BUTTER POSITION BETTER.
LONDON, 4th December. The butter position continues to improve, thanks largely to the resumption of work in the coal mlne3. Buying has Increased greatly in industrial centres and retailors aro also filling needs for Christmas markets, consequently there has been a satisfactory reduction in stored stocks, and the prospects seem favourable for a continuance of strong markets. The news of the drought in New South Wales "and Queensland is also having a considerable effect, and some buyers are reported to be operating in anticipation of short supplies early in 1927. The multiple shops aro raising the retail-price of colonial from Is 5d per lb to Is 7d next week, but it Is not expected that the advance will have any effect on consumption.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 136, 6 December 1926, Page 11
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126BUTTER POSITION BETTER. Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 136, 6 December 1926, Page 11
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