2 JUNE

Order No. 1 (1966) of the Trade Practices and Prices Commission

In the matter of the Trade Practices Act 1958 and in the matter of an agreement or arrangement between members of the Brewers Association of New Zealand Incorporated relating to the price of beer.

WHEREAS the Trade Practices and Prices Commission has, pursuant to section 18 of the Trade Practices Act 1958, conducted an inquiry into an agreement or arrangement between members of the Brewers Association of New Zealand Incorporated whereby the members of the said Association agreed upon the prices to be charged by members for beer.

And whereas the Trade Practices and Prices Commission is of opinion that the said agreement or arrangement is a trade practice under section 19 of the Trade Practices Act 1958 which is contrary to the public interest under section 20 of the said Act.

Now, therefore, the Trade Practices and Prices Commission, pursuant to sections 19 and 21 of the Trade Practices Act 1958, by consent hereby orders that:

(a) The Brewers Association of New Zealand Incorporated and the members thereof:

(i) Discontinue the practice of fixing, nominating, or recommending the prices and terms and conditions on which brewers shall sell beer;

(ii) Refrain from reviving this practice in any form whether as members of the Brewers Association of New Zealand Incorporated or otherwise howsoever.

(b) The Brewers Association of New Zealand Incorporated:

(i) Pass a resolution within twenty-eight (28) days of the gazetting of this order rescinding all resolutions which gave rise to the said agreement or arrangement and declaring it to be the policy thenceforth of the said Association not to decide, recommend, or enforce the prices or terms on which its members shall sell beer;

(ii) Promulgate such resolution to all member brewers within fourteen (14) days of its being passed and furnish the Examiner of Trade Practices and Prices with advice that this has been done, accompanied by a copy of the resolution itself.

Provided however that in the event of beer duty, as defined in the Finance Act 1915, being increased at any time after the coming into force of this Order, nothing in this Order shall prevent the members of the said Association agreeing upon the action if any to be taken by each of them to recover any such increase in beer duty by increasing the price of beer sold by them.

Provided further however that any increase in the price of beer resulting from any such agreement shall not exceed the amount necessary to recover any such increase in beer duty.

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of May 1966.

The seal of the Trade Practices and Prices Commission was affixed hereto in the presence of—

B. S. BARRY, Chairman.
F. F. SIMMONS, Member.
J. R. DENCH, Member.

[L.S.]
(I. and C.)

Plants Declared Noxious Weeds in County of Geraldine (Notice No. Ag. 8399)

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 Geraldine County Council on the 21st day of March 1966, is hereby published:

SPECIAL ORDER

THAT, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon it by the Counties Act 1956 and the Noxious Weeds Act 1950 and all amendments thereto and all other acts (if any) enabling it in that behalf, the Geraldine County Council hereby resolves, by special order that the weeds described in the Schedule hereto be and are declared noxious weeds within the County of Geraldine.

All previous special orders declaring weeds to be noxious weeds within the County of Geraldine are hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

Barley grass (Hordeum murinum)
Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus and Rubus laciniatus)
Burdock (Arctium, any species)
California thistle, Canadian thistle, or creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense)
Cape tulip (Homeria collina)
Common broom (Cytisus scoparius)
Gorse (Ulex, any species)

Grecian thistle (Chamaepeuce afra)
Heath (Erica lusitanica and Erica arborea)
Hemlock (Conium maculatum)
Milk thistle or variegated thistle (Silybum marianum)
Nassella tussock (Nassella trichotoma)
Nodding thistle (Carduus nutans)
Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea)
St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum)
Saffron thistle (Carthamus lanatus)
Sweetbrier (Rosa eglanteria syn. Rosa rubiginosa)
Viper’s bugloss (Echium vulgare)
Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)
Winged thistle (Carduus tenuiflorus and Carduus pycnocephalus)

Dated at Wellington this 25th day of May 1966.

G. J. ANDERSON,
Assistant Director-General (Administration).
(Ag. 20649)

Notice Under Regulation 64 of the Poisons Regulations 1964

PURSUANT to regulation 64 of the Poisons Regulations 1964, I, Gordon Owen Lindsay Dempster, the Registrar within the meaning of the Poisons Act 1960, hereby declare the poison specified in the first column of the Schedule hereto to be a poison, hazardous to the user.

SCHEDULE

Poisons hazardous to the user Proportion below which declaration on labels is not necessary

Fluorides; including hydrofluoric acid and silicofluoride. 0·1 per cent calculated as elementary fluorine.

Dated at Wellington this 30th day of May 1966.

G. O. L. DEMPSTER,
Director of the Division of Public Health under the Health Act 1956.

Tariff and Development Board Notice No. 46—Postponement of Public Inquiry into Import Duties and Import Licensing as Affecting Elastics and Elastomeric Materials

It is hereby notified that the public inquiry which was to have been held on 21 June 1966 regarding the above matters, as notified in Tariff and Development Board Notice No. 45 of 17 March 1966, has been postponed.

An announcement will be made in due course when it has been decided to hold the inquiry, which may be approximately one year hence.

The postponement has been agreed to in the light of representations made by the major New Zealand producers and manufacturing users.

Dated at Wellington this 31st day of May 1966.

P. A. T. ABRAHAM,
Acting Secretary, Tariff and Development Board.
P.O. Box 5070, Wellington.

Mount Aspiring National Park Bylaws

PURSUANT to the National Parks Act 1952, the Mount Aspiring National Park Board doth hereby make the following bylaws:

1. INTERPRETATION

In these bylaws, unless inconsistent with the context—

“Authorised person” means a person authorised by the Board:

“Board” means the Mount Aspiring National Park Board having the control and management of the park by virtue of the said Act:

“Camping site” means any area that may from time to time be set aside under section 28 (1) (i) of the said Act:

“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board:

“Park” means the Mount Aspiring National Park, being a national park under and subject to the National Parks Act 1952:

“Park ranger” means any person appointed as such by the Board under the powers of section 27 of the said Act:

“Secretary” means the Secretary of the Board.

2. CAMPING

All persons wishing to camp in the park shall apply to the Secretary or a park ranger or to an authorised person for assignment of camping sites, and shall pay such fees or charges