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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 92

2. In this order—
   “Flue-cured leaf” means leaf that has been treated in the kiln for at least 3 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 1971–72 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—(i) hanked: 78.5c per pound
   (ii) loose: 75.5c per pound
   (b) For air-dried leaf—(i) hanked: 74.5c per pound
   (ii) loose: 71.5c 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 the manufacturer may reject leaf in accordance with the provisions of the agreement between the grower and the manufacturer which relate to the moisture content of tobacco leaf at the time of its delivery to the manufacturer.

5. No raw tobacco shall be sold by the grower thereof or purchased from him at less than 20c 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 20c 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 20c 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 October 1972.

The seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the presence of—

[L.S.]
A. G. RODDA, President.
F. F. SIMMONS, Member.

(I. and C.)

Gazette, 25 November 1971, No. 93, p. 2645

Supreme Court Sittings 1973

We, three of the Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in us by the Judicature Act 1908, hereby appoint that during the year 1973 sittings of the Supreme Court for the dispatch of civil and criminal business will be held at the Supreme Court Houses in the following places:

AUCKLAND

Criminal Trials and Civil Actions Before Judge and Jury: As from 1 February, the Court will sit each week commencing on Monday.

All Other Classes of Business: The Court will sit each day.

WELLINGTON

Criminal Trials and Civil Actions Before Judge and Jury: The Court will sit during the weeks commencing:
5 and 12 February
5 and 12 March
2 and 9 April
14 and 21 May
11 and 18 June
9 and 16 July
6 and 13 August
3 and 10 September
1, 8, 15, and 29 October
5 and 26 November
3 December

and at such other times as may be required.

All other Classes of Business: The Court will sit each day.

CHRISTCHURCH

Criminal Trials and Civil Actions Before Judge and Jury: The Court will sit during the weeks commencing:
5, 12, and 19 February
5, 12, and 19 March
2 and 9 April
7, 14, and 21 May
11 and 18 June
2, 9, and 16 July
6, 13, and 20 August
3, 10, and 17 September
1, 8, and 15 October
5, 12, and 19 November
3 December

and at such other times as may be required.

All other Classes of Business: The Court will sit each day.

DUNEDIN

Criminal Trials and Civil Actions Before Judge and Jury and All Other Classes of Business: The Court will sit during periods commencing:
5 February
12 March
30 April
11 June
23 July
3 September
8 October
26 November

and at such other times as may be required.

OTHER PLACES

The Court will sit to deal with all classes of civil and criminal business at the places named during periods commencing on the following respective dates:

HAMILTON
5 and 12 February
5 and 12 March
2 and 9 April
14, 21, and 28 May
11 and 18 June
9 and 16 July
6 and 13 August
3, 10, and 17 September
1, 8, and 29 October
5 and 26 November
3 December

GISBORNE
19 February
25 June
15 October

NEW PLYMOUTH
19 February
21 May
23 July
29 October

WANGANUI
19 March
25 June
20 August
26 November

PALMERSTON NORTH
5 February
2 April
7 May
2 July
3 September
8 October
26 November

NAPIER
5 March
11 June
6 August
12 November

NELSON
19 February
25 June
1 October

BLENHEIM
26 February
2 July
8 October

GREYMOUTH
19 March
30 July
29 October

TIMARU
5 March
9 July
12 November

INVERCARGILL
19 February
14 May
13 August
29 October