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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 10

Plants Declared Noxious Weeds in the County of Tauranga
(Notice No. Ag. 7926)

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PURSUANT to section 3 of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, and to a delegation from the Minister of Agriculture under section 9 of the Department of Agriculture Act 1953 for the purposes of the said section, the following special order, made by the Tauranga County Council on the 3rd day of February 1964, is hereby published.

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SPECIAL ORDER

THAT the Tauranga County Council declares, by way of special order pursuant to the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, the following plant to be a noxious weed and be added to the Schedule of plants declared noxious weeds within the County of Tauranga:

Nodding thistle.

Dated at Wellington this 25th day of February 1964.

G. J. ANDERSON, Director (Administration).

(Ag. 20649)

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Amendments to Rules of the Royal Society of New Zealand

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PURSUANT to the Royal Society of New Zealand Act 1933, the Council of the Royal Society of New Zealand, at its annual meeting held on 23 May 1963, passed resolutions amending rules of the Society published in the Gazette on 14 November 1935, and amendments or additions thereto gazetted subsequently, the effect of such resolutions being as follows:

Section B — Relating to proceedings of Council and Committee:

Rules B 12 (b) and (f) were amended to read:

“(b) The Council of each member body may make nomination of one fellow of the Society for the office of President and two fellows for the office of Vice-President.”

“(f) The Nominations Committee, having considered the nominations, shall make a recommendation thereon to the Council. The committee may make a recommendation in respect to any fellow of the Society and such recommendation shall be held to be a nomination made under subclause (a) of this rule.”

Section F III — The Hamilton Memorial Fund:

Rule F III 6 was amended to read:

“6. The prize shall consist of money. The interest from the principal shall be applied wholly or in part in payment of the prize and the Council shall determine annually by resolution the amount of the prize and whether part or all of the balance of the interest shall be added to the principal, in each case after the payment of expenses incurred in the investment and administration of the said fund and award of the said prize.”

Section F IX — The E. R. Cooper Memorial Fund:

Rules F IX 5, 7, and 8 were amended to read:

“5. The Council shall appoint a Selection Committee to recommend to the Council to whom awards shall be made. The Selection Committee shall consist of five members as follows:
“(a) One member of the professional staff of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research;
“(b) Two members of the teaching staff of the Physics Department of the Universities of Auckland and Wellington, or Christchurch and Dunedin, for alternate awards;
“(c) Two representatives of the Royal Society of New Zealand, one at least of whom shall be a professional engineer.”

“7. The award shall be made to the person or persons who in the opinion of the Selection Committee have published the best single piece of original research work carried out by them in New Zealand in physics or engineering. Preference shall be given to contributions to the development of the natural resources of New Zealand, treated in the widest sense. Contributions published within the four years preceding 31 December of the year preceding the year of an award shall be considered. Applicants who submit a paper under joint authorship must indicate what percentage of the work and what ideas expressed are their own.”

“8. Applications or nominations for the award shall be in writing and must reach the secretary of the Society not later that 1 March of the year of an award, but the Council may waive this condition if it deems fit. Such applications or nominations shall be supported by two copies of the publication to be submitted for consideration of the Selection Committee.”

Dated at Wellington this 12th day of February 1964.

MARGARET E. MARSH, Secretary.

Price Order No. 1931 (Jamaican Oranges)

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PURSUANT to the Control of Prices Act 1947, I, Alan Brown McLauchlan, pursuant to a delegation from the Secretary of Industries and Commerce acting under a delegation from the Price Tribunal, hereby make the following price order:

1. This order may be cited as Price Order No. 1931 and shall come into force on the 28th day of February 1964.

2. (1) Price Order No. 1733* 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.
   (3) References in this order to metropolitan areas are references to the metropolitan areas described in the Schedule hereto.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

4. This order applies with respect to all Jamaican oranges sold by way of retail in New Zealand.

MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES

5. (1) Subject to the provisions of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any Jamaican oranges shall be—

(a) When sold by a retailer carrying on business in any of the metropolitan areas of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, or Dunedin, or in any of the Cities or Boroughs of Whangarei, Takapuna, Hamilton, Tauranga, Rotorua, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Stratford, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Napier, Hastings, Blenheim, Nelson, Greymouth, Timaru, Westport, Oamaru, Balclutha, Gore, or Invercargill—

1s. per pound.

(b) When sold by a retailer carrying on business elsewhere—

1s. 0½d. per pound.

(2) If in respect of any lot of oranges 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 may be computed to the next upward halfpenny.

SPECIAL PRICES WHERE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGES INCURRED

6. Subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit, the Tribunal, on application by any retailer, may authorise special prices in respect of any Jamaican 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 Jamaican oranges to which this order applies sold by the retailer while the approval remains in force.

DUTY IMPOSED ON RETAILERS

7. Every retailer who offers or exposes any Jamaican oranges for sale in any shop shall keep in a prominent position in such proximity to the oranges to which it relates as to be obviously descriptive thereof, a ticket, placard, or label on which shall be stated in legible and prominent characters the following particulars:

(a) The retail price per pound of the oranges:
(b) The word “Jamaican”.

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SCHEDULE

DEFINITION OF METROPOLITAN AREAS

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of February 1964.

A. B. MCLAUCHLAN,
Director of Trade Practices and Prices Division.

*Gazette, 13 February 1958, Vol. I, p. 185
(I. and C.)