29 OCTOBER

Price Order No. 1955 (Bananas)

PURSUANT to the Control of Prices Act 1947, I, John Henry Tuohy, 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. 1955 and shall come into force on the 2nd day of November 1964.
2. (1) Price Order No. 1948* 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

3. This order applies with respect to all bananas sold by way of retail in New Zealand.

FIXING MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES OF BANANAS

4. (1) The maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any bananas to which this order applies shall be determined as follows:
   (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. 3d. per pound.
   (b) With respect to bananas sold elsewhere in New Zealand, at the rate of 1s. 3½d. per pound.
   (2) If in respect of any lot of bananas 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.

PROVISIONS 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 bananas 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 bananas, or may relate generally to all bananas 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 bananas to which this order applies shall keep in a prominent position in such proximity to the bananas 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 retail price per pound of the bananas.

SCHEDULE
DEFINITION OF METROPOLITAN AREAS

Name of
Metropolitan
Area
Auckland
Wellington
Christchurch
Dunedin
Districts Included Therein
The City of Auckland, the Boroughs of Birkenhead, Devonport, Ellerslie, Mount Albert, Mount Eden, Mount Roskill, New Lynn, Newmarket, Northcote, Onehunga, One Tree Hill, Otahuhu, Mount Wellington.
The Cities of Wellington and Lower Hutt, the Boroughs of Eastbourne and Petone.
The City of Christchurch and the Borough of Riccarton.
The City of Dunedin and the Boroughs of Green Island, Port Chalmers, St. Kilda, and West Harbour.

Dated at Wellington this 28th day of October 1964.
J. H. TUOHY,
Assistant Director of Trade Practices and Prices Division.

Reserve Bank of New Zealand

PURSUANT to section 45 of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1933 (as amended by section 23 of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Amendment Act 1936), the Governor of the Reserve Bank acting with the authority of the Minister of Finance, hereby gives notice that, as from 30 October 1964, the balance to be maintained in the Reserve Bank by each other bank for the time being carrying on business in New Zealand in accordance with the said section 45 shall be such that, when added to that bank's holding of Reserve Bank notes, it shall be equal to not less than 24 per cent of its demand liabilities in New Zealand, plus 3 per cent of its time liabilities in New Zealand, as shown in the last preceding monthly return furnished by that bank in accordance with section 46 of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1933.
Provided that the minimum balance to be maintained at the Reserve Bank shall not be less than 7 per cent of its demand liabilities in New Zealand, plus 3 per cent of its time liabilities in New Zealand.
For the purpose of this calculation a bank's holding of Reserve Bank notes shall be as shown in the latest available weekly return provided under the Statistics Act 1955.
G. WILSON, Governor of the Reserve Bank.
Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Wellington, 28 October 1964.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES

In Bankruptcy—Supreme Court

DONALD ANGUS CURRIE, of 51/2A Manukau Road, Epsom, painter, was adjudged bankrupt on 21 October 1964. Creditors' meeting will be held at my office on Wednesday, 4 November 1964, at 10.30 a.m.
E. C. CARPENTER, Official Assignee.
Fourth Floor, Dilworth Building, Customs Street East, Auckland.

Notice of Intention to Hold Adjourned Public Examination

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand
Northern District
(Auckland Registry)

In the matter of the Bankruptcy Act 1908 and in the matter of Trevor Edward Nash, formerly of 8 Bridge Street, Papatoetoe, now of H.M. Prison, Mount Eden, a bankrupt, notice is hereby given that the adjourned public examination of the above-named bankrupt is fixed for Wednesday the 11th day of November 1964, at 10 a.m., at the sitting of the above Court in Bankruptcy, at the Supreme Courthouse, at Auckland.
Dated at Auckland this 23rd day of October 1964.
E. C. CARPENTER, Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy—Supreme Court

CLIVE WILLIAM CALCOTT, of 3 Matai Street, Mount Maunganui, master butcher, was adjudged bankrupt on 20 October 1964. Creditors' meeting will be held at the Courthouse, Tauranga, on Monday, 2 November 1964, at 2 p.m.
H. G. THOMPSON, Official Assignee.
Courthouse, Tauranga.

In Bankruptcy—Supreme Court

WILLIAM GEORGE MARRINER, of 30 Puriri Park Road, Whangarei, carpenter, was adjudged bankrupt on 21 October 1964. Creditors' meeting will be held at the Courthouse, Whangarei, on Tuesday, 3 November 1964, at 10.30 a.m.
D. R. BROWN, Official Assignee.
Whangarei.

In Bankruptcy—Supreme Court

BERNARD GRAHAM SAUNDERS, of 71 Lombard Street, Palmerton North, labourer, formerly of Otira, was adjudged bankrupt on 23 October 1964. Creditors' meeting will be held at the Magistrate's Court, Palmerston North, on Friday, 6 November 1964, at 10 a.m.
J. N. MUNROSTER, Official Assignee.
Palmerston North, 23 October 1964.