23 APRIL
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
SCHEDULE
DEFINITION OF METROPOLITAN AREAS
Name of Metropolitan Area
Districts Included Therein
Auckland
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, Mt. Wellington.
Wellington
The Cities of Wellington and Lower Hutt, the Boroughs of Eastbourne and Petone.
Christchurch
The City of Christchurch and the Borough of Riccarton.
Dunedin
The City of Dunedin and the Boroughs of Green Island, Port Chalmers, and St. Kilda.
Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of April 1970.
C. E. BEARD,
Director of Consumer Services Division.
*Gazette, 20 December 1967, Vol. III, p. 2295 (I. and C.)
Price Order No. 2131 (Ecuadorian Bananas)
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:

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 2131 and shall come into force on the 24th day of April 1970.
2. (1) Price Order No. 2068* 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 Ecuadorian bananas sold by way of retail in New Zealand.
   MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES OF ECUADORIAN BANANAS
5. (1) The maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any Ecuadorian bananas to which this order applies 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, Masterton, Blenheim, Nelson, Greymouth, Timaru, Westport, Oamaru, Balclutha, Gore, or Invercargill— 17 cents per lb.
   (b) When sold by a retailer carrying on business elsewhere—
   1 lb, 18 cents;
   2 lb, 35 cents;
   3 lb, 53 cents;
   4 lb, 70 cents;
   5 lb, 88 cents;
   6 lb, $1.05 cents.
   Fractions of a pound shall be calculated at the rate of 18 cents per lb. Quantities in excess of 6 lb shall be calculated at the rate of 17½ cents per lb.
   (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 cents, the maximum price of the lot shall be computed to the nearest whole cent.
   PROVISIONS FOR SPECIAL PRICES
6. 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 on any Ecuadorian 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 Ecuadorian bananas 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 for sale in any shop any Ecuadorian 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 following particulars:
   (a) The retail price per pound of the bananas. Retailers to whom clause 5 (1) (b) of this order applies shall state at least the prices for 1 lb and 2 lb lots.
   (b) The word "Ecuadorian".
   SCHEDULE
   DEFINITION OF METROPOLITAN AREAS
   Name of Metropolitan Area
   Districts Included Therein
   Auckland
   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, Mt. Wellington.
   Wellington
   The Cities of Wellington and Lower Hutt, the Boroughs of Eastbourne and Petone.
   Christchurch
   The City of Christchurch and the Borough of Riccarton.
   Dunedin
   The City of Dunedin and the Boroughs of Green Island, Port Chalmers, and St. Kilda.
   Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of April 1970.
   C. E. BEARD,
   Director of Consumer Services Division.
   *Gazette, 20 December 1967, Vol. III, p. 2295 (I. and C.)
   Temporary Protection of Industry
   NOTICE is hereby given that applications have been received for temporary protection, in terms of the Tariff and Development Board Amendment Act 1967, for the following goods:
   Tariff Item Goods
   Ex 73.13.32 Sheets and plates of iron or steel, less than 3 mm in thickness, not plated, coated or clad, perforated but not further worked
   Ex 73.13.42 Tinned sheets and plates of iron or steel, perforated but not further worked
   Dated at Wellington this 20th day of April 1970.
   V. W. THOMAS, Comptroller of Customs.
   Manufacturing Retailers' Licences Under the Sales Tax Act- Notice No. 1970/4
   PURSUANT to the Sales Tax Act 1932-33, licences to act as manufacturing retailers have been granted as set out in Schedule I hereto, and licences to act as manufacturing retailers have been surrendered or revoked as set out in Schedule II hereto.
   SCHEDULE I
   LICENCES GRANTED
   Name of Licensee Licence Place at Which Operative Business is from Carried on
   Communications and Business Machines (New Zealand) Ltd. 1/4/70 Auckland Mount Roskill
   International Computers (New Zealand) Ltd. 1/2/70 Auckland Christchurch Dunedin Wellington