1764

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 70

FIXING MAXIMUM WHOLESALE PRICES OF EGGS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

7. (1) The 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 not exceed the appropriate maximum price specified in the First Schedule hereto.

(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.

FIXING MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES OF EGGS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

8. The maximum retail price that may be charged or received by any retailer (including a producer) for any eggs to which this order applies shall be the appropriate maximum price specified in the Second Schedule hereto.

Retailers to Exhibit Prices

9. Every retailer who offers or exposes any eggs to which this order applies for sale in any shop shall keep in a prominent position in such proximity to the eggs 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 classification of the eggs according to whether they are “Large Grade”, “Standard Grade”, “Medium Grade”, “Pullet Grade”, or “Mixed” (in the case of hen eggs), or “Large”, “Small”, or “Mixed” (in the case of duck eggs), and the retail price per dozen of the eggs.

FIXING MAXIMUM WHOLESALE AND RETAIL PRICES FOR LOOSE CHILLED HEN EGGS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

10. The maximum wholesale or retail price that may be charged or received by any wholesaler or retailer for loose chilled hen eggs to which this order applies shall be the appropriate maximum price specified in the schedules hereto reduced by 6d. per dozen.

PROVISION FOR SPECIAL PRICES

11. 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 to any eggs 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 eggs, or may relate generally to all eggs to which this order applies sold by the wholesaler or retailer while the approval remains in force.

“FIRST SCHEDULE

“MAXIMUM WHOLESALE PRICES (PER DOZEN) FOR EGGS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Hen Eggs

Duck Eggs

(Loose)

| Wellington Egg Marketing Area | 4 4½ | 3 5½ | 3 10½ |
| Hamilton District | 4 1½ | 3 2½ | 3 7½ |
| Tauranga District | 4 1½ | 3 2½ | 3 7½ |
| Elsewhere in North Island | 4 1½ | 3 2½ | 3 7½ |
| Nelson Egg Marketing Area | 4 1½ | 3 2½ | 3 7½ |
| Blenheim District | 4 1½ | 3 2½ | 3 7½ |
| Picton District | 4 1½ | 3 2½ | 3 7½ |
| Westland District | 4 1½ | 3 2½ | 3 7½ |
| Elsewhere in the South Island | 3 9½ | 3 5½ | 3 3½ |

“SECOND SCHEDULE

“MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES (PER DOZEN) FOR EGGS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Hen Eggs

Duck Eggs

(Loose)

| Wellington Egg Marketing Area | 4 10 | 4 6 | 3 11 | 4 4 |
| Hamilton District | 4 7 | 4 3 | 3 8 | 4 1 |
| Tauranga District | 4 7 | 4 3 | 3 8 | 4 1 |
| Elsewhere in North Island | 4 7 | 4 3 | 3 8 | 4 1 |
| Nelson Egg Marketing Area | 4 7 | 4 3 | 3 8 | 4 1 |
| Blenheim District | 4 7 | 4 3 | 3 8 | 4 1 |
| Picton District | 4 7 | 4 3 | 3 8 | 4 1 |
| Westland District | 4 7 | 4 3 | 3 8 | 4 1 |
| Elsewhere in the South Island | 4 7 | 4 3 | 3 11 | 3 9 |

Dated at Wellington this 6th day of December 1956.

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

[L.S.]

H. PEARCE, Presiding Member.
F. F. SIMMONS, Member.

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