CHEAPER BOXES
EXPORT OF BUTTER
INTRODUCTION OF RIMU
(By 'l'elegraph— Press Association.:
Auckland, May is.
■ ■ An:; indication 'that-before-longrimu •butter-boxes"would- >b!eintroduced to replace ..the ' present "^.hite.i.'pihe containers,:; for-' export ■was, Tgiverr by. the Minister of\Marketing•'■' (the .Hon. W; LeeMartin)^in- .answering-. vcriticism about, the.rpricejiof.boxes, sit, trie 'annual conference ..of the Auckland Province of the New--Zealand FarmersVUnion.
''.• The Minister said that the past year's .operations Chad proved a valuable experiment'and "that less difficulty;.in theindustry was1 anticipated .this season, when cheaper boxes would? be' available. Already preparations r.were .be-, ing made, to provide timber and .proper facilities for manufacturing boxes in the.incoming season. -. '
"Boxes will be very much cheaper than they have been," he. added,- "as "we are seeking to have them manufactured continuously throughout the year so that there will always be.a plentiful supply when it is required."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 117, 19 May 1937, Page 5
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