19 JANUARY
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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Retailers’ Prices

12. The maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any wheat to which this order applies shall be the sum of the following amounts:

(a) The cost of the wheat to the retailer at the point at which he takes delivery but not more in any case than the cost that would have been incurred had the retailer purchased the wheat in lots of ½ ton or more.

(b) The amount of any transport charges incurred by the retailer in obtaining delivery of the wheat into his store, being not more in any case than the charges that would have been incurred had delivery been effected at common carrier rates.

(c) An amount calculated at the rate per bushel as follows:

(i) For wheat sold in sack lots: 1s. 3d. per bushel.
(ii) For wheat sold in lots of ½ bushel or more but less than one sack: 2s. per bushel.
(iii) For wheat sold in lots of less than ½ bushel: 2s. 9d. per bushel.

13. Where the prices fixed by this order do not include the price of the sacks, an additional charge may be made for the sacks not exceeding:

    s. d.
    For 46-in. by 23-in. sacks .. .. .. .. 2 8
    For 41-in. by 23-in. sacks .. .. .. .. 2 8
    For 29-in. by 18-in. (sugar bags) .. .. .. 0 9

14. Subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit, the Tribunal on application by the Wheat Board or any distributor or retailer, may authorise special prices in respect of any wheat to which this order applies where special circumstances exist or for any reason extraordinary charges (freight or otherwise) are incurred. Any authority given by the Tribunal under this clause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of wheat or may relate generally to all wheat to which this order applies, sold by the distributor or retailer while the approval remains in force.

Dated at Wellington this 10th day of January 1967.

C. E. BEARD, Assistant Director of Trade Practices and Prices Division.

*Gazette, 13 January 1966, Vol. I, p. 25
†1965, No. 60

(I. and C.)

Price Order No. 2022 (Wheat Grown in the South Island and Sold in the North Island of New Zealand)

PURSUANT to the Control of Prices Act 1947, I, Clifford Ernest Beard, 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:

PRELIMINARY

1. This order may be cited as Price Order No. 2022, and shall come into force on the 23rd day of January 1967.

2. (1) Price Order No. 1996* 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. In this order:

“Bulk”, in relation to wheat, means wheat that is sold otherwise than in sacks.

“Wheat Board” means the Wheat Board established by the Wheat Board Act 1965†.

“Distributor”, in relation to wheat, means any person who purchases wheat from the Wheat Board for the purpose of resale.

“Distributor’s port” means the port at which the Wheat Board customarily invoices the wheat to the distributor on the basis of c.i.f.

“Retailer”, in relation to wheat means any reseller other than a distributor.

The expression “c.i.f.” means “cost, insurance, and freight”.

4. The provisions of this order shall apply notwithstanding that any wheat to which this order is applicable is sold otherwise than by weight.

5. The several prices fixed by this order apply with respect to sales by auction as well as to other sales.

6. Where any wheat to which this order applies is sold on the basis of sacks extra the maximum price that may be charged or received for the wheat shall be computed on the weight of the wheat without the sacks.

7. Where any wheat to which this order applies is sold on the basis of sacks included the maximum price that may be charged or received for the wheat shall be computed on the total weight of the wheat and the sacks.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

8. This order applies with respect to all wheat grown in the South Island of New Zealand sold in the North Island of New Zealand for other than milling purposes.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES OF WHEAT TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Wheat Board’s Prices

9. (1) The maximum price (sacks extra) that may be charged or received by the Wheat Board for any wheat to which this order applies that is sold in sacks to a distributor for the purposes of resale shall be determined as follows:

Where the Distributor’s Port is—

Maximum Price per Bushel
s. d.
Auckland .. .. .. .. 17 11½
Castlecliff .. .. .. .. 19 7½
Gisborne .. .. .. .. 19 10
Mount Maunganui .. .. .. 17 11½

Where the Distributor’s Port is—

Maximum Price per Bushel
s. d.
Napier .. .. .. .. 19 2
New Plymouth .. .. .. 18 10½
Wellington .. .. .. .. 17 11½

(2) The maximum price that may be charged or received by the Wheat Board for any wheat to which this order applies that is sold in bulk to a distributor for the purposes of resale shall be computed on the weight of the wheat at the port of discharge and shall be the appropriate price fixed by subclause (1) hereof reduced by 4d. per bushel at New Plymouth or by 5½d. per bushel at the other ports listed in subclause (1) hereof.

Distributors’ Prices

10. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause the maximum price that may be charged or received by any distributor for any wheat to which this order applies that is sold in sacks shall be the sum of the following amounts:

(a) The cost of the wheat to the distributor at the point at which he takes delivery.

(b) The amount of any wharfage and transport charges actually and reasonably incurred between the point at which delivery is taken by the distributor and his premises: Provided that transport cost shall not be more in any case than the charges that would have been incurred had delivery been effected at common carrier rates.

(c) With respect to wheat transported inland by rail, an amount not exceeding 1 per cent of the sum of the amount calculated in accordance with paragraphs (a) and (b) hereof (to cover the estimated loss due to shrinkage or other causes).

(d) The amount of any storage, handling, or additional shrinkage costs actually incurred but not exceeding in any case 8d. per bushel.

(e) An amount calculated at the rate per bushel as follows:

(i) For wheat sold in lots of 5 tons or more: 7d. per bushel.
(ii) For wheat sold in lots of 1 ton or more but less than 5 tons: 8d. per bushel.
(iii) For wheat sold in lots of ½ ton or more but less than 1 ton: 9d. per bushel.
(iv) For wheat sold in lots of two sacks or more but less than ½ ton: 11d. per bushel.
(v) For wheat sold in lots of one sack or more but less than two sacks: 1s. 1d. per bushel.
(vi) For wheat sold in lots of ½ bushel or more but less than one sack: 1s. 9d. per bushel.
(vii) For wheat sold in lots of less than ½ bushel: 2s. 6d. per bushel.