HIDES, PELTS, TALLOW

Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26205, 31 August 1950, Page 6

HIDES, PELTS, TALLOW

Export Parity To Be Allowed PRICE CONTROL OFF SOAP (From Our Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, August 30. A pay out on hides, pelts, offals, and tallow in accordance with export parity is to be allowed by the Government as from October 1. The Minister of Marketing (Mr K. J. Hoiyoake), who announced the Government's decision to-day, said that it was felt that the time had arrived when some steps should be taken to return the meat industry to a normal basis of trading. The present proposals were the first move in that direction. Mr Hoiyoake said that the Government had made its decision after negotiations with representatives of Federated Farmers and the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board. For some years the pay out in New, Zealand on hides, pelts, offals, and tallow had been controlled. Excess realisations over and above the controlled prices had been diverted to the meat industry pool and stabilisation accounts, which now had £3 C 5 U OTOOTO ed ba ’ anCeS totalling “Arrangements have been made with the meat industry to continue the supply of hides and pelts to local manufacturers at current domestic prices, said Mr Hoiyoake. “To enable a full pay out on all hides and pelts, the difference between domestic prices and export parity will be met !!? e meat stabilisation account. in the case of tallow, however, the Government proposes to allow local prices to move into line with current overseas prices, and at the same time I? £n n<>ve , ltems made substantially °f tallow from price control.” „, Hoiyoake said that luitable Hkil nd S ent ? *Y ould be made the Hides Regulations and the Pelt Reaumen°£ ““ G ° Vern ‘ PRICE OF LAUNDRY SOAP ESTIMATED INCREASE An estimate that the price of launwould increase by 4d or 5d a bar through the lifting of controls t g i Ven u by . the manager of a C*’F lstet lurch factory last evening, inis and other commodities, such as powders and sandsoap, contained tallow, he said. Candles would probably not be affected, because they wax 6 now usuall Y made from paraffin ? nly to til e consumer woy l d. be available if the sales tax was lifted. This amounted to' about 4d a bar on laundry soap, so the likely increase in price could be matched by lifting the tax, the manager added.