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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 84

Commerce Act 1975—Decision No. 41 of the Commerce Commission

WHEREAS the Examiner of Commercial Practices submitted to the Commerce Commission, pursuant to section 40 of the Commerce Act 1975, a report dated 14 September 1978 on a complaint made by the Property Spot, Tauranga, against an alleged unjustifiable refusal by the Bay of Plenty Times Ltd. to accept advertising material from it.

And whereas the Commission at a hearing on 28 and 29 November 1978 heard evidence from the Examiner, the Bay of Plenty Times and the Newspaper Publishers Association of New Zealand (Inc.) relating to that complaint.

And whereas after the presentation of that evidence, counsel for the Bay of Plenty Times and the Newspaper Publishers Association requested that the hearing be adjourned to enable further discussion to take place, which request was agreed to by the Commission and the hearing adjourned to 18 December 1978.

And whereas following this adjournment, the Advertising Advisory Subcommittee of the Newspaper Publishers Association made certain recommendations on the acceptability of the Property Spot, Tauranga, as an advertiser, and thereafter the Bay of Plenty Times agreed to accept and is now accepting advertisements from the Property Spot.

And whereas the Commission is satisfied that the practice which was the subject of the Examiner’s report no longer exists.

Now therefore the trade practice not now existing and counsel for the Examiner and the Bay of Plenty Times consenting thereto the Commission resolves and decides not to make an order under section 22 of the Commerce Act 1975 in respect of the Examiner’s report dated 14 September 1978.

Dated at Wellington this 30th day of August 1979.

K. B. O’BRIEN, Chairman.

Copies of this decision are available on request to the Executive Officer, Commerce Commission, P.O. Box 10273, Wellington.

Consent to Raising of Loans by Certain Local Authorities

PURSUANT to the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956, the undersigned Deputy 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 $

Heathcote County Council:
Electrical Works Loan No. 5, 1979 ………… 260,000

Hokitika Borough Council:
Housing for the Elderly Loan 1979 ………… 126,500

Horowhenua Electric Power Board:
Electric Reticulation Loan No. 27, 1979 ………… 1,000,000

Hutt Valley Electric Power and Gas Board:
Gas Appliances Loan 1979 ………… 60,000

Kaiapoi Borough Council:
Electricity Development Loan 1979 ………… 30,000

Levin Borough Council:
Owner Occupier Flats Bridging Finance Loan 1979 ………… 75,000

Manukau City Council:
Renewal Loan No. 3, 1979 ………… 156,600
Renewal Loan No. 4, 1979 ………… 145,300

Napier City Council:
Essex Street Community Hall Loan 1979 ………… 25,000
Essex Street Flats Loan No. 3, 1979 ………… 64,000

Southland Catchment Board:
Orari-Waihi-Temuka Redemption Loan No. 12, 1979 ………… 4,100

Southland Catchment Board:
Upper Waikaka River Works Redemption Loan No. 1, 1979 ………… 6,500

Local Authority and Name of Loan
Amount Consented to $

Takapuna City Council:
Concrete Footpaths Redemption Loan No. 2, 1979 ………… 10,000
North Shore Cemetery and Crematorium Redemption Loan 1979 ………… 19,000
Land Purchase Redemption Loan No. 2, 1979 ………… 15,900

Waitaki County Council:
Rural Housing Loan 1978 ………… 200,000

Westland Catchment Board:
Plant and Vehicle Replacement Loan 1979 ………… 100,000

Dated at Wellington this 3rd day of September 1979.

S. A. MCLEOD, Deputy Secretary to the Treasury.

Designation of High Priority Activities

For the purposes of section 2A (1) (e) of the Commerce Act 1975, and in relation to the economic policy of the Government as transmitted thereunder to the Commerce Commission on 29 December 1977, and for the purposes of regulations 3 (4) of the Stabilisation of Prices Regulations 1974*, the Secretary of Trade and Industry and the Secretary to the Treasury hereby designate the manufacture or supply of the following classes or descriptions of goods or services, by the persons named hereunder, to be High Priority Activities:

H.P.S. No. Name of Manufacturer or Supplier of Services
Class or Description of Goods or Services

055 Ralta Ltd. ………… FP 3/1, FP 4/1 and FP 5/1 electric frypans.

056 Wyborn Marine Farms Ltd. ………… Processed oysters.

057 P.D.L. Westport Ltd. ………… “Torro” and plastic toys.

058 Jenkin Timber Ltd. ………… Bullnose facia, billiard table components, furniture components, interior mouldings, and finger jointed timber.

059 Marguerite Leatherware Ltd. ………… Sheepskin floor and car rugs, deer suede garments, and double-faced sheepskin garments.

060 Rotary Seal Company of New Zealand Ltd. ………… Type 848 and 444 rotary mechanical seals.

061 A.H.I. Plastic Moulding Co. ………… Milking equipment comprising the Initiator and Ram of the Teat Cup Remover, together with the complete Teat Cup Remover; Milk Meter; Milk Line Filter (plain), and Milk Line Filter with bypass; 170 Vacuum Regulator and 170A Vacuum Regulator; Mastitis Detector; Ruakura, Waikato, and High Flow Vacuum Regulators.

Dated at Wellington this 31st day of August 1979.

J. W. H. CLARK, Secretary of Trade and Industry.

N. V. LOUGH, Secretary to the Treasury.

*S.R. 1974/175
Reprinted 1976/290
Amendment No. 7: S.R. 1977/326
Stabilisation of Prices Regulations Revocation Order S.R. 1979/81

Insurance Companies’ Deposits Act 1953—Proposed Release of Deposit

THE London Assurance has given notice to the Public Trustee that it has ceased to carry on in New Zealand the classes of insurance business designated as classes 1, 2, 3, and 4 in the First Schedule to the above-mentioned Act, and that it pro-