EMPIRE BUTTER
PROGRESS AT HOME sales at Nottingham' (Received sth April, 3 p.m.) ; : LONDON,.4th April. The Empire Marketing Board's- test at Nottingham, which is a No Man '• i Land between three camps, proves that the consumption of Empire butter is increasing. Australian and New Zealand butter dominates the London, Irish the Liverpool market, and I>an« ish eastern ports. The.price at Nottingham from 1928 to 1931 fell,front Is 9d to Is 3d a pound, while the weekly sales rose by 68cwt." Thus the price fell 30 per cent, and the sales rose 15 per cent., Empire • butters ■ accounting for the bulk ol the improvement, Aus- ■ tralian rising 44 and New Zealand 25 per cent. • The total proportion of Empire, butter rose" from 24 to 27 per cent*
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 80, 5 April 1932, Page 10
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126EMPIRE BUTTER Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 80, 5 April 1932, Page 10
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