THE WINTER BUTTER SUPPLY.
The position regarding the price of winter butter was unchanged yesterday, but it is stated in Wellington that an. alteration of the retail price is at hand. While it is known that some Taranaki factories have asked one shilling a pound for bulk butter, it could not bo ascertained what member of the best factories were getting yesterday. , Merchants arc awaiting with great interest tho figures which will show tho quantity of butter held in the cold stores of the Dominion, and they consider it will also be interesting to find out in what quarters the produce is being held. Another point of interest is the late season's trade. It is felt in Wellington that the manufacture must be below expectations. Reports" from the country indicate that (as-the representative of one firm expressed 4 it) "the .season will shut up with a bang" owing to the bitterly cold weather which prevails.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1134, 23 May 1911, Page 8
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155THE WINTER BUTTER SUPPLY. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1134, 23 May 1911, Page 8
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