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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 51

Price Order No. 1710 (Amendment No. 2 of Price Order No. 1535) (Retail Groceries and Other Goods)

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. 1710 and shall be read together with and deemed part of Price Order No. 1535* (hereinafter referred to as the principal order).

2. This order shall come into force on the 19th day of July 1957.

3. The Schedule to the principal order is hereby amended by deleting therefrom all references to “Kerosene”.

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of July 1957.

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

[L.S.] H. PEARCE, Presiding Member.
F. F. SIMMONS, Member.

*Gazette, 11 March 1954, Vol. I, p. 393

Price Order No. 1712 (Woolpacks)

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. 1712, and shall come into force on the 19th day of July 1957.

2. (1) Price Order No. 1673* 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.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

3. This order applies only with respect to sales by way of retail of 42 in. woolpacks.

FIXING MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICE OF WOOLPACKS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

4. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any woolpacks to which this order applies shall be:

(a) For woolpacks sold by a retailer carrying on business at one of the ports of Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, or Dunedin: 12s. each.

(b) For woolpacks sold by a retailer carrying on business elsewhere than at one of the ports mentioned in paragraph (a) hereof: 12s. each, increased by the appropriate proportion of the freight charges incurred by the retailer in obtaining delivery from such one of the said ports as is most convenient of access to his store:

Provided that, where any woolpacks to which this paragraph applies are obtained by the retailer elsewhere than from such one of the said ports as is most convenient of access to his store, the increase authorised by this paragraph shall not exceed the appropriate proportion of the freight charges that would have been incurred by the retailer if the woolpacks had been obtained from that port and if delivery had been effected at current freight rates.

(2) The maximum prices fixed by the last preceding subclause are fixed as for delivery f.o.r. or f.o.b. as the case may require.

(3) Where any woolpacks are delivered by a retailer otherwise than f.o.r. or f.o.b., the price that may by charged by the retailer shall be the appropriate price in terms of the foregoing provisions of this clause increased by the amount of the freight charges incurred by him in effecting delivery and then reduced by the amount of those charges that would have been incurred by him if he had delivered the woolpacks f.o.r. or f.o.b. as aforesaid.

(4) Any freight charges imposed by a retailer pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this clause shall be shown separately on the appropriate invoice.

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

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of July 1957.

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

[L.S.] H. PEARCE, Presiding Member.
F. F. SIMMONS, Member.

*Gazette, 27 September 1956, Vol. III, p. 1336

Price Order No. 1711 (Illuminating Kerosene)

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. 1711, and shall come into force on the 19th day of July 1957.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

2. This order applies with respect to illuminating kerosene sold by way of retail in New Zealand.

FIXING MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES OF ILLUMINATING KEROSENE TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

3. (1) The unit mark-ups per gallon set out below may be added to the wholesale cost to the retailer for illuminating kerosene supplied to him by an oil company from the nearest depot of the oil company concerned:

(2) Where containers are supplied by a retailer he may add to the selling price of the illuminating kerosene, computed in accordance with the provisions of subclause (1) of this clause, the cost of such container.

(3) If in respect to any lot of illuminating kerosene sold by a retailer the maximum price calculated in accordance with the provisions of subclause (1) of this clause is not an exact number of pence or halfpence, the maximum price of the lot shall be the next upward halfpenny.

CHARGES FOR FREIGHT

4. Where freight charges are incurred by a retailer, carrying on business outside of an oil company’s free delivery area, in obtaining delivery of any illuminating kerosene the maximum retail price of such kerosene calculated in accordance with the provisions of clause 3 of this order may be increased by a proportionate part of the freight charges that would have been incurred if delivery had been effected by a common carrier at current freight rates.

SPECIAL PRICES WHERE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGES INCURRED

5. 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 retailer, may authorise special maximum prices in respect of any illuminating kerosene to which this order applies. Any authority given by the Tribunal under this clause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of illuminating kerosene or may relate generally to all illuminating kerosene to which this order applies sold by the retailer while the approval remains in force.

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of July 1957.

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

[L.S.] H. PEARCE, Presiding Member.
F. F. SIMMONS, Member.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES

In Bankruptcy—Supreme Court

D. L. TAYLOR, trading as Taylor Bros., of 20 Alexandra Street, Te Awamutu, manufacturers, was adjudged bankrupt on 12 July 1957. Creditors’ meeting will be held at the Courthouse, Te Awamutu, on Friday, 26 July 1957, at 10 a.m.

C. P. SIMMONDS, Official Assignee.

Courthouse, Hamilton.

In Bankruptcy—Supreme Court

LENARD FREDERICK SIMMONDS, formerly of Rotorua, now of Whakatane, floor sander, was adjudged bankrupt on 10 July 1957. Creditors’ meeting will be held at the Courthouse, Rotorua, on 22nd July 1957, at 11 a.m.

S. H. FITCHETT, Official Assignee.

Magistrates Court, Rotorua.

In Bankruptcy

Notice is hereby given that a first and final dividend of 4⁹⁄₁₆d. in the pound is now payable on all proved claims in the estate of Norman Hector Dillon, formerly of Waipukurau, now of Hastings, electrician.

A. G. SMITH, Official Assignee.

Courthouse, Napier.