THE LOCAL MARKET
'f In view of the possibility of a quota on dairy produce 'exports,* "Equity"- suggests that .the Dairy Board and the Industries and Commerce Department should consider the lowest retail price at which milk and milk products can be sold'profitably locally in order to increase consumption. The correspondent refers to the difference between Auckland and Wellington milk prices, nmi adds: "Why is butter retailing in Wellington at Is per lb.when the London pvico is 73s per cwf, or 8d per lb? Even after we pay the bounty or bonus on export butter, there is ;i 20 per cent, advance to buy our own butter in Wel-
lington. In war-time the butter producers' cry was, 'We must have! London parity/ 2s Od a lb. Then why not London parity now? Dairy producers should tackle immediately the question of increasing the consumption of dairy produce in New Zealand by making the prices as low as possible to conform to the reduced spending power of the people."
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 23, 27 July 1933, Page 10
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167THE LOCAL MARKET Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 23, 27 July 1933, Page 10
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