General of Agriculture.

Deficiency Payments in Respect of Export Meat

PURSUANT to the Meat Export Prices Act 1955, notice is hereby given that the deficiency payments set out in the Schedule hereto may be made to the owners in accordance with that Act for the classes of meat specified in the said Schedule for the week commencing on Monday, the 8th day of October 1956.

SCHEDULE

Class of Meat Amount of Deficiency Payment
Chilled beef 1½d. per pound.
Ox and heifer quarter beef 1¼d. per pound.
Quarter cow beef ⅝d. per pound.

Dated at Wellington this 8th day of October 1956.

For the Meat Export Prices Committee—

L. VOGTHERR, Secretary.



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🏭 Price Order No. 1675 (Nails)

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
10 October 1956
Price Order, Nails, Wholesale Prices, Retail Prices, Schedule
  • The Price Tribunal

🌾 Administration of Noxious Weeds Act 1950 in Thames County

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
8 October 1956
Noxious Weeds Act, Thames County Council, Agriculture
  • E. J. Fawcett, Director-General of Agriculture

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8 October 1956
Deficiency Payments, Export Meat, Meat Export Prices Act
  • L. Vogtherr, Secretary