BUTTER-FAT PAY-OUT.
STATEMENT IN AUSTRALIA. A QUESTION IN PARLIAMENT. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. When the House of Representatives met at 10.30 Mr W. J. Poison gave notice to ask the Minister for Marketing whether he was aware that the average equalised price of butterfat for the season in Australia was 126 s 8.57 d, equal to a pay-out of Is Id to Is 2d per lb, not 11.25 d as had been stated by the Minister; also would he take steps to remove the impression created by the returns from Australian factories that the pay-out of 12.66 d in New Zealand was higher than that in Australia, whereas the reverse was the case. The Minister for Marketing (the Hon. W. Nash) denied that he had stated that the Australian average payout was 11.20 d. Mr Poison pointed out that he had not said in the question that the Minister had actually made the statement. He merely wished the Minister to correct an impression which had been created. Mr Speaker: I think that is sufficient. The matter was then allowed to drop.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 40, 26 November 1937, Page 6
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