SALE OF ORANGES

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21385, 21 April 1944, Page 5

SALE OF ORANGES

WEIGHT REPLACES COUNT (P r| \N . ' WELLINGTON, April 21. . Ba,e 1,1 oranges by weight is introf a Price' order for Inland oranges g, .i. ul yesterday. After the order conies into force on Saturday tlie limit retail price , ‘“'ami. oranges sold anywhere in New Zealand will be sixpence per pound. Sale ny weight tor these oranges lias been adopted because the previous system of varying tin- price according to tlie “count" or size llot always understood by the public, i i i, 1 Australian oranges become available later m tlie year the Price Tribunal intends unit they also should lie sold by weight. 'lsland and Australian oranges between them represent 95 per cent of the oranges consumed in New Zealand. The possibility oi extending the principle of sale by weight to New Zealand-grown citrus muts, which, however, represent only a small proportion of the total consumed in ea * aiK *’ *. s investigated. Where the price of any lot of granges does i lo^r an exact number, pence or halfpence, it may be “rounded” to the nearest upward halfpenny. The order requires retailers to .ticket oranges with the pnge per pound and the word “Island.” To make possible a universal limit of sixpence per pound retailers outside the main cities and boroughs will pay ii slightly lower wholesale price than retailers in the towns, this to compensate for the additional freight charges.