PRICES FOR TOWS MILK

Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24501, 26 February 1945, Page 4

PRICES FOR TOWS MILK

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QUESTION OF " UNEARNBI MARGINS n The jpt ice 'structure for town tall supply has been defined by seven recent official statements and price a ders. -The basic retail price'is 2|l gallon, the producer is to receives! average payment of Is 1.94 d a and the vendors’ margins are' foll from 9d in the case of raw. loosemßl to Is 1.83 d in the case Of <ffiiUtfdfll teurised, and bottled milk.

The structure is based on-thill! port of the Milk Commission; | recommended that vendors .A® i loose, raw milk should nay | mated cost of treating- I Government fpr subsidising prod® 1 This principle of “unearned manSe as they were termed by the aion, was Included in the of the Milk Act. but was remov&|Hi the bill when it was repbrtespu| from the special* committeed nßaii House of Representatives and wajw included in the act as passed/: Jail Instead, vendors of un treated" oii|B tially treated milk pay these uhaam margins to the approved prodttcgiß sociations * which nave the of supplying vendors. tions average out the low panuH from vendors who pasteur bottle milk with the high pSmn from the vendors of raw. loostjlgH and with those from vendors tially treat milk. If this averi«lß|Bl does not reach the figure seta«wM Government a subsidy nalgzaaH exceeds the guaranteed orieeafla thought that Payment will Mvesawi made to the Milk which will, use it for periods. . ■ V No supply associations hayfe J SMHBBI approved. Approval has tfr bf ratal ed from the Central' which will hold its first Wellington to-morrow. Milk and Cream- Price Prices for milk .and creanaKajSl the district were defined In m MBBBaMi gazetted ■ on one of a number being WSSasSm& quent on the putting Into/pMWBBBBH too national milk scheme, erative from March-1. The * retail prices: for nusfcHMH| consumers or commercial rnSernßH March 1 to August 31 tinchriCTffim each year are;—-half pint gdgjgißißßS 3d. two pints 6d. One than two gallons Is lid aldfißOWMi gallons and less than 10 a gallon, 10 gallons and iQvetJwßi gallon. ■ ; / ■ . For milk sold to shop price is Is 7d a gallon, --/ ..-y/|j|ai . For cream sold to conßumetS'QiMH mercial users the. retail pricesgßM quarter pint fid, half pint Is. Prices to shop .-dairies air&r4aSH 10 gallons 15s a gallon, B). gajDß99 more 14s 6d‘a. gallon. B . v .jaa| The only variations from church order in, the TimarU OcMbHH that for cream sold to -' qxBIiSBHB users or consumers, the prißeawiMi pints and over is IQs' a gallop . SfittaMl the price for cream sold to shopjaßß is 12s a gallon for quanbuerjM* pints and over. -.-iiiW Thebe is an important varmWaßß the Westport district. 'whena : of milk sold to dairies for a gallon in Christchurch is Is 7d only if the milk is is pasteurised the price is larly, prices to consumers ised milk are 3Jd a pint, 7d‘-aHM 2s 3d a gallon under two gaUWMggHi a gallon under 10 gallons. iwHI over 10 gallons/ The pnce/ofaaaH for resale is 13s 4d a gallon.