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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 66

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—

34 cents a lb.

Or where the scales used by the retailer weigh in metric weights—

75 cents a kilogram.

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

35 cents a lb.

Or where the scales used by the retailer weigh in metric weights—

77 cents a kilogram.

(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 he thinks fit, the Secretary, on application by any retailer, may authorise special maximum prices in respect of 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 Secretary 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 a pound of the bananas.

Or where the scales used by the retailer weigh in metric weights the price a kg.

(b) The word “Ecuadorian”

SCHEDULE

DEFINITION OF METROPOLITAN AREAS

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of June 1977.

P. E. DONOVAN,
Director of Prices and Stabilisation Division.

New Zealand Gazette, No. 123, 2 December 1976, p. 2764 (T. and I.)

The Queen’s Silver Jubilee and Birthday Honours List 1977

ROYAL COLONELCIES-IN-CHIEF

THE Governor-General has announced that The Queen has been graciously pleased on the occasion of Her Majesty’s Silver Jubilee to assume the following appointment:

Colonel-in-Chief, Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps.

THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased on the occasion of Her Majesty’s Silver Jubilee to give orders for the following appointments:

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother to be Colonel-in-Chief, Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps.

His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, to be Field Marshal, New Zealand Army and Marshal of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales to be Air Commodore-in-Chief, Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Her Royal Highness The Princess Anne to be Colonel-in-Chief, Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals and Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps.

Her Royal Highness Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, to be Colonel-in-Chief, Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps.

His Excellency the Governor-General has announced that The Queen has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the celebration of Her Majesty’s Silver Jubilee and Birthday, to confer the following honours:

CIVIL LIST

To be a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH):

The Right Honourable Robert David MULDOON, M.P., of Wellington. Prime Minister of New Zealand.

To be a Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (KCMG):

The Honourable Douglas Julian CARTER, of London. For public services, lately as New Zealand High Commissioner in the United Kingdom.

To be a Dame Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE):

Dr Cecily Mary Wise PICKERILL, O.B.E., of Upper Hutt. For services to medicine, especially in the field of plastic surgery.

To be Knights Commanders of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE):

Dr Randal Forbes ELLIOTT, O.B.E., of Wellington. For services to medicine.

The Right Honourable Sir Clifford Parris RICHMOND, of Wellington. President of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand.

To be Knights Bachelor:

Alan Roberts LOW, of Lower Hutt. Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand 1967-1977.

Kenneth Ben MYERS, M.B.E., of Auckland. For services to commerce and the community.

Jack NEWMAN, C.B.E., J.P., of Nelson. For services to the travel industry, commerce, and the community.

To be companions of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (CMG):

Lester John CASTLE, of Wellington. President of the New Zealand Law Society 1974–77.

The Honourable Robert Richmond REX, O.B.E., Premier of Niue.

To be Commanders of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE):

Dr Roger Shepherd DUFF, F.R.S.N.Z., of Christchurch. For services as Director of the Canterbury Museum since 1948.

Ernest Raymond ELLIOT, of Wellington. Commissioner, Salvation Army. For services to the community.

Harold Philip FOWLER, O.B.E., of Invercargill. For services to education.

Dr Alan Tutton JOHNS, F.R.S.N.Z., of Wellington. Director-General of Agriculture since 1968.

Peter John LUXFORD, of Wellington. For services as Executive Director of the New Zealand Employers’ Federation.

Dr William Anderson McGILLIVRAY, F.R.S.N.Z., J.P., of Palmerston North. For services as Director of New Zealand Dairy Research Institute since 1965.