The Price of Butter
Sir, —In your issue of September 12 I notice the retail price of first-grade butter in Wellington is 1/li, and that price includes the recent increase of one penny per pound. Now, sir, in Pahiatua there are two butter factories which supply considerable quantities of butter for city consumption. The retail price of butter in Pahiatua is 1/3. Can any of the directors of these factories give any sound reason why the price in Pahiatua should exceed the price charged in Wellington? It seems so absurd that butter is sold in London shops so much cheaper than in New Zealand, where it is manufactured, especially when one takes into consideration freights and storage charges, etc. The New Zealand public eats more butter per head than any other country in the world. It is suggested that if butter were reasonably cheap, even more butter would be consumed, particularly in the smaller districts. “Fair play is bonny play.”—l am, etc., CONSUMER. Pahiatua, September 12.
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Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 301, 15 September 1933, Page 13
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166The Price of Butter Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 301, 15 September 1933, Page 13
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