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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 20

Alteration of Boundaries, City of Timaru and County of Levels (Time and Place for Hearing Appeal)

Price Order No. 1976 (Raw Tobacco Leaf)

Pursuant to section 36 of the Local Government Commission Act 1961, it is hereby notified that the Local Government Appeal Authority has fixed 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 25 May 1965, as the time, and the Courthouse, Timaru, as the place for the resumed hearing of the appeal by the Timaru City Council against the final scheme of the Local Government Commission dated 22 November 1963 providing for the exclusion of a certain area of land from the County of Levels and its inclusion in the City of Timaru.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of April 1965.

J. V. MEECH, Secretary for Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 197/1065)

Price Order No. 1976 (Raw Tobacco Leaf)

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. 1976 and shall come into force on the 23rd day of April 1965.

2. In this order-
   "Flue-cured leaf" means leaf that has been treated in the kiln for at least three successive days immediately after picking for the purpose of yellowing, fixing colour, drying, and drying mid-ribs:
   "Air-dried leaf" means leaf other than flue-cured leaf:
   "Raw tobacco" means unmanufactured tobacco and includes the leaves and stems of the tobacco plant before they have passed through any process of manufacture other than curing:
   "Sale" includes a contract for sale, agreement to sell, and offer for sale; "purchase" includes a contract for purchase, agreement to purchase, and offer to purchase; and "sale" and "purchase" include barter and exchange.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

3. This order applies with respect to all raw tobacco leaf grown in New Zealand during the 1964-65 season: Provided that the Tribunal may, in any case where it considers it proper to do so and subject to such conditions (if any) as it thinks fit, exempt any such tobacco from the operation of this order.

FIXING AVERAGE PRICES OF RAW TOBACCO LEAF TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

4. (1) The average price to be paid by any tobacco manufacturer for raw tobacco leaf to which this order applies shall be not less than-
   (a) For flue-cured leaf: 4s. 7½d. per pound.
   (b) For air-dried leaf: 4s. 2½d. per pound.

(2) For the purpose of this clause the weight of any raw tobacco leaf shall be deemed to be its weight at the time and place of delivery by the grower to the manufacturer or to his agent in the district in which it is grown: Provided that in any case where the grower and the manufacturer or his agent agree that the moisture content of the leaf in any lot of tobacco is excessive, then, for the purposes of calculating the value of the lot, the weight of the lot shall be deemed to be reduced by a reasonable amount to make allowance for the excessive moisture.

5. No raw tobacco shall be sold by the grower thereof or purchased from him at less than 2s. per pound free on board ship Motueka or Nelson in the case of tobacco grown in the Nelson Provincial District, and in the case of tobacco grown in any other district at less than 2s. per pound free on board ship or free on rail at the port or railway station which is nearest to the place at which such tobacco is grown.

6. No raw tobacco shall be sold by any person other than the grower thereof or purchased from such other person at less than 2s. per pound free on board ship or free on rail at the port or railway station which is nearest to the place at which such tobacco is, at the time of sale thereof, being held or stored.

7. Notwithstanding anything in the provisions of clauses 5 and 6 hereof, the Tribunal may, in any case where it considers it proper so to do, authorise the sale and purchase of tobacco at a price less than the price fixed by either of those clauses.

Dated at Wellington this 12th day of April 1965.

The seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the presence of--
[L.S.]

S. T. BARNETT, President.
J. R. DENCH, Member.
F. F. SIMMONS, Member.

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Price Order No. 1977 (Island Oranges)

Pursuant to the Control of Prices Act 1947, I, Alfred Gaynor Beadle, 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. 1977 and shall come into force on the 29th day of April 1965.

2. (1) Price Order No. 1916* 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 Island 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 Island 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. 1d. per pound.
   (b) When sold by a retailer carrying on business elsewhere-
   1s. 1½d. 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 Island 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 Island 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 Island 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 "Island".

SCHEDULE

DEFINITION OF METROPOLITAN AREAS

Dated at Wellington this 21st day of April 1965.

A. G. BEADLE,
Director of Trade Practices and Prices Division.

*Gazette 8 August 1963, Vol. II, p. 1134

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