DAIRY INDUSTRY

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21122, 24 March 1934, Page 14

DAIRY INDUSTRY

DELEGATION TO ENGLAND SPECIFIC PLAN NECESSARY (ratss ASSOCIATION tbi-iqiam ) I WELLINGTON. March 2: |' ! When the conference between lc , Cabinet and the Dairy Boa«l vvas con j eluded this afternoon, the Piinic » | ister (the Rt. Hon. G. W. ! I nounced that the board w° u * 1 as soon as possible .'^ C , UB^ O iJc ' - nature of the by the t made to ,he Home authentic dj the , i New Zealand delegf-ti l,n - ( ; < ' It was of little use : " f'''H t ?° VCl r'*l? Plan iov improving ! and had a spc, «• P cabinet could , • me industry, and » delegation un- : ' : not approve suia-ii., j 5 less a plan the delegation : ; It was proposed ti ! should consist oa indus . and two rep.esf-'"' > try. ;! southland cheese li NKU makkktin<; scheme ■ IXVERCARGILL. March 23. | ; . a niev-ting of dairy factory direc- j - ' to" 5 here to-day a scheme which may j i . [ iavc far-reaching effects on the dairy ■ : ;[-jciustry in Southland was outlined. , 1 ! Briefly- it is that" Southland cheese. [ ! i claimed to be the best produced in the ' | Dominion, should be sold under a cli s- , ' I tinctive brand by one Tooley street s ' firm., which will handle no other New Zealand cheese. ! Mr C. S. Mackay, the firm's rcpre- ; sentative here, who presided, said that f if the cheese factories ol Southland i would give support tor a scheme j j whereby their produce would be mar- j j l eted under its own brand, he would . j proceed to England and assist the firm ■ S O.lacpherson. Train and Company 1 in | i selling Southland checs-e. The fchcr.io , j w?.s fully outlined to those present i > j means of a gramoDhone record mace j in London 'by Mr T. Maephersov. > senior oartner of the lirm ; j Mr John Gilkison said that South- , j land produced to-day the linest meat j land the finest dairy produce m the ; Dominion. It was a matter ol serious concern that Southland cheese shoulo. . in the Home market, be grouped witn , ..11 other cheese produced m New ( Zealand. "Un'il you get your cheese ( branded •Southland; and marketed as Southland." said Mr Gilkison. >ou ( will lose that premium of 2s (id per ( cwt lo which you are entitled. ! i Ml! DICKIE'S SCHEME .rcasi A«suc:»r:o* uligkau.; HAV/ERA. :>larch 23. The con'ei'.sus of opinion obtained iiom representative South laranaki dairy farmer; in the last few days indicate.- that eo high hopes are held i about 'he butter fa' subsidy of 2d per lib recommended by the conference at ■ Wellington last week. The alternative i ugges'i ;er. made by Mr H. G. Dickie. ' ".LP., ii'icl-: a considerable nieasure oi .' jupoort among dairymen, several of ; \.hom hcljcve thai it should be fully ; considered b'fore the industry is com- ; mitted t-j a bulterf.it subsidy, i Mr Dickie's suggestion was that the ! industry shou'd apply a voluntar*t quota, the surplus product to be purj chased at current London parity by i the Gc\ernm£nt and utilised in efforts jto establish new markets. The chief i merits claimed for the propo.-al are j that the adoption of a quota would > help to restore British goodwill for i the Now Zealand industry, that it I might conceivably raise the London

j price, and would give the industry a ! quantity of produce with which to e.\- | plore the possibilities of new raarj kctj.