BUTTER FOR U.S.A.
CONSIGNMENT BY OPAWA (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, February 4. The demand for shipping space for the present butter trade with the United States of America has resulted in the New Zealand Shipping Company's motor-ship Opawa being booked to discharge cargo at New York on its return voyage to Great Britain. . Normally the Opawa would proceed to England direct, but the New Zealand Dairy Produce Board has arranged for her to call at New York. The Opawa is due at Auckland next week, : and is expected to sail .finally from Wellington on February 25 or 26, , ••'■:■ • Details of the quantities of butter offering are not available, but it-is understood that produce will be lifted at Auckland and southern ports'. Since Friday there has been a temporary halt in purchase'of butter for forward shipment to London and New York, jln view of the strong spot demand'in London and the latest reported advance to 92s per cwt, factories have lifted their limits to IOJd per Ib f.0.b., equal to 90s per cwt in London. . The last sales reported were at 10id. Many factories have already disposed of all their butter available for February shipment, leaving bare "good will" consignment quantities.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 30, 5 February 1935, Page 5
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200BUTTER FOR U.S.A. Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 30, 5 February 1935, Page 5
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