BIG CONTRACT

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 107, 8 May 1941, Page 9

BIG CONTRACT

CHEESE SUPPLIES

FOR BRITISH PEOPLE

DRIED MILK ALSO NEEDED

10.C.1 WELLINGTON, this day. Next seasons cheese contract with the British Government provides for an additional 40.000 to 50,000 tons over the present season's record production. It was announced to-day by the Minis!cr uf Marketing, the Hon. J. G. Barclay, that the Ministry of Food of the T":iited Kingdom is prepared to make a contract with the New Zealand Government for a quantiiy of KiO.OOO tons of cheese for the 1911-12 production season. "The production of such a lai-ge quantity uf cheese from thi.s country will mean a considerable reorganisation within ihc dairy industry, as an additional 10.000 io 50.000 ■V.S.- ill be required over and above the present .-easorfs production," said the Minister. "I am sure that the dairy fanners of the Dominion will again rJ-e to the occasion and make the same effort during the coming year that they made during this year with such satisfactory results. "The knowledge and experience gained from tiie "change over' measures taken during the current season will be invaluable in formulating plans for the coming year and the Government intends to consult t'/ie Dairy Board immediately with a view to completing details of procedure. ".V preliminary survey in anticipation of a possible change over envisaging the production of 160.000 tons of cheese has already been undertaken by the Dairy Division and the Dairy Board has also given considerable attention to the issues involved. "It is hoped that in the coming conference between the Government and the Dairy Board the respective parts to be played by the industry and the Government will be fully developed and that an early announcement can be made giving details to the dairy industry of the plans decided upon. "Whilst emphasising their paramount desire for a production of 160,000 tons of cheese the Ministry of Food also desires the maximum production of dried milk from New Zealand, and therefore the changeover plan will have to take that further factor into consideration."