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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 2

Price Order No. 1727 (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. 1727, and shall come into force on the 13th day of January 1958.

2. (1) Price Orders No. 1593* and 1165† in so far as they apply to Jamaican oranges, are hereby revoked.

(2) The revocation of the said orders 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 or Cyprus oranges .... 1 3

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

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

(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 halfpenny.

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 8th day of January 1958.

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

[L.S.]

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

*Gazette, 3 February 1955, Vol. I, page 121
†Gazette, 5 July 1956, Vol. II, page 905

Price Order No. 1726 (Corn sacks)

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. 1726, and shall come into force on the 10th day of January 1958.

2. (1) Price Order No. 1636* 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 sales by way of retail of all cornsacks other than secondhand cornsacks sold in New Zealand.

FIXING MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES OF CORNSACKS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

4. (1) The maximum retail price that may be charged or received for any cornsacks to which this order applies shall be determined as follows:

(a) When sold “ex wharf” at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, or Dunedin: For 46 in. by 23 in. cornsacks, 32s. per dozen; for 48 in. by 26½ in. cornsacks, 37s. 6d. per dozen.

(b) When sold “ex store” at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, or Dunedin: For 46 in. by 23 in. cornsacks, 33s. per dozen; for 48 in. by 26½ in. cornsacks, 38s. 6d. per dozen.

(c) When sold by a retailer carrying on business elsewhere than at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, or Dunedin, the maximum price shall be the appropriate price fixed by paragraph (b) hereof increased by the appropriate proportion of the freight charges incurred by the retailer in obtaining delivery from such one of the said places as is most convenient of access to his store; provided that where any cornsacks to which this paragraph applies are obtained by the retailer elsewhere than from such one of the said places that 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 cornsacks had been obtained from that place and if delivery had been effected by the holder of a goods-service licence under the Transport Act 1949 at authorised 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 cornsacks are delivered by a retailer otherwise than f.o.r. or f.o.b. the price that may be 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 cornsacks 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.

PROVISION FOR 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 wholesaler or retailer, may authorise special maximum prices for any cornsacks 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 cornsacks or may relate generally to all cornsacks to which this order applies sold by the wholesaler or retailer while the approval remains in force.

Dated at Wellington this 8th day of January 1958.

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

[L.S.]

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

*Gazette, 9 February 1956, Vol. I, page 168.

Taranaki Education Board—Election of Member

Pursuant to the Education Act 1914, I hereby notify that the result of the poll for the election of a member to fill an extraordinary vacancy in the Hawera Ward of the Education Board of the district of Taranaki was as follows:

Votes
Rupert Edgar Griffin .... .... .... 46
James Noel Laird .... .... .... 50 (elected)
Total number of valid votes recorded 96
Informal votes .... .... .... Nil

R. M. FOGGIN, Returning Officer.

New Plymouth, 10 December 1957.