PRICE CONTROL

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20821, 3 June 1939, Page 6

PRICE CONTROL

GOODS AND SERVICES REGULATIONS GAZETTED WIDE RANGE COVERED (By TelegToph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Friday Regulations requiring price increases for prescribed goods and services to be first notified to the Price Investigation Tribunal were gazetted to-night. As already announced, the tribunal is to have powers of judicial inquiry and investigation under the Board of Trade Act. The regulations are to come into force next Friday. Persons engaged in selling goods prescribed in the schedule to the regulations cannot sell them at a price above their ruling price to-day without first giving noWce to the tribunal of the higher price to be charged and of the reasons for the increase. This notice is to be given by means of a registered letter addressed to the I Price Investigation Tribunal, Wellington. ! The same conditions are to apply, I with the necessary modifications, to the rates of fees charged for the performance of prescribed services other than contract of service between master aud servant. No notification of prices is required in the case of goods sold at a price fixed by other regulations under the Board of Trade Act, 1919, or the Motor Spirits (Regulation of Prices Act, 1933. The 6arae applies to goods sold at public auction, goods of a perishable nature, and goods sold as second-hand goods. It is an offence to attempt or conspire to do any act declared by the regulations to be unlawful. It is also declared to be an offence to incite, aid, abet, counsel and procure any ather person to commit an offence against the regulations. Goods and Services Covered The goods and services covered by the regulations are: — Goods.—Any article of food for human consumption and the ingredients used in the manufacture of any such article, aerated waters, mineral waters and beverages, bags and sacks of all kinds, baking powder, yeast and similar preparations, bran and pollard, brushes, brushware and brooms, candles, china ware, earthenware and porcelain ware, cream of tarta, disinfectants, drapery and haberdashery, electric lamps, essences, culinary or flavouring, floor coverings, footwear, fuel, furniture, glass bottles and glass jars, hardware, hoUoware and ironmongery, insecticides and fungicides, matches, medical drugs and preparations, newspapers, paints, oolours, varnishes and similar materials, photographic cameras and photographic goods, polishes of all kinds, rennet, ruga, soap

of all kinds, soap powder and extract of soap, sporting, gaming and athletic requisites, starch, stationery and paper.

textile piece-goods, timber, tinware and tin manufactures, tobacco (including cigars and cigarettes), toilet preparations aud perfumery, tools of all kinds, wearing apparel of all kinds, wines, spirits and all other alcoholic beverages.

Services. —Admission to entertainments, advertising, bricklaying, dressmaking, dry-cleaning, electric wiring, electro-plating, freight and transport, laundering, painting, paperhanging, plumbing, printing, repair work of all descriptions, tailoring, vulcanising.