848 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 28

Consenting to Raising of Loans by Certain Local Authorities

PURSUANT to section 3 of the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956 (as amended by section 3 (1) of the Local Authorities Loans Amendment Act 1967), the undersigned Assistant Secretary to the Treasury, acting under powers delegated to the Secretary to the Treasury by the Minister of Finance, hereby consents to the borrowing by the local authorities mentioned in the Schedule hereto of the whole or any part of the respective amounts specified in that Schedule.

SCHEDULE

Local Authority and Name of Loan Amount Consented to $
Auckland Electric Power Board: General Extension and Improvement Loan 1970 ..... 1,750,000
Balclutha Borough Council:
Centennial Sports Complex Loan 1969 ..... 50,000
Hospital Creek Loan 1969 ..... 13,000
Eastbourne Borough Council: Municipal Building Loan 1970 ..... 100,000
Invercargill City Council: Pensioners’ Flats Loan 1970 ..... 40,500
Rangitikei Catchment Board: Staff Housing Loan 1970 ..... 40,000
Takapuna City Council: Wairau Stream and Nile Road Tributary Drainage Works Loan 1970 ..... 221,000
Wairoa Fire Board: Fire Station Improvements Renewal Loan 1970 ..... 14,600
Wanganui City Council: Own-your-own Pensioners Flats Loan 1970 ..... 48,000

Dated at Wellington this 8th day of May 1970.

S. A. McLEOD, Assistant Secretary to the Treasury.
(T. 40/416/6)

Price Order No. 2132 (Island Oranges)

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. 2132 and shall come into force on the 15th day of May 1970.

2. (1) Price Order No. 2111* 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, Hawera, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Napier, Hastings, Masterton, Blenheim, Nelson, Greymouth, Timaru, Westport, Oamaru, Balclutha, Gore, or Invercargill—

15c per pound.

(b) When sold by a retailer carrying on business elsewhere—

1 lb, 16c;
2 lb, 31c;
3 lb, 47c;
4 lb, 62c;
5 lb, 78c;
6 lb, 93c.

Fractions of a pound shall be calculated at 16c per pound. Quantities in excess of 6 lb shall be calculated at the rate of 15½c 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 cents, the maximum price of the lot may be computed to the nearest whole cent.

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. Retailers to whom clause 5 (b) of this order applies shall state at least the prices for 1 lb and 2 lb lots.

(b) The word “Island”.

SCHEDULE

DEFINITION OF METROPOLITAN AREAS

Dated at Wellington this 12th day of May 1970.

C. E. BEARD,
Director of Consumer Services Division.

*Gazette, 14 August 1969, Vol. II, p. 1524
(I. and C.)

The Standards Act 1965—Specifications Declared to be Standard Specifications

PURSUANT to section 23 of the Standards Act 1965, the Standards Council, on 24 April 1970, declared the undermentioned specifications to be standard specifications: