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Hokitika Guardian, 12 October 1923, Page 4

I'.rax axd pollard. WKI.T INGTOX. 01. T | Th- Department of I mlii.iiri-;-: a i.l j ('i •ill! In-!i-<- desires Id ihr.’.V tli-‘ atiot-l tinii of the' trailing community to tor- | j existent* nf Board of Trad*' regulations j restricting the prices tit which bran and , pollard nuumiarturet! in New /calami i may ho sold. It lias boon evident that ' ignorance of the provisions of those re- . epilations lias increased the price pa LI j by the liltimate user quite out of ro’-t- j own to the prices at which the tr -id- j Wo re sold I v the ma nr.faci titers. lie- j eolations governing the matter were j gazetted on February T-Tit. U l --. They j provide for the fixation, not only * f j manufacturers’ prices, hot also of j prices i liurgcable on re-sale. These .-a!'* | prices must not exceed:— . | la) When sold in quantities of half I ton or more, the fixed price f.o.b Tima- j ru, Onmani or Lyttelton, plus costs of i transport to place of sale, plus 10s per j ton in ease ot bran, or Ids per ton in ' case of pollard. (b) —When sold in quantities of loss j than half a ton, a price higher by 1 2s 6d per ton than is set out in fa). j The Department desires to indicate that evidence of a breach of these re- | gulations will hereafter result in legal | action against the offenders, !