Price control list

Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32879, 30 March 1972, Page 4

Price control list

“The Press’' Special Service WELLINGTON, Mar. 28. A number of items have been added to the positive list under the Control of Prices Act and this augmented list will be called category A. In general, pricing authorities (for example, the Price Tribunal) will not allow price increases for items on the list unless they are in line with strictly defined criteria outlined by Mr Taiboys last night. The list is:— Building materials (including): Bricks, cement, ply woods, timber (New Zealand grown), timber charges. . , , Chemicals and chemical substances (including): Drugs and related commodities, insecticides and herbicides, fertilisers and lime, petroleum products. Clothing, footwear, and soft goods: Men’s and boys’ standard underwear, school uniform clothing, school uniform footwear, men’s working clothing, gumboots, men’s working boots. Foodstuffs and related commodities (including); Aerated waters, bananas, bread (except bread sold as part of a meg and bread sold in Stewart Moves praised The Government was to be commended on the economic measures announced this week, the chairman of the North Canterbury provincial executive of Federated Farmers (Mr A. F. Wright) said yesterday. He told the monthly meeting of the executive that the moves would be welcomed by the fanning community which, for the last three years, had been the sector to suffer most from inflation.

Island), biscuits (excluding breakfast cereals in biscuit form), butter manufactured in New Zealand (excluding butter when sold In portions not exceeding 1 ounce), cigarettes (excluding cigars and cheroots), coffee (including Instant coffee), coffee beans, coffee and chicory, coffee and milk, confectionery (including chocolate), fresh cream, eggs (hen and duck), canned fish, flour (ineluding gluten, Wheatmeal, and wholemeal, but excluding self-raising flour, soya bean and rye flour), fruits (all varieties, dried or evaporated, excluding crystallised or drained fruits and synthetic fruits, fruits and fruit pulp, canned or bottled), jams and marmalades of all types,, canned meat (with or without other ingredients), fresh milk, imported oranges, rice (including ground rice), soap, soap powder, and detergents, sugar (excluding raw sugar, No. 3 brown sugar, castor sugar, icing sugar, loaf sugar and coffee sugar crystals), tea (ineluding instant tea), tobacco (including raw tobacco leaf), dried, canned or frozen vegetables, intoxicating liquor, beer, spirits. Hardware (Including): Baths, pipes and fittings except pipe fittings of brass, sanitary earthenware, tubes and tubing metal, wire (baling, barbed, fencing, and reinforcing). Vehicles and equipment (Including): Cars, trucks, vans, ranch and station waggons; equipment, e.g., tyres, etc. Services: Charges, fees, rates, or commissions payable in respect of the following: Egg distribution and handling, electricity supply, gas supply, wheat broking. Archery results The Christchurch Archery Club’s clout championships resulted:— Men.—A. Drost 350 points 1, D. McAuley 248 2, B. Bagnall 235 3. Women.—J. Cattermole 258 1, V. Ingham 179 2, S. Palmer 157 3. Intermediate.—K. Boslem 219 1, D. Bullion 160 2, G. Dawes 155 3. Junior.—G. Bagnall 149 1.