THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 305, 26 December 1928, Page 4

THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.

CUSTOMERS AT LIVERPOOL,

WANT DIRECT SHIPMENTS

One of the first duties of the recentlyappointed Lord Mayor of Liverpool (Aldermiin Miller) was to open a fortnight's exhibition of New Zealand dairy produce, so that Liverpool might better appreciate the Qualities of Dominion produce. In his address the Lord Mayor said, inter alia:—

"When Sir James Parr, the New Zealand High Commissioner, was here recently, he' said Liverpool was splendidly suited for supplying 20.000,000 people in the Midlands, but I don't think the overseas people quite appreciate the advantages that would be gained by making more use of Liverpool 'ns a distributing centre. We have the accoin modation.

"Nor do I think the citizens realise what they are doing when they give foreign goods preference over the goods of our own kith and kin. If they would only insist on procuring Dominion goods it would not be Jong before a direct shipping line between here and New Zealand would prove a paying proposition."

Mr. L. A. P. Warner, general manager of ♦he Dock Board, also referred to the question of direct shipments. He said the board had been trying hard for the last pix years to get them.

The exhibition, which was a direct sequel to Sir James Parr's visit, was organised by the New Zealand Dairy Produce Board. It gave the Liverpool public a chance to sample New Zealand butter and cheese, and to see the hygienic manufacturing pnethods of New Zealand dairies.

TE AROHA. (From Our Own Corresponrlfnt.) For the month of November the quantity of butterfat dealt with by the Te Aroha Dairy Company, Ltd., was 1,119,279 lb, compared with 812,9911b for the same period last year, an increase of 37.7 per cent. The total amount paid out for November was £25,872, against £J7,676 the previous November, an increase of 453 per cent. For the season to November 30 the company has paid out £74,782, compared with £56.380 for the same period in 3927, an increase of 41.5 per cent. Cream was received by the company from the Te Aroha district. Rotorua, Matamata, Katikuti, Waihi, and Hauraki Plains. RANGITAIKI. The Rangitaiki Plains Dairy Company paid out £30.331 to suppliers on the 20th inst., for supplies of butterfat for the past month. On December 20 of last year the amount paid to suppliers was £26,705. The total paid this year, as from July 1, amounts to £91,445. Last year it was !£70,358. The quantity of butter manufactured this year, as from July 1 to the end of November, totals 777 tons 7cwt, as against 603 tons 3cwt for the corresponding period of last year, an increase this year of 28.8 per cent. The company has made advances on a very conservative basis, and judging by the way realisations are proceeding suppliers can look forward to very considerable further payments later iin the season.