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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Sep 15, 1945
Page
2
The Commissioner for Supply ordered future cabbage prices on retail and wholesale. From September 4 1945 the cabbage price to retailers is capped at seven cents per pound and the retailer’s price to customers not to exceed nine cents per pound. Signed H V Crosse, Secretary for Supply. Let September 1945.
Published by Authority under Defence Price of Goods Regulations 1941 the following order has been made by me dated St John’s 30 August 1945 GEO E LONDON Commissioner for Supply the notice sets the price control action for essential goods in the colony.
The order defines cold at retail as sales to non resale buyers including caterers and fixes cabbage prices not to exceed seven cents per pound to retailers and nine cents per pound at retail. Violations are offences under the Defence Price of Goods Regulations 1941 and the order takes effect September 3 1945.
The Commissioner for Supply issues an Order effective September 4 1945 setting maximum prices for turnips at four cents per pound trimmed or twelve cents per bunch, with a minimum weight of four pounds.
The order was issued by authority on September 1 1945 in St Johns by Geo E London under the Defence Price of Goods Regulations. It announces a price control action conferred by the 1941 regulations.
Infringements of the Defence Price of Goods Regulations 1941 take effect at midnight on September 3 1945 and may be cited as the Food Current Price Order No 67 1945.
An order from the Secretary for Supply imposes a retail price limit of five pence per pound on all potatoes sold to the public in September 1945. The restriction applies to cash and credit sales and takes effect on 4 September 1945.
Published by authority the following Order is made by mr dated at St. John s August 30 1945 Geo E London records the official action under the Defence of Prices of Goods regulations.
The order defines gold at retail and restricts potato sales in Newfoundland to not exceed five cents per pound whether cash or credit. It designates infringements as offences under the Defence regulations and takes effect at midnight on the third day of the cited Food Order No 65 of 1945.
An order issued on September 4 1945 reduces milk prices with set maximums for liquid pasteurised or certified cows milk and liquid raw cows milk. Prices are listed by container: half pint to gallon with figures shown in dollars and cents.
Public notices outline price controls on dairy products and revoke the 1944 price order. It then details the 1945 hunting season for caribou and moose in Newfoundland with open dates November 15 to December 21, license fees for residents and non-residents, bag limits, hunting areas, required applicant information, guides, prohibitions, reporting, and residency definitions. Up to 15 non resident and 15 armed forces licenses available.
The order defines terms for turnip regulations. It sets prices for trimmed turnips and for turnips sold by the bunch, limiting prices to twelve cents per bunch with a minimum four pound weight, effective in 1945.
The order defines certified cows milk as milk gold under Regulation 5 Part XI of the 1937 Food Standards, made under The Food and Drugs Act 1936. It states that the price of liquid cows milk and certified cows milk sold in specified quantities shall not exceed limits set out in the following table.
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