Price Order No. 2283 (Ecuadorian Bananas)

Pursuant to the Control of Prices Act 1947, I, Maurice John Belgrave, pursuant to a delegation from the Secretary of Trade and Industry acting under a delegation from the Price Tribunal, hereby make the following price order:

1. This order may be cited as Price Order No. 2283 and shall come into force on the 22nd day of July 1974.

2. (1) Price Order No. 2260* 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, Hawera, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Napier, Hastings, Masterton, Blenheim, Nelson, Greymouth, Timaru, Westport, Oamaru, Balclutha, Gore, or Invercargill—

20 cents per lb.

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

1 lb, 21 cents;
2 lb, 41 cents;
3 lb, 62 cents;
4 lb, 82 cents;
5 lb, $1.03;
6 lb, $1.23.

Fractions of a pound shall be calculated at the rate of 21 cents per lb. Quantities in excess of 6 lb shall be calculated at the rate of 20½ 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

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of July 1974.

M. J. BELGRAVE,
Director of Prices and Stabilisation Division.

*Gazette, No. 16, 22 February 1974, p. 359
(T. and I.)

Special Order Made by Waipara County Council Altering Riding Boundaries

Pursuant to section 88 of the Counties Act 1956, the Secretary for Local Government hereby publishes the following special order made by the Waipara County Council.

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of July 1974.

P. J. O’DEA, Secretary for Local Government.
(I.A. 103/137/123)

SPECIAL ORDER

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 88 of the Counties Act 1956, the Waipara County Council resolves by way of special order as follows:

1. The present boundary between the Hawarden and Hurunui Ridings shall be altered to provide for all of the land between the Waitohi Gorge Road and the Waitohi River at present included in the Hawarden Riding being transferred to the Hurunui Riding.

2. The alteration made shall take effect on and after the day of the triennial elections, viz., the 12th day of October 1974.

3. Certified Schedule defining the new boundaries appended hereto.

SCHEDULE

HAWARDEN RIDING

All that area in the Canterbury Land District, Waipara County, bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of the middle of the Waitohi River with the middle of the public road forming the eastern boundary of Lot 1, D.P. 7956, and proceeding southerly along the middle of that road and No. 7 State Highway, to the middle of Hawarden-Hurunui Road; thence south-westerly generally along the middle of that road, Gemmells Road, Horsley Down Road, Pyramid Valley Road, and Broxton Road to the middle of the unformed road forming the south-western boundary of part Lot 1, D.P. 11934; thence south-easterly generally along the middle of that road and its production to the middle of the Waipara River (north branch); thence southerly down the middle of that river to the middle of the Waipara River (south branch); thence north-westerly generally up the middle of that river to its source; thence