Price Order No. 1733 (Jamaican Oranges and Cyprus 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. 1733, and shall come into force on the 14th day of February 1958.
2. (1) Price Order No. 1727* 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 Jamaican oranges and Cyprus 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, Gore, Balclutha, or Invercargill—

At the Rate of:
Per Pound
s. d.
Jamaican oranges ......... 1 3
Cyprus oranges .......... 1 3½

(b) With respect to oranges sold elsewhere in New Zealand—

At the Rate of:
Per Pound
s. d.
Jamaican oranges ........ 1 3½
Cyprus oranges .......... 1 4

(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 “Jamaican” or “Cyprus”, as the case may be, and the retail price per pound of the oranges.

SCHEDULE

DEFINITION OF METROPOLITAN AREAS

Dated at Wellington this 12th day of February 1958.
The seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the presence of—
H. PEARCE, Presiding Member. F. F. SIMMONS, Member.
*Gazette, 9 January 1958, No. 2, p. 28

Constitution of Lincoln County: Time and Place for Hearing Appeal

Pursuant to section 34 of the Local Government Commission Act 1953, it is hereby notified that the Local Government Appeal Authority has fixed 10 a.m. on Friday, the 28th day of March 1958, as the time, and the Provincial Council Chambers, Christchurch, as the place, for the hearing of the appeal which has been made by the Halswell County Council against the final reorganisation scheme of the Local Government Commission, dated the 15th day of November 1957, providing for the area described in the Schedule to that scheme, comprising the Counties of Halswell and Springs and a portion of the County of Paparua, to be constituted a county under the name of the County of Lincoln.

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of February 1958.
J. V. MEECH, for Secretary for Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 103/143/11)

Specification Declared to be a Standard Specification

Pursuant to the Standards Act 1941 and the regulations made thereunder, the Minister of Industries and Commerce, on 3 February 1958, declared the under-mentioned specification to be a standard specification:
Number and Title of Specification: N.Z.S.S. 1160: 1958: Vacuum salt for butter and cheese making; being B.S. 998 : 1957 (superseding N.Z.S.S. 1160; being B.S. 998 : 1941).
Price of Copy (Post Free): 3s. 6d.
Application for copies should be made to the N.Z. Standards Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay (P.O. Box 195), Wellington C. 1.
Dated at Wellington this 6th day of February 1958.
L. J. McDONALD, Executive Officer, Standards Council.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES

In Bankruptcy—Supreme Court

James Waaka Harris, of Kaikohe, driver, was adjudged bankrupt on 6 February 1958. Creditors' meeting will be held at the Courthouse, Whangarei, on the 19th day of February 1958, at 11 a.m.
H. G. WHYTE, Official Assignee.
Whangarei, 6 February 1958.

In Bankruptcy—Supreme Court

Albert Broomhead, of 38 Farndale Road, Panmure, contractor, was adjudged bankrupt on 3 February 1958. Creditors' meeting will be held at my office on Monday, 17 February 1958, at 2.15 p.m.
T. C. DOUGLAS, Official Assignee.
Fourth Floor, Dilworth Building, Customs Street East, Auckland C. 1.

In Bankruptcy—Supreme Court

George Edward Funnell, of 10 Racecourse Parade, Avondale, cargo worker, was adjudged bankrupt on 4 February 1958. Creditors' meeting will be held at my office on Friday, 14 February 1958, at 10.30 a.m.
T. C. DOUGLAS, Official Assignee.
Fourth Floor, Dilworth Building, Customs Street East, Auckland C. 1.

In Bankruptcy—Supreme Court

Alexander Merrilees Millar, of Te Anga, farmer, was adjudged bankrupt on 7 February 1958. Creditors' meeting will be held at the Courthouse, Te Kuiti, on Friday, 21 February 1958, at 11 a.m
C. P. SIMMONDS, Official Assignee.
Courthouse, Hamilton.

In Bankruptcy—Supreme Court

Jack Reid, of Rotorua, contractor, was adjudged bankrupt on 7 February 1958. Creditors’ meeting will be held at the Courthouse, Rotorua, on Friday, the 21st day of February 1958, at 10.15 a.m.
S. H. FITCHETT, Official Assignee.
Courthouse, Rotorua.