MILK IMPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 113, 16 May 1933, Page 7

MILK IMPORTS.

DEDUCTION SOUGHT. BRITISH EMERGENCY. ija, to Establish Stable Market Conditions. s2 . ONLY SLIGHTLY INVOLVED. (British Official Wireless.) (Received 12 noon. J RUGBY, May 15. Tn the House of Commons, Major Vilot Minister of Agriculture, said E •, view of the increased supply tb f hic-produccd milk now being °i- Td to manufacture, to the diV inlation of stocks in manufacaCoUn. hand and to the urgent need fZS in" markets for a larger ie P pSuce S d output, ho felt bound K* for «" emergency measure for a substential reduction of imports J f Sensed whole, and condensed i-m milk, skimmed cream and milk 5 iTin order to establish move ffi£: market conditions in the inJerests of all concerned. TToliad met representatives of foreign vnorters, and had every hope of an Luate measure of voluntary co-opera- „ Early conversations on the same subject with Dominions' representatives «re being arranged. According to the "Daily Herald," Maior Elliot is trying to force the price J surplus milk for manufacturing to £ a gallon. The price is now 31d. The Australian Tress Association karns that Major Elliot to-day conulted Mr. S. M. Bruce in reference to he limitation of Australian supplies ot inned cream, and condensed and ordered milk in the interests of the British industry. Tie quantities of Australian exports of these commodities to Britain are very small. The question of butter and cheese has not been raised. Britain has thus far M t submitted to the Dominion representatives definite proposals regarding restrictions. To a "Star" representative Mr. W. Goodfellow, chairman of directors ot Amalgamated Dairies, explained that the effect of the proposed action was scarcely likely to be serious, so far as New Zealand was concerned. The chief exporter ot condensed milk and powder to Great Britain was Holland, which sent over tremendous quantities, particularly of condensed skim milk. The position, m his view, quite justified the British Government in seeking to put a stop to excessive dumping by foreign countries of skimmed milk products. In this trade hie own firm was the leading supplier in the Empire of milk powder, but the total quantities of New Zealand's exports of condensed milk and milk powder were relatively small as against the foreign contribution. There was no reason why this Dominion's output should be curtailed. Not only was our contribution relatively small, but it had been sent in regularity of suppTy, and during the past season the company had voluntarily restricted its ■export of powder because of the unsatisfactory position at the consuming end, by closing the big Waharoa factory, which then turned over to cheese.