DECEMBER

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

1765

Notice Under the Regulations Act 1936

PURSUANT to the Regulations Act 1936, notice is hereby given of the making of regulations as under:

Copies can be purchased from the Government Printer, Publications Branch, Lambton Quay, Wellington. Prices for quantities supplied on application. Copies may be ordered by quoting serial number.

R. E. OWEN, Government Printer.

Price Order No. 1759 (Californian 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. 1759, and shall come into force on the 5th day of December 1958.

2. (1) Price Order No. 1693* is hereby revoked, and Price Order No. 1733† is also hereby revoked in so far as it applies to Cyprus oranges.

(2) The revocation of the said orders shall not affect the ability 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 Californian 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.
Californian oranges .... 1 4
Cyprus oranges .... 1 4

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

At the Rate of:
Per Pound
s. d.
Californian oranges .... 1 4½
Cyprus oranges .... 1 4½

(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, card, or label on which shall be stated in legible and prominent characters the words “Californian” 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 3rd day of December 1958.

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

H. PEARCE, Presiding Member.
R. D. CHRISTIE, Member.
E. A. DAVY, Member.
F. F. SIMMONS, Member.

[L.S.]

*Gazette, 11 April 1957, Vol. I, p. 634.
†Gazette, 13 February 1958, Vol. I, p. 185.

Specifications Declared to be Standard Specifications

PURSUANT to the Standards Act 1941 and the regulations made thereunder, the Minister of Industries and Commerce, on 14 November 1958, declared the under-mentioned specifications to be standard specifications:

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 1st day of December 1958.

L. J. McDONALD,
Executive Officer, Standards Council.

The Standards Act 1941—Draft New Zealand Standard Specification (Government Purchasing Series) No. D 5790: for Metal Filing Cabinets

PURSUANT to subsection (3) of section 8 of the Standards Act 1941, notice is hereby given that the above draft New Zealand standard specification is being circulated.

All persons who may be affected by this specification and who desire to comment thereon may, on application, obtain copies free of charge from the N.Z. Standards Institute, 201 Lambton Quay (P.O. Box 195), Wellington C.1.

The closing date for the receipt of comment is 9 January 1959.

Dated at Wellington this 1st day of December 1958.

L. J. McDONALD,
Executive Officer, Standards Council.