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Evening Star, Issue 16409, 27 April 1917, Page 1

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New regulations yc / (-11 -i provide for a coal census being tax,'-.!. THE PRICE OF BUTTER. When iu Dunedin a short Hnie ago the Acting Prime Minister was spr.-ke i to about (he quality and price g; I'nt’.ev on sain ig Dunedin. On ids return to Wellington 'fur James Allen rcierred the matter to the Hon. Mr Mac Donald, Acting Minister in (.barge of Industries and Commerce, who has now supplied ns with, the following copy of a report furnished to him hv lira Board of Trade In .January last representatives of ihn comnmtiar, ftvmi Dunedin asked too noard of Trane for an increase in the gazetted price of butter for Dunedin City, owing to the fact that lira nutter was put on the Dunedin’ market nnsaltcd. and that in consi quonco it was composed of a greak-r proportion of - (i ll ei-lateen luitt-iv marketed elsewhere; and that to put hi salted butter on the market, even although it was < f l;ra standard obtaining in Cin isudrareh. Auckland, and Wellington, it would net fuad favor wile tm- Pun.-din pulilie. The I >-.>iid would not agree to an hu-roarc! in jtrice. bolov.-mg -,his .decision, the ( o.uce fl-nng l us'ntsr in Dunedin have substituted a sailed bnUrn for (hat pv.-viously sol-!. Analysis made on lchalf of the Board of Trade shows that this hotter contains 2 per cent, of rail No doubt tlio complainls that have arisen as to the quality of the butter in Dunedin are duo lo this cause. There is nothing in law to compel merchants or companies, to place nnsaltcd butter oil the market. TALLOW SALES. Urcss Association—Bv Telegraph—Copvrraht Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.’ LONDON. April 26. At the tadow sales 614 casks wore cf. lerod and 565 sold. .Mutton : Fine 69; 9d; medium, 595. Beef: Fine, 66 s' 8d ■ medium, 535. ' T AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. Press Associaiion—By Telegraph—Copyright, fiiraurahan and N.Z, Cable Association. ... Sn)NEV. April 26. Oats : Algeri.ti! Ural,ng, 2. s 5d io 2s 7.1 ; millimr, 2s 8;1 to 2s Od. Maize. 3s 5-!. Potatoes : Tasmanians, £5 10s to •O.?’ On ions, £5 to £5 ss. D t i ~ , ADELAIDE, April £ 5 . Oats, Is lid.