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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 23

Limited Speed Zone and Closely Populated Locality Declared

PURSUANT to the Transport Act 1949, the Minister of Transport hereby gives notice as follows:

1. The portion of road specified in the First Schedule to this notice is hereby declared to be a closely populated locality for the purposes of section 36 of the Transport Act 1949.

2. The portion of road specified in the Second Schedule to this notice is hereby declared to be a limited speed zone for the purposes of the Traffic Regulations 1956.*

FIRST SCHEDULE

SITUATED within Otamatea County—

That portion of the Dargaville-Maungaturoto State Highway No. 3 at Ruawai from a point 20 chains east of its junction with the road to the Ruawai Wharf to 11 chains north of its junction with Gordon Street.

SECOND SCHEDULE

SITUATED within Otamatea County—

That portion of the Dargaville-Maungaturoto State Highway No. 3 at Ruawai from a point 20 chains east of its junction with the road to the Ruawai Wharf to a point 2 chains east of its junction with Robertsons Road and from a point 11 chains north of its junction with Gordon Street to a point 2 chains west of its junction with Access Road.

Dated at Wellington this 3rd day of April 1958.

J. MATHISON, Minister of Transport.

*S.R. 1956/217

Amendment No. 1: S.R. 1957/252

(TT. 9/15/148)

Closely Populated Locality Declared

PURSUANT to the Transport Act 1949, the Minister of Transport hereby gives notice as follows:

The portion of road specified in the Schedule to this notice is hereby declared to be a closely populated locality for the purposes of section 36 of the Transport Act 1949.

SCHEDULE

SITUATED within Horowhenua County—

That portion of the Levin-Palmerston North via Shannon State Highway No. 96 from the eastern boundary of Levin Borough to a point 8 chains east of the said boundary.

Dated at Wellington this 31st day of March 1958.

J. MATHISON, Minister of Transport.

(TT. 9/15/10)

Closely Populated Locality Declared

PURSUANT to the Transport Act 1949, the Minister of Transport hereby gives notice as follows:

The portion of road specified in the Schedule to this notice is hereby declared to be a closely populated locality for the purposes of section 36 of the Transport Act 1949.

SCHEDULE

SITUATED within Taranaki County—

That portion of the New Plymouth-Hawera via Opunake State Highway No. 26 at Spotswood from its junction with Barrett Road to the southern boundary of New Plymouth City.

Dated at Wellington this 31st day of March 1958.

J. MATHISON, Minister of Transport.

(TT. 9/15/114)

Price Order No. 1739 (Butter)

PURSUANT to the Control of Prices Act 1947, the Price Tribunal hereby makes the following Price Order:

PRELIMINARY

1. This order may be cited as Price Order No. 1739, and shall come into force on the 11th day of April 1958.

2. (1) Price Order No. 1638* 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.

3. (1) In this order, unless the context otherwise requires,— “the said Act” means the Control of Prices Act 1947; “the said regulations” mean the Butter and Cheese Marketing Regulations 1948†.

(2) Terms and expressions defined in the said Act, or in the said regulations, when used in this order, have the meanings severally assigned thereto by the said Act or by the said regulations, as the case may be.

4. The grades referred to in this order shall, as the case requires, mean:

(a) Grades assigned at a grading store; or (b) Grades assigned in a manufacturing dairy as prescribed by regulation 26 of the said regulations; or (c) Grades constructively assigned pursuant to subclause (4) of regulation 26 of the said regulations.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

5. This order applies with respect to all sales in New Zealand by way of wholesale, or retail, of any butter within the meaning of the said regulations, except butter sold for use in the manufacture of ice-cream or ice-cream mix or butter sold as ships’ stores for vessels sailing beyond New Zealand.

MAXIMUM PRICES FOR SALES OF BUTTER BY WAY OF WHOLESALE, OR BY A MANUFACTURER TO A WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTOR, TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

6. Subject to the provisions of this order, the several maximum prices at which butter prepared in 1 lb. pats or smaller portions may be sold by way of sale by wholesale shall be the following:

(a) In the case of salted creamery butter the standard of quality of which is not lower than First Grade, the price of 22½d. per pound;

(b) In the case of salted creamery butter, the standard of quality of which is Second Grade, the price of 22¼d. per pound.

(c) In the case of whey butter the standard of quality of which is not lower than Second Grade, the price of 21½d. per pound.

7. The price of butter sold in bulk by way of sale by wholesale, being butter of one of the kinds and standards of quality set out in clause 6 of this order, shall be ½d. per pound less than the respective price prescribed for butter of that kind and standard of quality by the said clause 6 hereof.

8. The price of unsalted creamery butter the standard of quality of which is not lower than First Grade, and which is sold, whether in bulk or pats, by way of sale by wholesale as aforesaid shall be ½d. per pound more than the respective price prescribed for salted creamery butter by the foregoing provisions of clause 6 of this order.

9. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions on this order, the price for any parcel or butter sold, whether in bulk or in pats, in a quantity of less than 48 lb., by way of sale by wholesale as aforesaid, being butter of one of the kinds and standards of quality set out in clause 6 of this order, may (at the option of the vendor) be the sum of 6d. per parcel more than the appropriate price prescribed for butter of that kind and standard of quality by the foregoing provisions of this order, and the said sum of 6d. shall be added to the rates of ¾d. per pound or portion of a pound referred to in clause 10 of this order for the purpose of that clause.

10. In the case of sales by a manufacturer to a wholesale distributor, the prices at which butter shall be so sold shall be ¾d. per pound or portion of a pound less than the respective prices hereinbefore specified.

11. Any butter sold in pursuance of the provisions of clauses 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 of this order shall be delivered freight free into the purchaser’s premises.

MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICE OF BUTTER TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

12. (1) The maximum retail price of butter to which this order applies shall be computed at the rate of:

(i) 2s. a pound for salted creamery butter.

(ii) 2s. 0½d. a pound for unsalted creamery butter.

(iii) 1s. 11d. a pound for whey butter.

(iv) 1s. 10d. a pound for dairy butter.

(2) If, in respect of any lot of butter sold by a retailer, the maximum 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.

SPECIAL PRICES WHERE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGES INCURRED

13. 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 trader, may authorise special maximum prices in respect of any butter to which this order applies where special circumstances exist or for any reason extraordinary charges are incurred by the trader. Any authority given by the Tribunal under this clause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of butter or may relate generally to all butter to which this order applies sold by the trader while the approval remains in force.

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of April 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, 16 February 1956, Vol. I, p. 200 †S.R. 1948/16